FIBA Europe Men's Player of the Year Award
Winners -- FIBA Europe Men 's Players of the Year
Table:
Year
Men's Players of the Year
Club(s)

2005
Dirk Nowitzki
Dallas Mavericks

2006
Theo Papaloukas
CSKA Moscow

2007
Andrei Kirilenko
Utah Jazz

2008
Pau Gasol
Memphis Grizzlies & Los Angeles Lakers

2009
Pau Gasol (2x)
Los Angeles Lakers

2010
Miloš Teodosić
Olympiacos

2011
Dirk Nowitzki (2x)
Dallas Mavericks

2012
Andrei Kirilenko (2x)
CSKA Moscow & Minnesota Timberwolves

2013
Tony Parker
San Antonio Spurs

2014
Tony Parker (2x)
San Antonio Spurs

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Dirk Werner Nowitzki ( German pronunciation : [ ˈdɪʁk ˈvɛʁnɐ noˈvɪtski ] ) ( born June 19 , 1978 ) is a German retired professional basketball player . An alumnus of the DJK Würzburg basketball club , Nowitzki was chosen as the ninth pick in the 1998 NBA draft by the Milwaukee Bucks and was immediately traded to the Dallas Mavericks , where he played his entire 21-year National Basketball Association ( NBA ) career . Listed at 7 ft 0 in ( 2.13 m ) , Nowitzki is widely regarded as one of the greatest power forwards of all time and he is considered by many to be the greatest European player of all time . Nowitzki led the Mavericks to 15 NBA playoff appearances ( 2001-2012 ; 2014-2016 ) , including the franchise 's first Finals appearance in 2006 and its only NBA championship in 2011 . Known for his scoring ability , his versatility , his accurate outside shooting , and his trademark fadeaway jump shot , Nowitzki won the NBA Most Valuable Player Award in 2007 and the NBA Finals Most Valuable Player Award in 2011 . Nowitzki is the only player ever to play for a single NBA franchise for 21 seasons . He is a 14-time All-Star , a 12-time All-NBA Team member , the first European player to start in an All-Star Game , and the first European player to receive the NBA Most Valuable Player Award . Nowitzki is the highest-scoring foreign-born player in NBA history . He is the first Maverick voted onto an All-NBA Team and holds several all-time Mavericks franchise records . On December 10 , 2012 , he became the first non-American player to receive the Naismith Legacy Award . Following his retirement , Nowitzki stood sixth on the list of National Basketball Association career scoring leaders . In international play , Nowitzki led the German national basketball team to a bronze medal in the 2002 FIBA World Championship and silver in EuroBasket 2005 , and was the leading scorer and MVP in both tournaments .
The Dallas Mavericks ( often referred to as the Mavs ) are an American professional basketball team based in Dallas . They compete in the National Basketball Association ( NBA ) as a member of the Western Conference Southwest Division . The team plays its home games at the American Airlines Center , which it shares with the National Hockey League 's Dallas Stars . Throughout the 1980s , the Mavericks were a perennial playoff team , led by All-Stars Rolando Blackman and Mark Aguirre . The team struggled during the 1990s , entering into a period of rebuilding . In 1998 , the franchise 's fortunes would change drastically with the acquisition of Dirk Nowitzki , who would become the cornerstone of the most successful period in franchise history , leading the team to its first NBA championship in 2011 . As of the 2017 season , the Mavericks have sold out 707 consecutive games since December 15 , 2002 , the longest currently running sellout streak in North American major league sports . Since their inaugural 1980-81 season , the Mavericks have won three division titles ( 1987 , 2007 , 2010 ) , two conference championships ( 2006 , 2011 ) , and one NBA championship ( 2011 ) .
Theódoros Papaloukás ( Greek : Θεόδωρος Παπαλουκάς ; born May 8 , 1977 ) , commonly also known as Theo Papaloukas or Thodoris Papaloukas , is a retired Greek professional basketball player . He was a four-time All-EuroLeague selection , a member of the EuroLeague 2000-10 All-Decade Team and was named one of the 50 greatest EuroLeague contributors in 2008 . A revolutionary figure in basketball , as illustrated by his unique ability to come off the bench and alter the course of an encounter , and his uncanny feel for the game , he symbolized the rise of European basketball in the new millennium . Papaloukas started his career in 1995 , with his local club of Ampelokipoi , before being transferred two years later to Dafni , and then to Panionios in 1999 . His performances with the latter earned him a transfer to EuroLeague powerhouse Olympiacos , where in 2002 , he won his first title , the Greek Cup . A year later , he moved to Moscow for CSKA , the club that he would help to regain its past glory . After making a minimal impact during his first two seasons in the Russian capital , he evolved into a major contributor to CSKA 's success , playing as a sixth man in the 2004-05 season , both in the EuroLeague and the Russian Super League A . In 2006 , Papaloukas led CSKA to their first EuroLeague title in thirty-five years , and thus earning an All-EuroLeague First Team selection and the EuroLeague Final Four MVP award in the process . The following year , he cemented his status as a EuroLeague competition icon , after being named the EuroLeague MVP , before falling short of a second straight EuroLeague title in the championship 's final against Panathinaikos . In 2008 , he won his second EuroLeague title with CSKA , in what would be his last year in Moscow . In the summer of 2008 , Papaloukas returned to Olympiacos , and with them he reached another two EuroLeague Final Fours , thereby giving him a then record of eight consecutive EuroLeague Final Four appearances , a record he shared at the time with his former teammate J.R. Holden . On December 12 , 2013 , he was honored with a EuroLeague Basketball Legend Award .
PBC CSKA Moscow ( Russian : ПБК ЦСКА Москва ) is a Russian professional basketball team based in Moscow , Russia . The club is a member of the VTB United League and the EuroLeague . CSKA won two titles between 2006 and 2008 , as well as between 2016 and 2019 , in Europe 's principal club competition , the EuroLeague , making the final in all seasons these years , and in total has advanced to the EuroLeague Final Four 17 times in the 21st century . CSKA is dominating in VTB United League , winning all but one titles up-to-date . With 8 EuroLeague championships , one NEBL championship , 50 home league championships , 7 home cups and 10 VTB United League titles in total , CSKA is the most successful basketball team in Russia ( former Soviet Union ) , and is also one of the most successful basketball teams in Europe . In EuroLeague in 2006 CSKA won its first title in a long time , defeating Maccabi 73-69 in the final in Prague . Next year the team lost in the 2007 final 93-91 to Panathinaikos on the Greens ' home floor , the Nikos Galis Olympic Indoor Hall in Athens . In 2008 , they won a rematch of the 2006 final against Maccabi 91-77 in Madrid . In 2009 , they lost a rematch of the 2007 final against Panathinaikos 73-71 in Berlin . The club competed in 8 consecutive EuroLeague Final Fours from 2003 to 2010 , which is an all-time record . CSKA then won its seventh title in 2016 , after beating Fenerbahçe in the final , by a score of 101-96 , in overtime . The last European title up-to-date was won in 2019 , when CSKA defeated Anadolu Efes in the final in Vitoria-Gasteiz .
Andrei Gennadyevich Kirilenko ( Russian : Андрей Геннадьевич Кириленко ; born February 18 , 1981 ) is a Russian basketball executive and retired professional basketball player , currently the commissioner of the Russian Basketball Federation . At age fifteen , Kirilenko began playing professional basketball in the Russian Basketball Super League . He spent three years with CSKA Moscow from 1998 to 2001 , winning the Russian league MVP award in 2000 . In 2001 , Kirilenko joined the Utah Jazz , who drafted him twenty-fourth overall in 1999 . He became the first Russian player selected in the first round of a draft and the youngest European player drafted . He made the NBA All-Rookie First Team after his first season , was an NBA All-Defensive Team pick three times and played in the 2004 All-Star Game . During the 2011 NBA lockout , Kirilenko spent another year with CSKA Moscow , leading them to the 2012 EuroLeague Final . The same year , he was named the competition 's Most Valuable Player , earned an All-EuroLeague first team selection and won the EuroLeague Best Defender award . Since the 2000 Summer Olympics , Kirilenko has been a regular member of the Russian national team . With Russia , he won the EuroBasket title in 2007 , earning MVP honors in the process . In 2011 , he won his second EuroBasket medal , this time the bronze . He was selected to the All-Tournament Team on both occasions .
The Utah Jazz are an American professional basketball team based in Salt Lake City . The Jazz compete in the National Basketball Association ( NBA ) as a member of the league 's Western Conference , Northwest Division . Since 1991 , the team has played its home games at Vivint Smart Home Arena . The franchise began play as an expansion team in 1974 as the New Orleans Jazz ( as a tribute to New Orleans ' history of originating Jazz music ) . The Jazz moved to Salt Lake City in 1979 . The Jazz were one of the most successful teams in the league in their early years . Although 10 seasons elapsed before the Jazz qualified for their first playoff appearance in 1984 , they did not miss the playoffs again until 2004 . During the late 1980s , John Stockton and Karl Malone arose as the franchise players for the team , and formed one of the most famed point guard-power forward duos in NBA history . Led by coach Jerry Sloan , who took over from Frank Layden in 1988 , they became one of the powerhouse teams of the 1990s , culminating in two NBA Finals appearances in 1997 and 1998 , where they lost both times to the Chicago Bulls , led by Michael Jordan . Both Stockton and Malone moved on in 2003 . After missing the playoffs for three consecutive seasons the Jazz returned to prominence under the on-court leadership of point guard Deron Williams . However , partway through the 2010-11 season , the Jazz began restructuring after Sloan 's retirement and Williams ' trade to the New Jersey Nets .
Pau Gasol Sáez ( Catalan pronunciation : [ ˈpaw ɣəˈzɔl ] , Spanish pronunciation : [ ˈpau ɣaˈsol ] ; born July 6 , 1980 ) is a Spanish professional basketball player . He is a six-time NBA All-Star and a four-time All-NBA selection , twice on the second team and twice on the third team . Gasol has won two NBA championships , both with the Los Angeles Lakers . He was the NBA Rookie of the Year in 2002 with the Memphis Grizzlies , being the first non-American player to have won that award . He is the older brother of fellow NBA player Marc Gasol . Gasol was selected by the Atlanta Hawks with the third overall pick in the first round of the 2001 NBA draft , but his rights were traded to the Memphis Grizzlies . He currently holds the Grizzlies ' franchise record for free throws made and attempted . Following more than six seasons with Memphis , Gasol played for the Los Angeles Lakers ( from 2008 to 2014 ) , the Chicago Bulls ( from 2014 to 2016 ) , the San Antonio Spurs ( from 2016 to 2019 ) , and the Milwaukee Bucks ( 2019 ) . Internationally , Gasol has won two Olympic silver medals , an Olympic bronze medal , a FIBA World Cup title , and three EuroBasket titles with the Spanish national basketball team .
The Memphis Grizzlies are an American professional basketball team based in Memphis , Tennessee . The Grizzlies compete in the National Basketball Association ( NBA ) as a member of the league 's Western Conference Southwest Division . The Grizzlies play their home games at FedExForum . The team is owned by Robert Pera . The Grizzlies are currently the only team in the major professional North American sports leagues based in the city of Memphis , and is the only professional basketball team in the state of Tennessee . The team was originally established as the Vancouver Grizzlies , an expansion team that joined the NBA for the 1995-96 season . After the 2000-01 season concluded , the Grizzlies moved to Memphis .
The Los Angeles Lakers are an American professional basketball team based in Los Angeles . The Lakers compete in the National Basketball Association ( NBA ) , as a member of the league 's Western Conference in the Pacific Division . The Lakers play their home games at Staples Center , an arena shared with the NBA 's Los Angeles Clippers , the Los Angeles Sparks of the Women 's National Basketball Association , and the Los Angeles Kings of the National Hockey League . The Lakers are one of the most successful teams in the history of the NBA , and have won 16 NBA championships , the second-most behind the Boston Celtics . The franchise began with the 1947 purchase of a disbanded team , the Detroit Gems of the National Basketball League ( NBL ) . The new team began playing in Minneapolis , calling themselves the Minneapolis Lakers . Initially a member of the NBL , the Lakers won the 1948 NBL championship before joining the rival Basketball Association of America , where they would win five of the next six championships , led by star George Mikan . After struggling financially in the late 1950s following Mikan 's retirement , they relocated to Los Angeles before the 1960-61 season . Led by Hall of Famers Elgin Baylor and Jerry West , Los Angeles made the NBA Finals six times in the 1960s , but lost each series to the Celtics , beginning their long and storied rivalry . In 1968 , the Lakers acquired four-time NBA Most Valuable Player ( MVP ) Wilt Chamberlain , and won their sixth NBA title - and first in Los Angeles - in 1972 , led by new head coach Bill Sharman . After the retirement of West and Chamberlain , the team acquired Kareem Abdul-Jabbar , who also won multiple MVP awards , but was unable to make the Finals in the late 1970s . The 1980s Lakers were nicknamed Showtime due to their fast break-offense led by Magic Johnson .
Miloš Teodosić ( Serbian Cyrillic : Милош Теодосић , born March 19 , 1987 ) is a Serbian professional basketball player for Virtus Bologna of the Italian Lega Basket Serie A ( LBA ) . He also represents the Serbia national team internationally . He primarily plays the point guard position , as well as the shooting guard position . He is a six time All-EuroLeague selection , and was voted EuroLeague MVP in 2010 . Teodosić helped the Serbian national team win a EuroBasket silver medal in 2009 , as well as a FIBA Basketball World Cup silver medal in 2014 , being elected to the All-Tournament Team in both competitions . He also won an Olympic silver medal at the 2016 Rio Games . He was named FIBA Europe Player of the Year in 2010 , and in 2016 , he was voted the best non-NBA player in the world by NBA coaches , as well as the European Player of the Year by La Gazzetta dello Sport .
Olympiacos B.C . ( Greek : ΚΑΕ Ολυμπιακός Σ.Φ.Π . ) , commonly referred to as Olympiacos and Olympiacos Piraeus , is a Greek professional basketball club based in Piraeus , Athens , part of the major multi-sport club , Olympiacos CFP . The team currently competes only in the EuroLeague , after their decision to withdraw from the 2018-19 games against arch-rival Panathinaikos over long-standing refereeing disputes ; thus , the club is represented by a reserve team for the domestic competitions , called Olympiacos B.C . B Development Team . The parent club was founded in 1925 , with the basketball team created in 1931 , and their home ground is the Peace and Friendship Stadium in Piraeus . Olympiacos has been established as one of the most successful clubs in Greek basketball history and one of the most successful clubs in European basketball , having won three EuroLeagues , one FIBA Intercontinental Cup , one Triple Crown , twelve Greek League titles and nine Greek Cups . As a traditional European powerhouse , Olympiacos have also been five times EuroLeague runners-up and , having played a total of eight finals , they are the Greek club with the most EuroLeague Final appearances . They have also participated in ten EuroLeague Final Fours . The first major achievement of Olympiacos in European competitions was their presence in the 1978-79 FIBA European Champions Cup semifinals group stage , but it was in the 1990s that Olympiacos made their biggest mark . They became the first ever Greek club that reached the EuroLeague Final , being runners-up in two consecutive seasons ( 1994 and 1995 ) , winning their first EuroLeague title in 1997 , after a convincing 73-58 win to Barcelona in Rome , which was a record margin win at the time for one-leg final in the competition 's history . In the same season , they achieved the first Triple Crown for a Greek team and as European champions they played in the 1997 McDonald 's Championship , where they met in the final the Michael Jordan 's NBA champions , the Chicago Bulls .
The Minnesota Timberwolves ( also commonly known as the Wolves ) are an American professional basketball team based in Minneapolis . The Timberwolves compete in the National Basketball Association ( NBA ) as a member of the league 's Western Conference Northwest Division . Founded in 1989 , the team is owned by Glen Taylor who also owns the WNBA 's Minnesota Lynx . The Timberwolves play their home games at Target Center , their home since 1990 . Like most expansion teams , the Timberwolves struggled in their early years , but after the acquisition of Kevin Garnett in the 1995 NBA draft , the team qualified for the playoffs in eight consecutive seasons from 1997 to 2004 . Despite losing in the first round in their first seven attempts , the Timberwolves won their first division championship in 2004 and advanced to the Western Conference Finals that same season . Garnett was also named the NBA Most Valuable Player for that season . The team then went into rebuilding mode for more than a decade after missing the postseason in 2005 , and trading Garnett to the Boston Celtics in 2007 . Garnett returned to the Timberwolves in a February 2015 trade and finished his career there , retiring in the 2016 offseason . The Timberwolves ended a 14-year playoff drought when they returned to the postseason in 2018 .
William Anthony Parker Jr. ( born 17 May 1982 ) is a French-American former professional basketball player and majority owner of ASVEL Basket in LNB Pro A . The son of a professional basketball player , Parker played for two years for Paris Basket Racing in the French basketball league , before joining the San Antonio Spurs of the National Basketball Association ( NBA ) . He was selected by the Spurs with the 28th overall pick in the 2001 NBA draft , and quickly became their starting point guard . Parker won four NBA championships ( 2003 , 2005 , 2007 , and 2014 ) , all of which were with the Spurs . He also played for ASVEL Basket in France during the 2011 NBA lockout , and finished his career after one season with the Charlotte Hornets . Parker was named to six NBA All-Star games , three All-NBA Second Teams , and an All-NBA Third Team . He was also the 2007 NBA Finals MVP . A severe injury to his left quadriceps tendon in Game 2 in the second round of the 2017 playoffs ended his season . While playing with the French national team , Parker was named the MVP of EuroBasket 2013 , following his team 's victory over Lithuania in the final . He finished as the tournament 's top scorer , with an average of 19 points per game . In 2015 , he became the all-time leading scorer in the EuroBasket competition , a record that was broken by Pau Gasol two years later .
The San Antonio Spurs are an American professional basketball team based in San Antonio . The Spurs compete in the National Basketball Association ( NBA ) as a member of the league 's Western Conference Southwest Division . The team plays its home games at the AT & T Center in San Antonio . The Spurs are one of four former American Basketball Association ( ABA ) teams to remain intact in the NBA after the 1976 ABA-NBA merger and are the only former ABA team to have won an NBA championship . The franchise has won NBA championships in 1999 , 2003 , 2005 , 2007 , and 2014 . As of May 2015 , the Spurs had the highest winning percentage among active NBA franchises . As of May 2017 , the Spurs had the best winning percentage of any franchise in the major professional sports leagues in the United States and Canada over the previous three decades . From 1999-2000 to 2016-17 , the Spurs won 50 games each season , setting a record of 18 consecutive 50-win seasons . In the 2018-19 season , the Spurs matched an NBA record for most consecutive playoff appearances with 22 . The team 's recent success has coincided with the tenure of current head coach Gregg Popovich and with the playing careers of Spurs icons David Robinson ( 1989-2003 ) and Tim Duncan ( 1997-2016 ) .