Mike James moves to 3rd place in EuroLeague all-time scoring list / News - Basketnews.com

James scored his 4154th point on a tough turnaround jumper and overcame Juan Carlos Navarro to place 3rd in the all-time EuroLeague scoring list.

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Mike James is considered one of the best pure scorers in the EuroLeague. The AS Monaco guard reached a significant milestone in the game against Zalgiris Kaunas on Friday.

James faced off against Dovydas Giedraitis in an iso situation in the middle of the second quarter and scored his second two-pointer of the game with a tough turnaround jumper to put his team up by eight (37-29).

With this basket, he scored his 4153rd point and overcame Juan Carlos Navarro, who had 4152 points in his career, to become third in the EuroLeague's all-time scoring list.

Vassilis Spanoulis is first on the list with 4455 points. Nando de Colo, who currently plays for LDLC ASVEL Villeurbanne, is second with 4363 points.

In his 10th season in the EuroLeague, James is averaging 18.6 points, 4.3 rebounds, and 5.5 assists for 20.1 PIR per game.

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