Club Deportivo Saski-Baskonia,
S.A.D., commonly known as Saski Baskonia (), also known as Cazoo Baskonia for sponsorship reasons, is a professional
basketball
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team that is based in
Vitoria-Gasteiz
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, Spain. The team plays in the
Liga ACB and the
EuroLeague.
History
1959–1969: start in the provincial basketball
In 1951, the Club Deportivo Vasconia organized its own basketball section but without enough support to survive in the competition. It was already in the 1959–60 season when the club founded the basketball section after disappointment with the football team, under the presidency of Félix Ullivarriarrazua. Vicente Elejalde was appointed as head coach.
In its first season, the team occupied the second position of the provincial championship behind Corazonistas. In the 1963–64 season, the team achieved its first provincial titles, proclaiming itself champion of league and cup. The team became strong in the provincial championship winning five of the ten editions played between 1959 and 1969. The club achieved the promotion to the 3rd division after beating the city rival
Deportivo Alavés
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in the season that Vicente Elejalde was replaced by Pepe Laso.
1970–1980: the leap to the Spanish top league
In 1969–70 season, the team was promoted in the 3rd division with a very young team. The team achieved the promotion to the 2nd division after beating
Grupo Covadonga in the promotion playoffs. In the next season, the team made a great regular season which qualified for the promotion playoffs to the
1st division, but was defeated by
Breogán
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in the promotion playoffs. A year later, the team achieved promotion to the
1st division after finishing as the champion of the Group A.
The team achieved its first win in its first game in its first season in the
1st division by 89–67 against
Breogán
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. This season, the Basque team became strong at home by winning direct rivals avoiding the relegation six rounds before to finish the league by winning in
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and debuted in the
Copa del Rey
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reaching the semi-finals where were eliminated by
Estudiantes. In the 1973–74 season, the club reached 1,400 supporters and this support allowed to sign its first foreign player, the Canadian
Phil Tollestrup. This second season, the team concluded the league in eighth position and it gain the right to play in
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, but it had to resign due to lack of budget.
In 1974, Jose Luis Sánchez Erauskin, former player and founder of the club, took over the club's presidency. The team incorporated young players such as Manu Moreno, Kepa Segurola, Luis María Junguitu, Carlos Salinas and
José Antonio Querejeta
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. The signing star was the American
Ray Price who became in the top scorer of the competition. In the 1975–76 season, the humble team starred in two surprising wins, managed to impose 70–69 to
FC Barcelona
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in home game and
Joventut in a road game 76–78. In Badalona, the Joventut fans ended up cheering the great match. In the 1976–77 season, the president José Luis Sánchez Erauskin along with his board, made the decision to change the V by B, in the name of the club, becoming Club Deportivo Basconia and adopting the colors of the
Ikurriña
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as the headlines. The equipment became green with red and white letters, instead of the usual blue and maroon. Pepe Laso combined his position as head coach with the Spanish coach and Iñaki Garaialde and Txema Capetillo joined the team.
In 1977, Juan Antonio Ortiz de Pinedo retired as a player to become the head coach of the team, replacing Pepe Laso. In 1978,
José Antonio Querejeta
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, who had negotiated with other teams like
Joventut and
FC Barcelona
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, was transferred to
Real Madrid. The club, in addition to financial compensation, obtained the young player Manuel San Emeterio from the white club. Iñaki Iriarte became the head coach of the team and the American who signed with the team this year was Webb Williams. Players like Junguitu, Txomin Sautu returned and Juan Manuel Conde was signed. Fernando Aranguiz assumed the presidency of the club in June 1978 and Carlos Luquero received the tribute to his entire career, he was the first to have a professional record accumulating more than 300 games and adding more than 7,000 points with the team. In the
Copa del Rey
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, the team returned to reach the semi-finals after defeating Mollet and
Estudiantes in the previous rounds, but cannot defeat the winner of that year
FC Barcelona
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.
In 1979, Peio Cambronero arrived from
Estudiantes, and the club again with a tight budget, young players and the signing of the American Malcolm Cesare faced the 1979–80 season with the aim of maintaining the category for another year. The results were not good and the team finished the league in relegation positions. Fortunately, the
Spanish Federation decided to extend the competition to fourteen teams and the team could continue one more year in the league.
1980–1990: in steady progression
The 1980–81 season was one of the saddest memories for the club, because it relegated to the 2nd division after finished in last position of the league with a baggage of six wins, two achieved against renowned teams like
Real Madrid and
Joventut. But the misfortunes did not end there, since one of his players Juanma Conde died after an irreversible illness. This was a blow to the entire club, for the loss of a teammate and a friend.
