Tyrece Rice and ten others!

By Lefteris Moutis/ moutis@eurohoops.net

Tyrese Rice became the first player to win the MVP award in the Euroleague and the Eurocup and in two consecutive seasons, no less! He’s not the only one however who managed to win both titles.

Khimki’s American leader became the first MVP of the Euroleague’s Final Four that continued his career in the very next season in a Eurocup team. However, the amazing Tyrese Rice achieved one more thing: he became the first that emerged as an MVP in both events (tournaments), while he became the first to win both titles in two consecutive seasons.

Take a look at the list below with the last ten players to achieve this in the new era of the Euroleague and the Eurocup, with the first ones to do so being the best buddies Antonis Fotsis and Lazaros Papadopoulos in 2006 wearing Dynamo Moscow’s jersey.

 

Player	Euroleague	Season	Eurocup	Season
Lazaros Papadopoulos	Panathinaikos Olympiacos	2002 2012	Dynamo Moscow	2006
Antonis Fotsis	Panathinaikos Panathinaikos Panathinaikos	2000 2009 2011	Dynamo Moscow	2006
Dejan Tomasevic	Panathinaikos	2007	Valencia	2003
Robertas Javtokas	Panathinaikos	2007	Lietuvos Rytas	2005
Ricky Rubio	Barcelona	2010	Joventut	2008
Martynas Gecevicius	Olympiacos Olympiacos	2012 2013	Lietuvos Rytas	2009
Aleksey Savrasenko	Olympiacos CSKA M. CSKA M.	1997 2006 2008	Lokomotiv Kuban	2013
Aleks Maric	Panathinaikos	2011	Lokomotiv Kuban	2013
Nick Calathes	Panathinaikos	2011	Lokomotiv Kuban	2013
Romain Sato	Panathinaikos	2011	Valencia	2014
Tyrece Rice	Maccabi	2014	Khimki	2015

Furthermore, Dusan Ivkovic is the only coach who has won both the Euroleague (two times with Olympiacos in 1997 and in 2012) and the Eurocup (in 2006 with Dynamo Moscow).