Theodoros Papaloukas was the best player in Europe in 2006 Dirk Nowitzki was the best European player in 2006 Ettore Messina - no question: the best coach in Europe in 2006

Traditionally at the end of the year we announce the All-Europe and All-European awards for the past year (2006).
Eurobasket.com has almost 300 correspondents worldwide. This year the votes were done by narrow group of 72 correspondents, who specialize in the basketball coverage from European countries.
The votes were made in two categories: All-Europe and All-Europeans. All-Europe applies to the players, who played in European leagues in last and this season, so it may apply also to non-European players, who played as imports in Europe. All-Europeans category applies only to Europeans, but also these, who played overseas (mostly in NBA). All-Europe awards were dominated by the top players from Euroleague and the Player of the Year Award went to Greek Theodoros Papaloukas (200-G-77) from CSKA Moscow. He was already voted last season by Eurobasket.com as MVP of Euroleague Final Four, the Player of the Year in Russian League as well as All-European Player of the Year for season 2005/06.
All-Europeans awards were dominated by Europeans playing in the NBA, where Papaloukas was the only one, who claimed the place in that exclusive selection.
Here the top spot was taken by German Dirk Nowitzki (211-F-78) from Dallas Mavericks, who outscored Spanish Pau Gasol (214-F/C-80) of Memphis Grizzlies.
The Eurobasket.com All-European Coach of the Year Award goes to Italian Ettore Messina, who lead CSKA Moscow to the championship titles in both Euroleague and Russian League. Messina was already voted by Eurobasket.com as the Coach of the Year in Euroleague and Russian league last season and Italian League (04-05 season).
Here are all Eurobasket.com awards for 2006:

All-Europe - only players, who played in Europe in 2006 (both domestic and imports). There were in total 73 players, who received votes in this category

Eurobasket.com All-Europe Team 2006
Papaloukas	Navarro	Parker	Vujcic	Scola

Eurobasket.coom All-Europe Point Guard of the Year:
Juan Carlos Navarro (192-G-80) of Winterthur F.C. Barcelona (ESP), Spanish

Eurobasket.com All-Europe Shooting Guard of the Year:
Theodoros Papaloukas (200-G-77) of CSKA Moscow (RUS), Greek

Eurobasket.com All-Europe Small Forward of the Year:
Anthony Parker (196-G/F-75) ex Maccabi Tel-Aviv (ISR), American

Eurobasket.com All-Europe Power Forward of the Year:
Luis Scola (206-F/C-80) of Tau Ceramica Vitoria (ESP), Spanish-Argentinean

Eurobasket.com All-Europe Center of the Year:
Nikola Vujcic (211-C-78) of Maccabi Elite Tel-Aviv (ISR), Croatian

Eurobasket.com All-Europe 1st Team: Theodoros Papaloukas (200-G-77) of CSKA Moscow (RUS), Greek Juan Carlos Navarro (192-G-80) of Winterthur F.C. Barcelona (ESP), Spanish Anthony Parker (196-G/F-75) ex Maccabi Tel-Aviv (ISR), American Nikola Vujcic (211-C-78) of Maccabi Elite Tel-Aviv (ISR), Croatian Luis Scola (206-F/C-80) of Tau Ceramica Vitoria (ESP), Spanish-Argentinean

Eurobasket.com All-Europe 2nd Team:
Jorge Garbajosa (205-C/F-77) ex Malaga (ESP), Spanish
Dimitris Diamantidis (196-G-80) of Panathinaikos Athens (GRE), Greek
Matjaz Smodis (205-F-79) of CSKA Moscow (RUS), Slovenian
Lazaros Papadopoulos (210-C-80) of Dynamo Moscow (RUS), Greek
David Andersen (212-C-80) of CSKA Moscow (RUS), Danish

