The player who was synonymous with Panathinaikos green is both a club and EuroLeague legend.

 Final Four club legend: Dimitris Diamantidis, Panathinaikos 

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](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/en/euroleague/players/dimitris-diamantidis/jko/) 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.

Final Four club legend: Dimitris Diamantidis, Panathinaikos

No player had a bigger impact on the Turkish Airlines EuroLeague at so young an age as Luka Doncic for Real Madrid. 

Final Four club legend: Luka Doncic, Real Madrid

No player had a bigger impact on the Turkish Airlines EuroLeague at so young an age as Luka Doncic for Real Madrid. Doncic made his EuroLeague debut at age 16 and started his first Final Four game months after his 18th birthday, days after being voted the 2016-17 EuroLeague Rising Star. By the 2017-18 season, Doncic was ready to take over. He not only repeated as the competition's Rising Star but went on to win the EuroLeague MVP award and led Real to its 10th title, also earning 2018 Final Four MVP honors. His basketball IQ, one-on-one skills and overall talent was unprecedented for so young a player. Doncic joined Real at age 13 and has always supported Los Blancos since he left, not missing an important game in football or basketball. The 2017-18 campaign is often referred as the "Luka Doncic season", on in which a teenager took the competition by storm to become a global basketball icon!

Bogdan Bogdanovic helped take Fenerbahce Istanbul to the next level in the Turkish Airlines EuroLeague. Before he joined the team in 2014, Fenerbahce had never made it to the Final Four. 

Final Four club legend: Bogdan Bogdanovic, Fenerbahce

Bogdan Bogdanovic helped take Fenerbahce Istanbul to the next level in the Turkish Airlines EuroLeague. Before he joined the team in 2014, Fenerbahce had never made it to the Final Four. Three years later, Bogdanovic left the club holding the EuroLeague trophy and considered one of the risings stars in world basketball. Bogdanovic won his second EuroLeague Rising Star award in the 2014-15 campaign, his first season with Fenerbahce, in which he helped his team reach its first-ever Final Four. A year later, Bogdanovic took Fenerbahce to the EuroLeague Championship Game, losing against CSKA Moscow in overtime. Bogdanovic bounced back in style, excelling in a EuroLeague playoffs series against Panathinaikos, reaching the 2016-17 All-EuroLeague First Team and above all, helping Fenerbahce become the first Turkish team to win the EuroLeague title. "Bogi" remains a fan favorite for Fenerbahce fans everywhere!

The 29-year-old sits down with Euroleague.net’s Geoff Gillingham as he prepares for his third straight Final Four

Nigel Williams-Goss, Olympiacos: ‘The bigger the moment, the better I play’

Olympiacos Piraeus guard [Nigel Williams-Goss](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/en/euroleague/players/nigel-williams-goss/007982/) certainly has a knack of shining in the postseason – and he’s looking to become just the fourth player to win back-to-back Turkish Airlines EuroLeague titles with different clubs.

Last year, Williams-Goss increased his numbers in the postseason. He notably scored 22 points in Game 3 as Real Madrid won at Partizan Mozzart Bet Belgrade, which proved to be the catalyst for Los Blancos getting the series back on track after falling down 2-0. Then, at the Final Four, he had 10 points in the semifinals and 9 points in the championship game as Real became the EuroLeague champion.

Williams-Goss returned to Olympiacos last summer, having started his EuroLeague career with the Reds in the 2018-19 season, and played a key role in guiding the club to the playoffs. Once in the postseason, Williams-Goss scored 8 points or more in all five games as Olympiacos joined Fenerbahce Beko Istanbul by becoming the first-ever teams to win a Game 5 on the road – and both on the same night.

It was another example of Williams-Goss rising to the occasion.

“I think that’s something that’s always been inside of me ever since I was young,” Williams-Goss tells [Euroleague.net](http://Euroleague.net)’s Geoff Gillingham. “The bigger the moment, the better I play. I’ve always thrived in those big moments. My mind kind of just leaves and I follow my instincts. I love going to the postseason, obviously the Final Four. This is what I work so hard for all year round.”

After another unforgettable season, Mike James of AS Monaco has been chosen by fans, media, team captains and head coaches as the MVP of the 2023-24 Turkish Airlines EuroLeague. The dynamic guard was the leader of a Monaco side that set a club record for wins as they reached the playoffs for the third straight season together and came within one win of the Final Four.

 2023-24 Turkish Airlines EuroLeague MVP: Mike James, AS Monaco 

After another unforgettable season, [Mike James](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/euroleague/players/mike-james/005985/) of AS Monaco has been chosen by fans, media, team captains and head coaches as the MVP of the 2023-24 Turkish Airlines EuroLeague. The dynamic guard was the leader of a Monaco side that set a club record for wins as they reached the playoffs for the third straight season together and came within one win of the Final Four.

