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'''Dimitris Diamantidis''' (alternate spelling: Dimitrios Diamantidis) ({{lang-el|Δημήτρης Διαμαντίδης}}) (born May 6, 1980 in [[Kastoria]], [[Greece]]) is a [[Greece|Greek]] professional [[basketball player]]. Standing at 1.98 m (6'6"),<ref>[http://turkey2010.fiba.com/pages/eng/fe/10/fwcm/player/p/eid/4728/orderby//ot//pid/34424/rid//sid/4728/tid/291/tid2//profile.html FIBA.com profile.]</ref> Diamantidis mainly plays at the [[point guard]] position<ref>[http://www.euroleague.net/final-four/barcelona-2011/main-page/i/85531/5448/item Euroleague.net article about the 2011 Final Four MVP]</ref>, but he also has the ability to play as a [[shooting guard]], as well as to assume the [[small forward]] position, being utilized as a [[point forward]]. At the age of fourteen, he started his youth career with his home team in Kastoria, and he stayed there for five years, before being transferred to [[Iraklis BC|Iraklis]] in 1999. Since the summer of 2004, he plays for the [[A1 Ethniki|Greek League]] and [[Euroleague]] team [[Panathinaikos BC|Panathinaikos Athens]] (PAO).
'''Dimitris Diamantidis''' (alternate spelling: Dimitrios Diamantidis) ({{lang-el|Δημήτρης Διαμαντίδης}}) (born May 6, 1980 in [[Kastoria]], [[Greece]]) is a [[Greece|Greek]] professional [[basketball player]]. Standing at 1.98 m (6'6"),<ref>[http://turkey2010.fiba.com/pages/eng/fe/10/fwcm/player/p/eid/4728/orderby//ot//pid/34424/rid//sid/4728/tid/291/tid2//profile.html FIBA.com profile.]</ref> Diamantidis mainly plays at the [[point guard]] position<ref>[http://www.euroleague.net/final-four/barcelona-2011/main-page/i/85531/5448/item Euroleague.net article about the 2011 Final Four MVP]</ref>, but he also has the ability to play as a [[shooting guard]], as well as to assume the [[small forward]] position, being utilized as a [[point forward]]. At the age of fourteen, he started his youth career with his home team in Kastoria, and he stayed there for five years, before being transferred to [[Iraklis BC|Iraklis]] in 1999. Since the summer of 2004, he plays for the [[A1 Ethniki|Greek League]] and [[Euroleague]] team [[Panathinaikos BC|Panathinaikos Athens]] (PAO).

Diamantidis led Panathinaikos to three [[Euroleague]] championships in [[Euroleague 2006-07|2007]], [[Euroleague 2008-09|2009]] and [[Euroleague 2010-11|2011]], thus earning the [[Euroleague Final Four MVP|Final Four MVP Award]] twice and being named [[Euroleague MVP]] in 2011. He also won seven consecutive [[A1 Ethniki|Greek League]] (2005 to 2011) and five consecutive [[Greek Basketball Cup|Greek Cup]] titles (2005 to 2009). He is the first recipient of the [[Euroleague Best Defender|Euroleague Best Defender Award]], which he won five times in a row from [[Euroleague 2004-05|2005]] to [[Euroleague 2008-09|2009]], and an additional one in [[Euroleague 2010-11|2011]]. Moreover, Diamantidis was voted to the [[ULEB Euroleague 2001-10 All-Decade Team|Euroleague 2001-10 All-Decade Team]].<ref>[http://www.euroleague.net/competition/all-decade/main-page/i/65216/4259 Euroleague.net profile as All-Decade Team member.]</ref> As a member of the [[Greece national basketball team|Greek national team]], he earned a [[EuroBasket]] title in [[EuroBasket 2005|2005]], as well as a [[FIBA World Championship]] silver medal in [[2006 FIBA World Championship|2006]], with Greece stunning the likes of [[LeBron James]], [[Dwyane Wade]], [[Chris Bosh]], [[Chris Paul]], [[Dwight Howard]], and [[Carmelo Anthony]] in the tournament's semifinal.<ref>[http://archive.fiba.com/pages/eng/fa/p/rpp//q/diamantidis/pid//_//players.html FIBA.com profile.]</ref>

