Traditionally each year Eurobasket announces the European awards
for last year.
It's already 18th such ranking prepared by
Eurobasket.com staff for basketball in Europe.
Eurobasket has a network of correspondents, most of them
are located in Europe and participated in preparing the
ranking.
We have the policy of not involving the fans as
it may influence the final ranking and instead
of that we rely on the opinions of experts.
The votes were made in two categories:
All-Europe and All-Europeans.
All-Europe ranking applies to
the players, who played in
European leagues in last (20-21)
and this (21-22) 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).
Point guard Vasilije
Micic (196-PG-94),
a driving force
in Anadolu Efes
Istanbul's
staying power
among the
Turkish Airlines
Euroleague
elite, has been
chosen the
All-Europe
Player of the
Year 2021. On 30
May 2021, he led
his team to
their first
Euroleague
Championship and
was named the
EuroLeague Final
Four MVP.
All-Europe
Shooting
Guard of
the Year
award
goes to Shane
Larkin (182-G-92,
college: Miami,
FL)
of
Andalou
Efes. He
was a
main
contributor
in last
Eurolegue
campaign
when his
team was
crowned
Champions
and
Shane
scored
21
points
in the
Grand
Final.
At Small Forward position we have Vladimir Lucic (204-SF-89), Serbian playing for Bayern Munich. Last season Lucic was ranked eighth among all EuroLeague players with an average performance index rating of 17.8. The do-it-all small forward ranked among Bayern's top three players in points (13.6), rebounds (4.8) and steals (1.1) and assured Bayern its first EuroLeague Playoffs berth.
All-Europe Power Forward of the Year award goes to Nikola Mirotic (208-PF-91) who was a dominant force throughout the season, ranked second among all EuroLeague players in performance index rating (19.6 PIR), fourth in rebounds (5.8), eighth in points (15.5) and 15th in steals (1.2).
The Real Madrid center Walter Tavares (220-C-92) in All-Europe Center of the Year. Tavares led the Euroleague in blocked shots with 1.8bpg, ranked second in rebounding with 8.0rpg and was fifth in the league in performance index rating with 18.1 per game.
Ergin Ataman's outstanding work on the Anadolu Efes Istanbul bench was recognized with the Eurobasket.com All-Europe Coach of the Year award.
Kevin Pangos (186-PG-93, college: Gonzaga), Mike James (185-G-90, college: Lamar), Will Clyburn (201-SF-90, college: Iowa St.), Tornike Shengelia (206-PF-91) and Brandon Davies (208-C-91, college: BYU) were all selected to Eurobasket.com All-Europe 2nd Team.
Denver Nuggets center Nikola Jokic (213-C-95) is the recipient of the Eurobasket.com All-Europeans Player of the Year award. Serbian big man was arguably best player in the world as he became the first player from Serbia to be selected as the NBA MVP. He is also the first player and joins Dirk Nowitzki (Germany) and Giannis Antetokounmpo (211-F-94) (Greece) as MVP winners from Europe.
All-Europeans Point Guard of the Year is no one else than Luka Doncic (201-G-99). After another great individual campaign in the NBA Doncic represented Slovenian National Team at the Olimpics in Tokyo. He picked up the first Olympic triple-double since 2012, and just the third one in the history of the Games with his 16 points, 18 assists and 10 rebounds in the Semi-Finals. The Slovenian almost averaged a triple-double for the entire event - 23.8ppg, 9.7rpg, 9.5apg.
Bogdan Bogdanovic (198-SG-92) was selected as All-Europeans Shooting Guard of the Year. The Serbian is one of the key players for the Atlanta Hawks, toghether they reached NBA Semifinals last season.
At Small Forward position we have Bojan Bogdanovic (203-SF-89) of the Utah Jazz. The Croatian veteran is still one of the leaders of his team, Bojan also represented Croatian National Team during the FIBA Olympic Qualifying Tournament in Split, unfortunately they were not able to secure the tickets to Tokyo.
Europeans Power Forward of the Year is Giannis Antetokounmpo. The Greek Freek completed the career most valuable player trifecta by winning NBA Championship and being named the NBA Finals MVP. Antetokounmpo became just the 11th player in league history to have won the NBA regular-season MVP (2018, 2019), a Finals MVP (2021) and an All-Star Game MVP (2021). He and Michael Jordan are the only players to claim those honors and also a NBA Defensive Player of the Year award.
Vasilije Micic, Evan Fournier (198-SG-92), Nicolas Batum (203-SF-88), Domantas Sabonis (209-PF-96, college: Gonzaga) and Rudy Gobert (216-C-92) were all selected to Eurobasket.com All-Europeans 2nd Team.
