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.
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Main article EuroLeague Awards 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 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 Contents 1 Contributors 1 1 Players 1 2 Coaches 1 3 Referees 2 Other nominees that were not selected 2 1 70 Player nominees 2 2 10 Coach nominees 2 3 7 Referee nominees 3 See also 4 Notes 5 References 6 External linksContributors EditPlayers Edit The following is the list of 35 awarded players 1 2 Country Player Years a Serbia 6 Radivoj Korac 1954 1969Drazen Dalipagic 1971 1991Vlade Divac 1983 2005Aleksandar Sasa Đorđevic 1983 2005Predrag Danilovic 1988 2000Dejan Bodiroga 1989 2007 Spain 5 Emiliano Rodriguez 1958 1973Clifford Luyk 1962 1978Wayne Brabender 1967 1985Juan Antonio Corbalan 1971 1991Juan Antonio San Epifanio Epi 1977 1995 Italy 5 Aldo Ossola 1964 1980Dino Meneghin 1966 1994Pierluigi Marzorati 1969 1991 2006Mike D Antoni 1973 1990Antonello Riva 1977 2002 2014 Croatia 4 Kresimir Cosic 1964 1983Drazen Petrovic 1979 1993Dino Rađa 1985 2003Toni Kukoc 1985 2006 Greece 4 Panagiotis Giannakis 1972 1996Nikos Galis 1979 1994Fragiskos Alvertis 1990 2009Theo Papaloukas 1995 2013 United States 4 Walter Szczerbiak Sr 1971 1984Bob Morse 1972 1986Bob McAdoo 1972 1992Anthony Parker 1997 2012 Lithuania 2 Arvydas Sabonis 1981 2004Sarunas Jasikevicius 1998 2014 Russia Sergei Belov 1964 1980 Bosnia and Herzegovina Mirza Delibasic 1968 1983 Israel Miki Berkovich 1971 1995 Mexico Manuel Raga 1963 1979 Argentina Manu Ginobili 1995 2018Coaches Edit The following is the list of 10 awarded coaches 1 2 Country Coach Years b Serbia 4 Aleksandar Nikolic 1951 1985Dusan Ivkovic 1968 2016Bozidar Maljkovic 1971 2013Zeljko Obradovic 1991 present Spain 2 Pedro Ferrandiz 1955 1975Manuel Lolo Sainz 1969 2001 Russia Alexander Gomelsky 1949 1991 United States Dan Peterson 1962 1988 2011 Israel Pini Gershon 1974 2015 Italy Ettore Messina 1976 presentReferees Edit The following is the list of 5 awarded referees 1 2 Country Referee Bulgaria Artenik Arabadjian France Yvan Mainini Greece Costas Rigas Russia Mikhail Davidov Slovakia Lubomir KotlebaOther nominees that were not selected Edit70 Player nominees Edit Years in parentheses indicate years played as a senior men s club basketball player in all leagues not just the EuroLeague 3 Country Player Years Played in all club leagues United States Miles Aiken 1965 1970 United States Bill Bradley 1965 1977 United States Charlie Yelverton 1971 1987 United States Aulcie Perry 1974 1985 United States Larry Wright 1976 1988 United States Bruce Flowers 1979 1987 United States Clarence Kea 1980 1994 United States Kevin Magee 1982 1994 United States Audie Norris 1982 1994 United States Corny Thompson 1982 1996 United States Dominique Wilkins 1982 1999 United States Michael Young 1984 1996 United States Joe Arlauckas 1987 2000 United States David Rivers 1988 2001 United States Tyus Edney 1995 2010 United States Marcus Brown 1996 2011 Serbia Zoran Moka Slavnic 1963 1983 Serbia Zarko Varajic 1969 1984 Serbia Dragan Kicanovic 1971 1984 Serbia Zarko Paspalj 1984 1998 Serbia