We are into the second round of our matchups as we seek to crown the greatest All-EuroLeague First Team! This time it's 2013 against 2018!
Vote for the best All-EuroLeague First Team in history: 2013 vs. 2018
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Each season, the top five players in Europe’s premier basketball competition are recognized with All-EuroLeague First Team honors. Over the past quarter century, these elite selections have showcased a who’s who of basketball legends, from rising stars to Hall of Famers and everything in between.
This summer, we're putting them all head-to-head to answer one big question: Which All-EuroLeague First Team stands above the rest?
We seeded all 24 teams into a bracket created by our panel of in-house EuroLeague experts.
Several times a week, we’ll reveal a new matchup on the official EuroLeague Instagram account, where you can vote for your favorite. In the first round, eight teams were eliminated and now 16 remain. Who will you vote into the quarterfinals?
Right here on the official EuroLeague website, you’ll find a quick breakdown of each matchup – and which team we think deserves the edge.
Let the debates begin. Let the voting begin. Let the best team win!
2013 vs. 2018
2013
- Dimitris Diamantidis, Panathinaikos (age 33)
- Vassilis Spanoulis, Olympiacos (age 30)
- Rudy Fernandez, Real Madrid (age 28)
- Nenad Krstic, CSKA Moscow (age 29)
- Ante Tomic, Barcelona (age 26)
2018
- Nick Calathes, Panathinaikos (age 29)
- Nando De Colo, CSKA Moscow (age 30)
- Luka Doncic, Real Madrid (age 19)
- Toko Shengelia, Baskonia (age 26)
- Jan Vesely, Fenerbahce (age 28)
This drill was tailor-made for matchups like this one. Every player here is a star. Either team would be a dream to watch. But who would win? Let's have a look at their strengths and weaknesses.
Team 2013 has a slight height advantage in that it plays with two centers – Krstic and Tomic, while the two big men from 2018 are more natural power forwards. However, I would think that Shengelia and Vesely are more than adept to defend their counterparts. Both teams have three-guard lineups as well with a Panathinaikos playmaker who is an elite defender (Diamantidis in 2013 and Calathes in 2013), a dangerous scorer (Spanoulis in 2013 and De Colo in 2018) and a do-it-all guard from Madrid (Rudy in 2013 and Doncic in 2018).
The 2018 team is more athletic in the paint and has more scoring upside, which are the main reasons I lean in their direction. Spanoulis was magical in 2013, but so was Doncic in 2018. Doncic playing alongside De Colo makes for a super-efficient tandem that I don’t think 2013 could match. What do you think?