By Utkan Şahin/ info@eurohoops.net
You also have to perform at a certain level with consistency and step up to the plate to give everything you have on the court.
At Eurohoops, we decided to take a look at the greatest legends for each EuroLeague club. The first step of our research was to uncover the highest-scoring players in their beloved teams’ jerseys for all 16 teams.
Distinguished readers, here you have the 16 highest-scoring players this century in the EuroLeague from 16 great clubs.
ANADOLU EFES ISTANBUL – THOMAS HEURTEL (916 POINTS)
Seasons: 2014-2017
Games: 77
Stats: 11.8 points, 6.4 assists, 2.2 rebounds
Thomas Heurtel made a leap regarding his performance at the highest level in his 2014-15 season with Baskonia Vitoria Gasteiz, and this led other teams to notice him. That performance paved his way to Anadolu Efes Istanbul.
There were high expectations. Thanks to his unique vision, perfect passing and accuracy rate of 56.3% from beyond the arc, everyone admired him. The fact that he was working with one of the best coaches in Europe, Dusan Ivkovic, was particularly exciting to everybody.
Unfortunately, that excitement was not matched by the results in the end. Heurtel put up several amazing performances throughout three seasons in Istanbul, and was so talented that he could dish out 15 assists against Real Madrid. Still, he was not able to lead Efes to the long-awaited Final Four, falling one victory short of that goal last season.
Nonetheless, Heurtel scored 916 points and dished out 499 assists. The French guard leads both categories for Efes since 2000.
Runner-up: Antonio Granger – 900 points