101 Greats of European Basketball

Five titles and eight Final
Four appearances between
1994 and 2009, he is living
history of the competition.
In his trophy case we can also
find 11 Greek League titles,
eight Greek Cups
and an Intercontinental Cup
from 1996.
Joe Arlauckas
defeated Olympiacos by 73-61. Joe had 16 points and
4 rebounds while Sabonis led the team with 23 points
and 7 boards.
One of the biggest assets for Arlauckas was his
ability to play alongside bigger stars than him with no
problems or envy at all. Except with Schmidt in Caserta,
he always formed great tandems with all the stars he
played with. After Sabonis left for the NBA, the new star
in Real Madrid was Dejan Bodiroga, with whom Arlauckas
also had a great understanding. In the 1997 Saporta
Cup final against Mash Verona, won by Madrid 78-64,
the list of best scorers for the winners was: Alberto
Herreros 19, Joe Arlauckas 18 and Dejan Bodiroga 17.
After five years in Real Madrid, Arlauckas went to
Greece to join AEK Athens. The change of country, environment
and the basketball style was really hard for him.
He had a discreet season (13.8 points) and the following
one in Aris Thessaloniki was a little bit better (17.4), but
his best years were already in the past and in Spain.
After retiring he went back to the United States
but his love for Spain led him to return to Madrid. His
experience helped him land a commentator spot with
EuroLeague.TV. But his real desire would be teaching
big men what he knows about basketball.
And he knows a lot.
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