Teodosic, De Colo on the verge of new milestones

Two Turkish Airlines EuroLeague legends have chances in Round 16 to join exclusive company by becoming just the sixth players to reach important milestones in two statistical categories. Milos Teodosic of Virtus Segafredo Bologna is close to reaching 500 made three-pointers and Nando De Colo of LDLC ASVEL Villeurbanne is within touching distance of 300 steals in the competition.

Early on Friday, De Colo could write his name further into the history books if he makes just 3 steals during ASVEL's home showdown against ALBA Berlin at Astroballe. De Colo currently sits on 297 steals in his 259-game EuroLeague career, with 13 of those coming in 14 appearances this season. Curiously, the 35-year-old has recorded 3 steals or more on two occasions so far in 2022-23, having had 3 against Virtus in Round 6 and 4 against Olympiacos Piraeus in Round 14. Should De Colo repeat that feat once again, he will become just the sixth player in EuroLeague history to reach 300 steals.

A bit later that same night, with Virtus hosting Fenerbahce Beko Istanbul at Virtus Segafredo Arena, Teodosic needs to make 5 three-pointers to reach 500 in his EuroLeague career. After 250 games in the EuroLeague, the 35-year-old currently has 495 to his name, which is good enough for sixth in the all-time rankings. He has hit 5 triples in one game already this season, against EA7 Emporio Armani Milan in Round 7. Another shooting night like that will see Teodosic enter a group of just six players in EuroLeague history to have made 500 three-pointers.

In the event that De Colo and Teodosic fail to achieve these milestones in Round 16, they will look to do so when Round 17 begins in the New Year, with ASVEL on the road at Anadolu Efes Istanbul and Virtus playing FC Barcelona at Palau Blaugrana.