Title	Turkish Airlines Euroleague
Current season	2010–11 Euroleague Basketball
Logo	Official Euroleague Basketball logo 200x56.png
Pixels	200
Sport	Basketball
Founded	1957
Motto	I Feel Devotion
Teams	38 (preliminary stage)24 (group stage)
Continent
Country	FIBA Europe members
Champion	FC Barcelona(2nd title)
Most champs	Real Madrid(8 titles)
Website	Euroleague.net
Ceo	Jordi Bertomeu
Tv	Euroleague TVList of broadcasters

Euroleague Basketball, known for sponsorship reasons as Turkish Airlines Euroleague,Details|| Riga & Sofia || ASK Riga || Akademik Sofia || align=center|*86-81 || align=center|84-*71||colspan="3" style="text-align:center;" |- |-bgcolor="#EBF5FF" || 1958-59Details || Riga & Sofia|| ASK Riga || Akademik Sofia || align=center|*79-58 || align=center|69-*67||colspan="3" style="text-align:center;" |- |- ||1959-60Details || Tbilisi & Riga || ASK Riga || Dinamo Tbilisi ||align=center|61-*51 ||align=center| *69-62 ||colspan="3" style="text-align:center;" |- |-bgcolor="#EBF5FF" ||1960-61Details || Riga & Moscow || CSKA Moscow || ASK Riga ||align=center|*61-66||align=center|87-*62||colspan="3" style="text-align:center;" |- |- || 1961-62Details || Geneva || Dinamo Tbilisi || Real Madrid ||align=center|90-83 ||colspan="4" style="text-align:center;" |- |-bgcolor="#EBF5FF" || 1962-63Details || Madrid & Moscow || CSKA Moscow || Real Madrid ||align=center|69-*86||align=center|*91-74||align=center|*99-80||colspan="2" style="text-align:center;" |- |- || 1963-64Details || Brno & Madrid || Real Madrid || Spartak Brno ||align=center|99-*110||align=center|*84-64||colspan="3" style="text-align:center;" |- |-bgcolor="#EBF5FF" || 1964-65Details || Moscow & Madrid || Real Madrid || CSKA Moscow ||align=center|81-*88||align=center|*76-62 ||colspan="3" style="text-align:center;" |- |- || 1965-66Details || Bologna || Simmenthal Milan || USK Slavia Prague ||align=center|77-72 ||colspan="4" style="text-align:center;" |- |-bgcolor="#EBF5FF" || 1966-67Details || Madrid || Real Madrid || Simmenthal Milan ||align=center|91-83 ||colspan="4" style="text-align:center;" |- |- || 1967-68Details || Lyon || Real Madrid || Spartak Brno ||align=center|98-95 ||colspan="4" style="text-align:center;" |- |-bgcolor="#EBF5FF" || 1968-69Details || Barcelona || CSKA Moscow || Real Madrid ||align=center|103-99 (2OT) ||colspan="4" style="text-align:center;" |- |- || 1969-70Details || Sarajevo || Ignis Varèse || CSKA Moscow ||align=center|79-74 ||colspan="4" style="text-align:center;" |- |-bgcolor="#EBF5FF" || 1970-71Details || Antwerp || CSKA Moscow || Ignis Varèse ||align=center|67-53 ||colspan="4" style="text-align:center;" |- |- || 1971-72Details || Tel Aviv || Ignis Varèse || Jugoplastika Split ||align=center|70-69 ||colspan="4" style="text-align:center;" |- |-bgcolor="#EBF5FF" || 1972-73Details || Liège || Ignis Varèse || CSKA Moscow ||align=center|71-66 ||colspan="4" style="text-align:center;" |- |- || 1973-74Details || Nantes || Real Madrid || Ignis Varèse ||align=center|84-82 ||colspan="4" style="text-align:center;" |- |-bgcolor="#EBF5FF" || 1974-75Details || Antwerp || Ignis Varèse || Real Madrid ||align=center|79-66 ||colspan="4" style="text-align:center;" |- |- || 1975-76Details || Geneva || Mobilgirgi Varese || Real Madrid||align=center|81-74 ||colspan="4" style="text-align:center;" |- |-bgcolor="#EBF5FF" || 1976-77Details || Belgrade || Maccabi Tel Aviv || Mobilgirgi Varese ||align=center|78-77 ||colspan="4" style="text-align:center;" |- |- || 1977-78Details || Munich || Real Madrid || Mobilgirgi Varese ||align=center|75-67 ||colspan="4" style="text-align:center;" |- |-bgcolor="#EBF5FF" || 1978-79Details || Grenoble || Bosna Sarajevo || Emerson Varese ||align=center|96-93 ||colspan="4" style="text-align:center;" |- |- || 1979-80Details || West Berlin || Real Madrid || Maccabi Tel Aviv ||align=center|89-85 ||colspan="4" style="text-align:center;" |- |-bgcolor="#EBF5FF" || 1980-81Details || Strasbourg || Maccabi Tel Aviv || Synudine Bologna ||align=center|80-79 ||colspan="4" style="text-align:center;" |- |- || 1981-82Details || Cologne || Ford Cantù || Maccabi Tel Aviv ||align=center|86-80 ||colspan="4" style="text-align:center;" |- |-bgcolor="#EBF5FF" || 1982-83Details || Grenoble || Ford Cantù || Billy Milan ||align=center|69-68 ||colspan="4" style="text-align:center;" |- |- || 1983-84Details || Geneva || Banco di Roma || FC Barcelona ||align=center|79-73 ||colspan="4" style="text-align:center;" |- |-bgcolor="#EBF5FF" || 1984-85Details || Athens || Cibona Zagreb || Real Madrid ||align=center|87-78 ||colspan="4" style="text-align:center;" |- |- || 1985-86Details || Budapest || Cibona Zagreb || Žalgiris Kaunas ||align=center|94-82 ||colspan="4" style="text-align:center;" |- |-bgcolor="#EBF5FF" || 1986-87Details || Lausanne || Tracer Milan || Maccabi Tel Aviv ||align=center|71-69 ||colspan="4" style="text-align:center;" |- |-bgcolor="#CCCCCC" | colspan="9" style="text-align:center;" | Final-Four since 1988 |- || 1987-88Details || Ghent || Tracer Milan || Maccabi Tel Aviv ||align=center|90-84 ||colspan="4" style="text-align:center;" |- |-bgcolor="#EBF5FF" || 1988-89Details || Munich|| Jugoplastika Split || Maccabi Tel Aviv ||align=center|75-69 ||colspan="4" style="text-align:center;" |- |- || 1989-90Details || Zaragoza || Jugoplastika Split || FC Barcelona ||align=center|72-67 ||colspan="4" style="text-align:center;" |- |-bgcolor="#EBF5FF" || 1990-91Details || Paris || Pop 84 Split || FC Barcelona ||align=center|70-65 ||colspan="4" style="text-align:center;" |- |- || 1991-92Details || Istanbul || Partizan || Joventut Badalona ||align=center|71-70 ||colspan="4" style="text-align:center;" |- |-bgcolor="#EBF5FF" || 1992-93Details || Athens || CSP Limoges || Benetton Treviso ||align=center|59-55 ||colspan="4" style="text-align:center;" |- |- || 1993-94Details || Tel Aviv|| Joventut Badalona || Olympiacos ||align=center|59-57 ||colspan="4" style="text-align:center;" |- |-bgcolor="#EBF5FF" || 1994-95Details || Zaragoza || Real Madrid || Olympiacos ||align=center|73-61 ||colspan="4" style="text-align:center;" |- |- || 1995-96Details || Paris || Panathinaikos || FC Barcelona ||align=center|67-66 ||colspan="4" style="text-align:center;" |- |-bgcolor="#EBF5FF" || 1996-97Details || Rome || Olympiacos || FC Barcelona ||align=center|73-58 ||colspan="4" style="text-align:center;" |- |- || 1997-98Details || Barcelona || Kinder Bologna || AEK Athens ||align=center|58-44 ||colspan="4" style="text-align:center;" |- |-bgcolor="#EBF5FF" || 1998-99Details || Munich || Žalgiris Kaunas || Kinder Bologna ||align=center|82-74||colspan="4" style="text-align:center;" |- |- || 1999-00Details || Thessaloniki || Panathinaikos || Maccabi Tel Aviv ||align=center|73-67 ||colspan="4" style="text-align:center;" |- |-bgcolor="#EBF5FF" | rowspan = "2" | 2000-01 †Details
Details || Paris || Maccabi Tel Aviv || Panathinaikos ||align=center|81-67 ||colspan="4" style="text-align:center;" |- |-bgcolor="#EBF5FF" || Bologna & Vitoria-Gasteiz || Kinder Bologna || Baskonia ||align=center|*68-85||align=center|*94-73||align=center|80-*60||align=center|79-*96||align=center|*82-74 |- || 2001-02Details || Bologna || Panathinaikos || Kinder Bologna ||align=center|89-83 ||colspan="4" style="text-align:center;" |- |-bgcolor="#EBF5FF" || 2002-03Details || Barcelona|| FC Barcelona || Benetton Treviso ||align=center|76-65 ||colspan="4" style="text-align:center;" |- |- || 2003-04Details || Tel Aviv|| Maccabi Tel Aviv || Skipper Bologna ||align=center|118-74||colspan="4" style="text-align:center;" |- |-bgcolor="#EBF5FF" || 2004-05Details || Moscow || Maccabi Tel Aviv || Baskonia ||align=center|90-78||colspan="4" style="text-align:center;" |- |- || 2005-06Details || Prague || CSKA Moscow || Maccabi Tel Aviv ||align=center|73-69||colspan="4" style="text-align:center;" | - |-bgcolor="#EBF5FF" || 2006–07Details || Athens || Panathinaikos || CSKA Moscow ||align=center|93-91||colspan="4" style="text-align:center;" |- |- || 2007–08Details || Madrid || CSKA Moscow || Maccabi Tel Aviv ||align=center|91-77||colspan="4" style="text-align:center;" | - |-bgcolor="#EBF5FF" || 2008–09Details || Berlin || Panathinaikos || CSKA Moscow ||align=center| 73-71 ||colspan="4" style="text-align:center;" | - |- || 2009–10Details || Paris || FC Barcelona || Olympiacos ||align=center| 86-68 ||colspan="4" style="text-align:center;" | - |-bgcolor="#EBF5FF" || 2010–11Details || Barcelona || TBD || TBD ||align=center| ||colspan="4" style="text-align:center;" | - |}

