In less than a week, Euroleague will crown a new champion in Madrid, where Real Madrid, Fenerbahce Ulker Istanbul, CSKA Moscow and Olympiacos Piraeus will compete in a single-elimination Final Four tournament. With only four games left to play during the 2014-15 Euroleague season, RealGM presents its fifth annual awards.
Boban Marjanovic of Crvena Zvezda is the winner of the RealGM Euroleague MVP award. The 7-foot-3 center averaged 16.6 points and led the league in rebounds with 10.7 per game. Marjanovic put his name into the Euroleague history books by registering 16 double-doubles (all-time record) in 24 games played and setting an all-time record for most rebounds in a single Euroleague season with 256.
The RealGM All-Euroleague First Team consists of CSKA’s Milos Teodosic and Olympiacos’ Vassilis Spanoulis at guard, Fenerbahce Ulker's Nemanja Bjelica and CSKA’s Sonny Weems at forward, and Marjanovic at center.
The RealGM All-Euroleague Second Team includes guards Andrew Goudelock of Fenerbahce Ulker and Nando De Colo of CSKA, forwards Devin Smith of Maccabi and Felipe Reyes of Real and center Ante Tomic of FC Barcelona.
Goudelock is also the winner of the 2014-15 Euroleague Rookie of the Year Award, while Taylor Rochestie of Nizhny Novgorod was the RealGM pick to win the Most Improved Played Award.
Sasha Obradovic of ALBA was named as the 2014-15 Euroleague Coach of the Year, while Nikos Pappas of Panathinaikos is the winner of the Sixth Man of the Year Award.
Euroleague MVP
Boban Marjanovic (Crvena Zvezda)
All-Euroleague 1st Team
Milos Teodosic (CSKA) - 15 points, 2.8 rebounds and 7.1 assists in 28 minutes
Vassilis Spanoulis (Olympiacos) - 14.9 points and 5.7 assists in 28 minutes
Nemanja Bjelica (Fenerbahce Ulker) - 11.9 points and 8.6 rebounds in 28 minutes
Sonny Weems (CSKA) - 13.5 points, 4.1 rebounds and 3.5 assists in 27 minutes
Boban Marjanovic (Crvena Zvezda)
All-Euroleague 2nd Team
Andrew Goudelock (Fenerbahce Ulker) - 16.4 points (46 3FG%), 2.1 rebounds and 2 assists in 30 minutes
Nando De Colo (CSKA) - 14.2 points (46% 3FG, 91% FT), 3.2 rebounds and 3.2 assists in 25 minutes
Devin Smith (Maccabi) - 15 points, 6.1 rebounds and 2.5 assists in 32 minutes
Felipe Reyes (Real) - 11.4 points and 5.5 rebounds in 20 minutes
Ante Tomic (FC Barcelona) - 11.5 points and 7.1 rebounds in 24 minutes
Sixth Man Award
Nikos Pappas (Panathinaikos) - 10.8 points (91 FT%) and 2.3 rebounds in 20 minutes
Most Improved Player Award
Taylor Rochestie (Nizhny Novgorod) - 18.9 points (50 3FG%, 93 FT%) and 5.7 assists in 30 minutes
Coach of the Year
Sasha Orbadovic (ALBA)
Rookie of the Year
Andrew Goudelock (Fenerbahce Ulker)
All-Rookie 1st Team
Andrew Goudelock (Fenerbahce Ulker)
Artsiom Parakhouski (Nizhny Novgorod) - 13 points, 6.7 rebounds and 2 blocks in 25 minutes
Jamel McLean (ALBA) - 13 points and 5.6 rebounds in 26 minutes
James Anderson (Zalgiris) - 14.5 points, 5.1 rebouns and 2.5 assists in 29 minutes
Trey Thompkins (Nizhny Novgorod) - 14.5 points and 8.1 rebounds in 28 minutes
All-Rookie 2nd Team
Alex Renfroe (ALBA) - 9.8 points (46% 3FG), 4.5 rebounds and 5.3 assists in 27 minutes
Bojan Dubljevic (Valencia) - 15.5 points (43 3FG%, 92 FT%) and 4.1 rebounds in 23 minutes
Darius Adams (Laboral Kutxa) - 12.2 points (42 3FG%), 2.4 rebounds and 2.8 assists in 23 minutes
MarShon Brooks (Emporio Armani) - 12.8 points and 2.8 rebounds in 22 minutes
Reggie Redding (ALBA) - 12.4 points and 4.7 rebounds in 29 minutes