Youth old age margin
There is such a silly thing in Russia – the player old age threshold/margin of interest. The interest is lost before the player is scouted or even seen or introduced, only because of his age. If he or she is 18 years old or 20, he is no longer seen as a player that may have a chance and a player who can be considered as a prospect for further basketball levels. That is what you are bound to hear form any Russian coach, this is exactly the way players vanish in Russia. It is a standard and a template and the law of the Russian basketball.