† ''2001 was a transition year, with the best European teams split into two major leagues (Suproleague held by FIBA, Euroleague by ULEB).

Titles

By club

Maccabi Tel Aviv beat Panathinaikos in the 2000/2001 FIBA Suproleague final. The league did not contain all of the European champions.

Kinder Bologna (Virtus) beat TAU Cerámica (Baskonia) in the 2000/2001 ULEB Euroleague final. The league did not contain all of the European champions.

See also: Triple Crown in Basketball

By nation

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Euroleague versus NBA games

The following is a list of games between NBA and Euroleague teams, since the Euroleague stopped being run by FIBA Europe and began working in conjunction with ULEB (the modern era Euroleague format). The list includes only games in which NBA clubs have played against teams that participated in that season's Euroleague competition. The games that take place outside of the United States and/or Canada are played under a combination of mixed NBA and FIBA rules.

2000s

Palau Sant Jordi, Barcelona |teamA= Memphis Grizzlies |scoreA=91 |teamB= FC Barcelona|scoreB=80 }} Air Canada Centre, Toronto, ON |teamA= Toronto Raptors |scoreA=100 |teamB= Panathinaikos'''|scoreB=76 }} Air Canada Centre, Toronto, ON |teamA= Toronto Raptors |scoreA=86 |teamB= Benetton Treviso'''|scoreB=83 }} Air Canada Centre, Toronto, ON |teamA= Toronto Raptors |scoreA=103 |teamB= Maccabi Tel Aviv|scoreB=105 }} TD Waterhouse Centre, Orlando, FL |teamA= Orlando Magic |scoreA=93 |teamB= Maccabi Tel Aviv|scoreB=79 }} Palau Sant Jordi, Barcelona |teamA= Philadelphia 76ers |scoreA=99 |teamB= FC Barcelona|scoreB=104 |report = Boxscore }} PalaLottomatica, Rome |teamA= Phoenix Suns |scoreA=100 |teamB= Virtus Roma|scoreB=93 |report = Boxscore }} CSKA Universal Sports Hall, Moscow |teamA= Los Angeles Clippers |scoreA=75 |teamB= CSKA Moscow|scoreB=94 |report = Boxscore }} Palais Omnisports de Paris-Bercy, Paris |teamA= San Antonio Spurs |scoreA=97 |teamB= Maccabi Tel Aviv|scoreB=84 |report = Boxscore }} Pepsi Center, Denver, CO |teamA= Denver Nuggets |scoreA=118 |teamB= Efes Pilsen|scoreB=102 |report = Boxscore }} Kölnarena, Cologne |teamA= Phoenix Suns |scoreA=119 |teamB= Maccabi Tel Aviv|scoreB=102 |report = Boxscore }} Kölnarena, Cologne |teamA= Philadelphia 76ers |scoreA=85 |teamB= CSKA Moscow|scoreB=71 |report = Boxscore }} Oracle Arena, Oakland, CA |teamA= Golden State Warriors |scoreA=120 |teamB= Efes Pilsen|scoreB=66 |report = Boxscore }} Quicken Loans Arena, Cleveland, OH |teamA= Cleveland Cavaliers |scoreA=93 |teamB= Maccabi Tel Aviv|scoreB=67 |report = Boxscore }} Air Canada Centre, Toronto, ON |teamA= Toronto Raptors |scoreA=118 |teamB= Maccabi Tel Aviv|scoreB=84 |report = Boxscore }} Abdi İpekçi Arena, Istanbul |teamA= Minnesota Timberwolves |scoreA=84 |teamB= Efes Pilsen |scoreB=81 |report = Boxscore }} PalaLottomatica, Rome |teamA= Toronto Raptors |scoreA=93 |teamB= Virtus Roma|scoreB=87 |report = Boxscore }} Palacio José María Martín Carpena, Málaga |teamA= Memphis Grizzlies |scoreA=99 |teamB= CB Málaga|scoreB=102 |report = Boxscore }} Palacio de Deportes, Madrid |teamA= Toronto Raptors |scoreA=103 |teamB= Real Madrid|scoreB=104 |report = Boxscore }} Madison Square Garden, New York City, NY |teamA= New York Knicks |scoreA=112 |teamB= Maccabi Tel Aviv|scoreB=85 |report = Boxscore }} Toyota Center, Houston, TX |teamA= Houston Rockets |scoreA=107 |teamB= Panathinaikos|scoreB=70 |report = Boxscore }} AT&T; Center, San Antonio, TX |teamA= San Antonio Spurs |scoreA=113 |teamB= Panathinaikos|scoreB=91 |report = Boxscore }} Oracle Arena, Oakland, CA |teamA= Golden State Warriors |scoreA=107 |teamB= Žalgiris Kaunas|scoreB=88 |report = Boxscore }} Air Canada Centre, Toronto, OT |teamA= Toronto Raptors |scoreA=105 |teamB= Žalgiris Kaunas|scoreB=99 |report = Boxscore }} Verizon Center, Washington, D.C. |teamA= Washington Wizards |scoreA=115 |teamB= Žalgiris Kaunas|scoreB=96 |report = Boxscore }} Amway Arena, Orlando, FL |teamA= Orlando Magic |scoreA=94 |teamB= CSKA Moscow|scoreB=66 |report = Boxscore }} Air Canada Centre, Toronto, ON |teamA= Toronto Raptors |scoreA=86 |teamB= CSKA Moscow|scoreB=78 |report = Boxscore }} Staples Center, Los Angeles, CA |teamA= Los Angeles Lakers |scoreA=108 |teamB= FC Barcelona|scoreB=104 |report = Boxscore }} Staples Center, Los Angeles, CA |teamA= Los Angeles Clippers |scoreA=114 |teamB= FC Barcelona|scoreB=109 |report = Boxscore }} Pepsi Center, Denver, CO |teamA= Denver Nuggets |scoreA= 102 |teamB= Partizan Belgrade|scoreB= 70 |report = Boxscore }} US Airways Center, Phoenix, AZ |teamA= Phoenix Suns |scoreA=111 |teamB= Partizan Belgrade|scoreB=80 |report = Boxscore }} Palacio de Deportes, Madrid |teamA= Utah Jazz |scoreA=109 |teamB= Real Madrid|scoreB=87 |report = Boxscore }} AT&T; Center, San Antonio, TX |teamA= San Antonio Spurs |scoreA=107 |teamB= Olympiacos|scoreB=89 |report = Boxscore }} Quicken Loans Arena, Cleveland, OH |teamA= Cleveland Cavaliers |scoreA=111 |teamB= Olympiacos|scoreB=94 |report = Boxscore }} Madison Square Garden, New York, NY |teamA= New York Knicks |scoreA=106 |teamB= Maccabi Tel Aviv|scoreB=91 |report = Boxscore }} Staples Center, Los Angeles, CA |teamA= Los Angeles Clippers |scoreA=108 |teamB= Maccabi Tel Aviv|scoreB=95 |report = Boxscore }}

