Euroleague Basketball joins the world basketball family in mourning Ruben Douglas, who passed away on Wednesday.
Euroleague Basketball mourns Ruben Douglas
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Euroleague Basketball joins the world basketball family in mourning Ruben Douglas, who passed away on Wednesday.
Douglas was voted the 2006 BKT EuroCup Finals MVP after he helped Dynamo Moscow beat Aris Thessaloniki in the championship game played in Charleroi, Belgium. He led Dynamo to a 60-73 victory with 17 points. A year earlier, Douglas led Fortitudo Bologna to the Italian League title. Fortitudo beat EA7 Emporio Armani Milan 3-1 in the finals and Douglas buried the title-clinching shot to win Game 4 at the buzzer. He passed away in Costa Rica at age 44.
He started his professional basketball career with Panionios Athens in Greece, and also played for Valencia Basket and Baloncesto Sevilla of Spain, Virtus Rome of Italy and Usak Universitesi Belediyespor of Turkiye. In 23 Turkish Airlines EuroLeague games with Fortitudo and Rome, Douglas averaged 13.0 points and 3.7 rebounds. He also took part in 40 EuroCup games with Valencia and Dynamo, averaging 15.2 points and 3.6 rebounds.
May he rest in peace.