In the summer of 1981,
José Antonio Querejeta
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, who had returned to the team after passing through
Real Madrid and had been tested by
FC Barcelona
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, was transferred to
Joventut. With the direction of Iñaki Iriarte from the bench and the contribution of the Cambronero Peio, Txomin Sautu, Salva Diez, Mikel Cuadra, Xabier Jon Davalillo and Luis Mari Junguitu allowed the team to promote to the
1st division and return to the place that it had occupied among the greats teams for almost a decade. A new change in the presidency of the club allowed the arrival of José Antonio Apraiz. The season of the return to the top league was not very positive in terms of results, the team ended up in relegation positions with a baggage of three wins, three draws and twenty defeats. The Spanish basketball was preparing to enter a new stage marked by professionalism, and the creation of the
Liga ACB made it possible for the team to avoid relegation back to 2nd Division.
As of the 1983–84 season with the first edition of the
Liga ACB, the modern Spanish basketball story begins in which the club was strongly committed to leaving its modest club status. Basque guard Alberto Ortega returns to the team, one of the stars of the league like
Essie Hollis
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College career
Born in Erie, Pennsylvania, Hollis attended St. Bonaventure University, where he played with the B ...
and Rilley Clarida became the first couple of foreigners of the club because the new
Liga ACB allowed the signing of two foreign players per team. In the 1984–85 season,
José Antonio Querejeta
José Antonio Querejeta Altuna (born 19 March 1957) is a retired basketball player of Saski Baskonia, Real Madrid, Joventut Badalona and CAI Zaragoza, and the current president of Vitoria-Gasteiz-based Saski Baskonia since 1988, following the con ...
returned to the team,
Pablo Laso made the leap to the first team after his trip at an American institute with only 16 years, which together with another youth player like Aitor Zárate formed the youngest guards in the league. As a counterpoint to this commitment to youth, an illustrious veteran of Spanish basketball like Miguel López signed for the team. Completing the incorporations with the arrival of Terry White as new foreign player for the team led by Xabier Añua.
In 1985, the club won its first official title, the
Copa Asociación which was played among the teams eliminated in the first round of the league playoffs. In the final, the team won to the
Zaragoza
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led by Pepe Laso in Villanueva de La Serena (
Badajoz
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).
José Antonio Querejeta
José Antonio Querejeta Altuna (born 19 March 1957) is a retired basketball player of Saski Baskonia, Real Madrid, Joventut Badalona and CAI Zaragoza, and the current president of Vitoria-Gasteiz-based Saski Baskonia since 1988, following the con ...
was the top scorer of the game with 30 points and the team earned the qualification to the
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for the following season. At the institutional level, Jose Antonio Santamaría is again the club president. The 1985–86 season was marked by the
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debut. The first rival was the Dutch
Super Cracks Werkendam, which was clearly defeated at home (73–88) and overwhelmingly in Vitoria-Gasteiz (130–94). The next rival was the French
ASVEL
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. In the home game, the Basque team fell against the French team 84–94, but this defeat did not undermine the team hopes to seek the comeback weeks later in Lyon. The game played in the French town at the end of game resulted in a draw at 88 points, but the competition system computed the difference in points of both clashes and meant the elimination of the Basque team from the competition.
At that time, important foreigners such as
Abdul Jeelani and
Larry Micheaux arrived who gave a plus of quality to a large team from the team (Alberto Ortega,
José Antonio Querejeta
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,
Pablo Laso, Jesús Brizuela and the young players Madoz, Urdiain, Felix De La Fuente and Arana) and directed by Pepe Laso who returned to be the head coach of the team for two seasons. A season later, the captain of the team, Iñaki Garaialde, who was honored in Polideportivo Mendizorrotza days before the start of the 1987–88 season, retired as a player. Manu Moreno took over the bench as the head coach. Names like Fede Ramiro, or Agustin Cuesta with an already important experience in Spanish basketball reinforced the team. Larry Micheaux and David Lawrence formed the American couple, but the weak performance of the second led to its replacement by the jumpy Nikita Wilson midway through the season. The team was strong at home and began to stand up to rivals with a bigger budget. The season ended in eighth position.
