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101 Greats of European Basketball

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CONTENTS<br />

ANTHONY PARKER............................ 242<br />

Two-time EuroLeague MVP<br />

ZARKO PASPALJ.............................. 246<br />

The man who changed the Greek League<br />

MODESTAS PAULAUSKAS..................... 250<br />

The first Lithuanian “king”<br />

VELIMIR PERASOVIC.......................... 254<br />

The pr<strong>of</strong>essional scorer<br />

DRAZEN PETROVIC ........................... 258<br />

An unfinished symphony<br />

RATKO RADOVANOVIC........................ 262<br />

Mind over matter<br />

NIKOLA PLECAS .............................. 266<br />

Saint Nikola<br />

MANUEL RAGA ............................... 270<br />

The Flying Mexican<br />

DINO RADJA.................................. 274<br />

The legend <strong>of</strong> Split<br />

IGOR RAKOCEVIC............................. 278<br />

A killer on the court<br />

ZELJKO REBRACA............................. 282<br />

Blocks master<br />

CARLO RECALCATI............................ 286<br />

Owner <strong>of</strong> two <strong>European</strong> three-peats<br />

ANTOINE RIGAUDEAU ........................ 290<br />

“Le Roi”<br />

ANTONELLO RIVA............................. 294<br />

The Italian bomber<br />

DAVID RIVERS................................. 298<br />

The man <strong>of</strong> the final<br />

EMILIANO RODRIGUEZ. ....................... 302<br />

The Great Captain<br />

JOHNNY ROGERS. ............................ 306<br />

A champ by any measure<br />

ARVYDAS SABONIS. .......................... 310<br />

The Lithuanian Tsar<br />

ZORAN SAVIC. ................................ 314<br />

The title collector<br />

CHICHO SIBILIO. .............................. 318<br />

The Dominican shooter<br />

LOU SILVER. .................................. 322<br />

The man with the wrong name<br />

LJUBODRAG SIMONOVIC. ..................... 326<br />

The rebel genius<br />

RAMUNAS SISKAUSKAS ...................... 330<br />

Mr. Three-Pointers<br />

ZORAN SLAVNIC. ............................. 334<br />

The first showman<br />

OSCAR SCHMIDT ............................. 338<br />

The Holy Hand<br />

MATJAZ SMODIS ............................. 342<br />

The humble champ<br />

NACHO SOLOZABAL. ......................... 346<br />

The brains <strong>of</strong> FC Barcelona<br />

SAULIUS STOMBERGAS. ...................... 350<br />

The man who made 9 <strong>of</strong> 9 triples<br />

WALTER SZCZERBIAK. ........................ 354<br />

The superstar with the unpronounceable name<br />

ZAN TABAK . .................................. 358<br />

A triple Euro-champ with an NBA ring 359<br />

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