The Greek legendary guard will be the eight player to receive the honorary distinction.
This Wednesday night might be one to remember for Olympiakos fans. As they start their playoff campaign against French club of AS Monaco, they will also see fan-favorite Vassilis Spanoulis honored by the Euroleague. He will join elite company such as Juan Carlos Navarro, Felipe Reyes or Dimitris Diamantidis.
Spanoulis has won two Euroleague titles (2012, 2013) as well as one MVP (2013) and two Final Four MVP (2012, 2013). He is the all-time Euroleague scoring leader with 4,445 points, with an average of 12.4 points over 15 seasons and a member of the Euroleague All-Decade Team. Spanoulis retired in 2021, aged 38.
Vassilis Spanoulis, a trailblazer whose exquisite talent and timing marked an epoch in the international game, will become the newest Euroleague Basketball Legend on Wednesday, when the team he led to new heights last decade, Olympiacos Piraeus, opens the playoffs at home. Among his long list of Euroleague accomplishments, Spanoulis finished his playing career as the competition’s career leader in an astounding six statistical categories at the time he retired last summer: points (4,445), free throws made (1,131), fouls drawn (1,583), performance index rating (4,183), assists (1,607) and field goals made (1,403).
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Photo : Vassilis Spanoulis (Euroleague)
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