2010s

Mediolanum Forum, Milan |teamA= New York Knicks |scoreA=125 |teamB= Olimpia Milano|scoreB=113 |report = Boxscore }} Palau Sant Jordi, Barcelona |teamA= Los Angeles Lakers |scoreA=88 |teamB= FC Barcelona|scoreB=92 |report = Boxscore }} American Airlines Arena, Miami, FL |teamA= Miami Heat |scoreA=96 |teamB= CSKA Moscow|scoreB=85 |report = Boxscore }} FedExForum, Memphis, TN |teamA= Memphis Grizzlies |scoreA=110 |teamB= Saski Baskonia|scoreB=105 |report = Boxscore }} Ford Center, Oklahoma City, OK |teamA= Oklahoma City Thunder |scoreA=97 |teamB= CSKA Moscow|scoreB=89 |report = Boxscore }} AT&T; Center, San Antonio, TX |teamA= San Antonio Spurs |scoreA=108 |teamB= Saski Baskonia|scoreB=85 |report = Boxscore }} Quicken Loans Arena, Cleveland, OH |teamA= Cleveland Cavaliers |scoreA=87 |teamB= CSKA Moscow|scoreB=90 |report = Boxscore }}

Euroleague champions versus NBA champions

The following is a list of games that have been played between the then current champions of the NBA and the then current champions of the Euroleague. The games that take place in the United States and/or Canada are played under NBA rules. The games that take place outside of the United States and/or Canada are played under a combination of mixed NBA and FIBA rules.

Palais Omnisports, Paris |teamA= Chicago Bulls |scoreA=104 |teamB= Olympiacos|scoreB=78 }} AT&T; Center, San Antonio, TX |teamA= San Antonio Spurs |scoreA=113 |teamB= Panathinaikos|scoreB=91 |report = Boxscore }} Palau Sant Jordi, Barcelona |teamA= Los Angeles Lakers |scoreA=88 |teamB= FC Barcelona|scoreB=92 |report = Boxscore }}

Facts

Real Madrid has been the most successful team, having won the competition a record eight times.

Panathinaikos is the most successful team since the Final Four system introduction, having won 5 out of 22 Final Fours.

During the 1970s, Pallacanestro Varese, then competing under sponsorship names Ignis and later on Mobilgirgi and Emerson, reached all 10 finals. These consecutive final matches (of which it won five) were the only ones ever reached by this club.

Athens is the only city, from which three different clubs Panathinaikos, Olympiacos and AEK have participated in Euroleague finals.

Athens is the only city, from which seven different clubs Panathinaikos, Olympiacos, AEK, Panellinios, Peristeri, Panionios, Maroussi have participated in the Euroleague.

The highest attendance ever recorded in Euroleague is 22,567, which filled Belgrade Arena on March 5, 2009 for a 2008–09 Top 16 match between Partizan Belgrade and Panathinaikos. The previous record was 18,500 fans, achieved at a Panathinaikos home match at the Olympic Indoor Hall, Athens, against TAU Cerámica on April 12, 2006, for the 2005–06 third quarterfinal playoff game.

Although Israel is located in the Middle East, its teams play in the Euroleague (similar to Israel's national football team and clubs playing for UEFA competitions).

In the small area of less than 40 km² in the northern metropolitan area of Milan, there are 3 clubs that have won a total of 10 European Champions' Cups and played a total of 16 finals:

* Pallacanestro Cantù, which won the Euroleague twice, is the team of the small city of Cantù (only 39,036 inhabitants), located 25 km north of Milan.

* Pallacanestro Varese, which won 5 Euroleagues, is from the city of Varese (96,917 inhabitants), which is located a few miles west from Cantù and Milan.

* Olimpia Milano is from the city of Milan itself.

Record score for a final game was achieved in the 2004 finals in Tel Aviv, where home club Maccabi Tel Aviv defeated Skipper Bologna by a score of 118-74 (44 point difference).

Media coverage

Euroleague awards

Statistical Leaders

Points Per Game

1991-92 Nikos Galis (Aris Thessaloniki): 32.25 (in 16 games)

1992-93 Zdravko Radulović (Cibona Zagreb): 23.92 (in 13 games)

1993-94 Nikos Galis (Panathinaikos Athens): 23.80 (in 21 games)

1994-95 - Predrag Danilović (Virtus (Buckler) Bologna): 22.11 (in 17 games)

1995-96 Joe Arlauckas (Real Madrid): 26.42 (in 21 games)

1996-97 Carlton Myers (Fortitudo (Teamsystem) Bologna): 22.94 (in 19 games)

1997-98 - Predrag Stojaković (PAOK Thessaloniki): 20.93 (in 16 games)

1998-99 İbrahim Kutluay (Fenerbahce Istanbul): 21.41 (in 17 games)

1999-00 Miljan Goljović (Pivovarna Laško): 20.18 (in 16 games)

2000-01 - Miroslav Berić (Partizan Belgrade): 23.25 (in 20 games) (FIBA Suproleague)

2000-01 Alphonso Ford (Peristeri Athens): 26 (in 12 games) (ULEB Euroleague)

2001-02 Alphonso Ford (Olympiacos Piraeus): 24.75 (in 20 games)