On the basis of his achievements in Greek and European basketball, his pivotal role in the success of the [[Greece national basketball team|Greek national team]] at the world stage, and his remarkable all-around skills, Diamantidis was named the [[Mister Europa]] [[European Basketball Player of the Year Awards|European Player of the Year]] by the Italian sports magazine [[Superbasket]] in 2007<ref>[http://www.fibaeurope.com/cid_lWcd9qadJVkTTFvMFz0Qf1.coid_9FRlHDPsIj2X5N4sgG43m0.articleMode_on.html Fibaeurope.com - Mister Europa 2007.]</ref> and is widely considered to be one of the most charismatic [[point guard]]s the [[FIBA]] game has ever known<ref>[http://www.euroleague.net/final-four/barcelona-2011/main-page/i/85531/5448/item Euroleague.net article about the 2011 Final Four MVP]</ref>, as well as one of its best defensive players. Kastoria's main indoor basketball arena was renamed "Dimitris Diamantidis" in his honor.

==Pro career==
===Iraklis===
In the summer of 1999, at the age of 19, he began his professional career when he transferred to [[Iraklis BC|Iraklis Thessaloniki]] and became a starting player there by his second season. Diamantidis helped to bring [[Iraklis BC|Iraklis]], one of the oldest Greek teams back into prominence after the club had been struggling. With Iraklis, Diamantidis won the [[A1 Ethniki|Greek League]] MVP award in the 2003-04 season.

===Panathinaikos===
Diamantidis moved a big step up in his career with his move to [[Panathinaikos BC|Panathinaikos]] of [[Athens]] in 2004; a basketball powerhouse of the Greek League and also of the [[Euroleague]]. With [[Panathinaikos BC|Panathinaikos]], he has won the [[A1 Ethniki|Greek Championship]] 7 times (2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011), the [[Greek basketball Cup|Greek Cup]] 5 times (2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009) and the [[Euroleague]] Championship 3 times (2007, 2009, 2011).

Diamantidis has won several individual trophies since joining Panathinaikos, such as the [[Euroleague Defensive Player of The Year]] 6 times (2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2011),<ref>[http://www.euroleague.net/news/i/84929/180/dimitris-diamantidis-wins-sixth-best-defender-trophy Euroleague.net Dimitris Diamantidis wins sixth Best Defender Trophy.]</ref> the Greek League MVP five times (2004, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2011) and the [[Euroleague Final Four MVP]] twice (2007, 2011). Diamantidis was also named the 2007 [[European Basketball Player of the Year Awards|European Player of the Year]] [[Mister Europa]], the 2007 Greek Athlete of the Year, and the MVP of the [[Greek Basketball Cup|Greek Cup]] in 2009. He was named the [[Euroleague MVP]] in 2011.<ref>[http://www.euroleague.net/news/i/85423/180 Euroleague.net MVP Diamantidis heads 2010-11 All-Euroleague First Team.]</ref>

Due to these great individual and team successes, the president of [[Panathinaikos BC|Panathinaikos]], pharmaceutical magnate Pavlos Giannakopoulos, signed Diamantidis in 2008, to a 3 year [[euro sign|€]]5.7 million euros [[net income]] contract. In 2010, he renewed his contract with Panathinaikos for another 3 years, at [[euro sign|€]]10.8 million [[euro]]s [[gross income]] (€6 million [[euro]]s [[net income]]).<ref>[http://www.talkbasket.net/news/pao-keeps-its-captain-diamantidis-3109.html Talkbasket.net - Panathinaikos keep their captain Diamantidis.]</ref>