At the start of the 1988–89 season,
José Antonio Querejeta
José Antonio Querejeta Altuna (born 19 March 1957) is a retired basketball player of Saski Baskonia, Real Madrid, Joventut Badalona and CAI Zaragoza, and the current president of Vitoria-Gasteiz-based Saski Baskonia since 1988, following the con ...
retired as a player. A few weeks after his retirement, offered himself as a candidate for the presidency of the club and José Antonio Santamaría gave his position to the former player, being one of the youngest presidents of the
ACB. As president, began the process of converting the club into a
Sociedad Anónima Deportiva, as required by the Sports Law. The club became the first Spanish professional sport club to carry out this transformation and was born under the name of Saski-Baskonia
S.A.D.. The Baskonia of
José Antonio Querejeta
José Antonio Querejeta Altuna (born 19 March 1957) is a retired basketball player of Saski Baskonia, Real Madrid, Joventut Badalona and CAI Zaragoza, and the current president of Vitoria-Gasteiz-based Saski Baskonia since 1988, following the con ...
wanted to take another step in the professionalization of the club taking as an example the
NBA franchises and began to make his first important bets, the signing of
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after being one of the stars of
FC Barcelona
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. Puerto Rican pivot from the Boston Celtics,
Ramón Rivas
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and the signing of the Argentine
Marcelo Nicola who signed a 10-year deal as a franchise player in which the club would settle in the 90s.
The objective was to overcome the seventh place in the final standings that would allow the pass to compete in European competitions. Despite these important bets, the 1989–90 season the club failed to take that step forward. Halfway through the season, Manu Moreno was sacked as coach and the
Željko Pavličević
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Early life
Pavličević began playing basketball in 19 ...
signed after a brilliant record in
Cibona. However, the team fell in the first round of playoffs against
Real Madrid and closed his short stay in
Vitoria-Gasteiz
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as a head coach.
1990–2010: introducing in European basketball and first trophies
With
José Antonio Querejeta
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as president, the club grows exponentially. Herb Brown signed as head coach and Alfredo Salazar began his travels through Argentina to capture talent. In 1991, the club left Polideportivo Mendizorrotza to move to the
Araba Arena, which lived its extension from 5,000 to 9,500 spectators at the end of the decade. In 1993, Manel Comas signed as head coach. With Manel Comas, the team won its first
Spanish King's Cup, when
Pablo Laso and
Velimir Perasović
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Perasović was bo ...
led the team to an historical win. The club was already making noise internationally too, reaching the
FIBA European Cup
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final in both 1994 and 1995. When it hosted the same title game in 1996, the team pleased its many fans by downing
PAOK behind 31 points from
Ramón Rivas
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. After the departure of Manel Comas,
Sergio Scariolo
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signed as head coach. With Scariolo, the team made its first
Spanish Championship playoff final in 1998 and added a second
Spanish King's Cup title in 1999. Names like
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,
Marcelo Nicola,
Juan Alberto Espil,
Pablo Laso,
Elmer Bennett
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Bennett played competitively for Bellaire High School, in Bella ...
or
Velimir Perasović
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were some of the protagonists of that decade.
The team started the 21st century with
Duško Ivanović
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As a player, I ...
on the bench. In his first year, they then found quick success in the newly reborn
EuroLeague. With a deep roster featuring
Elmer Bennett
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High school
Bennett played competitively for Bellaire High School, in Bella ...
,
Saulius Štombergas
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,
Victor Alexander
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College career
Alexander was conside ...
,
Fabricio Oberto
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and a young
Luis Scola
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, Baskonia reached the
2001 Euroleague Finals, before losing to
Virtus Bologna
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in the fifth and final game on the road. With winning momentum and the additions of
Dejan Tomašević
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and
Andrés Nocioni, the team achieved its first
double
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in the next season, with another Spanish King's Cup trophy and its first Spanish League title ever. Baskonia snatched two more Spanish King's Cups, in 2004 and 2006, as
Luis Scola
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and
Pablo Prigioni
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played decisive roles, and success followed the team in the
EuroLeague. Baskonia's arrival to its first EuroLeague Final Four in 2005 couldn't have been louder, as the team upset favored host
CSKA Moscow
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in the semi-finals, but couldn't overcome defending champ
Maccabi in the title game.
Back home, Baskonia again reached the Spanish League finals, only to lose in dramatic fashion. Baskonia returned to the EuroLeague Final Four in 2006, but once again Maccabi stood in its way, this time in the semi-final. The team also made it to the Spanish League finals, but was swept there. The next season, Baskonia won its EuroLeague regular season and Top 16 groups before sweeping
Olympiacos
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in the Playoffs, as Scola became the
Euroleague Basketball's top all-time scorer at that time. Nonetheless, eventual champion
Panathinaikos
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downed Baskonia in the semi-finals and once home again in Spain, Baskonia lost in the semi-finals.