2002-03 - Miloš Vujanić (Partizan Belgrade): 25.78 (in 14 games)

2003-04 Lynn Greer (Slask Wroclaw): 25.07 (in 14 games)

2004-05 Charles Smith (Victoria Libertas (Scavolini) Pesaro): 20.65 (in 20 games)

2005-06 Drew Nicholas (Benetton Treviso): 18.45 (in 20 games)

2006-07 Juan Carlos Navarro (FC Barcelona): 16.77 (in 22 games)

2007-08 Marc Salyers (Chorale Roanne): 21.78 (in 14 games)

2008-09 Igor Rakočević (TAU Baskonia): 17.95 (in 21 games)

2009-10 Linas Kleiza (Olympiacos Piraeus): 17.13 (in 22 games)

Rebounds Per Game

1991-92 Corny Thompson (Joventut Badalona): 11.72 (in 18 games)

1992-93 Arvydas Sabonis (Real Madrid): 11.95 (in 20 games)

1993-94 Roy Tarpley (Olympiacos Piraeus): 12.84 (in 19 games)

1994-95 Stojan Vranković (Panathinaikos Athens): 12.19 (in 21 games)

1995-96 Charles Shackleford (Ulker Istanbul): 12.38 (in 18 games)

1996-97 Warren Kidd (Stefanel Milano): 10.59 (in 22 games)

1997-98 - Dejan Tomašević (Partizan Belgrade): 9.60 (in 23 games)

1998-99 Žan Tabak (Fenerbahce Istanbul): 10 (in 18 games)

1999-00 Hüseyin Beşok (Efes Pilsen Istanbul): 10.04 (in 23 games)

2000-01 Roberto Chiacig (Montepaschi Siena): 9.38 (in 18 games) (FIBA Suproleague)

2000-01 - Dejan Tomašević (Buducnost Podgorica): 11.5 (in 12 games) (ULEB Euroleague)

2001-02 Mirsad Türkcan (CSKA Moscow): 12.76 (in 17 games)

2002-03 Mirsad Türkcan (Montepaschi Siena): 11.80 (in 21 games)

2003-04 Arvydas Sabonis (Zalgiris Kaunas): 10.72 (in 18 games)

2004-05 Tanoka Beard (Zalgiris Kaunas): 10.6 (in 20 games)

2005-06 - Dejan Milojević (Partizan Belgrade): 10.08 (in 12 games)

2006-07 Tanoka Beard (Zalgiris Kaunas): 9.85 (in 14 games)

2007-08 Travis Watson (Armani Jeans Milano): 9.71 (in 14 games)

2008-09 Mirsad Türkcan (Fenerbahçe Ülker): 8.64 (in 14 games)

2009-10 Travis Watson (Zalgiris Kaunas): 9.46 (in 13 games)

Assists Per Game

1991-92 Micheal Ray Richardson (Slobodna Dalmacija Split): 6.07 (in 14 games)

1992-93 Nacho Azofra (Estudiantes Madrid): 5.58 (in 12 games)

1993-94 Nikos Galis (Panathinaikos Athens): 4.71 (in 21 games)

1994-95 Chuck Evans (CSKA Moscow): 6.15 (in 13 games)

1995-96 Vassili Karasev (CSKA Moscow): 7.15 (in 20 games)

1996-97 Michael Anderson (Caja San Fernando): 6.11 (in 17 games)

1997-98 Willie Anderson (AEK Athens): 4.41 (in 12 games)

1998-99 Tyus Edney (Zalgiris Kaunas): 6.13 (in 22 games)

1999-00 David Rivers (TOFAS Bursa): 4.93 (in 16 games)

2000-01 Raimonds Miglinieks (Slask Wroclaw): 6.95 (in 20 games) (FIBA Suproleague)

2000-01 Ivica Marić (KK Zadar): 5.9 (in 10 games) (ULEB Euroleague)

2001-02 Elmer Bennett (Baskonia): 5.26 (in 15 games)

2002-03 Ed Cota (Zalgiris Kaunas): 6.5 (in 14 games)

2003-04 Ed Cota (Zalgiris Kaunas): 5.65 (in 20 games)

2004-05 Mire Chatman (EB Pau-Orthez): 6.21 (in 14 games)

2005-06 Pablo Prigioni (Baskonia): 6.24 (in 25 games)

2006-07 Theodoros Papaloukas (CSKA Moscow): 5.4 (in 25 games)

2007-08 DeJuan Collins (Zalgiris Kaunas): 5.35 (in 20 games)

2008-09 Theodoros Papaloukas (Olympiacos): 5.18 (in 22 games)

2009-10 Omar Cook (Unicaja Malaga): 5.93 (in 16 games)

Steals Per Game

1991-92 Riccardo Pittis (Philips Milano): 3.73 (in 19 games)

1992-93 Clinton Wheeler (Bayer Leverkusen): 3 (in 17 games)

1993-94 Riccardo Pittis (Benetton Treviso): 2.92 (in 13 games)

1994-95 Sergei Panov (CSKA Moscow): 3 (in 19 games)

1995-96 Riccardo Pittis (Benetton Treviso): 2.63 (in 19 games)

1996-97 Michael Anderson (Caja San Fernando): 2.70 (in 17 games)

1997-98 David Rivers (Teamsystem Bologna): 2.85 (in 21 games)

1998-99 Gerald Lewis (KK Zadar): 2.53 (in 15 games)

1999-00 Andrea Meneghin (Varese Roosters): 2.93 (in 16 games)

2000-01 Ralph Biggs (Telindus Oostende): 2.1 (in 20 games) (FIBA Suproleague)

2000-01 Ivica Maric (KK Zadar) & Jemeil Rich (Lugano Snakes): 3.7 (in 10 games) (ULEB Euroleague)

2001-02 Emanuel Ginóbili (Kinder Bologna): 2.54 (in 22 games)

2002-03 Fred House (Partizan Belgrade): 3 (in 10 games)

2003-04 Fred House (Partizan Belgrade): 3.38 (in 13 games)

2004-05 Chris Williams (Frankfurt Skyliners): 2.78 (in 14 games)

2005-06 Jeff Trepagnier (Ulker Istanbul): 3.05 (in 20 games)

2006-07 Ricky Rubio (DKV Joventut Badalona): 3.18 (in 16 games)

2007-08 Shaun Stonerook (Montepaschi Siena): 2.58 (in 24 games)

2008-09 David Logan (Asseco Prokom): 2.66 (in 15 games)

2009-10 Mindaugas Lukauskis (ASVEL): 2.3 (in 10 games)

Blocks Per Game

2000-01 Andrei Kirilenko (CSKA Moscow): 2.13 (in 22 games) (FIBA Suproleague)

2000-01 Grigorij Khizhnyak (Zalgiris Kaunas): 3.16 (in 12 games) (ULEB Euroleague)

2001-02 Grigorij Khizhnyak (Zalgiris Kaunas): 3.21 (in 14 games)

2002-03 Eduardo Hernández-Sonseca (Real Madrid): 1.5 (in 14 games)

2003-04 Arvydas Sabonis (Zalgiris Kaunas): 1.61 (in 18 games)

2004-05 Eurelijus Žukauskas (Ulker Istanbul): 1.81 (in 22 games)

2005-06 Darjuš Lavrinovič (Zalgiris Kaunas): 2.1 (in 20 games)

2006-07 Marcus Haislip (Efes Pilsen Istanbul): 1.75 (in 20 games)

2007-08 Ömer Aşık (Fenerbahce Ulker): 2.06 (in 15 games)

2008-09 Fran Vazquez (FC Barcelona): 1.73 (in 23 games)

