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101 Greats of European Basketball

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CONTENTS<br />

FOREWORD......................................4<br />

Jordi Bertomeu, President Euroleague <strong>Basketball</strong><br />

A MUSEUM OF EUROPE'S BASKETBALL SUPERSTARS... 6<br />

Frank Lawlor, Euroleague web-page editor<br />

<strong>101</strong> GREATS OF EUROPEAN BASKETBALL .........8<br />

Vladimir Stankovic, author<br />

WENDELL ALEXIS .............................. 14<br />

The Ice Man<br />

FRAGISKOS ALVERTIS .......................... 18<br />

The man with 25 titles<br />

JOE ARLAUCKAS............................... 22<br />

The record man<br />

MIKE BATISTE.................................. 26<br />

The star who found his second home<br />

ALEXANDER BELOV............................ 30<br />

The “three-second” man<br />

SERGEI BELOV ................................. 34<br />

Officer and gentleman<br />

MIKI BERKOWITZ............................... 38<br />

The man <strong>of</strong> the last basket<br />

DEJAN BODIROGA ............................. 42<br />

“White Magic”<br />

KAMIL BRABENEC.............................. 46<br />

The Czech scoring machine<br />

BILL BRADLEY. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .50<br />

Senator between the hoops<br />

WAYNE BRABENDER............................ 54<br />

An atypical star<br />

TAL BRODY .................................... 58<br />

Israeli basketball history<br />

MARCUS BROWN. .............................. 62<br />

A champ in six countries<br />

JUAN ANTONIO CORBALAN .................... 66<br />

A doctor among the baskets<br />

KRESIMIR COSIC ............................... 70<br />

A player ahead <strong>of</strong> his time<br />

ZORAN CUTURA ............................... 74<br />

A great from the shadows<br />

DRAZEN DALIPAGIC. ........................... 78<br />

The sky jumper<br />

IVO DANEU .................................... 82<br />

The first great Slovenian<br />

RICHARD DACOURY. ........................... 86<br />

Pr<strong>of</strong>essional winner<br />

PREDRAG DANILOVIC. ......................... 90<br />

Simply a champ<br />

MIKE D’ANTONI. ............................... 94<br />

The NBA’s first “<strong>European</strong>” head coach<br />

MIRZA DELIBASIC. ............................. 98<br />

The last romantic<br />

DIMITRIS DIAMANTIDIS. ....................... 102<br />

A diamond on the court<br />

VLADE DIVAC. ................................ 106<br />

An icon without a ring<br />

GIUSEPPE-PINO GJERGJA ..................... 110<br />

A Bob Cousy clone<br />

ALEKSANDAR DJORDJEVIC. ................... 114<br />

“Alexander the Great”<br />

JUAN ANTONIO SAN EPIFANIO. ................ 118<br />

A Spaniard with a Yugoslav wrist<br />

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