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AS MONACO: DID YOU KNOW THAT…
 
...AS Monaco is going to its first Final Four? Monaco is the 29th team to reach the Final Four since the format was chosen in 1988.

...Monaco reached the Final Four in just its second EuroLeague season? The last team to do so was Lokomotiv Kuban Krasnodar in 2016.

...Monaco is the third French League team to make it to the Final Four? Limoges CSP made it three times, winning the competition in 1993. ASVEL Villeurbanne reach the 1997 Final Four.

...Mike James is the only Monaco player with previous Final Four experience? James played the 2016 Final Four with Baskonia Vitoria-Gasteiz.

...Jordan Loyd can list of 11 players that won the NBA and EuroLeague titles? Loyd won the NBA with Toronto in 2019. The list includes names such as Manu Ginobili, Toni Kukoc and Bill Bradley.

...Donatas Motiejunas can join an exclusive list of Adidas Next Generation Tournament MVPs who also won the EuroLeague title? Motiejunas was the ANGT MVP in 2007 with Zalgiris. Luka Doncic is the only player to get both – he was the ANGT MVP in 2015 and won the EuroLeague in 2018 with Real Madrid. Alberto Abalde and Eli Ndiaye, the ANGT MVPs in 2013 and 2021, respectively, are also in this year’s Final Four with Real.

...Coach Sasa Obradovic won a Korac Cup title with ALBA Berlin in 1995? He is also al Olympic medalist, helping Yugoslavia to get silver at the 1996 Olympics.

...John Brown played a 7DAYS EuroCup final with UNICS Kazan in 2021, and lost it against his current team, Monaco?

...Chima Moneke could become the first Nigerian player to win the EuroLeague? Micheal Eric and Tunji Awojobi won the 7DAYS EuroCup title with Darussafaka and Hapoel Jerusalem, respectively.

...Alpha Diallo can be the first Guinean player to win the EuroLeague?

...Monaco leads the 2022-23 EuroLeague in two-point shots made at 22.6 per game? Its 833 two-pointers made rank it third all-time. FC Barcelona set the all-time record with 855 two-pointers made in the 2020-21 campaign.

...Monaco is also first in offensive rebounds (12.3 orpg.)? Monaco has pulled down 478 offensive rebounds and has a good chance set a new all-time record in the Final Four. CSKA Moscow pulled down 485 offensive boards in the 2020-21 season. Monaco is currently second all-time.

...James is fourth in the EuroLeague's all-time scoring list? He scored 3,903 points in 241 career games. Vassilis Spanoulis leads the table with 4,455 points.

...James is 10th all-time in assists? He dished 1,083 assists in his EuroLeague career. Former Panathinaikos Athens teammate Nick Calathes is first overall with 1,902 assists.

...Brown has the record for most steals in a EuroLeague season? He had 69 steals for UNICS Kazan in the 2021-22 campaign.



 
 
 
 
 
 

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