AS Monaco superstar Mike James did not know he was going to be named as the 2023-24 EuroLeague MVP until he walked right into the trophy before Tuesday's practice. Euroleague Basketball had the MVP Trophy brought to Monaco and planted a camera beside it to catch James’s reaction.
All of his Monaco teammates knew the plan and blocked the trophy as the unsuspecting James came onto the court. Instead of joining the team huddle, James was pushed right up to the trophy and thus learned that he had joined a list of EuroLeague stars as the competition’s latest MVP!