50 Greatest EuroLeague Contributors (2008)

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The 50 Greatest EuroLeague Contributors (2008) of FIBA European Champions Cup and EuroLeague history were awarded and chosen on February 3, 2008, in Madrid, Spain. The occasion was the fiftieth anniversary since the founding of the inaugural season of the FIBA European Champions Cup, which is officially recognized as the predecessor of today's modern EuroLeague competition, which is the premier level men's basketball league in Europe.

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The list was made up of 35 players, 10 coaches, and 5 referees that were deemed to have contributed the most to the growth of the EuroLeague. It also included other nominees for each category. All together, 105 players, 20 coaches, and 12 referees in total were nominated.

Contributors

Players

The following is the list of 35 awarded players. [1] [2]

CountryPlayerYears [a]
Flag of Serbia.svg  Serbia (6) Radivoj Korać 1954–1969
Dražen Dalipagić 1971–1991
Vlade Divac 1983–2005
Aleksandar "Saša" Đorđević 1983–2005
Predrag Danilović 1988–2000
Dejan Bodiroga 1989–2007
Flag of Spain.svg  Spain (5) Emiliano Rodríguez 1958–1973
Clifford Luyk 1962–1978
Wayne Brabender 1967–1985
Juan Antonio Corbalán 1971–1991
Juan Antonio San Epifanio "Epi" 1977–1995
Flag of Italy.svg  Italy (5) Aldo Ossola 1962–1980
Dino Meneghin 1966–1994
Pierluigi Marzorati 1969–1991, 2006
Mike D'Antoni 1973–1990
Antonello Riva 1977–2002, 2014
Flag of Croatia.svg  Croatia (4) Krešimir Ćosić 1964–1983
Dražen Petrović 1979–1993
Dino Rađa 1985–2003
Toni Kukoč 1985–2006
Flag of Greece.svg  Greece (4) Panagiotis Giannakis 1972–1996
Nikos Galis 1979–1994
Fragiskos Alvertis 1990–2009
Theo Papaloukas 1995–2013
Flag of the United States.svg  United States (4) Walter Szczerbiak Sr. 1971–1984
Bob Morse 1972–1986
Bob McAdoo 1972–1992
Anthony Parker 1997–2012
Flag of Lithuania.svg  Lithuania (2) Arvydas Sabonis 1981–2004
Šarūnas Jasikevičius 1998–2014
Flag of Russia.svg  Russia Sergei Belov 1964–1980
Flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina.svg  Bosnia and Herzegovina Mirza Delibašić 1968–1983
Flag of Israel.svg  Israel Miki Berkovich 1971–1995
Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico Manuel Raga 1963–1979
Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina Manu Ginóbili 1995–2018

Coaches

The following is the list of 10 awarded coaches. [1] [2]

CountryCoachYears [b]
Flag of Serbia.svg  Serbia (4) Aleksandar Nikolić 1951–1985
Dušan Ivković 1968–2016
Božidar Maljković 1971–2013
Željko Obradović 1991–present
Flag of Spain.svg  Spain (2) Pedro Ferrándiz 1955–1975
Manuel "Lolo" Sáinz 1969–2001
Flag of Russia.svg  Russia Alexander Gomelsky 1949–1991
Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States Dan Peterson 1962–1988, 2011
Flag of Israel.svg  Israel Pini Gershon 1974–2015
Flag of Italy.svg  Italy Ettore Messina 1976–present

Referees

The following is the list of 5 awarded referees. [1] [2]

CountryReferee
Flag of Bulgaria.svg  Bulgaria Artenik Arabadjian
Flag of France.svg  France Yvan Mainini
Flag of Greece.svg  Greece Costas Rigas
Flag of Russia.svg  Russia Mikhail Davidov
Flag of Slovakia.svg  Slovakia Lubomir Kotleba

Other nominees that were not selected

70 Player nominees

[3]

