Viktor Sanikidze: 'I have offers but I did not decide my future yet'

Viktor Sanikidze had an opportunity to play with an NBA team. He was selected with the 42nd pick of the 2004 NBA Draft by the Atlanta Hawks, but his draft rights was traded to the San Antonio Spurs for a 2005 second-round pick. In July 2007, Sanikidze played for San Antonio's summer league squad during the Rocky Mountain Revue Summer League, scoring 15 points in a Spurs loss to the Philadelphia 76ers’ summer league.

After recovering from the injury, Sanikidze went to Estonia in order to keep in good physical form and train. “I had to practice much in order to return to my previous physical condition after the trauma. After some time when I felt well already, I signed a contract with Italian Basketball team Virtus Bologna, where I am playing at the moment. I had a 2 + 1 year contract with them. I have new offers now but I haven’t yet decided where I’ll move to. My agent is working on it. I had quite a good season this year, and I had a chance to play in the USA but NBA announced Lockout, it’s a kind of strike and until February I’ll not have a chance to play there, however I am still in contact with one of the NBA teams,” Sanikidze said.