By Eurohoops team/ info@eurohoops.net
The European Player of the Year award is back! Vote for the best player out of 12 candidates and Eurohoops will award him for you!
The unofficial… “assist” was given by FIBA Europe, which no longer give out the award to the best European over the last two years. So, Eurohoops made a list of 12 candidates and gives the floor to its readers.
In fact, Eurohoops is going to hand an award to the winner of the poll as chosen by you, based on his performance at a club as well as a national level in 2016.
Milos Teodosic, Giannis Antetokounmpo, Nando De Colo, Pau Gasol, Bogdan Bogdanovic, Kristaps Porzingis, Rudy Gobert, Sergio Llull, Dario Saric, Nikola Jokic, Sergio Rodriguez or Bojan Bogdanovic?
You can vote for the player you believe he deserves of the “European Player of the Year” distinction by clicking on his picture! This is how you can also take a look at the results so far.
Check out the breakdown of the candidates and what each one did in 2016:
Milos Teodosic
Giannis Antetokounmpo
Nando De Colo
Pau Gasol
Bogdan Bogdanovic
Kristaps Porzingis
Rudy Gobert
Sergio Llull
Dario Saric
Nikola Jokic
Sergio Rodriguez
Bojan Bogdanovic
MILOS TEODOSIC
Country: Serbia
Team: CSKA Moscow
Position: Point Guard
Date of Birth: 19/3/87
He was a catalyst in CSKA Moscow’s return to the top of Europe, with 16,1 points and 5,7 assists in the EuroLeague, where he was chosen to the All-EuroLeague First Team. He kept it up in the Pre-Olympic Tournament in Belgrade, before climbing onto the second step of the podium together with the rest of the Serbian national team in the Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro. He finished the tournament as the fifth best passer (5,4 assists), and with 12,1 points.
GIANNIS ANTETOKOUNMPO
Country: Greece
Team: Milwaukee Bucks
Position: Point Forward
Date of Birth: 6/12/94
He wasn’t able to help Greece qualify to the Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, but his return from Turin to Milwaukee found him continuing his improvement. Now, everyone can pronounce or even spell his name. His third year in the NBA saw him finishing with 16,9 points, along with 7,7 rebounds and 4,3 assists, a stat line which he has already boosted him to an All-Star level, while he has forced pundits to start including him in the candidates for the MVP award. His emergence as a starter in the coming All Star Game of the NBA is his first big individual distinction at just 22 years of age. His reward came in the form of an extension worth $100.000.000, until 2021.