Best european players of all time

[Straight forward]

Papaloukas is the most over-rated european player ever. When i came to this forum i was saying that, and now i'm saying the same. yes, he's the leader (sometimes!), he's the fighter. He has some skils, but he's no way in the list of best European players ever. Last year he had only one good game in Euroleague final. Players like Sabonis, Petrovic, Bodiroga, Jasikevicius was playing the same every game.

[dmt]

All time european dream team

make a dream team or two consisting of european born players

My team 1:

Dimitris Diamdtis- Point Guard
Nick Galis- shooting guard
Arvydas Sabonis- Center
Dejan Boriroga- small forward
Andrei Kirilenko- power forward

team 2:

Theodrous Papaloukas - point guard
Drazen Petrovic- shooting guard
Pau Gasol- centre
Jorge Gabragosa- small forward
Dirk Nowitzki- power forward

[alechandros]

Best european basketball players

Hi Guys. For me the best European basketball players ever are:

1. Nick Galis
2. Drazen Petrovic
3. Toni Kukoc
4. Vlade Divac
5. Arvidas Sabonis
6. Norwiski
7.Bodiroga
8.Jasikevicious
9.Ntino radza
10. Ntanilovic
11. Sergey Belov
12. Korac
13. Dalibakic
14.San Epifanio
15.Panagiotis Gianakis
16. Dedlef Schremf
17. Papalukas
18.Manifico
19. Doron Jamci
20. Marculionis
21.Manifico
22. Diamantidis
23. Antonello Riva
24. Ntino Menegin
25.Zarko Paspalie
26.Ginobilli
27.Kurtinaitis
28.Toni Parker
29.Kocic

ALL OF THEM VERY GOOD PLAYERS, BUT THE KING IS NIKOS GALIS. THAT WAY HE IS IN THE HALL OF FAME FOR FIBA. NIKOS GALIS WAS AN UNSTOPPABLE PLAYER. SIMPLY THE BEST.

[rikhardur]

I think you underrate Sabonis alechandros
Btw love the "Nt"s

[pohani komarac]

for me it goes like this
cosic, sabonis, kukoc, nowitzki, petrovic, galis, dalipagic, bodiroga, marculonis, divac, gasol, radja, djordjevic, bjelov, jasikevicius, paspalj, meneghin, danilovic, gianakis, parker, delibasic...

it seams for me that today there is maybe biger number of good players but there were more superstars in 80is and 90is

[rikhardur]

it seams for me that today there is maybe biger number of good players but there were more superstars in 80is and 90is

Yes, I think that's true. But it's also a sign that the gap between superstars, good and bad players shortened, with the quality raising.

[Delibasic]

mirza delibasic

u pravu si jarane. najbolji evropski igrac. jedan i jedini mirza delibasic.

Again, please respect the forum rules. No non-english posts allowed. As I read in your other post, you're definitely capable of posting in English. ;-)
- Robbe -

[Point_Guard]

Pau Gasol.

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1) Arvydas Sabonis
2) Nick Galis
3) Drazen Petrovic

The rest are quite far from that

[mbenga]

Tier 1:
Sabonis
Gasol
Nowitzky

That's pretty clear to me.

Tier 2:
Here things come harder.

Cosic, Petrovic, Kukoc, Galis probably all make the cut. Hard to put anyone else without making a 20 or 25 names list

[Frljo]

From Former Yugoslavia...
Dalipagic,Bodiroga,Petrovic,Kukoc,Radja,Plecas,Div ac,Djordjevic,Delibasic,Cosic,Stojakovic,Savic

From other countries...
Sabonis,Ilgauskas,Parker,Gasol,Schrempf,Nowitzki,M arciulionis,Kurtinaitis........

[Hečiotas]

I can't compare Lithuanian legends with europeans, so I made 2 lists.

European:

1.Drazen Petrovic
2.Dirk Nowizki
3.Dejan Bodiroga
4.Pau Gasol
5.Vlade Divac

Lithuanian:

1.Arvydas Sabonis
2.Sarunas Marciulionis
3.Sarunas Jasikevicius
4.Rimas Kurtinaitis
5.Arvydas Macijauskas

[mbenga]

I can't compare Lithuanian legends with europeans, so I made 2 lists.

European:

1.Drazen Petrovic
2.Dirk Nowizki
3.Dejan Bodiroga
4.Pau Gasol
5.Vlade Divac

Lithuanian:

1.Arvydas Sabonis
2.Sarunas Marciulionis
3.Sarunas Jasikevicius
4.Rimas Kurtinaitis
5.Arvydas Macijauskas

I understand leaving Ilgauskas out but Macijauskas over Paulauskas, Homicius or Karnisovas?

[Gytaz]

I understand leaving Ilgauskas out but Macijauskas over Paulauskas, Homicius or Karnisovas?

It's hard to compare (at least for me) all these players to Paulauskas, who is from older generation and played in a different era.

I agree that Macas doesn't deserve the spot - he could have been in the TOP 5 if not for the injuries, but his career was just too short...

[Luíz for 3]

My top 5, in this order:

1. Dražen Petrović
2. Arvydas Sabonis
3. Dirk Nowitzki
4. Šarūnas Jasikevičius
5. Nikos Galis