A jury of 9 members has selected yesterday in Madrid "the 50 most influential contributors to European Club Basketball over the last half-century". These 50 contributors are 35 players, 10 coaches and 5 referees.
Manu Ginobili has been selected as one of the 35 greatest "euro" players. What is amazing is that Manu has only stayed 4 years in Europe including 2 years with a bad/average team.
Congrats to Manu.
http://www.euroleague.net/history/50...4016/1387/item
Experts decide European Club Basketball's 50 greatest contributors
The 50 most influential personalities to European Club Basketball over the last half-century were chosen at a meeting on February 3, 2008 in Madrid, Spain by the Euroleague Basketball Experts Committee headed by Mr. Boris Stankovic, the FIBA Secretary General Emeritus and one of the founders of the continental compe ions that began in the 1957-58 season. Joining Mr. Stankovic as committee vice-president was ULEB president Eduard Portela. Former playing and coaching legends, a club director, a referee and a media member made up the rest of the panel. The former players are two of the most-crowned champions in European club history, Mr. Sergey Belov of Russia and Mr. Dino Meneghin of Italy. The coaches were former Euroleague winners Mr. Lolo Sainz of Spain and Mr. Dan Peterson of the United States. The club director was Maccabi Elite Tel Aviv's president of almost four decades, Mr. Shimon Mizrahi. Representing game officials was Euroleague Basketball refereeing director Costas Rigas. The media representative was Mr. Jean-Luc Thomas of L'Equipe, the French daily newspaper that proposed the start of continental club compe ions in 1957. Mr. Belov was unable to attend the meeting due to prior commitments, but had previously communicated his opinions to the committee. The list of the most influential contributors was made up of 35 players, 10 coaches and 5 referees from among a list of candidates and write-in nominees proposed by fans and committee members themselves. The 50 most influential contributors to European Club Basketball over the last half-century will be honored at season-ending ceremonies to coincide with the Final Four in Madrid from May 2 to 4.
50 GREATEST CONTRIBUTORS LIST
PLAYERS
F. Alvertis
S. Belov
M. Berkowitz
D. Bodiroga
W. Brabender
J.A. Corbalan
K. Cosic
M. D'Antoni
D. Dalipagic
P. Danilovic
M. Delibasic
V. Divac
A. Djordjevic
N. Galis
M. Ginobili
S. Jasikevicius
R. Korac
T. Kukoc
C. Luyk
P. Marzorati
B. MacAdoo
D. Meneghin
B. Morse
A. Ossola
T. Papaloukas
A. Parker
D. Patrovic
D. Radja
M. Raga
A. Riva
E. Rodriguez
A. Sabonis
J. A. San Epifanio
W. Szczerbiak
P. Yannakis
COACHES
P. Ferrandiz
P. Gershon
A. Gomelskiy
D. Ivkovic
B. Maljkovic
E. Messina
A. Nikolic
Z. Obradovic
D. Peterson
L. Sainz
REFEREES
A. Aradabjian
M. Davidov
L. Kotleba
I. Mainini
C. Rigas
Congrats Gino!! This would boost his resume in HOF Consideration.
Interestingly this list does not include Scola...Hopefully I did not miss him anything..May be we should not complain abt missing Scola.
There are plenty of players that contrubute much more to EU baket than Manu. I dont want to say he didn't deserve it, but i'm watching Euroleague now for 20 years and i saw some players that contributed much more.
Here is only one of them:MATJAŽ SMODIŠ
-won the 2001 Euroleague with Virtus Bologna
-won the 2006 Euroleague with CSKA
-played in 3 more Euroleague finals
-named to the 2006-07 All-Euroleague Second Team
-named the 2006-07 Euroleague February MVP
-won the 1999-00 Slovenian National Championship with KK Krka Novo Mesto
-won the 2000-01 Italian National Championship with Virtus Bologna
-won the 2004-05 Italian National Championship with For udo Bologna
-won the 2005-06 and 2006-07 Russian National Championship with CSKA Moscow
He is one of the best players in Europe in last 10 years.
sorry slohoop, but in 4 years manu won awards smodis hasnt won in his entire career. second team qualifications and february MVPs dont compare to the real thing.
diego, you are from Europe or America? This is funny. What he won? He played Euroleague 2 years, 2000-2001 and 2001-2002. So in 2 years he won more than Smodiš didn't in all career? You are ridicolus man. And read one more time. HE WON 2 les and played in 5 finals.......
In Europe he's still doctor for Manu...
Manu, yes he achieve a lot in NBA and he's one of my favourite players but don't talk to me what Smodiš did or did not achieve
Now is see, you are from Chile and it's normal that you don't have a clue about European basketbal....
Mike D'Antoni was a great player in Italy before being a coach.
Mike D'Antoni, then he coached Benetton Treviso.