2009-10 D'or Fischer (Maccabi Tel Aviv): 1.8 (in 20 games)

Average Index Rating, Full Season Leaders

2000-01 - Dejan Tomašević (Buducnost Podgorica): 30.91 (in 12 games)

2001-02 Mirsad Türkcan (CSKA Moscow): 25.82 (in 17 games)

2002-03 Mirsad Türkcan (Montepaschi): 24 (in 21 games)

2003-04 Arvydas Sabonis (Zalgiris Kaunas): 26.27 (in 18 games)

2004-05 Anthony Parker (Maccabi Tel Aviv): 24.87 (in 24 games)

2005-06 - Dejan Milojević (Partizan Belgrade): 23.58 (in 12 games)

2006-07 Nikola Vujčić (Maccabi Tel Aviv): 21.72 (in 22 games)

2007-08 Marc Salyers (Chorale Roanne): 22.5 (in 14 games)

2008-09 D'or Fischer (Maccabi Tel Aviv): 21.46 (in 13 games)

2009-10 - Aleks Marić (Partizan Belgrade): 21.11 (in 18 games)

Average Index Rating, Regular Season Leaders

2000-01 - Dejan Tomašević (Buducnost Podgorica): 31.2

2001-02 Mirsad Türkcan (CSKA Moscow): 28.09

2002-03 Joseph Blair (Ulker Istanbul): 25

2003-04 Arvydas Sabonis (Zalgiris Kaunas): 26.41

2004-05 Anthony Parker (Maccabi Tel Aviv): 27.42

2005-06 - Dejan Milojević (Partizan Belgrade): 23.58

2006-07 Nikola Vujčić (Maccabi Tel Aviv): 23.64

2007-08 Marc Salyers (Chorale Roanne): 22.5

2008-09 Sani Bečirovič (Virtus Roma): 22

2009-10 - Aleks Marić (Partizan Belgrade): 24.55

Average Index Rating, Top 16 Leaders

2001-02 Alphonso Ford (Olympiacos Piraeus): 26.66

2002-03 Mirsad Türkcan (Montepaschi Siena): 27

2003-04 Arvydas Sabonis (Zalgiris Kaunas): 26

2004-05 David Andersen (CSKA Moscow): 25.66

2005-06 Scoonie Penn (Cibona Zagreb): 25.16

2006-07 Antonis Fotsis (Dynamo Moscow): 20.83

2007-08 Terence Morris (Maccabi Tel Aviv): 22.5

2008-09 Mirsad Türkcan (Fenerbahçe Ülker): 27

2009-10 Jamont Gordon (Cibona Zagreb): 23.83

All-Time Leaders

Since the beginning of the 2000-01 season:

Individual performances

Individual highs

Points

Since the beginning of the 1991-92 season:

# Joe Arlauckas (Real Madrid) 63 pts @ Buckler Bologna (24/28 2pt, 0/1 3pt, 15/18 FT) (in 1995-96 season) # Michael Young (CSP Limoges) 47 pts vs. Benetton Treviso (12/22 2pt, 4/6 3pt, 11/15 FT) (in 1993-94 season) # Nikos Galis (Aris Thessaloniki) 46 pts vs. Philips Milano (8/14 2pt, 5/6 3pt, 15/18 FT) (in 1991-92 season) # Velimir Perasović (Slobodna Dalmacija Split) 45 pts @ Cibona Zagreb (15/22 2pt, 1/1 3pt, 12/14 FT) (in 1991-92 season) # Ivica Žurić (Cibona Zagreb) 45 pts @ Buckler Bologna (11/18 2pt, 5/7 3pt, 8/9 FT) (in 1993-94 season) # Nikos Galis (Aris Thessaloniki) 44 pts vs. Joventut Badalona (15/21 2pt, 2/5 3pt, 8/11 FT) (in 1991-92 season) # Nikos Galis (Aris Thessaloniki) 44 pts @ Commodore Den Helder (16/28 2pt, 1/3 3pt, 9/10 FT) (in 1991-92 season) # Tony Dawson (Bayer Leverkusen) 43 pts @ Kinder Bologna (10/15 2pt, 1/2 3pt, 20/25 FT) (in 1996-97 season) # Zdravko Radulović (Cibona Zagreb) 42 pts @ Olympique d'Antibes (6/10 2pt, 7/13 3pt, 9/9 FT) (in 1991-92 season) # Zdravko Radulović (Cibona Zagreb) 42 pts vs. Slobodna Dalmacija Split (8/15 2pt, 7/11 3pt, 5/7 FT) (in 1991-92 season) # İbrahim Kutluay (Fenerbahce Istanbul) 41 pts @ Cibona Zagreb (7/13 2pt, 6/8 3pt, 9/15 FT) (in 1998-99 season) # Alphonso Ford (Peristeri Athens) 41 pts vs. Baskonia (9/19 2pt, 3/4 3pt, 14/15 FT) (in 2000-01 season) # Carlton Myers (PAF Bologna) 41 pts vs. Real Madrid (6/9 2pt, 5/11 3pt, 14/19 FT) (in 2000-01 season) # Kaspars Kambala (Efes Pilsen) 41 pts vs. FC Barcelona (18/28 2p, 5/10 FT) (in 2002-03 season) # Nikos Galis (Aris Thessaloniki) 40 pts vs. Estudiantes Madrid (14/19 2pt, 0/2 3pt, 12/14 FT) (in 1991-92 season) # Zdravko Radulović (Cibona Zagreb) 40 pts @ Phonola Caserta (10/12 2pt, 5/12 3pt, 5/8 FT) (in 1991-92 season) # Arijan Komazec (Kinder Bologna) 40 pts vs. FC Barcelona (10/12 2pt, 4/5 3pt, 8/8 FT)(in 1996-97 season) # Vlado Šćepanović (Partizan Belgrade) 40 pts @ Ural Great Perm (3/5 2pt, 7/9 3pt, 13/13 FT) (in 2001-02 season) # Arvydas Macijauskas (Baskonia) 40 pts vs. ASVEL Villeurbanne (4/7 2pt, 6/6 3pt, 14/14 FT) (in 2003-04 season) # Marc Salyers (Chorale Roanne) 40 pts vs. Fenerbahce Ulker (9/11 2pt, 6/13 3pt, 4/5 FT) (in 2007-08 season)

Rebounds

Since the beginning of the 1991-92 season:

# Arvydas Sabonis (Real Madrid) 24 rebs @ Olympiacos Piraeus (in 1992-93 season) # Joe Binion (Buckler Bologna) 24 rebs @ Panathinaikos Athens (in 1994-95 season) # Antonis Fotsis (Dynamo Moscow) 24 rebs vs. Benetton Treviso (in 2006-07 season) # Rickie Winslow (Estudiantes Madrid) 23 rebs vs. Aris Thessaloniki (in 1991-92 season) # Cliff Levingston (PAOK Thessaloniki) 23 rebs vs. Scavolini Pesaro (in 1992-93 season) # Roy Tarpley (Olympiacos Piraeus) 23 rebs vs. Bayer Leverkusen (in 1993-94 season) # Mirsad Türkcan (CSKA Moscow) 23 rebs vs. Buducnost Podgorica (in 2001-02 season) # Orlando Phillips (EB Pau Orthez) 22 rebs vs. Olympiacos Piraeus (in 1992-93 season) # Emilio Kovačić (Cibona Zagreb) 22 rebs @ Efes Pilsen (in 1993-94 season) # Mirsad Türkcan (Montepaschi Siena) 21 rebs vs. Baskonia (in 2002-03 season) # Mirsad Türkcan (CSKA Moscow) 21 rebs vs. Cibona Zagreb (in 2003-04 season) # Mirsad Türkcan (Fenerbahce Ulker) 21 rebs @ Eldo Napoli (in 2006-07 season) # Hüseyin Beşok (Efes Pilsen) 21 rebs @ Varese Roosters (in 1998-99 season) # Hüseyin Beşok (Efes Pilsen) 21 rebs vs. Plannja Lulea (in 2000-01 Suproleague season) # Lee Johnson (Olympique d'Antibes) 21 rebs vs. Kalev Tallinn (in 1991-92 season) # Tony Massenburg (FC Barcelona) 21 rebs vs. CSP Limoges (in 1993-94 season) # Arvydas Sabonis (Real Madrid) 21 rebs vs. Bayer Leverkusen (in 1993-94 season) # Stojan Vranković (Panathinaikos Athens) 21 rebs vs. Maccabi Tel Aviv (in 1994-95 season) # Warren Kidd (Stefanel Milano) 21 rebs vs. Olympiacos Piraeus (in 1996-97 season) # Nikola Prkačin (Cibona Zagreb) 21 rebs vs. EB Pau Orthez (in 1998-99 season) # Lazaros Papadopoulos (Iraklis Thessaloniki) 21 rebs vs. Alba Berlin (in 2000-01 Suproleague season)

Assists

Since the beginning of the 1991-92 season:

# Elmer Bennett (Baskonia) 17 asts @ Zalgiris Kaunas (in 1998-99 season) # Raimonds Miglinieks (Slask Wroclaw) 15 asts @ Montepaschi Siena (in 2000-01 Suproleague season) # Tyus Edney (Benetton Treviso) 14 asts @ Olympiacos Piraeus (in 2003-04 season) # Vasili Karasev (CSKA Moscow) 14 asts vs. EB Pau Orthez (in 1995-96 season) # Theodoros Papaloukas (Olympiakos) 14 asts vs. Entente Orleanaise (2009-10 season) # Vasili Karasev (CSKA Moscow) 13 asts vs. Bayer Leverkusen (in 1995-96 season) # Petar Naumoski (Efes Pilsen) 13 asts @ CSKA Moscow (in 1998-99 season) # Laurent Sciarra (ASVEL Villeurbanne) 13 asts vs. Panathinaikos Athens (in 2000-01 Suproleague season) # Elmer Bennett (Baskonia) 13 asts @ AEK Athens (in 2000-01 season) # Nikos Zisis (AEK Athens) 13 asts vs. Maccabi Tel Aviv (in 2004-05 season) # Marc-Antoine Pellin (Chorale Roanne) 13 asts vs. Lottomatica Roma (in 2007-08 season)

Steals

Since the beginning of the 1991-92 season:

# Marcus Webb (CSKA Moscow) 11 stls vs. PAOK Thessaloniki (in 1997-98 season) # Jeff Trepagnier (Ulker Istanbul) 11 stls vs. Partizan Belgrade (in 2005-06 season) # Stefano Mancinelli (Climamio Bologna) 10 stls vs. Dynamo Moscow (in 2006-07 season) # Panagiotis Giannakis (Aris Thessaloniki) 9 stls vs. Bayer Leverkusen (in 1991-92 season) # Chris Corchiani (Bayer Leverkusen) 9 stls vs. Unicaja Malaga (in 1995-96 season) # Saulius Štombergas (Zalgiris Kaunas) 9 stls vs. Cibona Zagreb (in 1998-99 season) # Veselin Petrović (Partizan Belgrade) 9 stls vs. Plannja Lulea (in 2000-01 Suproleague season) # Fred House (Partizan Belgrade) 9 stls vs. FC Barcelona (in 2003-04 season) # Chris Williams (Skyliners Frankfurt) 9 stls @ CSKA Moscow (in 2004-05 season) # Pablo Prigioni (Baskonia) 9 stls vs. SIG Basket Strasbourg (in 2005-06 season)

Blocks

Since the beginning of the 2000-01 season:

# Stojan Vranković (PAF Bologna) 10 blks @ Cibona Zagreb (in 2000-01 season) # Grigorij Khizhnyak (Zalgiris Kaunas) 8 blks @ Estudiantes Madrid (in 2000-01 season) # Grigorij Khizhnyak (Zalgiris Kaunas) 7 blks vs. Ulker Istanbul (in 2001-02 season) # Grigorij Khizhnyak (Zalgiris Kaunas) 7 blks vs. Frankfurt Skyliners (in 2001-02 season) # Darjuš Lavrinovič (Zalgiris Kaunas) 7 blks @ Panathinaikos Athens (in 2004-05 season) # Loren Woods (Zalgiris Kaunas) 7 blks @ Asseco Prokom (in 2008-09 season) # Hüseyin Beşok (Efes Pilsen) 7 blks vs. Plannja Lulea (in 2000-01 Suproleague season) # Andrei Kirilenko (CSKA Moscow) 6 blks @ Maccabi Ness Raanana (in 2000-01 Suproleague season) # Grigorij Khizhnyak (Zalgiris Kaunas) 6 blks vs. KK Zadar (in 2000-01 season) # Davor Pejčinović (KK Zadar) 6 blks vs. Lugano Snakes (in 2000-01 season) # Frédéric Weis (Unicaja Malaga) 6 blks @ Efes Pilsen (in 2002-03 season) # Alexei Savrasenko (CSKA Moscow) 6 blks @ Baskonia (in 2004-05 season) # Maceo Baston (Maccabi Tel Aviv) 6 blks vs. Baskonia (in 2005-06 season) # Marcus Haislip (Efes Pilsen) 6 blks @ Olympiacos Piraeus (in 2006-07 season) # Terence Morris (Maccabi Tel Aviv) 6 blks vs. Zalgiris Kaunas (in 2007-08 season)

Index Ratings

Since the beginning of the 2000-01 season:

# Tanoka Beard (Zalgiris Kaunas) 63 @ Skipper Bologna (in 2003-04 season) # Jaka Lakovič (Krka Novo Mesto) 55 @ Real Madrid (in 2001-02 season) # Dejan Milojević (Partizan Belgrade) 55 vs. Olympiacos (in 2004-05 season) # Marko Popović (Cibona Zagreb) 54 vs. Estudiantes Madrid (in 2004-05 season) # Jaka Lakovič (Panathinaikos Athens) 51 @ Benetton Treviso (in 2003-04 season) # Arvydas Macijauskas (Baskonia) 50 vs. ASVEL Villeurbanne (in 2003-04 season) # Thomas Van Den Spiegel (Prokom Trefl) 50 @ VidiVici Bologna (in 2007-08 season) # Darjuš Lavrinovič (Real Madrid) 49 @ Khimki Moscow (in 2009-10 season) # - Aleks Marić (Partizan Belgrade) 49 vs. Efes Pilsen (in 2009-10 season) # Andrés Nocioni (Baskonia) 48 @ Benetton Treviso (in 2003-04 season) # Spencer Nelson (GHP Bamberg) 48 vs. Benetton Treviso (in 2005-06 season) # Arvydas Sabonis (Zalgiris Kaunas) 47 @ Ulker Istanbul (in 2003-04 season) # Anthony Parker (Maccabi Tel Aviv) 47 @ ASVEL Villeurbanne (in 2004-05 season) # Ruslan Avleev (Ural Great Perm) 47 vs. Telindus Oostende (in 2001-02 season) # Kebu Stewart (Hapoel Jerusalem) 47 vs. Benetton Treviso (in 2000-01 season)