==Euroleague statistics ==
Euroleague official website, Dimitris Diamantidis' page.<ref>[http://www.euroleague.net/competition/players/showplayer?clubcode=PAN&pcode=JKO&seasoncode=E2010 Euroleague stats.]</ref>
{| class="wikitable"
!SEASON
!LEAGUE
!TEAM
!GP
!MPG
!PPG
!RPG
!APG
!SPG
!BPG
|-
|[[Euroleague 2004-05|2004-05]]
|[[Euroleague]]
|[[Panathinaikos BC]]
|25
|27.4
|8.5
|3.7
|3.1
|2.0
|0.6
|-
|[[Euroleague 2005-06|2005-06]]
|Euroleague
|Panathinaikos
|23
|30.1
|8.7
|4.5
|2.9
|2.3
|0.8
|-
|[[Euroleague 2006-07|2006-07]]
|Euroleague
|Panathinaikos
|24
|29.1
|8.9
|3.9
|3.9
|2.2
|0.6
|-
|[[Euroleague 2007-08|2007-08]]
|Euroleague
|Panathinaikos
|19
|31.0
|8.5
|5.3
|3.3
|1.8
|0.7
|-
|[[Euroleague 2008-09|2008-09]]
|Euroleague
|Panathinaikos
|21
|27.3
|8.5
|4.4
|3.1
|1.5
|0.5
|-
|[[Euroleague 2009-10|2009-10]]
|Euroleague
|Panathinaikos
|12
|26.4
|9.4
|2.9
|3.3
|1.5
|0.3
|-
|[[Euroleague 2010-11|2010-11]]
|Euroleague
|Panathinaikos
|22
|30.5
|12.5
|3.9
|6.2
|1.6
|0.1
|}

==Greek national team==
{{MedalTableTop}}
{{MedalSport|Men's [[Basketball]]}}
{{MedalCountry|{{GRE}}}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[Basketball at the Mediterranean Games|Mediterranean Games]]}}
{{MedalSilver| [[2001 Mediterranean Games|2001 Pescara]] | [[Greece national basketball team|Nat. Team]]}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[EuroBasket|FIBA European Championship]]}}
{{MedalGold| [[EuroBasket 2005|2005 Serbia & Montenegro]] | [[Greece national basketball team|Nat. Team]]}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[FIBA World Championship]]}}
{{MedalSilver| [[2006 FIBA World Championship|2006 Japan]] | [[Greece national basketball team|Nat. Team]]}}
{{MedalBottom}}

Diamantidis was a member of the senior [[Greece national basketball team|Greek national basketball team]]. With the senior national team of Greece he won the gold medal at the [[EuroBasket 2005]]. During the European Championship that year, he led the tournament in assists and he was selected to the all-tournament team. In the tournament semifinals against the [[France national basketball team|French national basketball team]], Diamantidis hit a game-winning 3 point shot with Greece trailing by a score of 66-64 at the end of the game to give Greece the 67-66 victory and send them to the European Championship's final game.

He was also a member of the Greek national team that went on to win the silver medal the next year at the [[2006 FIBA World Championship]] in [[Japan]]. He was a key factor in Greece's historic 101-95 victory against [[United States national basketball team|Team USA]] in the semifinals.

Diamantidis was also a member of Greece's national team that competed at the [[Basketball at the 2004 Summer Olympics|2004 Olympic Basketball Tournament]], which was held in Athens, Greece. He was also been selected to play on Greece's national team for the [[Basketball at the 2008 Summer Olympics|2008 Olympic Basketball Tournament]] in Beijing, China.

Diamantidis was also on the Greek teams that participated at the [[EuroBasket 2003]] and the [[EuroBasket 2007]]. With his national team he has also won the silver medal at the [[2001 Mediterranean Games]] and the gold medal at the [[2006 Stanković Continental Champions’ Cup]]. He has also won 7 [[Acropolis Tournament]]s with his national squad, being the tournament's [[MVP]] twice, in 2005 and 2006.

On September 4, 2010, after Greece's elimination in the Eight-Finals of the [[2010 FIBA World Championship]] at the hands of Spain, he announced his immediate retirement from the National Team.

==Player profile==
Diamantidis is left-handed and he can play as a [[point guard]], [[shooting guard]] and [[small forward]]. In the Greek national team his primary position was playing at the small forward spot, being utilized as a [[point forward]]. He has a big wingspan for his height, which has led to him being given the nickname of Octopus Man or The Octopus. He is a pass first play-maker and a good catch-and-shoot 3 point shooter. He likes to post up smaller point guards. He is generally considered to be one of the best perimeter defensive players in the [[Euroleague]]; having won the [[Euroleague Best Defender]] award for 5 consecutive seasons, and once again two years later. He was named the [[European Basketball Player of the Year Awards|European Player of the Year]]: [[Mister Europa]] in 2007.