Mike D'Antoni (1969-90)
Teams: Marshall University (USA), Kansas City Kings (USA), St. Louis Spirits (USA), San Antonio Spurs (USA), Olimpia Milano (ITA)
Summary: A charismatic playmaker with great court vision and leadership, D'Antoni was the floor general who guided Milano's back-to-back Euroleague les in 1987 and 1988. D'Antoni arrived in Milano in the late 1970s and helped the team win five Italian League les as well as a Korac Cup trophy. A steals specialist and a natural-born leader, D'Antoni started his impressing coaching career in Milano before moving to Benetton Treviso, whom he took to the 2002 Euroleague Final Four. D'Antoni is a successful NBA coach nowadays with the Phoenix Suns and remains a legend of European basketball.
50 GREATEST CONTRIBUTORS LIST
PLAYERS
F. Alvertis
S. Belov
M. Berkowitz
D. Bodiroga
W. Brabender
J.A. Corbalan
K. Cosic
M. D'Antoni
D. Dalipagic
P. Danilovic
M. Delibasic
V. Divac
A. Djordjevic
N. Galis
M. Ginobili
S. Jasikevicius
R. Korac
T. Kukoc
C. Luyk
P. Marzorati
B. MacAdoo
D. Meneghin
B. Morse
A. Ossola
T. Papaloukas
A. Parker
D. Patrovic
D. Radja
M. Raga
A. Riva
E. Rodriguez
A. Sabonis
J. A. San Epifanio
W. Szczerbiak
P. Yannakis
I'm ok with the list ... only thinking why Spurs dont go behind Bodiroga, that boy is a killer, has ice instead of blood, that's why I hate this guy (as argentiniean I am) , even that is amazing.
Matjaz Smodis (1994-Present)
Teams: Krka Novo Mesto (SLO), Virtus Bologna (ITA), For udo Bologna (ITA), CSKA Moscow (RUS)
Summary: A modern power forward with solid post skills and unlimited range, Matjaz Smodis remains the silent leader at Euroleague powerhouse CSKA Moscow. Smodis already surprised Slovenian basketball by leading Krka Novo Mesto to the 2000 league le against perennial champion Union Olimpija. He then joined Kinder Bologna, winning the 2001 Euroleague le and reaching the 2002 le game. Another Euroleague le with CSKA in 2006 and finals with For udo in 2004 and CSKA in 2007 show that Smodis is always ready to take his team to bigger heights.
You can check here player nomines:
http://www.euroleague.net/history/50...layer-nominees
and you can found lot of players that deserve more to be on that list.....
I like apology from some stupid fans here argue with me tell me Oberto all-time great player in Europe and also when I say how good player like Papaloukas is they argue with me he "crap" otherwise be in NBA like no such thing as good player decide not play NBA.
Sergei Belov.50 GREATEST CONTRIBUTORS LIST
PLAYERS
F. Alvertis
S. Belov
M. Berkowitz
D. Bodiroga
W. Brabender
J.A. Corbalan
K. Cosic
M. D'Antoni
D. Dalipagic
P. Danilovic
M. Delibasic
V. Divac
A. Djordjevic
N. Galis
M. Ginobili
S. Jasikevicius
R. Korac
T. Kukoc
C. Luyk
P. Marzorati
B. MacAdoo
D. Meneghin
B. Morse
A. Ossola
T. Papaloukas
A. Parker
D. Patrovic
D. Radja
M. Raga
A. Riva
E. Rodriguez
A. Sabonis
J. A. San Epifanio
W. Szczerbiak
P. Yannakis
That bas can rot in .
Last edited by samikeyp; 02-05-2008 at 02:09 PM.
What did Wally do?
Euroleague has only been decent in the last 20 years. so if manu is best player in last 10 years, that makes him one of the best ever.
I think that's for Wally's old man, Walt.
And I'll ask the question on the mind of every Spurs fan: No Billy?
I believe Walter Szczerbiak, Wally's father, was a big player with Real Madrid, but I could be mistaken.
And for old school Spurs fans -- WTF? No Zarko Paspalj?
Wally and Walter :
"he stands 6 foot 9, he's one of a kind, Senor Zarko!"
I was wondering about Szczerbiak. Interesting. As expected, lots of Serbs on that list. The NBA well known names like Divac and Drazen, plus Croats like Kukoc and Radja. Sabonis might be the best ever from what I've read and heard. Bodiroga was supposed to be a superstar there for a long time as well.
I wonder how much that list was influenced by success of players elsewhere, since as has been said, Manu only played four years there and two years were average teams. And, technically, being from Argentina, he's not European.
great player Szczerbiak
nice list
i guess they're chilean too? somids has won 2 of 5 euroleague finals, a february mvp and a all-second team. manu is 1 of 2 in euroleague finals, a euroleague finals mvp (you know, when he was chosen over smodis), back to back italian league mvp, olympics mvp, ideal 5 02 WC, ideal 5 04 olympics, ideal 5 06 WC...
yeah, smodis has a much better non-nba resume, that february mvp is really impressive!
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