By Eurohoops team / info@eurohoops.net
Since his long-awaited return from the Sacramento Kings and the NBA, Sasha Vezenkov has been nothing but unstoppable for Olympiacos in the EuroLeague. Therefore, it’s no surprise that he was awarded the EuroLeague MVP of the Month for January 2025.
Sasha Vezenkov now has four MVPs of the Month after February 2022, November 2023, and February 2024. These are the last four times an Olympiacos player was named MVP of the Month. He even overcame Vassilis Spanoulis (3) in such awards.
Talking about EuroLeague history, as reported by the official press release on the EuroLeague’s website, “Only Nikola Mirotic and Mike James have more than Vezenkov’s four MVP of the Month trophies, as they have won the award on seven and five occasions, respectively.”
Sasha Vezenkov from @Olympiacos_BC is the January MVP🏆
24.3 PTS I 6.5 REB averaged in 6 games this past month!
MVP of the Month I @PaniniAmerica pic.twitter.com/nRHXgqc60e
— Turkish Airlines EuroLeague (@EuroLeague) February 3, 2025
During the month of January, Sasha Vezenkov led the whole league in scoring with an amazing 24.3 points per game, shooting 66.7% from the field, converting 52 of his total 78 field-goal attempts
The encounters played to start 2025 ended up in five victories out of six, beating Bayern Munich, Zalgiris Kaunas, Baskonia, Real Madrid, and finally Anadolu Efes while losing only to classic rivals Fenerbahce. Even in that loss, he still recorded 19 points for his team.
However, his most important and meaningful performance happened in their second game played in January, destroying Bayern with a career-high 45 points on a brilliant shooting night.