 2021-22 EuroLeague Rising Star candidate: Victor Wembanyama

 2021-22 EuroLeague Rising Star candidate: Filip Petrusev

Ask me Anything: Marcus Eriksson, ALBA Berlin

Name the Players: Joffrey Lauvergne, Zalgiris Kaunas

The 24-year-old center ranks first in total rebounds (7.8 per game) and defensive rebounds (5.6), while ranking second in blocks (1.4). 

2021-22 Best Defender Candidate: Georgios Papagiannis

He has broken the single-season mark for total steals with 67,  surpassing Manu Ginobili's 64 in 2000-01, and his current average of 2.8 is the EuroLeague best in 15 years. His 7 steals in a Round 22 home win over Barcelona matched the league's highest single-game total since 2014 and the second-highest since 2008.

2021-22 Best Defender Candidate: John Brown, UNICS Kazan

His 29 steals lead Bayern and are tied for ninth-most among all EuroLeague players. As a premier on-the-ball perimeter defender, he is an essential part of a defense that has held opponents to the league's second-lowest totals of three-pointers attempted (493) or made (171) so far this season.

2021-22 Best Defender Candidate: Nick Weiler-Babb

Last season's steals leader is now ranked second behind Brown with 1.8 per game. His ball-hawking skill anchors Fenerbahce's third-ranked defense, which is allowing just 72.6 points per game. 

2021-22 Best Defender Candidate: Pierria Henry

Four the fourth consecutive season, Tavares is the EuroLeague's runaway blocked-shots leader, and if they counted intimidations, he'd probably hold a world record. Tavares also ranks second in total rebounds (7.4) and fourth on the defensive glass (4.7).

2021-22 Best Defender Candidate: Walter Tavares, Real Madrid

The two-time former winner of the Best Defender Trophy, four-time former EuroLeague champion and All-Decade Team member continues excelling, at age 35, as the man in the middle of the league's best defense. Hines is the undoubted leader of that defense even if his rankings of seventh in total blocks (18) and 15th in total rebounds (122) only hint at his enormous impact.

2021-22 Best Defender Candidate: Kyle Hines

In his 13th season, one of the iconic Turkish Airlines EuroLeague forwards of the century, James Gist, is putting all his experience to work for his seventh team in the competition, LDLC ASVEL Villeurbanne.

James Gist, ASVEL: 'It's been a great run'

2021-22 Alphonso Ford Best Scorer Trophy candidate: Shane Larkin

2021-22 Alphonso Ford Best Scorer Trophy candidate: Vasilije Micic

Vasilije Micic, Anadolu Efes Istanbul – 16.1 points per game

2021-22 Alphonso Ford Best Scorer Trophy candidate: Nikola Mirotic

Nikola Mirotic, FC Barcelona – 16.8 points per game

2021-22 Alphonso Ford Best Scorer Trophy candidate: Mike James

2021-22 Alphonso Ford Best Scorer Trophy candidate: Scottie Wilbekin

2021-22 Alphonso Ford Best Scorer Trophy candidate: Elie Okobo

Xavi Pascual, Zenit: 'Every season, I'm a different coach'

Having made history last season by guiding Zenit St Petersburg to the playoffs, former Turkish Airlines EuroLeague champion Xavi Pascual is determined to make his team a steady presence in the continental elite.