The player who was synonymous with Panathinaikos green is both a club and EuroLeague legend.
Final Four club legend: Dimitris Diamantidis, Panathinaikos
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Arguably, no player in Turkish Airlines EuroLeague history has contributed so much at both ends of the floor to his team's success as Dimitris Diamantidis did for Panathinaikos Athens. He was able to lock down all sorts of opponents on defense but also make the difference on offense with his passing skills and clutch shots. Diamantidis won EuroLeague titles with Panathinaikos in 2007, 2009 and 2011, reaching two more Final Fours in 2005 and 2012. Diamantidis was the Best Defender Trophy's original winner, an award for which EuroLeague head coaches voted him the winner as many as six times. He was chosen as the 2007 Final Four MVP and did even better in 2011, when he became the only player to date to win the EuroLeague MVP, Final Four MVP and Best Defender awards in the same season. Diamantidis was chosen to the All-EuroLeague First Team four times and his #13 jersey now hangs, retired, at OAKA, scene of his greatest exploits.