Triple-Doubles

Since the beginning of the 1991-92 season:

# Vassili Karasev (CSKA Moscow) 21 pts, 10 asts, 10 rebs vs. Olympiacos (in 1994-95 season) # Bill Edwards (PAOK Thessaloniki) 24 pts, 15 rebs, 10 asts vs. Cholet Basket (in 1999-00 season) # Derrick Phelps (Alba Berlin) 12 asts, 11 pts, 10 rebs vs. Iraklis (in 2000-01 Suproleague season) # Nikola Vujčić (Maccabi Tel Aviv) 12 rebs, 11 pts, 11 asts vs. Prokom Trefl (in 2005-06 season) # Nikola Vujčić (Maccabi Tel Aviv) 27 pts, 10 rebs, 10 asts vs. Olimpija Ljubljana (in 2006-07 season)

See also

FIBA European Champions Cup and Euroleague history

List of Euroleague finals

European Cup and Euroleague records and statistics

Euroleague Awards

50 Greatest Euroleague Contributors

ULEB Euroleague 2001-10 All-Decade Team

EuroLeague Women

Euroleague Basketball Manager

References

External links

Euroleague Official Web Page

InterBasket Euroleague Basketball Forum

TalkBasket Euroleague Basketball Forum

Euroleague's Youtube Channel

Fantaziranje.com - Fantasy for Adriatic league

Euroleague's Youtube Channel

Category:International club basketball competitions 1

Position	PG
Name	Ricky Rubio Vives
Nickname	Ricky BusinessLa Pistola
Caption	Rubio warming up with DKV Joventut
Height ft	6
Height in	3+3/4
Weight lbs	190
Number	9
League	Liga ACBEuroleague
Team	FC Barcelona
Nationality	Spanish
Birth date	October 21, 1990
Birth place	El Masnou, Barcelona, Spain
Draft	5th overall
Draft year	2009
Draft team	Minnesota Timberwolves
Career start	2005
Former teams	DKV Joventut (2005–09)
Awards	FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship MVP 2006Spanish League Rising Star Award 20073× FIBA European Young Player of the Year 2007, 2008, 20092× Spanish League Best Point Guard 2008, 2010Mr. Europa European Player of the Year 2008Spanish League Defensive Player of the Year 2009Catalan Tournament MVP 2009 Euroleague Rising Star 2010

Ricard "Ricky" Rubio Vives (born October 21, 1990 in El Masnou, Catalonia, Spain) is a Spanish professional basketball player with Regal FC Barcelona. Rubio became the youngest player ever to play in the Spanish ACB League on October 15, 2005, at age 14. However, the restrictions were ended a few months early once he was selected for the Spanish national team that would play at the 2008 Olympics. He then switched to English, commenting on his competitive nature — "If I'm losing, I'm going to do everything possible to win. I do the same thing on the court" — and how he practiced moves that he saw in videos of Maravich — "If I can do some magic, I do it."

Pro career

Spain

Rubio debuted in the Spanish ACB League in the 2005-06 season with DKV Joventut. He won the EuroChallenge championship with Joventut that year. He led the Spanish ACB League in steals during the 2006-07 season. He also won the Spanish ACB League's Rising Star Award that season. Rubio was also named the 2007, 2008, and 2009 FIBA Europe Young Player of the Year. The Timberwolves then used the 28th pick to select Wayne Ellington, a shooting guard from North Carolina.

The following day, Rubio's father told a Spanish media outlet that his son may return to Spain for at least one more season. Rubio did not attend an introductory press conference by the Timberwolves.

After the draft

On July 22, the Associated Press reported that Rubio was seeking to leave Joventut, regardless of whether he was able to come to the NBA. The report indicated that ACB powers FC Barcelona and Real Madrid were both interested in signing Rubio if he could not immediately come to the NBA. The main stumbling block to Rubio's NBA move was a clause in the league's collective bargaining agreement that prohibits a team from paying more than $500,000 toward a player's contract buyout. Barça and Real, as ACB clubs, are not subject to this rule and could pay far more toward a buyout. Joventut expressed a willingness to reduce the buyout, and the Timberwolves apparently had a deal to bring him to the NBA, but in the end Rubio did not feel ready to come across the Atlantic. Rubio issued the following statement:

Kahn believed that Rubio and his family were being pressured by the Spanish media, his national teammates, and people in his hometown to stay in Spain, adding, "It's just been a tough summer. From an 18-year-old's perspective and his family's perspective, it was very nerve-racking."

ESPN reported that his original buyout with Joventut was €5.7 million ($8.1 million) in both 2009 and 2010. Barça bought out Rubio's contract for €3.5 million ($5.0 million), and announced on September 1 that he had signed a six-year deal with the club. The contract gives him the option to go to the NBA after the 2010–11 season, His decision to stay in Spain will save him millions in the short term, but may have long-term consequences. The Timberwolves will retain his NBA rights for one year after he stops playing professional basketball of any sort, at which time he may reenter the NBA draft (but does not become a free agent). Under the current NBA Collective Bargaining Agreement, when Rubio arrives in the NBA he will be subject to the rookie wage scale of the year he signs his contract. In the current CBA, there is a clause that states if Rubio were to play overseas for three or more years, he could negotiate past the rookie scale. The current CBA ends before Rubio could negotiate a raise, however, and it is widely thought that the new CBA will be worse for players (including foreign draft picks), not better. He will also be two years further away from restricted free agency by playing two years in Europe.

Spanish national team

Under-16 national team

In August 2006, Rubio led the junior Spanish national team to the FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship. During the tournament Rubio achieved two triple-doubles and a quadruple-double. In the 110–106 double overtime finale victory over Russia, Rubio scored 51 points, the first player to do so in FIBA tournaments since Luol Deng (in 2001), grabbed 24 rebounds, made 12 assists, and stole the ball seven times—a performance unprecedented in the tournament's history. He also forced the first overtime with a three-point, buzzer-beating shot from mid-court. Rubio was subsequently named the Most Valuable Player of the tournament after leading it in points, rebounds, assists and steals.

Senior national team

}} The young Spaniard was selected to take part in the Spanish National Team which participated at the 2008 Olympics Basketball Tournament in Beijing, China. The team was composed of current and former NBA players such as Pau Gasol, José Calderón, Rudy Fernández, Marc Gasol, Raúl López, Jorge Garbajosa, and Juan Carlos Navarro, among others.

He played in the 2008 Olympics Basketball Tournament's gold medal game against Team USA, and thus at 17 became the youngest basketball player to ever play in an Olympic basketball final. Rubio shared the Spanish national team's silver medal after his team suffered a 118–107 defeat.

The next year he was chosen to play for Spain at the EuroBasket 2009 in Poland, where Spain won the gold medal by defeating Serbia by a score of 85–63. During the tournament, Rubio averaged 22.7 minutes, 5.9 points, 2.2 rebounds, 3.9 assists and 1.4 steals per game.

In 2010 he took part in the FIBA World Championships held in Turkey. Spain failed to medal after winning gold in 2006.

Awards and accomplishments

Joventut

Spanish King's Cup (1): 2008

EuroChallenge (1): 2006

Eurocup (1): 2008

Catalan Tournament (3): 2005, 2007, 2008

FC Barcelona

Spanish King's Cup (1): 2010

Euroleague (1): 2010

Spanish Supercup (2): 2009, 2010

Catalan Tournament (2): 2009, 2010

Spanish national team

FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship: Bronze Medal (2005)

FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship: Gold Medal (2006)

2008 Olympics Basketball Tournament: Silver Medal

2009 FIBA European Championship: Gold Medal

Personal awards

MVP of the FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship: he averaged 22.3 points, 12.8 rebounds, 7.1 assists, 6.5 steals. In the final, accumulated 51 points, 24 rebounds, 12 assists and 7 steals.

