EuroLeague Basketball Legend Award

The EuroLeague Basketball Legend Award is an award that is given by the Euroleague Basketball Company, the organizer of the EuroLeague, which is the top-tier professional basketball competition in Europe. It is awarded only to a very distinct and small group of the very biggest EuroLeague stars, which are honored from time to time, for their outstanding playing careers in the league. To which, the EuroLeague's organizing body, the Euroleague Basketball Company, sees fit to officially designate them as "EuroLeague Legends".

Players can be officially designated as EuroLeague Legends either while they are still playing or after they have retired. All players that have played in the EuroLeague are eligible for the EuroLeague Legend designation. Currently, the EuroLeague Legend Award has only been given to six players.

EuroLeague Basketball Legend award winners

Theo Papaloukas, in white, with the ball, as an Olympiacos player, 2011.

EuroLeague Legend	Pro Playing Career	Date Honored	Active Player Or Retired	Reference
Theo Papaloukas	1995–2013	December 12, 2013	Retired	[1]
Juan Carlos Navarro	1997–present	March 14, 2014	Still Active	[2][3][4]
Ramūnas Šiškauskas	1996–2012	May 16, 2014	Retired	[5]
Šarūnas Jasikevičius	1998–2014	February 12, 2015	Retired	[6][7][8]
Dimitris Diamantidis	1999–2016	April 1, 2016	Retired	[9][10][11][12][13]
Mirsad Türkcan	1994–2012	May 19, 2017	Retired	[14][15]

Major EuroLeague accomplishments of the EuroLeague Legends

J.C. Navarro, in yellow, with the ball, as a FC Barcelona player, 2009.

Ramūnas Šiškauskas in red, with the ball, during the 2011 Russian PBL All-Star Game.

Šarūnas Jasikevičius, in yellow, with the ball, as a Maccabi player, 2003.

Dimitris Diamantidis, in green, as a Panathinaikos player, 2013.

EuroLeague Legend	Major EuroLeague Accomplishments
Theo Papaloukas	2× EuroLeague Champion: (2006, 2008) 4× All-EuroLeague Team: (2006, 2007, 2008, 2009) EuroLeague MVP: (2007) EuroLeague Final Four MVP: (2006) 50 Greatest EuroLeague Contributors: (2008) EuroLeague 2001–10 All-Decade Team: (2010) EuroLeague Basketball Legend: (2013)
Juan Carlos Navarro	2× EuroLeague Champion: (2003, 2010) 7× All-EuroLeague Team: (2006, 2007, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013) EuroLeague MVP: (2009) EuroLeague Final Four MVP: (2010) EuroLeague 2001–10 All-Decade Team: (2010) EuroLeague career scoring leader since the 2000–01 season EuroLeague career leader in made 3 pointers since the 2000–01 season EuroLeague Basketball Legend: (2014)
Ramūnas Šiškauskas	2× EuroLeague Champion: (2007, 2008) 4× All-EuroLeague Team (2007, 2008, 2009, 2010) EuroLeague MVP: (2008) EuroLeague 2001–10 All-Decade Team: (2010) EuroLeague Basketball Legend: (2014)
Šarūnas Jasikevičius	4× EuroLeague Champion: (2003, 2004, 2005, 2009) 2× All-EuroLeague Team: (2004, 2005) EuroLeague Final Four MVP: (2005) 50 Greatest EuroLeague Contributors: (2008) EuroLeague 2001–10 All-Decade Team: (2010) EuroLeague Basketball Legend: (2015)
Dimitris Diamantidis	3× EuroLeague Champion: (2007, 2009, 2011) 4× All-EuroLeague Team: (2007, 2011, 2012, 2013) EuroLeague MVP: (2011) 2× EuroLeague Final Four MVP: (2007, 2011) 6× EuroLeague Best Defender: (2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2011) EuroLeague 2001–10 All-Decade Team: (2010) EuroLeague career performance index rating leader since the 2000–01 season EuroLeague career assists leader since the 2000–01 season EuroLeague career steals leader since the 2000–01 season EuroLeague Basketball Legend: (2016)
Mirsad Türkcan	3× All-EuroLeague Team: (2002, 2003, 2004) EuroLeague Regular Season MVP: (2002) EuroLeague Top 16 MVP: (2003) 5× Rebound leader of the EuroLeague: (2002, 2003, 2006, 2009, 2011) EuroLeague Basketball Legend: (2017)

References

External links

• Euroleague.net Official Website (in English)