==Awards and honors==
===Pro career===
*9x [[HEBA Greek All Star Game|Greek All Star Game]]: 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011
*6x [[Euroleague Defensive Player of the Year]]: [[Euroleague 2004-05|2005]], [[Euroleague 2005-06|2006]], [[Euroleague 2006-07|2007]], [[Euroleague 2007-08|2008]], [[Euroleague 2008-09|2009]], [[Euroleague 2010-11|2011]]
*7x Greek League Champion: 2005, [[A1 Ethniki 2005-06|2006]], [[A1 Ethniki 2006-07|2007]], [[A1 Ethniki 2007-08|2008]], [[A1 Ethniki 2008-09|2009]], 2010, 2011
*5x [[Greek basketball Cup|Greek Cup]] Champion: 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009
*5x [[A1 Ethniki|Greek League]] MVP: 2004, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2011
*3x [[Euroleague]] Champion: [[Euroleague 2006-07|2007]], [[Euroleague 2008-09|2009]], [[Euroleague 2010-11|2011]]
*2x [[Euroleague Final Four MVP]]: [[Euroleague 2006-07 Final|2007]], [[Euroleague 2010-11|2011]]
*2x [[A1 Ethniki|Greek League]] Assist Leader: [[A1 Ethniki 2006-07|2007]], 2010
*2x [[Triple Crown in Basketball|Triple Crown]] Champion: 2007, 2009
*2x [[All-Euroleague]] First Team: [[Euroleague 2006-07|2007]], [[Euroleague 2010-11|2011]]
*[[European Basketball Player of the Year Awards|European Player of the Year]]: [[Mr. Europa]]: 2007
*Greek Athlete of the Year: 2007
*[[Greek Basketball Cup|Greek Cup]] MVP: 2009
*[[ULEB Euroleague 2001-10 All-Decade Team|Euroleague 2001-10 All-Decade Team]]
*[[A1 Ethniki|Greek A1 Division]]: Career [[Assist (basketball)|Assists]] Leader
*[[A1 Ethniki|Greek A1 Division]]: Career [[Steal (basketball)|Steals]] Leader
*[[Euroleague MVP]]: [[Euroleague 2010-11|2011]]
*[[Euroleague 2010-11]]: Assists Leader
*[[HEBA A1|Greek League]] Best Defender: 2011

===Greek national team===
*[[2001 Mediterranean Games]]: Silver Medal
*7x [[Acropolis Tournament]] Champion: (2002, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2010)
*2x Acropolis Tournament [[MVP]]: (2005, 2006)
*[[EuroBasket 2005]]: Gold Medal
*[[EuroBasket]] assist leader: ([[EuroBasket 2005|2005]])
*All-EuroBasket Team: (2005)
*[[2006 Stanković Continental Champions’ Cup]]: Gold Medal
*[[2006 FIBA World Championship]]: Silver Medal

==References==
{{Reflist}}

== External links ==
*[http://www.euroleague.net/competition/players/showplayer?clubcode=pan&pcode=JKO Euroleague.net Profile]
*[http://www.eurobasket.com/player.asp?Cntry=GRE&PlayerID=13615 Eurobasket.com Profile]
*[http://turkey2010.fiba.com/pages/eng/fe/10/fwcm/player/p/eid/4728/pid/34424/rid//sid/4728/tid/291/profile.html FIBA World Championship Profile]
*[http://eurobasket2011.com/en/cid_4,w7QjPeH-M,ty138LH2l3.playerID_34424.compID_qMRZdYCZI6EoANOrUf9le2.season_2011.roundID_7526.teamID_291.html FIBA EuroBasket Profile]
*[http://www.interbasket.net/players/diamantidis.htm Interbasket.net Profile]
*[http://www.draftexpress.com/profile/Dimitris-Diamantidis-5113/ Draftexpress.com Profile]
*[http://www.esake.gr/player/896 Greek League Profile] {{el icon}}
*[http://eurobasket2005.fibaeurope.com/en/cid_SbGnUV12IgwUcAUu7UmfU1.teamID_288.compID_qMRZdYCZI6EoANOrUf9le2.season_2005.roundID_3769.coid_dy8NLcUpIqYqy5qCbpGal2.articleMode_on.html Eurobasket2005.com Diamantidis All First Team 2005 European Championship]
*[http://www.paobc.gr/player.php?category_id=124&player_id=699&period_id=0 Panathinaikos Profile]