CountryPlayerYears Played
(in all club leagues)
Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States Miles Aiken (1965–1970)
Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States Bill Bradley (1965–1977)
Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States Charlie Yelverton (1971–1987)
Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States Aulcie Perry (1974–1985)
Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States Larry Wright (1976–1988)
Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States Bruce Flowers (1979–1987)
Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States Clarence Kea (1980–1994)
Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States Kevin Magee (1982–1994)
Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States Audie Norris (1982–1994)
Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States Corny Thompson (1982–1996)
Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States Dominique Wilkins (1982–1999)
Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States Michael Young (1984–1996)
Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States Joe Arlauckas (1987–2000)
Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States David Rivers (1988–2001)
Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States Tyus Edney (1995–2010)
Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States Marcus Brown (1996–2011)
Flag of Serbia.svg  Serbia Zoran "Moka" Slavnić (1963–1983)
Flag of Serbia.svg  Serbia Žarko Varajić (1969–1984)
Flag of Serbia.svg  Serbia Dragan Kićanović (1971–1984)
Flag of Serbia.svg  Serbia Žarko Paspalj (1984–1998)
Flag of Serbia.svg  Serbia Zoran Savić (1989–2002)
Flag of Serbia.svg  Serbia Željko Rebrača (1990–2007)
Flag of Croatia.svg  Croatia Josip Đerđa (1958–1976)
Flag of Croatia.svg  Croatia Mihovil Nakić-Vojnović (1973–1989)
Flag of Croatia.svg  Croatia Aleksandar "Aco" Petrović (1977–1991)
Flag of Croatia.svg  Croatia Stojan "Stojko" Vranković (1982–2001)
Flag of Croatia.svg  Croatia Velimir Perasović (1985–2003)
Flag of Croatia.svg  Croatia Nikola Vujčić (1995—2013)
Flag of Spain.svg  Spain Rafael Rullán (1969–1988)
Flag of Spain.svg  Spain Ignacio "Nacho" Solozábal (1975–1992)
Flag of Spain.svg  Spain Fernando Martín (1979–1989)
Flag of Spain.svg  Spain Jordi Villacampa (1980–1997)
Flag of Spain.svg  Spain Johnny Rogers (1986–2004)
Flag of Spain.svg  Spain Juan Carlos Navarro (1997–2018)
Flag of Italy.svg  Italy Carlo Recalcati (1962–1981)
Flag of Italy.svg  Italy Roberto Brunamonti (1975–1996)
Flag of Italy.svg  Italy Walter Magnifico (1979–2004)
Flag of Italy.svg  Italy Riccardo Pittis (1984–2004)
Flag of Russia.svg  Russia Yuri Korneev (1954–1966)
Flag of Russia.svg  Russia Gennadi Volnov (1957–1972)
Flag of Russia.svg  Russia Vladimir Andreev (1963–1975)
Flag of Russia.svg  Russia Anatoly Myshkin (1970–1986)
Flag of Russia.svg  Russia Vladimir Tkachenko (1973–1990)
Flag of Lithuania.svg  Lithuania Valdemaras Chomičius (1978–2000)
Flag of Lithuania.svg  Lithuania Rimas Kurtinaitis (1982–2006)
Flag of Lithuania.svg  Lithuania Artūras Karnišovas (1989–2002)
Flag of Lithuania.svg  Lithuania Saulius Štombergas (1991–2007)
Flag of Israel.svg  Israel Tal Brody (1966–1980)
Flag of Israel.svg  Israel Motti Aroesti (1971–1991)
Flag of Israel.svg  Israel Doron Jamchi (1978–2000)
Flag of Israel.svg  Israel Derrick Sharp (1993–2011)
Flag of France.svg  France Richard Dacoury (1976–1998)
Flag of France.svg  France Stéphane Ostrowski (1979–2005)
Flag of France.svg  France Antoine Rigaudeau (1987–2005)
Flag of Slovenia.svg  Slovenia Ivo Daneu (1956–1970)
Flag of Slovenia.svg  Slovenia Jurij "Jure" Zdovc (1987–2003)
Flag of Slovenia.svg  Slovenia Matjaž Smodiš (1994–2013)
Flag of Latvia.svg  Latvia Maigonis Valdmanis (1949–1963)
Flag of Latvia.svg  Latvia Valdis Muižnieks (1951–1969)
Flag of Latvia.svg  Latvia Jānis Krūmiņš (1954–1969)
Flag of Greece.svg  Greece Panagiotis Fasoulas (1981–1999)
Flag of Greece.svg  Greece Dimitris Diamantidis (1999–2016)
Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine Alexander Volkov (1983–1996)
Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey İbrahim Kutluay (1991–2009)
Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey Mirsad Türkcan (1994–2012)
Flag of Armenia.svg  Armenia Armenak Alachachian (1952–1968)
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic Jiří Zídek Sr. (1962–1983)
Flag of Montenegro.svg  Montenegro Duško Ivanović (1980–1996)
Flag of North Macedonia.svg  North Macedonia Petar Naumoski (1989–2004)
Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina Luis Scola (1996–2021)

10 Coach nominees

[4]

CountryCoachYears Coached
(in all competitions)
Flag of Italy.svg  Italy Cesare Rubini (1957–1973)
Flag of Italy.svg  Italy Alessandro "Sandro" Gamba (1965–1992)
Flag of Italy.svg  Italy Valerio Bianchini (1974–2008)
Flag of Serbia.svg  Serbia Ranko Žeravica (1954–2003)
Flag of Serbia.svg  Serbia Svetislav Pešić (1982–Present)
Flag of Croatia.svg  Croatia Mirko Novosel (1967–1993)
Flag of Croatia.svg  Croatia Željko Pavličević (1975–Present)
Flag of Israel.svg  Israel Ralph Klein (1964–2008)
Flag of Spain.svg  Spain Alejandro "Aíto" García Reneses (1973–Present)
Flag of Greece.svg  Greece Giannis Ioannidis (1977–2003)

7 Referee nominees

CountryReferee
Flag of Finland.svg  Finland Carl Jungebrand
Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary Ervin Kassai
Flag of Lithuania.svg  Lithuania Romualdas Brazauskas
Flag of Poland.svg  Poland Wiesław Zych
Flag of Serbia.svg  Serbia Obrad Belošević
Flag of Spain.svg  Spain Pedro Hernández-Cabrera
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom David Turner

See also

Notes

  1. Indicate years played as a senior men's club basketball player in all leagues, not just the EuroLeague.
  2. Indicate years spent as a basketball coach, in all competitions, not just the EuroLeague.

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