All-Europe - only players, who played in Europe in 2021 (both domestic and imports)
Eurobasket.com All-Europe Player of the Year:
Vasilije Micic (196-PG-94) of Anadolu Efes
Eurobasket.com All-Europe Point Guard of the Year: Vasilije Micic (196-PG-94) of Anadolu Efes
Eurobasket.com All-Europe Shooting Guard of the Year:
Shane Larkin (182-G-92) of Anadolu Efes
Eurobasket.com All-Europe Small Forward of the Year: Vladimir Lucic (204-SF-89) of Bayern
Eurobasket.com All-Europe Power Forward of the Year:
Nikola Mirotic (208-PF-91) of Barca
Eurobasket.com All-Europe Center of the Year:
Walter Tavares (220-C-92) of Real Madrid
Eurobasket.com All-Europe Coach of the Year:
Ergin Ataman of Anadolu Efes
Eurobasket.com All-Europe 1st Team:
Vasilije Micic (196-PG-94) of Anadolu Efes
Shane Larkin (182-G-92) of Anadolu Efes
Vladimir Lucic (204-SF-89) of Bayern
Nikola Mirotic (208-PF-91) of Barca
Walter Tavares (220-C-92) of Real Madrid
Eurobasket.com All-Europe 2nd Team:
Kevin Pangos (6'1''-PG-93) of Cleveland C.
Mike James (185-G-90) of Monaco
Will Clyburn (201-SF-90) of CSKA
Tornike Shengelia (206-PF-91) of CSKA
Brandon Davies (208-C-91) of Barca
Eurobasket.com All-Europe Honorable Mention:
Alexander Poythress (203-C/F-93) of Zenit
Achille Polonara (202-F/C-91) of Fenerbahce
Jan Vesely (213-C-90) of Fenerbahce
Nando De Colo (196-G-87) of Fenerbahce
Sergio Rodriguez (191-G-86) of Milano
Jalen Reynolds (208-C-92) of Maccabi T-A
Isaiah Canaan (183-G-91) of Unics
Shavon Shields (201-F-94) of Milano
Kevin Punter (192-SG-93) of Partizan NiS
Nick Calathes (196-PG-89) of Barca
All-Europeans - only Europeans, including these, who played in Europe or overseas in 2021
All-Europe - only players, who played in Europe in 2021 (both domestic and imports)
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Eurobasket.com All-Europe Player of the Year:
Vasilije Micic (196-PG-94) of Anadolu EfesEurobasket.com All-Europe Point Guard of the Year:
Vasilije Micic (196-PG-94) of Anadolu EfesEurobasket.com All-Europe Shooting Guard of the Year:
Shane Larkin (182-G-92) of Anadolu EfesEurobasket.com All-Europe Small Forward of the Year:
Vladimir Lucic (204-SF-89) of BayernEurobasket.com All-Europe Power Forward of the Year:
Nikola Mirotic (208-PF-91) of BarcaEurobasket.com All-Europe Center of the Year:
Walter Tavares (220-C-92) of Real MadridEurobasket.com All-Europe Coach of the Year:
Ergin Ataman of Anadolu EfesEurobasket.com All-Europe 1st Team:
Vasilije Micic (196-PG-94) of Anadolu Efes Shane Larkin (182-G-92) of Anadolu Efes Vladimir Lucic (204-SF-89) of Bayern Nikola Mirotic (208-PF-91) of Barca Walter Tavares (220-C-92) of Real MadridEurobasket.com All-Europe 2nd Team:
Kevin Pangos (6'1''-PG-93) of Cleveland C. Mike James (185-G-90) of Monaco Will Clyburn (201-SF-90) of CSKA Tornike Shengelia (206-PF-91) of CSKA Brandon Davies (208-C-91) of BarcaEurobasket.com All-Europe Honorable Mention:
Alexander Poythress (203-C/F-93) of Zenit Achille Polonara (202-F/C-91) of Fenerbahce Jan Vesely (213-C-90) of Fenerbahce Nando De Colo (196-G-87) of Fenerbahce Sergio Rodriguez (191-G-86) of Milano Jalen Reynolds (208-C-92) of Maccabi T-A Isaiah Canaan (183-G-91) of Unics Shavon Shields (201-F-94) of Milano Kevin Punter (192-SG-93) of Partizan NiS Nick Calathes (196-PG-89) of BarcaAll-Europeans - only Europeans, including these, who played in Europe or overseas in 2021
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Eurobasket.com All-Europeans Player of the Year: Nikola Jokic (7'0''-C-95) of Denver N.