Through outstanding scouting and shrewd management, Baskonia built a squad that went to four straight
EuroLeague Final Four
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s. Baskonia advanced to the EuroLeague Final Four in
2005,
2006,
2007, and
2008
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, losing to
Maccabi Tel Aviv
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in the 2005 final, and 2006 semi-finals, to
Panathinaikos
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in the 2007 semi-finals, and to
CSKA Moscow
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in the 2008 semi-finals.
In the 2007–08 season, the team led by Neven Spahija won its second Spanish
Liga ACB championship. In 2008–09 season, the team added its sixth
Spanish King's Cup title. In the 2009–10 season, Baskonia won its third Spanish
Liga ACB championship by sweeping
FC Barcelona
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Found ...
on a memorable series-winning three-point play by
Fernando San Emeterio
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He was an All-EuroLeague Firs ...
. Names like
Luis Scola
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,
Andrés Nocioni,
Pablo Prigioni
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.
Igor Rakočević
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At a height of 1.94 m (6'4 ") tall, he played at both the point guard and shooting guard positions, but ...
,
Arvydas Macijauskas
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,
José Calderón,
Pete Mickeal
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or
Tiago Splitter
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were some of the protagonists of that decade.
2010–present: new arena and the new EuroLeague era
In 2012, its arena
Fernando Buesa Arena
Fernando Buesa Arena is an indoor sports arena in Vitoria-Gasteiz, Spain. It is primarily used for basketball and is the home arena of Saski Baskonia.
History
The history and evolution of this sports enclosure has been closely ti ...
was expanded to 15,504 seats and the many initiatives the club continues to put into practice show that Baskonia is always moving forward. The club reached the EuroLeague Playoffs in 2011 and 2012 and reached the Top 16 14 times in 15 years. In 2016, Baskonia returned the
EuroLeague Final Four
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for the first time in eight years, as the club made it to the
2016 Final Four. Here the team was defeated after
overtime
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*by custom (what is considered healthy or reasonable by society) ...
in the semi-final by
Fenerbahçe. In the third place game, Baskonia lost to Russian side
Lokomotiv Kuban
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The team is one of the top tier basketball teams in Russia. T ...
.
In the 2016–17 season, the
EuroLeague adopted a new league-style format in which a round-robin season of sixteen teams was played. In the first season in the new format, the team changed its core of players and also its head coach, but still remained deep in the playoff zone for most of the regular season and ended up advancing to the next phase with a 17–13 record and seventh place. A four-game winning streak in December and another in March covered up for a negative run of six losses in seven games between Rounds 17 and 23. Baskonia clinched a playoff berth for the 10th time in 12 seasons, but there the team was swept by
CSKA Moscow
CSKA Moscow (russian: ЦСКА Москва) is a Russian sports club based in Moscow. It was created in 1911 in the Russian Empire on base of OLLS (Skiing Society, founded 1901). Later, during the Soviet era, it was a central piece of the big So ...
after three tough games.
Ádám Hanga
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was one of the team leaders and was chosen as the
EuroLeague Best Defender
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by the league's head coaches, and Baskonia showed, once again, its innate ability to sign talent that seemed to go under the radar for everybody else with names like
Shane Larkin
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,
Johannes Voigtmann
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and
Rodrigue Beaubois playing major roles.
In the 2017–18 season, the club advanced to the playoffs for the third consecutive year and put up a major fight against
Fenerbahçe before falling in four games. None of that was looking likely when the Basque club suffered a shocking start, losing its first four games to signal the departure from the coaching position of club legend
Pablo Prigioni
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. The man appointed to turn things around was
Pedro Martínez
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At the time o ...
, who immediately effected a remarkable revival as Baskonia won four of its next five games to ignite its challenge. A mid-season dip left the side in the bottom half of the standings heading into the final few weeks of the regular season, but then came a dramatic surge in form that yielded six consecutive win, with the consistent excellence of versatile big man
Tornike Shengelia
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earning him the
monthly MVP award for March. A top half finish was sealed with a home win over
Maccabi Tel Aviv
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in Round 29, and although disappointment followed against
Fenerbahçe, that playoff berth was a just reward for Baskonia's typically spirited recovery from its slow start. The team was also highly competitive on the domestic front, earning a second-place finish in the
Spanish League after pushing
Real Madrid hard in the finals.
