Euroleague Basketball is proud to once again honor the best players from the soon-to-be-concluded season as members of the All-7DAYS EuroCup First Team. It has been a thrilling season, which will be capped with the best-of-three EuroCup Finals series that tips off next Tuesday, and in it, each member of the first team has enjoyed a stellar individual campaign. Milos Teodosic of Segafredo Virtus Bologna, Jamar Smith of UNICS Kazan, Isaia Cordinier of Nanterre 92, Mathias Lessort of AS Monaco and Willie Reed of Buducnost VOLI Podgorica were all among the best players in the competition, delivering some of the season's finest performances, often in key moments. For the fourth time, the selection process combined the results of fan voting with the opinions of Euroleague Basketball's in-house panel of experts.
Milos Teodosic, Segafredo Virtus Bologna
A magician with the ball, the veteran point guard shined throughout the season as the undisputed leader of a dominant Virtus team, which had a 19-game winning streak to open the season before bowing out in a three-game semifinal series against UNICS. Teodosic ranked second this season with 6.9 assists per game and was consistent in finding his teammates, having dished 6 or more assists in 13 of his 19 appearances this season. Teodosic also ranked fourth in average performance index rating (19.1) and led Virtus in scoring (15.4 ppg.). The 34-year old playmaker averaged 3.0 rebounds over a team-high 27:30 minutes on the floor. Teodosic was selected as the 7DAYS EuroCup Regular Season MVP, a phase during which he came off the bench in every game before switching to the starting lineup as the season went on. Teodosic had many highlights during the season, including the semifinals when he earned weekly MVP honors for his performance in a Game 1 win in which he had 27 points, 6 rebounds and 5 assists. A six-time All-EuroLeague honoree, this is the first All-EuroCup selection for Teodosic in his fourth season in the competition.
Jamar Smith, UNICS Kazan
This veteran sharpshooter is in his seventh season in the competition and fourth with UNICS. Smith, 34, put together a career-best campaign while leading UNICS to the promised land and the club's first EuroCup Finals appearance in seven years. A former champion with Unicaja Malaga, Smith ranked fourth this season with 17.1 points per game, having scored 13 or more points in 16 games - more than any other player this season. Over his 20 appearances, Smith has made 58 triples for a league-high 2.9 three-point shots per game at an impressive 47.9% accuracy. He has averaged a team-high 16.9 PIR, ninth-best in the EuroCup this season, and led UNICS by playing 27:46 minutes per game. Smith also ranks second on the team in assists (3.5 apg.) and steals (1.2 spg.). A veteran of 108 appearances, Smith had his single-game career-highs in PIR (34), points (32), rebounds (6) and steals (4) during the season, and also moved into the first place all-time in three-point shots made and second place all-time in scoring. It all led to Smith being honored as an All-EuroCup selection for the first time in his career.