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Revision as of 17:52, 16 February 2012

Dimitris Diamantidis
Δημήτρης Διαμαντίδης
Diamantidis in a PAO warm up.
No. 13 Panathinaikos
PositionPoint Guard
Shooting Guard
Point Forward
LeagueGreek League
Euroleague
Personal information
Born (1980-05-06) May 6, 1980 (age 44)
Kastoria, Greece
NationalityGreek
Listed height6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)
Listed weight220 lb (100 kg)
Career information
Playing career1999–present
Career highlights and awards
Euroleague Most Valuable Player 2011
2x Euroleague Final Four MVP 2007, 2011
2x All-Euroleague First Team 2007, 2011
6x Euroleague Defensive Player of the Year 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2011
Euroleague 2001-10 All-Decade Team
European Player of the Year: Mr. Europa 2007
5x Greek League MVP 2004, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2011
Greek Cup MVP 2009
2x Acropolis Tournament MVP 2005, 2006
Greek Athlete of the Year 2007

Dimitris Diamantidis (alternate spelling: Dimitrios Diamantidis) (Greek: Δημήτρης Διαμαντίδης) (born May 6, 1980 in Kastoria, Greece) is a Greek professional basketball player. Standing at 1.98 m (6'6"),[3] Diamantidis mainly plays at the point guard position[4], but he also has the ability to play as a shooting guard, as well as to assume the small forward position, being utilized as a point forward. At the age of fourteen, he started his youth career with his home team in Kastoria, and he stayed there for five years, before being transferred to Iraklis in 1999. Since the summer of 2004, he plays for the Greek League and Euroleague team Panathinaikos Athens (PAO).

Diamantidis led Panathinaikos to three Euroleague championships in 2007, 2009 and 2011, thus earning the Final Four MVP Award twice and being named Euroleague MVP in 2011. He also won seven consecutive Greek League (2005 to 2011) and five consecutive Greek Cup titles (2005 to 2009). He is the first recipient of the Euroleague Best Defender Award, which he won five times in a row from 2005 to 2009, and an additional one in 2011. Moreover, Diamantidis was voted to the Euroleague 2001-10 All-Decade Team.[5] As a member of the Greek national team, he earned a EuroBasket title in 2005, as well as a FIBA World Championship silver medal in 2006, with Greece stunning the likes of LeBron James, Dwyane Wade, Chris Bosh, Chris Paul, Dwight Howard, and Carmelo Anthony in the tournament's semifinal.[6]

On the basis of his achievements in Greek and European basketball, his pivotal role in the success of the Greek national team at the world stage, and his remarkable all-around skills, Diamantidis was named the Mister Europa European Player of the Year by the Italian sports magazine Superbasket in 2007[7] and is widely considered to be one of the most charismatic point guards the FIBA game has ever known[8], as well as one of its best defensive players. Kastoria's main indoor basketball arena was renamed "Dimitris Diamantidis" in his honor.

Pro career

Iraklis

In the summer of 1999, at the age of 19, he began his professional career when he transferred to Iraklis Thessaloniki and became a starting player there by his second season. Diamantidis helped to bring Iraklis, one of the oldest Greek teams back into prominence after the club had been struggling. With Iraklis, Diamantidis won the Greek League MVP award in the 2003-04 season.

Panathinaikos

Diamantidis moved a big step up in his career with his move to Panathinaikos of Athens in 2004; a basketball powerhouse of the Greek League and also of the Euroleague. With Panathinaikos, he has won the Greek Championship 7 times (2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011), the Greek Cup 5 times (2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009) and the Euroleague Championship 3 times (2007, 2009, 2011).

