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By Lefteris Moutis/ moutis@eurohoops.net
The regular season in all the big European championships is completed and Eurohoops introduces the leading scorers in every country in a different presentation.
Eurohoops singled out the seven top European championships and presents the leading scorers in each of those. Six of them are from the United States, some with extensive experience in European basketball and some without. The only exception is the Bulgarian Aleksandar Vezenkov who emerged as the top scorer in the Greek championship and is the youngest of all!
Enjoy the “bombers” of Europe and their feats in enjoyable videos!
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Steven Gray
Dijon
16,9 points per game
Best night: 29 points (Dijon-Cholet 68-70)
After four years in his career as a pro, three of them in France, Steven Gray made the big leap wearing Dijon’s jersey. The 26year-old American, top scorer of the LNB signed right after the end of the championship a two-year contract with his former team Gravelines.
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Randy Culpepper
Krasny Oktyabr
21 points per game
Best night: 33 points (Enisey-Krasny Oktyabr 87-89)
Randy Culpepper has the highest average from any other leading scorer of the other top championships. The 26year-old diminutive (1,83 m.) guard of Krasny Oktyabr had an amazing season in his second stint in the same team having only one game in which he scored less than 12 points.
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Tony Mitchell
Trento
20,7 points per game
Best night: 32 points (Roma-Trento 68-75)
In his first European season Tony Mitchell at 25 wreaked havoc and made an impression with Trento, the surprise team of the Italian championship. He made a lot of shots in every game but in a total of 29 games during the regular season he had only four games with a single digit of points.
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David Kennedy
Ludwigsburg
18 points per game
Best night: 31 points (Tubingen-Ludwigsburg 83-76)
In his first complete European season in a team David Kennedy emerged as the top scorer of the German championship with Ludwigsburg! The 25yearold backcourt player is accomplished as he had 6,1 rebounds and 3 assists per game.
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Aleksandar Vezenkov
Aris
17,7 points per game
Best night: 29 points (PAOK-Aris 77-78)
The 20yearold Bulgarian forward had a lot of offers lest summer but he chose to stay with Aris and took on a leading role. He is the MVP of the championship having emerged as the top scorer, second best rebounder, first in two-point field goals and fourth in three-point field goals in the Greek championship. He is complete and can soon make the big leap in his career.
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Matt Walsh
Eskisehir
18,4 points per game
Best night: 40 points (Eskisehir-Istanbul BSB 81-69)
The biggest “bomber” in Turkey was Eskisehir’s experienced forward who has… covered a lot of kilometers on European courts. Eskisehir’s 32yearold Matt Walsh made the difference with his excellent long-range shot. It was his teammate though, Marcus Haislip, who had the highest average but who only played in 15 games. However, they weren’t able to save their team.
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Andy Panko
Fuenlabrada
18,6 points per game
Best night: 30 points (Fuenlabrada-Andorra 88-65)
The Spanish veteran emerged once again as the championship’s top scorer, after 2012! In a few months Andy Panko becomes 38 years old but he got 18,6 points on average with Fuenlabrada, even winning the player of the month title three times in perhaps the best league in Europe! Andy Panko really is like a fine wine that only gets better with time…
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