I need a little favour. I want you to name best players in history from each country in Europe. But only players who can go into a discussion about Top 10 or 20 european players in history. My suggestion is you only write players from your own country or country whose basketball history you know well. For example, I don't want you to write players from, I don't know, Iceland if Iceland doesn't have player who could go in top 10 or 20 or even 100.
If somebody names best player from a country, and avoids somebody, you just quote him and add your players. Topic is open for any kind of discussion, for example, you don't consider other one's player so good and you write that.
OK, I will start...
I will start. I am not form Germany but I know their list
Germany:
Dirk Nowitzki
For Israel it's probably Miki Berkovich.
He was probably the most important player in Maccabi that won European championships in 1977 and 1981, in 1979 he lead the Israeli NT to silver medal in the Eurobasket and was the tournament MVP. Also with Maccabi he won 19 Israeli chapmionships and 17 domestic cups.
In 2008 when the Euroleague picked the 50 greatest Euroleague contributors he was picked as one of the 35 greatest all-time players.
(Aug 17, 2011, 2:51 pm)Black Urum Wrote: [ -> ]Greece: Nikos Galis
Just Nikos? You don' have any other great player who could be even close top 50 euro player of all time?
(Aug 17, 2011, 2:54 pm)Green Hornet Wrote: [ -> ]Just Nikos? You don' have any other great player who could be even close top 50 euro player of all time?
I thought you said Top10 or Top20. If it's Top50 then definitely Diamantidis, Papaloukas, Giannakis and Fotsis too.
(Aug 17, 2011, 3:21 pm)Black Urum Wrote: [ -> ]I thought you said Top10 or Top20. If it's Top50 then definitely Diamantidis, Papaloukas, Giannakis and Fotsis too.
ok
It is not specified what kind of ranking is it.
Just players which you can put in this kind of discussion. For example you won't name Schortsanitis or something like that. In other words, legendary players...
(Aug 17, 2011, 3:21 pm)Black Urum Wrote: [ -> ]I thought you said Top10 or Top20. If it's Top50 then definitely Diamantidis, Papaloukas, Giannakis and Fotsis too.
Fotsis in the top 50 of all time?
(Aug 17, 2011, 3:56 pm)Green Hornet Wrote: [ -> ]I noticed that too.
Btw, a bit off topic but welcome to the forum
and feel free to inroduce yourself
here
From Serbia:
Vlade Divac,Aleksandar Djordjevic and of course Dejan Bodiroga
(Aug 17, 2011, 4:19 pm)stefans Wrote: [ -> ]From Serbia:
Vlade Divac,Aleksandar Djordjevic and of course Dejan Bodiroga
What about Dalipagic, Kicanovic, Paspalj, Stojakovic ...
(Aug 17, 2011, 3:21 pm)Black Urum Wrote: [ -> ]I thought you said Top10 or Top20. If it's Top50 then definitely Diamantidis, Papaloukas, Giannakis and Fotsis too.
You forgot Fanis Christodoulou!
In my opinion is better than Fotsis!
Unfortunately I was late so I will name others country's greats!!
CROATIA
Son of Devil aka Drazen Petrovic!!!
Toni Kukoc!!!
LITHUANIA
Monster of Nature aka Arvydas Sabonis!!!!!
Sarunas Marciulionis!!!
Sarunas Jasikevicius!!!
**My opinion for GREEKS:
Nikos Galis!!!!! <img src='http://www.talkbasket.net/forums/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/thup.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt=':thup:' /> <img src='http://www.talkbasket.net/forums/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/thup.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt=':thup:' /> <img src='http://www.talkbasket.net/forums/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/thup.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt=':thup:' />
Dimitris Diamantidis!!!!
Theo Papaloukas!!!
Fanis Christodoulou!!!
Panagiotis Yiannakis!!!
Some more(some of them may be in top-50):
Antonis Fotsis!!
Vasilis Spanoulis!!
Panagiotis Fasoulas!!