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De Colo adding longevity to legacy
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Nando De Colo is clearly already well-established as one of the greatest EuroLeague players of all time and quite possibly the very best of the modern era.
That’s what the stats suggest, at least: De Colo is the runaway leader in performance index rating, a compilation of all-around stats leading to a global valuation, among all EuroLeague players this century. His career total PIR of 4,495 (and counting) is well clear of Vassilis Spanoulis, in second place with 4,183.
To put that into context, De Colo has raced clear of the competition despite playing 101 games fewer than Spanoulis (257 to 358), with his per-game PIR nearly 50% higher than the Olympiacos Piraeus legend – 11.68 for Spanoulis to 17.49 for De Colo. And the same is true for everyone else on the list of this century’s greatest players, with the closest average PIR to De Colo in the all-time top ten coming from his former Fenerbahce teammate Jan Vesely, with 13.73.
Of course, De Colo has benefited over the course of his career from playing with great teams, especially at CSKA Moscow, where he was twice crowned EuroLeague champion in 2016 and 2019. It is easier for offensive players to shine when they represent teams that score a lot of points and win a lot of games.
That was less true, though, during De Colo’s three seasons with Fenerbahce Beko Istanbul, where he maintained his consistency despite the Turkish titan going through a tough period. And, with no disrespect intended, it’s even less true with his current employer, as De Colo is tasked with leading an inexperienced LDLC ASVEL Villeurbanne team that finished last season tied for the bottom spot in the standings and then had nine new signings over the summer.
For a while, it looked as though the task of making ASVEL competitive with the continent’s elite would even be beyond the powers of De Colo. The French team sank to 3-8 with a run of five consecutive losses, including a couple of games – against Panathinaikos and Monaco – in which De Colo was held to just 7 and 2 points, respectively, and appeared to have a waning impact.
But if you were starting to think that De Colo could now best be described as a fading star, the last two games have disproved that theory…and then some. First, he fired in 19 points at Barcelona, including a superb game-winning step-back jumper over Nikola Mirotic to inspire perhaps the biggest upset of the season so far.
And on Tuesday night, he was even better, netting 32 points as ASVEL triumphed at home, 91-87, over Partizan Mozzart Bet Belgrade. He achieved those numbers with great efficiency, making 5 of 7 two-pointers, 6 of 8 threes and 4 of 5 free throws.
That solitary free throw miss – a real rarity from the competition’s all-time free throw percentage leader – came inside the last minute and was the only blemish on De Colo’s performance down the stretch. But even then he made up for it by earning another foul with just 9 seconds remaining and coolly making both foul shots to give his team the lead for good.
As a statistical aside, it’s worth noting that De Colo became the second-oldest player to score at least 30 points in EuroLeague history, three months older than Keith Langford but still a couple of years younger than Spanoulis, who set the mark with 37 years and 169 days when he scored 31 points against Zenit St Petersburg in January 2020.
It will be a couple of years before De Colo reaches that age, but the evidence of the last five days suggests that he is adding longevity to his legacy so don’t be surprised if, sometime in late 2024, he takes that record away from Spanoulis, as well.
