After Luka Doncic and Vasilije micic for European players still active in the NBA, or Nando de Colo, the Euroleague announced on Tuesday Five new elected officials Among the 25 best players of the 21st century of competition. There is the clippers winger Bogdan Bogdanovicwho had shone at Partizan Belgrade then at Fenerbahçe before joining the NBA.
Bogdan Bogdanovic had been elected Rising Star of the competition twice, given to the 22 year old and less promising player. Only Nikola Mirotic, also passed by the NBA then and Luka Doncic also won this trophy twice. The Serb was revealed in 2013/14 by turning nearly 14 points on average at just 21 years under the colors of Partizan. Transferred to Istanbul, he had then continued his ascent, becoming the major player of one of the mainlanders of the continent, winning the Euroleague in 2017. It was there that the Kings, who had recovered his rights following an exchange during the 2016 Draft, had chosen to give him a chance.
Juan Carlos Navarro also selected
We find in this fourth batch of five players two other legends spent more fleeting in the NBA but in the CV XXL on the old continent. Juan Carlos Navarro is one of the best players of his generation or even more, leader of the Spanish selection with the Gasol brothers, but also of FC Barcelona, which he led to the European title in 2003 and 2010. The only player to have been selected in the best five of the Euroleague five times, “the bomba” will have spent 17 seasons in C1, interspersed with a short experience with grizzleas in 2007/08 (10.9 points).
Grizzlies through which had also passed Mike Batiste At the start of his career. The American interior, now a coach assistant coach of the Raptors, is above all a legend of Panathinaikos, where he evolved in 2003, after his season in Memphis, until 2012 for three titles in the Euroleague (2007, 2009 and 2011).
Another US interior to have marked the competition, but this time in the 2010s, Kyle Hines is also honored. Underdimensive but with athletic qualities much above average, he is quadruple European champion, twice in two seasons at Olympiakos (2012 and 2013) before making the heyday of CSKA Moscow (2016 and 2019), especially alongside Nando de Colo. He is today in the net of Nets as assistant responsible for the development of players.
Last name, and not the least of this selection, Theo Papaloukas There will be as much a legend of European basketball with two titles in the Euroleague under the colors of the CSKA, but also a notorious executioner of the French team. With Greece, he had been one of the great craftsmen of the crazy come-back in the 2005 Euro semi-finals, when the Blues had spoiled seven points ahead of the end.
They join the first 15 nominees Luka Donic,, MILOS TEODOSIC,, Dejan Bodiroga,, Georgios Printezis,, Walter Tavares,, Dimitris Diamantidis,, Mike James,, Micic vasilije,, Anthony Parker,, Sergio Rodriguez,, Nando de Colo,, Sergio llull,, Ramunas Siskauskas,, Vassilis Spanoulis And Nikola Vujcic. The last five lucky elected officials will be announced next week.
