THE Nan has been set to … dismantle the counter this year, making an unthinkable season at Euroleague With Panathinaikos.
The American guard made his own Alfonso Ford Award, which is given every year to the player who completes the normal period having the highest average of pointsprovided that he has played at least 60% of matches.
This is how Nan became the first player in his story Panathinaic that gets this particular prize, which is awarded by the season 2004/05. Now chasing another important achievementin which others have arrived two players In the 20 years that Alfonso Ford has been given.
Specifically, the former NBAER aspires to become the third that will combine the prize of the top scorer with a trophy in Euroleague. Indeed, the other two who have done so are real “legends” of the event, which highlights the importance and the difficulty of the project.
The reason for him Nanto de Colowho was the top scorer in the 2015-16 season with 19.4 points on average and took the mug with CSKA, and Vasilie Michicwho took Alfonso Ford in the 2021-22 season and then won the Euroleague with Efes of Ataman.
The previous winners of “Alphonso Ford Trophy”:
Charles Smith (Pesaro) 2005: 20.7
Dru Nicolas (Beneton Trevizo) 2006: 18.5
Igor Rakosevic (Basconia) 2007: 16.2
Mark Saliers (Ruan) 2008: 21.8
Igor Rakosevic (Basconia) 2009: 18.0
Lina Cleiza (Olympiacos) 2010: 17.1
Igor Rakosevic (Basconia) 2011: 17.2
Bo McCaleb (Siena) 2012: 16.9
Bobby Brown (Siena) 2013: 18.8
Keith Langford (Armani Milan) 2014: 17.6
Taylor Rochest (Nizhny Novgorod) 2015: 18.9
Nanto de Colo (CSKA Moscow) 2016: 19, .4
Keith Langford (Uniks Kazan) 2017: 21.8
Alex Svend (Himki) 2018: 21.8
Mike James (Armani Milan) 2019: 19.8
Hein Larkin (Anadolu Efes) 2020: 22.2 (no prize after the season interrupted due to Covid)
Alexei Svend (Himki) 2021: 19.8
Vasilie Michic (Anadolu Efes) 2022: 18.2
Sasa Vezenkov (Olympiacos) 2023: 17.6
Marcus Howard (Basconia) 2024: 19.5
Source: Sport Fm
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