James scored in double digits in all but one of his 39 games this season, ranking second in scoring at 17.9 points per game. He improved his three-point shooting from 27.3% last season to 37.2% in the 2023-24 campaign, while also averaging a career-high 4.1 rebounds per night, ranking seventh in assists (5.1 apg.) and third in PIR (19.4). Along the way, James became the EuroLeague's all-time leading scorer, adding even more light to his MVP season. James set the record in a home game against Crvena Zvezda Meridianbet Belgrade when he passed Vassilis Spanoulis.

He showed off his scoring arsenal all season long, whether draining his trademark step-back three-pointers or attacking the rim, from which he got to the foul line often. Accordingly, James was second in the league in fouls drawn (182), free throws made (149) and free throws attempted (193).

After another unforgettable season, Mike James of AS Monaco has been chosen by fans, media, team captains and head coaches as the MVP of the 2023-24 Turkish Airlines EuroLeague. The dynamic guard was the leader of a Monaco side that set a club record for wins as they reached the playoffs for the third straight season together and came within one win of the Final Four. 

James scored in double digits in all but one of his 39 games this season, ranking second in scoring at 17.9 points per game. He improved his three-point shooting from 27.3% last season to 37.2% in the 2023-24 campaign, while also averaging a career-high 4.1 rebounds per night, ranking seventh in assists (5.1 apg.) and third in PIR (19.4). Along the way, James became the EuroLeague's all-time leading scorer, adding even more light to his MVP season. James set the record in a home game against Crvena Zvezda Meridianbet Belgrade when he passed Vassilis Spanoulis.

2023-24 EUROLEAGUE MVP | Mike JAMES | AS Monaco

James started the season with a bang, averaging 19.0 points and 5.6 assists in an early five-game winning streak that put Monaco in the top part of the standings. Between Rounds 10 and 18, James scored at least 20 points in seven games, reaching 28 points twice in road victories at Baskonia Vitoria-Gasteiz and FC Bayern Munich. He was at the heart of Monaco's 98-74 rout of top-ranked Real Madrid 98-74 with 15 points, 6 rebounds and a season-high 12 assists for a PIR of 32. James was naturally instrumental in his team's final regular season push, as Monaco won 12 of its last 13 regular season games to finish third in the standings with a 23-11 record before losing to Fenerbahce Beko Istanbul in a series with unprecedented drama: Fenerbahce won Game 5 in overtime.

James started his EuroLeague career with Baskonia Vitoria-Gasteiz, which he helped reach the Final Four in 2016. He went on to play for Panathinaikos Athens, EA7 Emporio Armani Milan and CSKA Moscow before joining Monaco. James won the 2018-19 Alphonso Ford EuroLeague Top Scorer Trophy with Milan. A four-time All-EuroLeague selection, James becomes the first American player to receive the MVP award since Anthony Parker claimed it in 2005 and 2006 for Maccabi Tel Aviv.

The list of EuroLeague MVP winners starts with Parker, the only player to claim the award twice. Theo Papaloukas of CSKA was the 2006-07 MVP, followed by Ramunas Siskauskas also of CSKA (2007-08), Juan Carlos Navarro of FC Barcelona (2008-09), Milos Teodosic of Olympiacos Piraeus (2009-10), Dimitris Diamantidis of Panathinaikos (2010-11), Andrei Kirilenko of CSKA (2011-12), Vassilis Spanoulis of Olympiacos (2012-13), Sergio Rodriguez of Real (2013-14), Nemanja Bjelica of Fenerbahce (2014-15), Nando De Colo of CSKA (2015-16), Sergio Llull of Real Madrid (2016-17), Luka Doncic of Real Madrid (2017-18), Jan Vesely of Fenerbahce (2018-19), Vasilije Micic of Anadolu Efes Istanbul (2020-21), Nikola Mirotic of Barcelona (2021-22) and last season's winner, Sasha Vezenkov of Olympiacos. 

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James captures the league's top individual honor for the first time


2023-24 Turkish Airlines EuroLeague MVP: Mike James, AS Monaco

Baskonia Vitoria-Gasteiz and shooting guard Markus Howard reached a new agreement to keep working together until the end of the 2027-28 season, the club announced Tuesday.

Baskonia extends top scorer Markus Howard until 2028!

Baskonia Vitoria-Gasteiz and shooting guard [Markus Howard](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/en/euroleague/players/markus-howard/011948/) reached a new agreement to keep working together until the end of the 2027-28 season, the club announced Tuesday.

