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Vote for the best All-EuroCup First Team in history: 2025 vs. 2017
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Each season, five standout players earn their place among the competition’s elite as members of the All-EuroCup First Team. Over the years, these selections have featured rising stars, future EuroLeague legends, and unforgettable EuroCup heroes who left their mark on the competition.
Now, it's time to see which lineup stands above the rest.
Our expert panel has seeded the All-EuroCup First Teams into a bracket, and each matchup will be decided by you, the fans! Several times a week, we’ll reveal a new battle on the official EuroCup Instagram account, where you can vote for the team that you believe deserves to advance.
Here on EuroCupBasketball.com, we’ll break down each matchup, compare the rosters, and offer our take on who has the edge.
The next faceoff: 2025 vs. 2017. Two incredible squads. One spot in the next round.
Let the debate begin – and may the best team win!
2025
- Jared Harper, Jerusalem
- Jean Montero, Valencia
- Jaleen Smith, Bahcesehir
- Jonathan Motley, Hapoel Tel Aviv
- Mfiondu Kabengele, Umana Reyer
2017
- Curtis Jerrells, Jerusalem
- Mardy Collins, Lokomotiv
- Alexey Shved, Khimki
- Bojan Dubljevic, Valencia
- Dejan Musli, Unicaja
While it's important not to allow recency bias to influence my decision here, I like the 2025 team much more. Let’s start with what these teams have in common: Both play with three guards of which one was a crazy scorer that season. And both have big frontlines with a '4' who could play center.
The elite scorers are, of course, Harper and Shved. The versatile power forwards are Motley and Dubljevic. I think 2025 has more playmaking ability between Harper, Smith and Montero than their counterparts; neither Jerrells nor Collins averaged even 4 assists per game in 2017. Meanwhile on the glass, Kabengele was a much stronger rebounder than Musli. I am not feeling much defensive dominance from 2017 either. So with all that in mind, I choose the 2025 team. Agree or disagree?