Nikola Vujcic officially announced as EuroLeague Legend / News - Basketnews.com

Nikola Vujcic was inducted as EuroLeague Legend before Maccabi's game vs. Valencia.

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Nikola Vujcic is an official EuroLeague Legend.

Before Maccabi Playtika Tel Aviv's game against Valencia Basket, Vujcic's jersey was lifted into Menorah Mivtachim Arena's rafters.

In a special ceremony, Vujcic was greeted by his friends and former teammates likeDavid Blatt, Shimon Mizrahi, Milos Teodosic, Anthony Parker, Omri Casspi, Derrick Sharp, Sarunas Jasikevicius, Deni Avdija, and others.

He becomes the ninth player to receive Euroleague Basketball's highest distinction, after Theo Papaloukas, Juan Carlos Navarro, Ramunas Siskauskas, Sarunas Jasikevicius, Dimitris Diamantidis, Mirsad Turkcan, Felipe Reyes, and Vassilis Spanoulis.

Vujcic was chosen to the All-EuroLeague Teams on five occasions, the most of any center in competition history and fifth-most of any player.

He rose to continental prominence as a central part of the Maccabi team that won back-to-back championships in 2004 and 2005. He then experienced the glory of winning again as the sporting director when Maccabi captured its next championship in 2014.

The late Dusan Ivkovic and Maccabi president Shimon Mizrahi were both honored as Euroleague Basketball Legends, too, for their work as a head coach and in management, respectively.

When Vujcic played his final EuroLeague game in 2011, he was the competition's career leader in performance index rating (3,047), second in rebounds (1,037), third in points scored (2,444) and blocked shots (124), and seventh in assists (524).

His trophy case is filled with titles from four different countries. In addition to five national championships and four cups from Israel, he also won the Croatian Cup in 1997, the French championships in 2002, and the Greek Cup in 2010.

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