CSKA Moscow said it would happily sign Andrei Kirilenko after the Utah Jazz forward revealed in an interview that he wanted to walk away from his $63 million NBA contract to play professionally in Russia.

The president of the CSKA basketball team told Sport Express over the weekend that although Kirilenko's situation with the Jazz was complicated and any move would be subject to the NBA's approval, the door was wide open.

"Of course we would be happy to have a player of his class on our roster," Sergei Kushchenko said.

"But we could fantasize about that all day," he cautioned. "For instance, it would be nice if we could sign Viktor Khryapa, too. And also if the best Russian hockey players were to join our league instead of the NHL."