By Cesare Milanti / info@Eurohoops.net
After experiencing an amazing run in the best-of-five Quarter-Finals EuroLeague series against his former team Fenerbahce, Kostas Sloukas will be the player with the most Final Four appearances among his colleagues in Kaunas, as he will play his 10th in back-to-back fashion with Olympiacos.
He’s followed by Real Madrid‘s Sergio Rodriguez and Sergio Llull with 9 total appearances, while Rudy Fernandez will play his 8th Final Four in Kaunas. Jan Vesely and Kostas Papanikolaou will both play their 7th Final Four.
Elsewhere, Nikola Mirotic will tie Cory Higgins at 6, while their teammates Alex Abrines and Nikola Kalinic will play their 5th EuroLeague Final Four, just like Anthony Randolph. Real Madrid‘s own Adam Hanga, Fabien Causeur, and Walter Tavares will reach 4 appearances in Kaunas.
List of Final Four appearances for every player this year in Kaunas
AS Monaco: Mike James (2), Elie Okobo, John Brown, Chima Moneke, Jordan Loyd, Jaron Blossomgame, Yoan Makoundou, Ambroise Couture, Alpha Diallo, Donatas Motiejūnas, Mohammad Amini, Yakuba Ouattara, Matthew Strazel, Donta Hall (1);
Real Madrid: Sergio Llull, Sergio Rodriguez (9), Rudy Fernandez (8), Anthony Randolph (5), Adam Hanga, Fabien Causeur, Walter Tavares (4), Gabriel Deck, Mario Hezonja (3), Vincent Poirier, Nigel Williams-Goss, Alberto Abalde, Carlos Alocen (2), Hugo Gonzalez, Petr Cornelie, Guerschon Yabusele, Eli Ndiaye, Dzanan Musa (1);
FC Barcelona: Jan Vesely (7), Nikola Mirotic, Cory Higgins (6), Alex Abrines, Nikola Kalinic (5), Kyle Kuric, Sergi Martinez (3), Sertac Sanli, Nicolas Laprovittola, Rokas Jokubaitis (2), Oscar da Silva, Oriol Pauli, Tomas Satoransky, Mike Tobey, James Nnaji (1);
Olympiacos: Kostas Sloukas (10), Kostas Papanikolaou (7), Thomas Walkup, Michalis Lountzis, Giannoulis Larentzakis, Moustapha Fall, Aleksandr Vezenkov, Alec Peters, Shaquielle McKissic (2), Isaiah Canaan, Joel Bolomboy, Tarik Black (1).
PHOTO CREDIT: Turkish Airlines EuroLeague