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Possible milestones for Euroleague stars
#1
Here's is part of Frankie Sachs' latest article for Euroleague.net, where he projects the milestones that will be achieved in every week of the top-16 by certain players.

Good stuff!
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Quote:Week 1

Dimitris Diamantidis of Panathinaikos overtakes Pablo Prigioni for sole possession of second place on the Euroleague's all-time steals list. Diamantidis enters the Top 16 tied with Prigioni for second place with 320 steals. Sergi Vidal of Unicaja Malaga moves back into the competition's top 10 in games played. With his 195th career appearance, Vidal ties former Maccabi Tel Aviv captain Derrick Sharp for 10th place. Vidal was knocked out of 10th place earlier this season by Fenerbahce Ulker's Mike Batiste.

Week 2

Juan Carlos Navarro of FC Barcelona Regal becomes the first Euroleague player to score 3,000 points! Navarro, already the competition's all-time leading scorer, enters the Top 16 with 2,975 career points and is averaging 13 points per game this season.

Vassilis Spanoulis of Olympiacos overtakes EA7 Emporio Armani guard Gianluca Basile for 10th place on the Euroleague's all-time assists chart. Spanoulis enters the Top 16 with 471 career assists – 7 fewer than Basile – and is averaging 5.9 assists per game.

Week 3

Juan Carlos Navarro of FC Barcelona Regal becomes the Euroleague career leader in three-pointer made. Navarro enters the Top 16 with 416 career triples, just 5 fewer than former teammate Gianluca Basile, the all-time leader. Navarro is averaging 1.9 threes per game this season.

Week 4

Kostas Tsartsaris of Panathinaikos moves into second place on the Euroleague's all-time list of games played with 224. He overtakes EA7 Emporio Armani's Gianluca Basile for second place. Tsartsaris (220 appearances) could potentially become the all-time leader by topping Theodoros Papaloukas (235 games) in the playoffs.

Week 5

Vassilis Spanoulis of Olympiacos becomes the ninth Euroleague player to dish 500 career assists. He enters the Top 16 with 471 career assists and is averaging 5.9 assists per game this season.

Week 6

Vassilis Spanoulis of Olympiacos becomes the sixth player in competition history to knock down 500 free throws. Spanoulis enters the Top 16 with 482 career free throws made and is averaging 3 per game this season.

Week 7

Dimitris Diamantidis of Panathinaikos will overtake retired CKSA Moscow star J.R. Holden for the most starts for one team in Euroleague history. Holden made 164 starts (among 189 CSKA appearances) during nine seasons with the Russian champs. Diamantidis, who has played his entire Euroleague career with Panathinaikos, enters the Top 16 with 158 career starts.

Week 8

Dimitris Diamantidis of Panathinaikos overtakes Theodoros Papaloukas to become the Euroleague's all-time steals king. Papaloukas has 327 career steals. Diamantidis enters the Top 16 tied for second place with 320 steals and is averaging 1.1 steals per game this season.

Viktor Khryapa of CSKA Moscow moves into fifth place on the Euroleague's career blocked shots list. Marcus Goree is currently fifth with 120 blocks. Khryapa enters the Top 16 with 112 career rejections and is averaging 1.1 blocks per game this season.

Week 9

Juan Carlos Navarro of FC Barcelona Regal becomes the first player to score 1,000 career Euroleague field goals (two-point and three-point shots). Navarro enters the Top 16 with 966 field goals made and has an average of 3.8 baskets per game this season.

Week 10

Mike Batiste of Fenerbahce Ulker overtakes former CSKA Moscow star J.R. Holden for fifth place on the Euroleague's all-time scoring charts. Batiste enters the Top 16 with 2,332 points – which is 56 fewer than Holden – and is averaging 5.6 points per game this season.

Felipe Reyes of Real Madrid becomes the fifth player in competition history to haul in 1,000 career rebounds. Reyes enters the Top 16 with 949 rebounds and is averaging 5.1 rebounds per game this season.

Week 11

Sarunas Jasikevicus of FC Barcelona Regal ties former teammate Derrick Sharp for 10th place on the competition's games-played list. Saras enters the Top 16 with 185 career appearances.

Week 12

Stephane Lasme enters the Euroleague's all-time top 10 in blocked shots. Lasme, the regular season leader with 2.6 blocks per game, enters the Top 16 with 80 career rejections. The retired Gregor Fucka and Benjamin Eze of Montepaschi Siena currently sit in 10th place with 106 blocks and there are seven active players between Lasme and Eze.

Week 13

Dimitris Diamantidis of Panathinaikos will overtake Pablo Prigioni for second place on the Euroleague career charts with his 799th career assist. Diamantidis enters the Top 16 with 715 career assists and is averaging a league-best 6.3 assists per game this season.

Diamantidis becomes the first guard in Euroleague history to amass 100 career blocked shots. Diamantidis enters the Top 16 with 95 career rejections and is averaging 0.4 blocks per game this season.

Week 14

Fran Vazquez of Unicaja Malaga becomes the first player in Euroleague history to reject 200 shots. Vazquez enters the Top 16 as the competition's career rejections leader with 188 – 48 more than the closest competitor – is averaging 0.7 blocks per game this season, which is below his career 1.1 blocks per game average.

http://www.euroleague.net/features/voice...06050/7749
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Interesting article Wink
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With two steals against Zalgiris Kaunas tonight, Diamantidis surpassed Papaloukas in the all-time ssteals list and is now #1 in Euroleague history!!!

Props to Dimitris!!! Thup
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