By John Rammas/irammas@eurohoops.net
And even if Antonis Fotsis and Panathinaikos parted ways, Victor Khryapa remains the captain of CSKA Moscow. There are many players who are indentified with one team in the EuroLeague and Eurohoops compiled the list of those who are still active with the most years in a team.
It’s not a small feat. One-year contracts that might never be completed, contracts that include an option for renewal from the team’s side, contracts with an NBA out, contracts that can be bought out or even exchanged, loans… In this way, no matter how much the team and the player want it, it’s become hard to stay together for very long. This, however, does not mean that there aren’t some cases that make the difference.
Antonis Fotsis, who had 12 (4+1+3+4) seasons in 4 terms at Panathinaikos, is not one of them. On the other hand, Victor Khryapa just renewed his presence on the following list.
EUROLEAGUE PLAYERS WITH THE MOST YEARS IN A TEAM
1. Juan Carlos Navarro @ Barcelona: 20 (10+10)
2. Georgios Printezis @ Olympiacos: 15 (6+2+7)
3. Felipe Reyes @ Real Madrid: 14
-. Paulius Jankunas @ Zalgiris Kaunas: 14 (6+8)
5. Victor Khryapa @ CSKA Moscow: 13 (2+11)
6. Sergio Llull @ Real Madrid: 12
-. Andrey Vorontsevich @ CSKA Moscow: 12
8. Rafa Martinez @ Valencia: 10
-. Nikita Kurbanov @ CSKA Moscow: 10 (4+3+3)
-. Arturas Milaknis @ Zalgiris Kaunas: 10 (2+4+2+2)
*Next season included.