By Giannis Rammas/ info@eurohoops.net
You know them, you’ve seen them systematically filling the opposing basket, you plan everything in order to stop them, but to no avail. Some are born scorers and Keith Langford needs no further recommendations.
The 33-year-old American shooting guard was unstoppable for yet another year, he scored a double-digit number of points in each of his 28 appearances (season-low of 11 points and season-high of 36) and with 21,8 points he’s the new… former winner of the “Alphonso Ford Trophy” as he was ahead of everyone in the 2013-14 season as well.
| EUROLEAGUE 2016-17 – POINTS | ||
| PLAYER | TEAM | PPG |
| Keith Langford | Unics Kazan | 21.8 |
| Nando de Colo | CSKA Moscow | 19.4 |
| Andrew Goudelock | Maccabi FOX Tel Aviv | 17.3 |
| Brad Wanamaker | Darussafaka Dogus Istanbul | 16.7 |
| Sergio Llull | Real Madrid | 16.4 |
| Milos Teodosic | CSKA Moscow | 16.2 |
| Bogdan Bogdanovic | Fenerbahce Istanbul | 14.5 |
| Mike James | Panathinaikos Superfoods Athens | 13.1 |
| Shane Larkin | Baskonia Vitoria Gasteiz | 13.1 |
| Will Clyburn | Darussafaka Dogus Istanbul | 13.0 |
In this way, he automatically enters the exclusive club of players with more than one such award, a club which, until recently, counted only one member, the multi-award winning (3) Igor Rakocevic.
At the same time, the average of 21,75 points is one of only three performances above 20 points and the highest behind Marc Salyers (21,79 points in 14 appearances) in the 2007-08 season.
| EUROLEAGUE – ALPHONSO FORD TROPHY | |||
| SEASON | PLAYER | TEAM | PPG |
| 2004-05 | Charles Smith | Scavolini Pesaro | 20.6 |
| 2005-06 | Drew Nicholas | Benetton Basket | 18.4 |
| 2006-07 | Igor Rakocevic | Tau Ceramica | 16.2 |
| 2007-08 | Marc Salyers | Chorale Roanne | 21.8 |
| 2008-09 | Igor Rakocevic | Tau Ceramica | 18.0 |
| 2009-10 | Linas Kleiza | Olympiacos | 17.1 |
| 2010-11 | Igor Rakocevic | Efes Pilsen Istanbul | 17.2 |
| 2011-12 | Bo McCalebb | Montepaschi Siena | 16.9 |
| 2012-13 | Bobby Brown | Montepaschi Siena | 18.8 |
| 2013-14 | Keith Langford | EA7 Emporio Armani Milan | 17.6 |
| 2014-15 | Taylor Rochestie | Nizhny Novgorod | 18.9 |
| 2015-16 | Nando de Colo | CSKA Moscow | 18.9 |
| 2016-17 | Keith Langford | Unics Kazan | 21.8 |