Walkup is the league’s top defender back to back!

He was honored by Thomas Walkup and in this year’s Basket League.

After a relevant vote that… excelled, his guard Olympiakou was named the league’s top defender for the second year in a row.

In the vote of the captains and coaches of the teams of the Basket League, the supremacy of the 31-year-old was overwhelming, as he gathered a percentage of 81.82% and 18 preferences with Dimitris Katsivelis (Colossus of Rhodes), Paris Lee (Panathinaikos), Dimitris Moraitis (Pigeon bwin) and Ishmael Sanogo (Mars) to get one vote each.

In the voting of the representatives of the Mass Media, the American with a Greek passport guard of the “red and whites” gathered 37 preferences (67.27%) with Lee of Panathinaikos being second with 3 votes (5.45%).

Walkup received 1,164 votes (35.34%) in the public vote and Lee was second again with 174 (5.28%).

“It is an honor and a pleasure to be named Best Defender of the Year“, said the 31-year-old Olympiakos guard and pointed out: “After 10 months of a long and difficult season it’s nice to feel the recognition but I wouldn’t have won this award without the team success of Olympiakos».

“The award is not for me, it is for Olympiakos and the defensive effort of all 12 players that we made all year“, underlined Walkup, who won the Basket League, the Greek Cup and the Super Cup in the last season with the “red and whites”, and continued: “I am happy to accept this distinction on behalf of Olympiakos and all the players, coaches and the defensive effort we made».