In this name that follows Eastern Slavic naming conventions, the patronymic is Alexandrovich and the family name is Monia.

Sergei Alexandrovich Monia (Russian: Сергей Александрович Моня; born 15 April 1983) is a Russian professional basketball player who last played for Zenit Saint Petersburg of the VTB United League. He was selected by the NBA club the Portland Trail Blazers, in the first round (23rd overall) of the 2004 NBA draft. At a height of 2.02:m (6:ft 7+1⁄2:in) tall, he can play at both the small forward and power forward positions.

Contents

• 1 Professional career
• 2 Russian national basketball team
• 3 Career statistics
  • 3.1 NBA
    • 3.1.1 Regular season
• 4 References
• 5 External links

Professional career

Monia played briefly for the Portland Trail Blazers and the Sacramento Kings, during the 2005–06 NBA season, playing in 26 games and averaging 3 points per game, in 13 minutes per game.

On 23 February 2006 Monia and Seattle SuperSonics' center Vitaly Potapenko, were traded to the Kings, in exchange for power forward Brian Skinner (who ended up with the Trail Blazers), in a three-team deal. Monia saw action in only three games for the Kings, and was waived on 28 July 2006, because of his desire to play professionally in the Russian Superleague A for Dynamo Moscow.

In June 2010, Monia signed a two-year deal with the Russian club Khimki. With them, he won the EuroCup championship in 2012. In June 2012, he extended his contract with Khimki, for two more years. On 6 March 2015 he signed a new three-year contract extension with Khimki.

Russian national basketball team

Monia has also been a member of the senior Russian national basketball team. With the Russian national team, he played at the EuroBasket 2003, the EuroBasket 2005, the 2008 Summer Olympics, the EuroBasket 2009, the 2010 FIBA World Championship, the EuroBasket 2013, and the EuroBasket 2015. He also won a gold medal at the EuroBasket 2007, a bronze medal at the EuroBasket 2011, and a bronze at the 2012 Summer Olympics.

Career statistics

NBA

Regular season

References

External links

• Career statistics and player information from NBA.com:and:Basketball-Reference.com
• Sergei Monia at euroleague.net
• Sergei Monia at FIBA
• Sergei Monia at eurobasket.com
• Sergei Monia at vtb-league.com