Eurobasket.com All-Europeans Point Guard of the Year:
Luka Doncic (6'7''-G-99) of Dallas M.
Eurobasket.com All-Europeans Shooting Guard of the Year: Bogdan Bogdanovic (6'6''-SG-92) of Atlanta H.
Eurobasket.com All-Europeans Small Forward of the Year:
Bojan Bogdanovic (6'8''-SF-89) of Utah Jazz
Eurobasket.com All-Europeans Power Forward of the Year: Giannis Antetokounmpo (6'11''-F-94) of Milwaukee B.
Eurobasket.com All-Europeans Center of the Year: Nikola Jokic (7'0''-C-95) of Denver N.
Eurobasket.com All-Europeans 1st Team:
Luka Doncic (6'7''-G-99) of Dallas M.
Bogdan Bogdanovic (6'6''-SG-92) of Atlanta H.
Bojan Bogdanovic (6'8''-SF-89) of Utah Jazz
Giannis Antetokounmpo (6'11''-F-94) of Milwaukee B.
Nikola Jokic (7'0''-C-95) of Denver N.
Eurobasket.com All-Europeans 2nd Team:
Vasilije Micic (196-PG-94) of Anadolu Efes
Evan Fournier (6'6''-SG-92) of NY Knicks
Nicolas Batum (6'8''-SF-88) of LA Clippers
Domantas Sabonis (6'10''-PF-96) of Indiana P.
Rudy Gobert (7'1''-C-92) of Utah Jazz
Eurobasket.com All-Europeans Honorable Mention:
Nikola Mirotic (208-PF-91) of Barca
Ricky Rubio (6'4''-G-90) of Cleveland C.
Nikola Vucevic (7'0''-PF-90) of Chicago B.
Jonas Valanciunas (7'0''-C-92) of N.Orleans P.
Clint Capela (6'10''-PF-94) of Atlanta H.
Nemanja Bjelica (6'10''-SF-88) of GS Warriors
Tomas Satoransky (6'7''-PG-91) of N.Orleans P.
Vladimir Lucic (204-SF-89) of Bayern
Franz Wagner (6'9''-G-01) of Orlando M.
Kristaps Porzingis (7'3''-C/F-95) of Dallas M.
Nikola Jokic (7'0''-C-95) of Denver N.Eurobasket.com All-Europeans Point Guard of the Year:
Luka Doncic (6'7''-G-99) of Dallas M.Eurobasket.com All-Europeans Shooting Guard of the Year:
Bogdan Bogdanovic (6'6''-SG-92) of Atlanta H.Eurobasket.com All-Europeans Small Forward of the Year:
Bojan Bogdanovic (6'8''-SF-89) of Utah JazzEurobasket.com All-Europeans Power Forward of the Year:
Giannis Antetokounmpo (6'11''-F-94) of Milwaukee B.Eurobasket.com All-Europeans Center of the Year:
Nikola Jokic (7'0''-C-95) of Denver N.Eurobasket.com All-Europeans 1st Team:
Luka Doncic (6'7''-G-99) of Dallas M. Bogdan Bogdanovic (6'6''-SG-92) of Atlanta H. Bojan Bogdanovic (6'8''-SF-89) of Utah Jazz Giannis Antetokounmpo (6'11''-F-94) of Milwaukee B. Nikola Jokic (7'0''-C-95) of Denver N.Eurobasket.com All-Europeans 2nd Team:
Vasilije Micic (196-PG-94) of Anadolu Efes Evan Fournier (6'6''-SG-92) of NY Knicks Nicolas Batum (6'8''-SF-88) of LA Clippers Domantas Sabonis (6'10''-PF-96) of Indiana P. Rudy Gobert (7'1''-C-92) of Utah JazzEurobasket.com All-Europeans Honorable Mention:
Nikola Mirotic (208-PF-91) of Barca Ricky Rubio (6'4''-G-90) of Cleveland C. Nikola Vucevic (7'0''-PF-90) of Chicago B. Jonas Valanciunas (7'0''-C-92) of N.Orleans P. Clint Capela (6'10''-PF-94) of Atlanta H. Nemanja Bjelica (6'10''-SF-88) of GS Warriors Tomas Satoransky (6'7''-PG-91) of N.Orleans P. Vladimir Lucic (204-SF-89) of Bayern Franz Wagner (6'9''-G-01) of Orlando M. Kristaps Porzingis (7'3''-C/F-95) of Dallas M.
