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We voted for the most improved player of the year, the best defender, the Rising Star, and now it’s time for the best… youngster in the EuroLeague. And that’s none other than Baskonia’s Shane Larkin.
With 2 more votes than Darussafaka’s Ante Zizic, the former player for the Mavericks, the Knicks and the Nets stole the hearts of everyone in Vitoria as well as 9 Eurohoops writers.
Clyburn, Voigtmann and Birch also got some votes – or one vote – and rounded off our picks.
Do you agree?
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Shane Larkin (Baskonia Vitoria Gasteiz): 9 votes
13.1 pts | 2.7 rbs | 5.7 as | 1.3 st | 0.2 bl | 2.8 to | 28:54 min | 14.5 PIR
He left his home country for the first time after a three-year stint in the NBA and he found himself giving Baskonia their rhythm. The 24-year-old American point guard proved to be very fast in execution and creation as well as on his feet.
Ante Zizic (Darussafaka Dogus Istanbul): 7 votes
9 pts | 6.7 rbs | 0.4 as | 0.2 st | 0.8 bl | 1.3 to | 21:51 | 13.3 PIR
A few months were more than enough for the 20-year-old Croatian center to prove his worth as well as his prospects. His acquisition from Cibona in late 2016 proved decisive in Darussafaka’s course up to the playoffs.
Will Clyburn (Darussafaka Dogus Istanbul): 4 votes
13 pts | 5.1 rbs | 1.3 as | 0.9 st | 0.3 bl | 1.4 to | 28:09 min | 12.3 PIR
The 27-year-old American small forward has four years in Europe, but despite that, he just became known to a wider audience mainly through his… flights in the colors of Darussafaka. His energy and ability to score in a variety of ways contributed equally.