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Partizan Mozzart Bet Belgrade-Real Madrid | RS Round 34 Highlights | 2024-25 Turkish Airlines EuroLeague
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LDLC ASVEL Villeurbanne-AS Monaco | RS Round 34 Highlights | 2024-25 Turkish Airlines EuroLeague
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Sako throws down an alley-oop slam! Motorola Magic Moment
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Monster dunk by Koprivica! Motorola Magic Moment
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Baskonia Vitoria-Gasteiz-LDLC ASVEL Villeurbanne | RS Round 33 Highlights | 2024-25 Turkish Airlines EuroLeague
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Zalgiris Kaunas-Partizan Mozzart Bet Belgrade | RS Round 33 Highlights | 2024-25 Turkish Airlines EuroLeague
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Jones with a spectacular move! Motorola Magic Moment
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Pokusevski with a sublime alley oop! Motorola Magic Moment
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What a pass by De Colo! Motorola Magic Moment of the Night
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FC Bayern Munich-Partizan Mozzart Bet Belgrade | RS Round 32 Highlights | 2024-25 Turkish Airlines EuroLeague
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Theo Maledon: 'This jersey means a lot to us'
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LDLC ASVEL Villeurbanne-Zalgiris Kaunas | RS Round 32 Highlights | 2024-25 Turkish Airlines EuroLeague
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Tyrique Jones with a hoodie dunk! Motorola Magic Moment
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The Jones duo does it again! Motorola Magic Moment
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Carlik Jones: 'It's been a tough three games for us'
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Partizan Mozzart Bet Belgrade-ALBA Berlin | RS Round 31 Highlights | 2024-25 Turkish Airlines EuroLeague
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LDLC ASVEL Villeurbanne-Olympiacos Piraeus | RS Round 31 Highlights | 2024-25 Turkish Airlines EuroLeague
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Davies charges away and dunks! Motorola Magic Moment
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Tyrique Jones with a big dunk! Motorola Magic Moment
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Partizan Mozzart Bet Belgrade-Anadolu Efes Istanbul | RS Round 30 Highlights | 2024-25 Turkish Airlines EuroLeague
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A vicious windmill dunk by Jones! Motorola Magic Moment
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Real Madrid-LDLC ASVEL Villeurbanne | RS Round 30 Highlights | 2024-25 Turkish Airlines EuroLeague
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FC Barcelona-Partizan Mozzart Bet Belgrade | RS Round 29 Highlights | 2024-25 Turkish Airlines EuroLeague
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Fenerbahce Beko Istanbul-LDLC ASVEL Villeurbanne | RS Round 29 Highlights | 2024-25 Turkish Airlines EuroLeague
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De Colo beats the first-half buzzer! Motorola Magic Moment
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Olympiacos Piraeus-Partizan Mozzart Bet Belgrade | RS Round 28 Highlights | 2024-25 Turkish Airlines EuroLeague
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LDLC ASVEL Villeurbanne-Maccabi Playtika Tel Aviv | RS Round 28 Highlights | 2024-25 Turkish Airlines EuroLeague
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Pokusevski with a big dunk! Motorola Magic Moment
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LDLC ASVEL Villeurbanne-Panathinaikos AKTOR Athens | RS Round 27 Highlights | 2024-25 Turkish Airlines EuroLeague
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Carlik Jones: 'The team trusts me, the coaches trust me, the fans trust me...'
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Partizan Mozzart Bet Belgrade-Baskonia Vitoria-Gasteiz | RS Round 27 Highlights | 2024-25 Turkish Airlines EuroLeague
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Mike gets airborne! Motorola Magic Moment
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Harrison hammers it home! Motorola Magic Moment
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Tyrique Jones on the alley-oop! Motorola Magic Moment
- 00:29
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Pokusevski rocks the rim! Motorola Magic Moment
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Tyrique Jones: 'The black-and-white always travel'
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AS Monaco-Partizan Mozzart Bet Belgrade | RS Round 26 Highlights | 2024-25 Turkish Airlines EuroLeague
- 00:08
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Tyrique Jones bends the iron! Motorola Magic Moment
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FC Bayern Munich-LDLC ASVEL Villeurbanne | RS Round 26 Highlights | 2024-25 Turkish Airlines EuroLeague
- 00:35
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Lee from beyond midcourt! Motorola Magic Moment of the Night
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Sterling Brown: 'Arijan Lakic was huge for us tonight'
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Virtus Segafredo Bologna-Partizan Meridianbet Belgrade | RS Round 25 Highlights | 2024-25 Turkish Airlines EuroLeague
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Brown dunks on the break! Motorola Magic Moment
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Crvena Zvezda Meridianbet Belgrade-LDLC ASVEL Villeurbanne | RS Round 25 Highlights | 2024-25 Turkish Airlines EuroLeague
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Partizan Mozzart Bet Belgrade-Crvena Zvezda Meridianbet Belgrade | RS Round 24 Highlights | 2024-25 Turkish Airlines EuroLeague
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Tyrique Jones swats Canaan's shot away! Motorola Magic Moment
- 00:32
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Tyrique Jones swats Canaan's shot away! Motorola Magic Moment
- 00:12
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Bonga gets back to block Brown! Motorola Magic Moment
