Nyorai kuenderera mberi kweiyi ndima - Kirilenko akapinda mumitambo yeOlympic yezhizha ya2000
senhengo yechikwata chenyika cheRussia chebhasikiti, icho chakapedza chiri chechisere mumutambo. Musi waFebruary 8, 2001, mumwaka wake wechitatu neCSKA Moscow, Kirilenko akava mutambi wechipiri munhoroondo yeFIBA SuproLeague kuti anyore katatu-kaviri aine 13 mapoinzi, 11 rebounds, uye 10 anoba kurwisa Lietuvos Rytas. Akaratidza hunyanzvi hwake hwese muSuproLeague, achipedza ari pamusoro gumi muzvikamu zvinomwe kubva pamasere ezviverengero.