### A scoring machine

Howard (1.78 meters, 25 years old) comes off a great season in which [he claimed the 2023-24 Alphonso Ford Top Scoring Trophy](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/en/euroleague/news/baskonias-markus-howard-wins-the-2023-24-alphonso-ford-top-scorer-trophy/), averaging a EuroLeague-best 19.5 points per game. He went over the 20-point mark as many as 19 times, scoring more than 30 points five times and reaching the 35-point mark twice, against LDLC ASVEL Villeurbanne in regular season Round 9 and against Real Madrid in Round 33. His 759 points are the most by any EuroLeague player in a single season. He also led the competition in three-pointers, hitting as many as 148, 60 more than last season. Those 148 three-pointers are by far an all-time EuroLeague record: Alexey Shved previously had 107 shots made from downtown with Khimki Moscow Region in the 2017-18 season. Howard was also the Spanish League top scorer at 19.4 points per night. 

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### Filling the baskets everywhere

Howard finished his college career at Marquette University, averaging 27.8 points and 3.3 assists in 29 NCAA games. He went on to play for Denver of the NBA and Grand Rapids of the G League before joining Baskonia in 2022. In two seasons with Baskonia, Howard has averaged 17.1 points in 72 games, hitting 236 of 611 shots from beyond the arc (38.6% 3FG). He also helped the USA national team win respective gold medals at the 2015 U16 FIBA Americas Championships and the 2016 U17 World Cup. With this agreement, Howard is set to enter the prime of his career in the EuroLeague. 

Howard (1.78 meters, 25 years old) comes off a great season in which he claimed the 2023-24 Alphonso Ford Top Scoring trophy, averaging a EuroLeague-best 19.5 points per game. He went over the 20-point mark as many as 19 times, scoring more than 30 points five times and reaching the 35-point mark twice, against LDLC ASVEL Villeurbanne in Regular Season Round 9 and against Real Madrid in Round 33. His 759 points are the most by any EuroLeague player in a single season.

NEWS ABOUT MARKUS HOWARD

The winner of the 2023-24 Alphonso Ford Top Scorer Trophy is staying in Vitoria-Gasteiz.

Baskonia extends top scorer Markus Howard until 2028

Panathinaikos AKTOR Athens put together a new-look team this season. Have a look at some of their stars in action.

 Road to Berlin: Panathinaikos Top 10 photos 

Dinos Mitoglou had a great comeback season for Panathinaikos with 11.6 points per game.

Kostas Sloukas became a team leader at Panathinaikos after joining it from archrival Olympiacos

Jerian Grant may be known as a defensive specialist, but he shows here that he can also soar for dunks on offense

After joining the team in November, Kendrick Nunn blossomed into an All-EuroLeague selection

Aleksander Balcerowski is key reserve for Coach Ergin Ataman at center

Marius Grigonis had many displays of hustle like this one. This is his second season at Panathinaikos

Mathias Lessort has been one of the most dominant players in the league, this time dressed in Green

After one season away with Partizan, Ioannis Papapetrou returned to Athens for his fifth season with Panathinaikos

Despite having injury problems this season, Juancho Hernangomez has became a reliable piece in the Panathinaikos puzzle

The assortment of highlights that Mathias Lessort has provided this season is second to none

Road to Berlin: Panathinaikos Top 10 photos

Fenerbahce Beko Istanbul ended its Final Four drought this season thanks to all the contributions coming from up an down its roster. Check out some of the best photos of Fenerbahce players this season.

Road to Berlin: Fenerbahce Top 10 photos

Veteran Nick Calathes was one of the most important Fenerbahce players this season

In his second season with Fenerbahce, Johnathan Motley will be playing at his first Final Four

Scottie Wilbekin's 13.2 points and 3.3 assists per game were a main factor in Fenerbahce's trip to the Final Four

Amine Noua arrived later in the season and quickly found ways to contribute

Veteran Marko Guduric shows here that he will do whatever is needed to help Fenerbahce

Dyshawn Pierre and Georgios Papagiannis fight for the rebound. Both will be making their first Final Four appearance

Dyshawn Pierre has averaged 5.2 points, 4.0 rebounds and 1.0 assists this season

Nigel Hayes-Davis is notorious for his offensive feats, but here he has shows his hustle on the other end

Nate Sestina made his EuroLeague debut this season and his role has grown as the season went on

Big man Georgios Papagiannis played his first season outside of his native Greece after six campaigns with Panathinaikos

Olympiacos heads to its third consecutive Final Four thanks to an array of stars. Here's a look at some of the best photos taken of the Reds along the way. 

Final Four club legend: Dimitris Diamantidis, Panathinaikos

Final Four club legend: Luka Doncic, Real Madrid

Final Four club legend: Bogdan Bogdanovic, Fenerbahce

Nigel Williams-Goss, Olympiacos: ‘The bigger the moment, the better I play’

2023-24 Turkish Airlines EuroLeague MVP: Mike James, AS Monaco

Baskonia extends top scorer Markus Howard until 2028

Road to Berlin: Panathinaikos Top 10 photos

Road to Berlin: Fenerbahce Top 10 photos

Road to Berlin: Olympiacos Top 10 photos