By Cesare Milanti / info@eurohoops.net
The 84-70 win by Baskonia over ASVEL, which could tell nothing extraordinary the vast majority of times, will always be remembered in EuroLeague history because Codi Miller-McIntyre wrote another witnessing chapter within the competition.
Dragging his team to the win, the American-Bulgarian point guard recorded the 4th-ever triple-double in EuroLeague history, with 11 points, 11 rebounds, and a historic competition-high of 2o assists for a 42 PIR, being obviously named EuroLeague MVP of the Round for the second time in his career after Round 8.
He shared his thoughts after such a feat. “It means a lot. I heard a lot of rumors, a lot of people accusing me of not being a point guard. I hope that people can see now that this is my natural position”, he commented on people saying he wasn’t a playmaker. “I am excited we got the win. I just want to thank the coach and my teammates for believing in me and I am excited to keep going”, he also added.
In his first-ever EuroLeague season at 29 years of age, the former Partizan Belgrade player has been averaging 8.0 points, 4.4 rebounds, and 7.2 assists per game. Before coming to Baskonia, he exclusively revealed to Eurohoops that we thought about retiring after experiencing last year’s earthquake in Turkey.
Full list of 2023-24 EuroLeague Round MVPs
- Round 1: Alec Peters, Olympiacos vs Panathinaikos (31 PIR)
- Round 2: Guerschon Yabusele, Real Madrid vs Anadolu Efes (39 PIR)
- Round 3: Tornike Shengelia, Virtus Bologna vs ALBA Berlin (32 PIR)
- Round 4: Nikola Milutinov, Olympiacos vs Partizan Belgrade (30 PIR)
- Round 5: Mathias Lessort, Panathinaikos vs Baskonia (31 PIR)
- Round 6: Tornike Shengelia, Virtus Bologna vs Anadolu Efes (30 PIR)
- Round 7: Facundo Campazzo, Real Madrid vs Virtus Bologna (39 PIR)
- Round 8: Codi Miller-McIntyre, Baskonia vs FC Barcelona (29 PIR)
- Round 9: Chima Moneke, Baskonia vs ASVEL (35 PIR)
- Round 10: Shane Larkin, Anadolu Efes vs Partizan Belgrade – Maodo Lo, Milan vs Crvena Zvezda (38 PIR)
- Round 11: Serge Ibaka, Bayern Munich vs Virtus Bologna (34 PIR)
- Round 12: Tyrique Jones, Anadolu Efes vs Panathinaikos (36 PIR)
- Round 13: Shane Larkin, Anadolu Efes vs ALBA Berlin (41 PIR)
- Round 14: Kostas Sloukas, Panathinaikos vs ASVEL (29 PIR)
- Round 15: Josh Nebo, Maccabi Tel Aviv vs Baskonia – Kevin Punter, Partizan Belgrade vs Valencia – Shavon Shields, Olimpia Milano vs ASVEL (25 PIR)
- Round 16: Milos Teodosic, Crvena Zvezda vs Maccabi Tel Aviv (40 PIR)
- Round 17: Johannes Voigtmann, Milano vs Baskonia (29 PIR)
- Round 18: Chima Moneke, Baskonia vs Panathinaikos – Bonzie Colson, Maccabi Tel Aviv vs AS Monaco (34 PIR)
- Round 19: Dzanan Musa, Real Madrid vs Anadolu Efes (45 PIR)
- Round 20: Wade Baldwin IV, Maccabi Tel Avis vs Virtus Bologna (29 PIR)
- Round 21: Mathias Lessort, Panathinaikos vs AS Monaco (42 PIR)
- Round 22: Nikola Milutinov, Olympiacos vs Maccabi Tel Aviv (40 PIR)
- Round 23: Wade Baldwin IV, Maccabi Tel Aviv vs Panathinaikos (33 PIR)
- Round 24: Mike James, AS Monaco vs Partizan Belgrade (31 PIR)
- Round 25: Keenan Evans, Zalgiris Kaunas vs Panathinaikos (35 PIR)
- Round 26: Codi Miller-McIntyre, Baskonia vs ASVEL (42 PIR)
PHOTO CREDIT: Turkish Airlines EuroLeague