Vitaly Mykolayovych Potapenko (Віталій Миколайович Потапенко, born March 21 1975 in Kiev, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union) is a Ukrainian professional basketball player. He played college basketball at Wright State University and was selected 12th overall by the Cleveland Cavaliers in the 1996 NBA Draft. Nicknamed "The Ukraine Train", he has played for the Cavaliers, the Boston Celtics, the Seattle SuperSonics, and the Sacramento Kings in his NBA career. Potapenko's career scoring average is 6.8 points per game.