The nominees for the 2010-11 All-Euroleague have been announced.

Dimitris Diamantidis of Panathinaikos and Jeremy Pargo of Maccabi Electra are the point guards, while Juan Carlos Navarro of Regal FC Barcelona, Sergio Llull of Real Madrid, Vassilis Spanoulis of Olympiacos and Fernando San Emeterio of Caja Laboral are the nominated shooting guards and small forwards.

At power forward and center are Dusko Savanovic of Power Electronics Valencia, Sofoklis Schortsanitis of Maccabi Electra, Ksistof Lavrinovic of Montepaschi Siena and Mike Batiste of Panathinaikos.

The All-Euroleague first and second teams, plus the Euroleague MVP, will be named at EFES Pilsener Euroleague Awards Ceremony on May 7 at the Final Four in Barcelona.

Nikola Mirotic of Real Madrid has been voted the 2011 Rising Star Trophy winner in a ballot of Euroleague head coaches.

With 16 points in 17 minutes in late January, Mirotic sparked a huge comeback that propelled Madrid to a key group victory in the Top 16. From that point forward, he scored in double-digits during five out of six games, with his three-point shot deciding Game 1 of the playoffs.

Panathinaikos point guard Dimitris Diamantidis was named the Best Defender Trophy after dominating a vote by Euroleague head coaches. This marks the sixth time in seven seasons since its inception that Diamantidis has won the award. 

This season, Diamantidis was the overwhelming top choice of Euroleague head coaches, who gave him more than double the votes of any other player. Although Diamantidis ranked 10th in the competition with 1.6 steals per game and was second among all guards with 3.8 rebounds, his impact is much greater than numbers. On-the-ball pressure, an unique ability to guard multiple positions and the leadership of his team's entire defense all make Diamantidis a constant concern for opposing teams.

Diamantidis was followed in the coaches' voting by three more players who put their teams in the Final Four: power forward Shaun Stonerook of Montepaschi Siena, the Maccabi Electra Tel Aviv duo of guard Doron Perkins and forward Chuck Eidson. Also getting multiple votes were Ricky Rubio and Fran Vazquez of Regal FC Barcelona, as well as James Gist of Partizan Belgrade. 

Real Madrid defeated Power Electronics Valencia by a final of 66-58 to advance to the Euroleague Final Four for the first time in 15 years.

On May 6th in Barcelona, Real Madrid will play Maccabi Electra one semifinal, while Panathinaikos will take on Montepaschi Siena in the other.