Three CSKA players nominated for the Euroleague individual prizes

23.03.2010
Euroleague sent to the clubs the lists of candidates to define this year Best Defensive Player award and Best Young Player award. CSKA players Victor Khryapa and J R Holden are in the list for the first nomination, Andrey Vorontsevich pretends to be voted for the Rising Star award. Besides, the tournament’s official site conducts the fans’ vote for the All-Euroleague Team. CSKA players are waiting for your votes!

Best Defensive Player Award nominees:

- Petar Bozic – Partizan Belgrade
- Dimitris Diamantidis – Panathinaikos Athens
- J.R. Holden – CSKA Moscow
- Adam Hrycaniuk - Asseco Prokom
- Viktor Khryapa - CSKA Moscow
- Stephane Lasme – Maccabi Electra Tel Aviv
- Michalis Pelekanos – Maroussi BC
- Ricky Rubio - Regal FC Barcelona
- Charles Smith – Efes Pilsen
- Fran Vazquez - Regal FC Barcelona
- Slavko Vranes - Partizan Belgrado

Rising Star Award nominees:

- Patrick Beverley – Olympiacos Piraeus
- Bojan Bogdanovic – Cibona
- Martynas Gecevicius – Lietuvos Rytas
- Augusto Lima – Unicaja
- Sergio Llull – Real Madrid
- Emir Preldzic – Fenerbahce Ulker Istanbul
- Ricky Rubio – Regal FC Barcelona
- Oguz Savas - Fenerbahce Ulker Istanbul
- Jan Vesely – Partizan Belgrade
- Andrey Vorontsevich – CSKA Moscow

Best Defensive Player Award and the Best Young Player Award will be decided at the end of the Play-offs, where the athletic performance of each player will be assessed for the Regular Season, the Top 16, and the Play-offs. In order to choose the Best Defensive Player Award coaches must vote on three players from a list of 11 players awarding a ranking of 3, 2, and 1 points respectively. Best Young Player Award list consists of the players who were born after 01/07/1987.

Besides, the tournament’s official site conducts the fans’ vote for the All-Euroleague Team. CSKA players J R Holden, Alexander Kaun, Victor Khryapa, Trajan Langdon, Zoran Planinic and Ramunas Siskauskas are in the list of candidates. Vote for your favourites!