2× led the Spanish ACB League in steals: (2007, 2009)

Won the Spanish ACB League Rising Star Award: (2007)

3× FIBA European Young Player of the Year: (2007, 2008, 2009)

2× Spanish ACB League's Best Point Guard: (2008, 2010)

2× All-Spanish ACB League Team: (2008, 2010)

Mr. Europa European Player of the Year: (2008)

Spanish ACB League Defensive Player of the Year: (2009)

Catalan Tournament MVP: (2009)

Euroleague Rising Star: (2010)

Won the Spanish ACB League Top 5 Trophy: Most Spectacular Player of the Year (2010)

Notes

External links

Ricky Rubio's Official Site / Ricky Rubio On Twitter Ricky Rubio On Facebook /

NBA.com Profile

Euroleague.net Profile

2010 FIBA World Championship Profile

Spanish ACB League Profile

ESPN.com NBA Draft Bio

FantasySP.com Ricky Rubio News

NBADraft.net Profile

Category:1990 births Category:Living people Category:Spanish basketball players Category:Olympic basketball players of Spain Category:Olympic silver medalists for Spain Category:Catalan basketball players Category:Joventut Badalona players Category:FC Barcelona Bàsquet players Category:Liga ACB players Category:Basketball players at the 2008 Summer Olympics Category:Guards (basketball) Category:Point guards Category:Minnesota Timberwolves draft picks Category:Eurobasket-winning players

Name	David Andersen
Caption	Andersen with FC Barcelona.
Height ft	6
Height in	11
Weight lb	247
Position	Center/Power Forward
Birth date	June 23, 1980
Birth place	Carlton, Victoria, Australia
Team	New Orleans Hornets
Number	11
High school	Australian Institute of Sport
Nationality	Australian / Danish
Draft round	2
Draft pick	37
Draft team	Atlanta Hawks
Draft year	2002
Career start	1998
Teams	Wollongong Hawks (1998–99)Virtus Bologna (1999–03)Montepaschi Siena (2003–04)CSKA Moscow (2004–08)FC Barcelona (2008–09)Houston Rockets (2009–10)Toronto Raptors (2010)New Orleans Hornets (2010-present)
Highlights	Albert Schweitzer MVP 1998Australian Junior Player of the Year 1998Italian League Finals MVP 2004All-Euroleague First Team 2005

David Emil Andersen (born June 23, 1980) is an Australian professional basketball player. He also holds a Danish passport. He is listed by the NBA at 6 ft 11 (2.11m) tall. He is currently with the New Orleans Hornets.

Player profile

Andersen played in the Euroleague for 9 seasons, where he was a part of three Euroleague championship teams: Virtus Bologna 2001, CSKA Moscow 2006, 2008. He did not play during the 2006 Euroleague playoffs, as he was injured, but he still was on CSKA's team that season that won the championship.

He is a power forward-center. While he can play at the center position, his natural position is power forward, and he mainly played that position during his Euroleague career. In Europe he was not known for being a defensive player and rebounder for his size, but for being a good offensive power forward that could both spread the floor and score in the low post.

Pro career

Andersen started playing basketball with Frankston and as a teenager moved to the Australian Institute of Sport. He signed his first professional contract with the Wollongong Hawks of the Australian National Basketball League in 1998. After just one year, he moved to the Italian A League and signed a multi-year contract with Virtus Bologna, with whom he won numerous titles in his four-year span with the team. After the team went into bankruptcy in the summer of 2003, he moved to the Italian club Montepaschi Siena, with whom he won another Italian Championship.

The following season he moved again, this time to the Russian Superleague A club CSKA Moscow. Andersen earned an All-Euroleague First Team selection in the 2004-05 Euroleague season, when CSKA made it to the Euroleague Final Four. Before the 2008-09 season, he transferred to the Spanish ACB League club FC Barcelona. With Barcelona he won the Spanish Championship.

NBA

Andersen was selected by the Atlanta Hawks with the 37th draft pick in the 2002 NBA Draft. On July 14, 2009, his NBA draft rights were traded from the Atlanta Hawks to the Houston Rockets for $2 million cash and a future second round draft pick. The Rockets then paid a $500,000 contract buyout to Andersen's Spanish club FC Barcelona. Andersen then signed a 3 year contract with the Rockets worth $7.5 million, with the third year of the contract being a team option.

On July 28, 2010, Andersen was traded to the Toronto Raptors for a protected second round pick in the 2015 NBA Draft.

On November 20, 2010, Andersen was traded along with Jarrett Jack and Marcus Banks to the New Orleans Hornets for Jerryd Bayless and Peja Stojaković.

Australian national team

Andersen is a member of the senior Australian national basketball team. He won the gold medal at the FIBA Oceania Championship 2003, the FIBA Oceania Championship 2005, and the FIBA Oceania Championship 2007. He also represented Australia at both the 2004 Olympics Basketball Tournament and the 2008 Olympics Basketball Tournament.

Andersen also played for Australia in the 2010 FIBA World Championship in Turkey.

Awards and accomplishments

Pro career

Australian Junior Player of the Year: (1998)

Won 2 Italian Cups: (2001, 2002)

Won 3 Euroleague Championships: (2001, 2006, 2008)

Won 2 Italian Championships: (2001, 2004)

Won 2 Triple Crowns: (2001, 2006)

Italian League All-Star Game: (2003)

Italian League Finals MVP: (2004)

Won 3 Russian Cups: (2005, 2006, 2007)

All-Euroleague First Team: (2005)

Won 4 Russian Championships: (2005, 2006, 2007, 2008)

Won the Spanish Championship: (2009)

Australian national team

Albert Schweitzer Tournament: MVP: (1998)

FIBA Under-19 World Championship: All-Tournament Team: (1999)

FIBA Oceania Championship 2003: Gold Medal

FIBA Oceania Championship 2005: Gold Medal

FIBA Oceania Championship 2007: Gold Medal

NBA career statistics

Regular Season

|- | style="text-align:left;"| 2009–10 | style="text-align:left;"| Houston | 63 || 0 || 14.1 || .432 || .346 || .687 || 3.3 || .7 || .2 || .2 || 5.8 |- | style="text-align:left;"| Career | style="text-align:left;"| | 63 || 0 || 14.1 || .432 || .346 || .687 || 3.3 || .7 || .2 || .2 || 5.8

References

External links

The Official Site Of David Andersen

NBA.com Profile

Euroleague.net Profile

Hoopshype.com Profile

2010 FIBA World Championship Profile

2008 Olympics Profile

Category:1980 births Category:Living people Category:Australian people of Danish descent Category:Australian basketball players Category:Danish basketball players Category:Australian expatriates in Canada Category:Australian expatriates in Italy Category:Australian expatriates in Spain Category:Expatriate basketball people in Italy Category:Expatriates in Russia Category:Virtus Pallacanestro Bologna players Category:Mens Sana Basket players Category:PBC CSKA Moscow players Category:FC Barcelona Bàsquet players Category:Olympic basketball players of Australia Category:Liga ACB players Category:Houston Rockets players Category:Basketball players at the 2004 Summer Olympics Category:Basketball players at the 2008 Summer Olympics Category:Sportspeople from Melbourne Category:Forwards (basketball) Category:Power forwards (basketball) Category:Centers (basketball) Category:Atlanta Hawks draft picks Category:Toronto Raptors players