Ex-NBA player Alexey Shved 'is attacked outside a Moscow restaurant by a hooligan'

Russian-born former NBA player Alexey Shved was hospitalized after he was reportedly attacked by a 'hooligan' Monday night. 

Shved, who played for the Minnesota Timberwolves, Philadelphia 76ers, Houston Rockets, and New York Knicks, was allegedly attacked by a 'hooligan' outside of a Moscow restaurant. 

His Russian basketball team, CSKA Moscow, announced that the 34-year-old 'suffered a serious head injury as a result of the fall.'

The basketball player was taken to the hospital by ambulance and is said to be on the road to recovery. 

The team later shared a photo of Shved wearing a neck brace in a hospital bed as some of his teammates visited him. 

Russian-born former NBA player Alexey Shved was attacked by a 'hooligan' Monday night

His Russian basketball team, CSKA Moscow, announced he had suffered a serious head injury

Shved has contacted the police to investigate the incident, according to CSKA Moscow.

Due to the attack and the injuries he sustained, Shved is unavailable for the squad's next games in a VTB third-place playoff series against Zenit. 

He was traded to the Knicks from Houston with a pair of second-round picks (2017 and 2019) for Pablio Prigioni on February 19, 2015. 

The six-foot-six shooting guard spent his final season in the NBA with the Knicks in 2015, averaging 14.8 points per game in 26.4 minutes.

He returned to Europe after a contract impasse with the Knicks, whose three offers were in the ballpark of the $2.8 million room exception he was seeking.

He played for Khimki Moscow, before rejoining CKSA Moscow in 2021, who he had also played for from 2006-12 before his NBA career began.