By Stelios Toromanidis/ info@eurohoops.net
Who are the leading passers in Europe in the season that just ended? Eurohoops singles out the best from the top 7 championships in Europe.
The third and last feature for the best players of the top 7 championships of the old continent is going to focus on the athletes who dished the most passes on average as well as their most… productive game in the year in terms of creation.
A reminder that the championships that are part of the survey are the Basket League (Greece), ACB (Spain), Lega Basket (Italy), LNB Pro-A (France), VTB League (Russia, Belarus, Czech Republic, Finland, Estonia, Latvia, Kazakhstan), BBL (Germany) and Super League (Turkey).
In terms of the players’ appearances we have included the games of the regular period as well as the playoffs. Also, a necessary condition for a player to be included on the list is for him to have played in more than half of the games of the regular period.
Basket League (Greece)
Nick Calathes (Greece)
Team: Panathinaikos
Games: 35
Assists (on average): 6,3 Total: 220
Best performance in assists: 11 (Panathinaikos – Arkadikos 90-69)
In the season that just ended he had a leading role in Panathinaikos, he excelled even further through his creative qualities by making excellent use of the greens’ big men, who he supplied quite a few times with impressive assists.
Furthermore, he was ranked first in evaluation, first in steals and second in rebounds for his team. He reached the championship final with the greens but wasn’t able to lift the trophy.
Enjoy two spectacular assists by Nick Calathes: