One of the most-celebrated big men of his generation added a new EuroLeague milestone to his collection on Friday.
Milan’s Hines climbed to second in all-time rebounds
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EA7 Emporio Armani Milan center Kyle Hines climbed one spot in the Turkish Airlines EuroLeague's all-time rebounds list, going past Felipe Reyes to rank second overall with 1,803 career rebounds.
Hines needed 1 rebound in his team's Round 14 game at FC Barcelona to move ahead of Reyes, who had 1,799 for his career, and got it on the defensive boards late in the first quarter. He went on to finish the game with 5 rebounds, 3 on defense and 2 on offense. Paulius Jankunas leads the all-time table with 2,010 rebounds. The next active player in the EuroLeague this season is Barcelona’s Jan Vesely, who ranks fifth overall with 1,588 rebounds, 16 away from passing fourth-place Ioannis Bourousis
Hines already leads all-time in offensive rebounds, with 798 throughout his career. He ranks ninth overall in defensive rebounds with 1,005.
Additionally, Hines leads the EuroLeague in most games played, 405, ranks second in two-pointers made (1,307), third in blocks (311), fourth in PIR (4,228) and 10th in steals (280) and
Hines made his EuroLeague debut with Brose Bamberg, grabbing 54 rebounds in 10 games in the 2010-11 season. He pulled down 286 in 53 games with Olympiacos Piraeus, getting 949 boards in 218 games with CSKA Moscow and 514 in 124 games with Milan.
A four-time EuroLeague champion, twice each with Olympiacos and CSKA, Hines was named to the 2010-20 EuroLeague All-Decade Team and was chosen as the competition's best defender three times, in the 2015-16, 2017-18 and 2021-22 campaigns.