Efes made sure their team leader stays that way long-term.
Efes, Larkin together for four more seasons
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Anadolu Efes Istanbul made a huge statement for the future on Friday morning by announcing four-year a contract renewal with superstar point guard Shane Larkin, a leader on Efes's back-to-back Turkish Airlines EuroLeague deal teams early this decade. The contract keeps Larkin as Efes's team leader through the end of the 2027-28 season, when he will be 35 years old.
Larkin made his EuroLeague debut with Baskonia in 2016-17 and two seasons later joined an Efes team on the cusp of greatness. He is now in his sixth season with the Turkish club, highlighted by those back-to-back titles in 2020-21 and 2021-22. Larkin has also collected many personal accolades, including an All-EuroLeague First Team selection in 2021-22, an All-EuroLeague Second Team nod in 2020-21, three monthly MVP honors and a competition-record 17 weekly MVP honors.
In his 219 total games to date in the EuroLeague, Larkin has scored 3,315 points (15.1 ppg.), pulled 582 rebounds and dished 1,008 assists (4.6 apg.). He is currently standing at 13th place overall in the all-time rankings for total points. Larkin also set a new single-game scoring record with his 49 points against Bayern on November of 2019, a record that has recently been surpassed by Nigel Hayes-Davis of Fenerbahce with 50 points.
After the end of this new deal, Larkin will have spent 10 consecutive seasons at Anadolu Efes and will have effectively become one of the most iconic - if not the most - players to ever dress in the team's jersey.