Players react to All-EuroLeague Teams: 'Whoever made these should be ashamed' / News - Basketnews.com

Shane Larkin laughed at not being selected into any of the two All-EuroLeague teams, Chima Moneke said the selectors should be ashamed, while a few other players were confused with the selections.

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The EuroLeague announced this season's All-EuroLeague teams earlier in the day. It caused a series of reactions from players shocked to see which of their counterparts got picked for the accolade.

Shane Larkin

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Three Real Madrid and three Panathinaikos AKTOR Athens players were among the 10 players selected for the honorary teams, comprising a whopping 60% of all selections. Two players were from Maccabi Playtika Tel Aviv, and AS Monaco and Fenerbahce Beko Istanbul had one player each.

A wide number of playoff or play-in teams did not get any of their players nominated for the award. This caused a reaction from the players online.

Shane Larkin, who led the league in PIR and was 6th in points during the regular season, was not included in either of the two teams. After the news was announced, the Anadolu Efes Istanbul guard just laughed on X, formerly Twitter.

Baskonia Vitoria-Gasteiz forward Chima Moneke was second in the league in rebounds and 6th in PIR during the regular season. The breakout player was seen as a lock for the second team but he wasn't selected either.

"Whoever made these All-Euroleague teams should be ashamed of themselves," Moneke posted on his Instagram story.

One of the other shockers was the inclusion of Kendrick Nunn in the First Team instead of Wade Baldwin IV, who got pushed to the second team. An MVP candidate, Baldwin was usually seen as a surefire First Team member, but he got only into the second five despite being third in the EuroLeague in points and PIR and widely considered to be the most important player on the Maccabi roster.

Baldwin's teammate Jake Cohen posted a meme gif of confused Kevin Hart under First Team's EuroLeague post.

Interestingly, five out of the Top 10 teams that made it into the EuroLeague postseason did not feature a single player on the First or Second Teams.

Moneke's former teammate at Monaco, Jaron Blossomgame, admitted - a lot of players have been snubbed.

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