Eurobasket.com All-Europe Honorable Mention:
Mike Batiste (203-F-77) of Panathinaikos Athens (GRE), American
Nikos Zisis (195-G-83) of Benetton Treviso (ITA), Greek
Vasilis Spanoulis (193-G-82) of Houston Rockets (USA), Greek
Kenny Gregory (197-G/F-78) of Le Mans Sarthe Basket (FRA), American
Andrea Bargnani (209-F/C-85) of Toronto Raptors (USA), Italian
Rudy Fernandez (197-G-85) of DKV Joventut Badalona (ESP), Spanish
Sofocles Schortsianitis (206-F-85) of Olympiakos S.F.P. Pireus (GRE), Greek
Terrell Castle (182-G-72) of Aris Thessaloniki (GRE), American-Bosnian


All-Europeans - only Europeans, including these, who played in Europe or overseas in 2006. There were in total 58 players, who received votes in this category

Eurobasket.com All-Europeans Team 2006
Nowitzki	Gasol	Parker	Papaloukas	Diaw

Eurobasket.com All-Europeans Point Guard of the Year:
Tony Parker (183-G-80) of San Antonio Spurs (NBA), French

Eurobasket.com All-Europeans Shooting Guard of the Year:
Theodoros Papaloukas (200-G-77) of CSKA Moscow (RUS), Greek

Eurobasket.com All-Europeans Small Forward of the Year:
Boris Diaw (203-F/C-82) of Phoenix Suns (NBA), French

Eurobasket.com All-Europeans Power Forward of the Year:
Dirk Nowitzki (211-F-78) of Dallas Mavericks (NBA), German

Eurobasket.com All-Europeans Center of the Year:
Pau Gasol (214-F/C-80) of Memphis Grizzlies (NBA), Spanish
 

Eurobasket.com All-Europeans 1st Team: Dirk Nowitzki (211-F-78) of Dallas Mavericks (NBA), German Pau Gasol (214-F/C-80) of Memphis Grizzlies (NBA), Spanish Tony Parker (183-G-80) of San Antonio Spurs (NBA), French Theodoros Papaloukas (200-G-77) of CSKA Moscow (RUS), Greek Boris Diaw (203-F/C-82) of Phoenix Suns (NBA), French

Eurobasket.com All-Europeans 2nd Team:
Andrei Kirilenko (205-F-81) of Utah Jazz (NBA), Russian
Juan Carlos Navarro (192-G-80) of Winterthur F.C. Barcelona (ESP), Spanish
Predrag Stojakovic (207-F-77) of New Orleans / Oklahoma City Hornets (NBA), Serbian
Nenad Krstic (213-C-83) of New Jersey Nets (NBA), Serbian
Luis Scola (206-F/C-80) of Tau Ceramica Vitoria (ESP), Spanish-Argentinean

Eurobasket.com All-Europeans Honorable Mention:
Dimitris Diamantidis (196-G-80) of Panathinaikos Athens (GRE), Greek
Mehmet Okur (210-C/F-79) of Utah Jazz (NBA), Turkish
Nikola Vujcic (211-C-78) of Maccabi Elite Tel-Aviv (ISR), Croatian
Jorge Garbajosa (205-C/F-77) ex Malaga (ESP), Spanish-Argentinean
Vasilis Spanoulis (193-G-82) of Houston Rockets (NBA), Greek
Andres Nocioni (199-F-79) of Chicago Bulls (NBA), Italian-Argentinean
Sarunas Jasikevicius (192-G-76) of Indiana Pacers (NBA), Lithuanian
Jose Manuel Calderon (190-G-81) of Toronto Raptors (NBA), Spanish
Emanuel Ginobili (198-G-77) of San Antonio Spurs (NBA), Italian-Argentinean
Antonis Fotsis (210-F-81) of Dynamo Moscow (RUS), Greek
Zydrunas Ilgauskas (218-C-75) of Cleveland Cavaliers (NBA), Lithuanian


Eurobasket.com European Coach of the Year:
Almost unanimous vote:
Ettore Messina (CSKA Moscow), Italian