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 level professional basketball competition in Europe. It is awarded only to a very distinct and small group of the very biggest EuroLeague star players and head coaches, which are honored from time to time, for their outstanding playing and coaching careers in the league. To which, the EuroLeague's organizing body, the Euroleague Basketball Company, sees fit to officially designate them as "EuroLeague Legends".

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

Award winners

Players
Theo Papaloukas, in white, with the ball, as an Olympiacos player, 2011.
EuroLeague LegendPositionCareerDate HonoredStatusReference
Theo Papaloukas
PG
1995–2013
December 12, 2013
Retired
[1]
Juan Carlos Navarro
SG
1997–2018
March 14, 2014
Retired
[2][3][4]
Ramūnas Šiškauskas
SF
1996–2012
May 16, 2014
Retired
[5]
Šarūnas Jasikevičius
PG
1998–2014
February 12, 2015
Retired
[6][7][8]
Dimitris Diamantidis
PG
1999–2016
April 1, 2016
Retired
[9][10][11][12][13]
Mirsad Türkcan
PF
1994–2012
May 19, 2017
Retired
[14][15]

Major EuroLeague accomplishments
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 LegendMajor EuroLeague Accomplishments
Theo Papaloukas
Juan Carlos Navarro
Ramūnas Šiškauskas
Šarūnas Jasikevičius
Dimitris Diamantidis
Mirsad Türkcan

Head coaches
Dušan Ivković, while coaching, in 2011.
EuroLeague LegendCareerDate HonoredStatusMajor EuroLeague AccomplishmentsReference
Dušan Ivković
1978–2016
September 20, 2017
Retired
[16][17][18][19]

Executives
Shimon Mizrahi, in 2006.
EuroLeague LegendRoleDate HonoredMajor EuroLeague AccomplishmentsReference
Shimon Mizrahi
Club executive
November 27, 2018
[20]
[21][22][23][24]

* The 2000–01 season was a transition year, with the best European basketball teams split into two different major leagues: The SuproLeague, held by FIBA, and the Euroleague, held by Euroleague Basketball Company. The 2001 FIBA SuproLeague title is recognized by the EuroLeague.

References
  1. CSKA Moscow, Euroleague Basketball honor basketball legend Theo Papaloukas.
  2. Barcelona improves to 10-0 on Navarro’s special night.
  3. Focus on: Juan Carlos Navarro, FC Barcelona.
  4. Basketball (Euroleague): A day with Juan Carlos Navarro.
  5. Siskauskas named Euroleague Basketball Legend.
  6. Sarunas Jasikevicius to be honored as Euroleague Basketball Legend.
  7. "Real ruin Jasikevicius´ Euroleague legend induction, Barca bounce back". Archived from the original on 2015-02-23. Retrieved 2015-02-22.
  8. Jasikevicius honored as Euroleague Basketball Legend (VIDEO).
  9. Diamantidis celebrated as Euroleague Basketball Legend.
  10. "Dimitris Diamantidis, Euroleague Basketball Legend". Welcome to EUROLEAGUE BASKETBALL. Retrieved 2016-04-13.
  11. EUROLEAGUE BASKETBALL (2016-04-06), Dimitris Diamantidis becomes Euroleague Basketball Legend, retrieved 2016-04-13
  12. EUROLEAGUE BASKETBALL (2016-03-31), Dimitris Diamantidis Top 10 Plays, retrieved 2016-04-13
  13. EUROLEAGUE BASKETBALL (2016-03-29), Dimitris Diamantidis: Euroleague Legend, retrieved 2016-04-13
  14. Mirsad Turkcan honored as Euroleague Basketball Legend.
  15. Mirsad Turkcan honored as Euroleague Basketball Legend.
  16. European basketball celebrates Coach Ivkovic's legendary career!
  17. "Dusan Ivkovic to be honored as Euroleague Basketball Legend". euroleaguebasketball.net. Retrieved 11 September 2017.
  18. Euroleague awards Dušan Ivković as Euroleague Basketball Legend.
  19. Ivkovic, head coach named Euroleague Legend.
  20. Maccabi's Mizrahi becomes Euroleague Basketball Legend.
  21. Simon Mizrahi becomes Euroleague Basketball Legend.
  22. Shimon Mizrahi becomes EuroLeague Basketball legend.
  23. Shimon Mizrahi del Maccabi Tel Aviv diventa EuroLeague Basketball Legend (in Italian).
  24. Maccabi Başkanı Shimon Mizrahi, Euroleague efsanesi olarak onurlandırıldı! (in Turkish).
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