Zoran Savic 1989 2002 Serbia Zeljko Rebraca 1990 2007 Croatia Josip Đerđa 1958 1976 Croatia Mihovil Nakic Vojnovic 1973 1989 Croatia Aleksandar Aco Petrovic 1977 1991 Croatia Stojan Stojko Vrankovic 1982 2001 Croatia Velimir Perasovic 1985 2003 Croatia Nikola Vujcic 1995 2013 Spain Rafael Rullan 1969 1988 Spain Ignacio Nacho Solozabal 1975 1992 Spain Fernando Martin 1979 1989 Spain Jordi Villacampa 1980 1997 Spain Johnny Rogers 1986 2004 Spain Juan Carlos Navarro 1997 2018 Italy Carlo Recalcati 1962 1981 Italy Roberto Brunamonti 1975 1996 Italy Walter Magnifico 1979 2004 Italy Riccardo Pittis 1984 2004 Russia Yuri Korneev 1954 1966 Russia Gennadi Volnov 1957 1972 Russia Vladimir Andreev 1963 1975 Russia Anatoly Myshkin 1970 1986 Russia Vladimir Tkachenko 1973 1990 Lithuania Valdemaras Chomicius 1978 2000 Lithuania Rimas Kurtinaitis 1982 2006 Lithuania Arturas Karnisovas 1989 2002 Lithuania Saulius Stombergas 1991 2007 Israel Tal Brody 1966 1980 Israel Motti Aroesti 1971 1991 Israel Doron Jamchi 1978 2000 Israel Derrick Sharp 1993 2011 France Richard Dacoury 1976 1998 France Stephane Ostrowski 1979 2005 France Antoine Rigaudeau 1987 2005 Slovenia Ivo Daneu 1956 1970 Slovenia Jurij Jure Zdovc 1987 2003 Slovenia Matjaz Smodis 1994 2013 Latvia Maigonis Valdmanis 1949 1963 Latvia Valdis Muiznieks 1951 1969 Latvia Janis Krumins 1954 1969 Greece Panagiotis Fasoulas 1981 1999 Greece Dimitris Diamantidis 1999 2016 Ukraine Alexander Volkov 1983 1996 Turkey Ibrahim Kutluay 1991 2009 Turkey Mirsad Turkcan 1994 2012 Armenia Armenak Alachachian 1952 1968 Czech Republic Jiri Zidek Sr 1962 1983 Montenegro Dusko Ivanovic 1980 1996 North Macedonia Petar Naumoski 1989 2004 Argentina Luis Scola 1996 2021 10 Coach nominees Edit Years in parentheses indicate years spent as a basketball coach in all competitions not just the EuroLeague 4 Country Coach Years Coached in all competitions Italy Cesare Rubini 1957 1973 Italy Alessandro Sandro Gamba 1965 1992 Italy Valerio Bianchini 1974 2008 Serbia Ranko Zeravica 1954 2003 Serbia Svetislav Pesic 1982 Present Croatia Mirko Novosel 1967 1993 Croatia Zeljko Pavlicevic 1975 Present Israel Ralph Klein 1964 2008 Spain Alejandro Aito Garcia Reneses 1973 Present Greece Giannis Ioannidis 1977 2003 7 Referee nominees Edit Country Referee Finland Carl Jungebrand Hungary Ervin Kassai Lithuania Romualdas Brazauskas Poland Wieslaw Zych Serbia Obrad Belosevic Spain Pedro Hernandez Cabrera United Kingdom David TurnerSee also EditEuroLeague Basketball 2001 10 All Decade Team EuroLeague Awards EuroLeague Basketball FIBA s 50 Greatest Players 1991 Notes Edit Indicate years played as a senior men s club basketball player in all leagues not just the EuroLeague Indicate years spent as a basketball coach in all competitions not just the EuroLeague References Edit a b c 50 CONTRIBUTORS HONORED IN MADRID a b c 50 GREATEST CONTRIBUTORS LIST THE ALL TIME PLAYER NOMINEES THE ALL TIME COACH NOMINEES External links EditOfficial Page History principal 2 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title 50 Greatest EuroLeague Contributors 2008 amp oldid 1118668658, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