Diamantidis has won several individual trophies since joining Panathinaikos, such as the Euroleague Defensive Player of The Year 6 times (2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2011),[9] the Greek League MVP five times (2004, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2011) and the Euroleague Final Four MVP twice (2007, 2011). Diamantidis was also named the 2007 European Player of the Year Mister Europa, the 2007 Greek Athlete of the Year, and the MVP of the Greek Cup in 2009. He was named the Euroleague MVP in 2011.[10]

Due to these great individual and team successes, the president of Panathinaikos, pharmaceutical magnate Pavlos Giannakopoulos, signed Diamantidis in 2008, to a 3 year 5.7 million euros net income contract. In 2010, he renewed his contract with Panathinaikos for another 3 years, at 10.8 million euros gross income (€6 million euros net income).[11]

Euroleague statistics

Euroleague official website, Dimitris Diamantidis' page.[12]

SEASON LEAGUE TEAM GP MPG PPG RPG APG SPG BPG
2004-05 Euroleague Panathinaikos BC 25 27.4 8.5 3.7 3.1 2.0 0.6
2005-06 Euroleague Panathinaikos 23 30.1 8.7 4.5 2.9 2.3 0.8
2006-07 Euroleague Panathinaikos 24 29.1 8.9 3.9 3.9 2.2 0.6
2007-08 Euroleague Panathinaikos 19 31.0 8.5 5.3 3.3 1.8 0.7
2008-09 Euroleague Panathinaikos 21 27.3 8.5 4.4 3.1 1.5 0.5
2009-10 Euroleague Panathinaikos 12 26.4 9.4 2.9 3.3 1.5 0.3
2010-11 Euroleague Panathinaikos 22 30.5 12.5 3.9 6.2 1.6 0.1

Greek national team

Dimitris Diamantidis
Medal record
Men's Basketball
Representing  Greece
Mediterranean Games
Silver medal – second place 2001 Pescara Nat. Team
FIBA European Championship
Gold medal – first place 2005 Serbia & Montenegro Nat. Team
FIBA World Championship
Silver medal – second place 2006 Japan Nat. Team

Diamantidis was a member of the senior Greek national basketball team. With the senior national team of Greece he won the gold medal at the EuroBasket 2005. During the European Championship that year, he led the tournament in assists and he was selected to the all-tournament team. In the tournament semifinals against the French national basketball team, Diamantidis hit a game-winning 3 point shot with Greece trailing by a score of 66-64 at the end of the game to give Greece the 67-66 victory and send them to the European Championship's final game.

He was also a member of the Greek national team that went on to win the silver medal the next year at the 2006 FIBA World Championship in Japan. He was a key factor in Greece's historic 101-95 victory against Team USA in the semifinals.

Diamantidis was also a member of Greece's national team that competed at the 2004 Olympic Basketball Tournament, which was held in Athens, Greece. He was also been selected to play on Greece's national team for the 2008 Olympic Basketball Tournament in Beijing, China.

Diamantidis was also on the Greek teams that participated at the EuroBasket 2003 and the EuroBasket 2007. With his national team he has also won the silver medal at the 2001 Mediterranean Games and the gold medal at the 2006 Stanković Continental Champions’ Cup. He has also won 7 Acropolis Tournaments with his national squad, being the tournament's MVP twice, in 2005 and 2006.

On September 4, 2010, after Greece's elimination in the Eight-Finals of the 2010 FIBA World Championship at the hands of Spain, he announced his immediate retirement from the National Team.

Player profile

Diamantidis is left-handed and he can play as a point guard, shooting guard and small forward. In the Greek national team his primary position was playing at the small forward spot, being utilized as a point forward. He has a big wingspan for his height, which has led to him being given the nickname of Octopus Man or The Octopus. He is a pass first play-maker and a good catch-and-shoot 3 point shooter. He likes to post up smaller point guards. He is generally considered to be one of the best perimeter defensive players in the Euroleague; having won the Euroleague Best Defender award for 5 consecutive seasons, and once again two years later. He was named the European Player of the Year: Mister Europa in 2007.

Awards and honors

Pro career

Greek national team

References

Awards and achievements
Preceded by Mr. Europa
2007
Succeeded by
Preceded by Euroleague MVP
2011
Succeeded by
incumbent

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