By Eurohoops team / info@eurohoops.net
EuroLeague has already announced the first All-EuroLeague and the second All-EuroLeague teams, Goga Bitadze is the campaign’s Rising Star, while Walter Tavares was appointed as the Defender of the season.
The Eurohoops editors have also presented their first All-EuroLeague – which turned out to be identical with EuroLeague’s official choice – and second All-EuroLeague teams. And now it’s time for the readers.
Which were their picks? Eurohoops readers unanimously agreed with EuroLeague’s Rising Star award, though they had a different Defender of the season as it was shown in the results. Here are their preferences which also include the MVP and coach of the year.
Take a look at the results of the Eurohoops awards:
MVP of the season – 6349 votes
A stunning 42% of the votes went for Panathinaikos OPAP’s Nick Calathes, while Fenerbahce Beko’s Jan Vesely and Kostas Sloukas complete the Top 3 with 24% and 19% respectively.
Defender of the season – 1532 votes
Once again, Nick Calathes got the majority of the votes with 35%. Following, is EuroLeague’s Best Defender of the season and Real Madrid center Walter Tavares with 12%, while Fenerbahce Beko’s Jan Vesely completes the Top 3 with 11%.
Rising Star – 4051 votes
Buducnost VOLI’s Goga Bitadze earned an impressive 72% merit of the votes against Rising Star competitors George Papagiannis (Panathinaikos OPAP) and Yovel Zoosman (Maccabi FOX Tel Aviv).