April 2014 Basketball Wiretap

Sergio Rodriguez Named Euroleague MVP

May 15, 2014 11:50 AM

Sergio Rodriguez has been named Most Valuable Player of the 2013-14 Euroleague season.

Rodriguez led Madrid in both scoring (13.5 ppg.) and assists (5 apg.) despite playing the fourth-most minutes on the team.

Rodriguez ranked fourth in the league in three-point shooting accuracy (48.8%), fifth in average assists, seventh in performance index rating (15.7) and was also among the league's top 10 in free throw accuracy (89.2%) and steals (1.2 spg.).  

Rodriguez led the league in assists (8.8 apg. prorated over 40 minutes), was second in performance index rating (27.7 per 40) and third in scoring (23.9 ppg. per 40). 

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Fernandez, Rodriguez, Weems, Tomic, Langford On All-Euroleague First Team

May 8, 2014 12:15 PM

Rudy Fernandez, Keith Langford, Sergio Rodriguez, Ante Tomic and Sonny Weems have been named to the All-Euroleague First Team.

On the All-Euroleague Second Team are Nikola Mirotic, Ricky Hickman, Viktor Khryapa, Stephane Lasme and Vassilis Spanoulis.

Click here to view all Euroleague awards for the 13-14 season.

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Bogdan Bogdanovic Wins Euroleague Rising Star Trophy

May 7, 2014 6:20 PM

Partizan's 21-year-old guard Bogdan Bogdanovic has won the Rising Star Trophy as the best young performer of the 2013-14 Euroleague season.

Bogdanovic excelled in his first season as a Euroleague starter, ranking among the league leaders in scoring and steals while also leading his team in assists and three-pointers made.

The Rising Star Trophy recognizes the best Euroleague player each season who was under the age of 22 on July 1 of the summer before the season started. After becoming a full-time contributor with Partizan a year ago, Bogdanovic made the transformation into a true Euroleague star already in his second full season in the competition.

Bogdanovic needed to change his role midway through the regular season, moving from shooting guard to point guard on an injury-plagued team. Nonetheless, he finished the season as the fifth-best scorer in the league with 14.78 points per game, ranked third with an average of 2.17 three-point shots made, fourth in steals (1.57 spg.), fifth in minutes played (31:26), and eighth in fouls drawn (4 per game). 

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Bryant Dunston Named Euroleague Best Defender Of The Year

May 6, 2014 7:48 PM

Bryant Dunston of Olympiacos Piraeus has been voted the 2014 Best Defender Trophy winner by Euroleague head coaches.

Dunston, 27, stepped into a difficult role as a rookie of whom much was expected for the back-to-back Euroleague champs.

Dunston earned weekly MVP honors three times and led the competition with 1.3 blocks per game.

He also became the first player in the Euroleague this century to compile at least 30 blocks and 30 steals in a single season. 

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