By Johnny Askounis/ info@eurohoops.net
Trey Drechsel, Ioannis Kouzeloglou, Saben Lee, Retin Obasohan, and Daron Russell were named in the Basketball Champions League Team of the Week.
The five standouts were announced on Thursday, following action all around Europe on Tuesday and Wednesday to complete the Regular Season.
Drechsel, 28, made sure SL Benfica did not bow out without a win.
Kouzeloglou, 29, was responsible for a massive win leading AEK Betsson to the Round of 16.
Lee, 25, kept piling up points for Manisa and is heading to the Play-Ins.
Obasohan, 31, directed BAXI Manresa to the Round of 16.
Russell, 26, fueled a key win for Karsiyaka against Saint-Quentin.
A fan vote launched on championsleague.basketball and attached social media portals to decide the next Player of the Week. The winner will be announced on Friday.
Among the weekly awards handed out earlier in the Regular Season, Zoltan Perl of Falco Vulcano Szombathely prevailed in the fan vote of Weeks 1 and 3. Zac Seljaas of FIT/One Wurzburg Baskets won in Week 2, Jaromir Bohacik of ERA Nymburk in Week 4, R.J. Cole of Rytas in Week 5, Paul Lacombe of Nanterre 92 in Week 6, Steven Enoch of Rytas in Week 7, Gytis Radzevicius of Rytas in Week 8, and Kendale McCullum of Maccabi Ramat Gan in Week 9.
The 2024-25 edition of FIBA Europe’s top-tier club continental competition resumes during the first week of January with the Game 1 affairs of eight best-of-three Play-In series.
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