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".

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.

EuroLeague Basketball Legend award winners

Players

Theo Papaloukas, in white, with the ball, as an Olympiacos player, 2011.

EuroLeague Legend	Primary Position	Pro Playing Career	Date Honored	Active Player Or Retired	Reference
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 of the EuroLeague Legend Players

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 Legend	Major EuroLeague Accomplishments
Theo Papaloukas	2× EuroLeague Champion: (2006, 2008) 4× All-EuroLeague Team: (2006, 2007, 2008, 2009) EuroLeague MVP: (2007) EuroLeague Final Four MVP: (2006) 50 Greatest EuroLeague Contributors: (2008) EuroLeague 2001–10 All-Decade Team: (2010) 1× EuroLeague MVP of the Month 1× EuroLeague MVP of the Round EuroLeague Basketball Legend: (2013)
Juan Carlos Navarro	2× EuroLeague Champion: (2003, 2010) 7× All-EuroLeague Team: (2006, 2007, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013) EuroLeague MVP: (2009) EuroLeague Final Four MVP: (2010) EuroLeague 2001–10 All-Decade Team: (2010) 3× EuroLeague MVP of the Month 3× EuroLeague MVP of the Round EuroLeague career scoring leader since the 2000–01 season EuroLeague career performance index rating leader since the 2000–01 season EuroLeague career leader in made 3 pointers since the 2000–01 season EuroLeague Basketball Legend: (2014)
Ramūnas Šiškauskas	2× EuroLeague Champion: (2007, 2008) 4× All-EuroLeague Team (2007, 2008, 2009, 2010) EuroLeague MVP: (2008) EuroLeague 2001–10 All-Decade Team: (2010) 2× EuroLeague MVP of the Month 3× EuroLeague MVP of the Round EuroLeague Basketball Legend: (2014)
Šarūnas Jasikevičius	4× EuroLeague Champion: (2003, 2004, 2005, 2009) 2× All-EuroLeague Team: (2004, 2005) EuroLeague Final Four MVP: (2005) 50 Greatest EuroLeague Contributors: (2008) EuroLeague 2001–10 All-Decade Team: (2010) 2× EuroLeague MVP of the Round EuroLeague Basketball Legend: (2015)
Dimitris Diamantidis	3× EuroLeague Champion: (2007, 2009, 2011) 4× All-EuroLeague Team: (2007, 2011, 2012, 2013) EuroLeague MVP: (2011) 2× EuroLeague Final Four MVP: (2007, 2011) 6× EuroLeague Best Defender: (2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2011) EuroLeague 2001–10 All-Decade Team: (2010) 2× EuroLeague MVP of the Month 5× EuroLeague MVP of the Round EuroLeague career steals leader since the 2000–01 season EuroLeague Basketball Legend: (2016)
Mirsad Türkcan	3× All-EuroLeague Team: (2002, 2003, 2004) EuroLeague Regular Season MVP: (2002) EuroLeague Top 16 MVP: (2003) 10× EuroLeague MVP of the Round 5× Rebound leader of the EuroLeague: (2002, 2003, 2006, 2009, 2011) EuroLeague Basketball Legend: (2017)

Head Coaches

Dušan Ivković, while coaching, in 2011.

EuroLeague Legend	Pro Coaching Career	Date Honored	Active Coach Or Retired	Reference
Dušan Ivković	1978–2016	September 20, 2017	Retired	[16][17]

Major EuroLeague accomplishments of the EuroLeague Legend Head Coaches

EuroLeague Legend	Major EuroLeague Accomplishments
Dušan Ivković	2× EuroLeague Champion: (1997, 2012) EuroLeague Coach of the Year: (2012) 50 Greatest EuroLeague Contributors: (2008) EuroLeague Basketball Legend: (2017)

References

External links

• Euroleague.net Official Website (in English)