Nikola Vujcic surpasses 2,000 points
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 Olympiacos Piraeus center Nikola Vujcic joined an exclusive club Wednesday with his 2,000th career point in the Euroleague. Vujcic became just the fifth player to achieve that distinction this decade when he hit a jumper from the foul line late in the second quarter of Olympiacos’s Week 8 home game against Cibona at the Peace and Friendship Stadium in Piraeus, Athens, Greece. The select list of 2,000-point scorers includes Marcus Brown, Luis Scola, J.R. Holden and Jaka Lakovic, the last of whom reached that milestone last month.
Vujcic has been one of the top performers in the Euroleague this decade. In eight seasons at the Euroleague level – six with Maccabi, one with Asvel Basket and one with Olympiacos – he has won two championships and reached the title game two other times. Vujcic has also been named to the All-Euroleague first team three times and was a second-team selection two other years. Vujcic has recorded the only two triple doubles in Euroleague Basketball history. He is the tallest player to have finished back-to-back seasons among the top five in the competition in assists and finished the 2006-07 season among the top 10 in scoring, assists and blocked shots as well as leading the league rebounds.
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Wednesday, December 17, 2008
Euroleague.net
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