The 2018–19 season was an important season for the club with the
Final Four taking place on its home court. A slow start caused Baskonia to part ways with head coach
Pedro Martínez
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At the time o ...
and bring back club legend
Velimir Perasović
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Early life
Perasović was bo ...
to replace him. Baskonia kept struggling on the road, but won 10 of its last 11 regular season games – including victories against playoff-bound teams
CSKA Moscow
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,
Panathinaikos
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and
Real Madrid – to reach the playoffs from sixth place. Baskonia managed to do something no team had done in over a decade – steal home-court advantage in a playoff series against
CSKA, but the Russian powerhouse recovered with back-to-back wins at
Buesa Arena to qualify for the Final Four and eventually win the title.
Vincent Poirier
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Professional career
Europe
Poirier started to play basketball in May 2010 at the Bussy B ...
was chosen to the
All-EuroLeague Second Team. Baskonia had early exits in its two main domestic competitions; it lost against
Joventut in the
Copa del Rey
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quarterfinals and against
Zaragoza
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in the
Spanish League quarterfinals.
On 30 June 2020, ten years after their last title, Baskonia won the
2019–20 ACB season
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, marked by the
COVID-19 pandemic
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.
Sponsorship naming
The club was often referred to for years as TAU Cerámica, a Spanish brand name of
ceramic
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s manufacturer TAULELL, which name sponsored the club from 1987 to 2009. Originally, TAULELL used another of its brand names, Taugrés, as the name of the team, before changing the name to TAU Cerámica in 1997. TAU, Taugrés and TAU Vitoria were also frequently used to refer to the team. Baskonia, Saski Baskonia, and Saski Baskonia, S.A.D. refer to the name of the actual sports club itself. In 2009, the Spanish credit union
Caja Laboral
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became the new name sponsor of the club and increased the amount of money that the name sponsor contributes to the sports club's budget. In 2016,
Laboral Kutxa end its sponsorship naming to Baskonia.
Baskonia has received diverse sponsorship names along the years:
* Caja Álava (1983–1987)
* Taugrés (1987–1997) / Tau Cerámica (1997–2009)
*
Caja Laboral
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/
Laboral Kutxa (2009–2016)
* Kirolbet Baskonia (2018–2020)
* TD Systems Baskonia (2020–2021)
* Bitci Baskonia (2021–2022)
* Cazoo Baskonia (2022–present)
Arena
Since 1991, Baskonia has played its home games at the
Fernando Buesa Arena
Fernando Buesa Arena is an indoor sports arena in Vitoria-Gasteiz, Spain. It is primarily used for basketball and is the home arena of Saski Baskonia.
History
The history and evolution of this sports enclosure has been closely ti ...
, which has a
seating capacity
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of 15,504
SPORTS COMPETITIONS: Maximum capacity for sports events leaving the court free 15504.
people for basketball games. The arena was originally called the Pabellón Araba, from 1991 to 2000. The arena was extensively renovated and expanded in the year 2012.
The arena hosted the 1996 FIBA European Cup Final, in which Baskonia won the title and also hosted the 2010 Eurocup Finals
The first-ever final four in the history of EuroCup Basketball, officially called the EuroCup Finals, was held at Fernando Buesa Arena, in Vitoria-Gasteiz, Spain. Euroleague Basketball Company did not initially commit to a third-place game, but ul ...
,[Eurocupbasketball.com – An arena that grows with basketball's popularity.](_blank)
/ref> before hosting the EuroLeague Final Four
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in 2019.
Players
Current roster
Depth chart
Notable players
Despite not having retired any number in its history, three of the club's most notable players have a shirt with the number they wore in their time with the team hung in the Fernando Buesa Arena
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History
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. These are Pablo Prigioni
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(#5), whose shirt was put on display in 2017; Igor Rakočević
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(#8) and Sergi Vidal
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(#9), who followed suit in 2020.
* Carlos Cabezas
* José Calderón
* Carlos Cazorla
* Ilimane Diop
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* Jorge Garbajosa
* Roberto Íñiguez
* Pablo Laso
* Fernando San Emeterio
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* Pau Ribas
* Sergi Vidal
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* Walter Herrmann
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* Marcelo Nicola
* Andrés Nocioni
* Fabricio Oberto
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* Pablo Prigioni
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* Luis Scola
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* Luca Vildoza
* Mirza Teletović
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* Marcelo Huertas
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* Tiago Splitter
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* Georgi Glouchkov
* Velimir Perasović
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* Zoran Planinić
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* Darko Planinić
* Roko Ukić
* Jim Bilba
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* Laurent Foirest
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* Thomas Heurtel
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* Tornike Shengelia
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* Kornél Dávid
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* Linton Johnson
* Jalen Jones
Jalen Jones (born May 27, 1993) is an American professional basketball player for U BT Cluj-Napoca of the Romanian Liga Națională. He played college basketball for the SMU Mustangs and the Texas A&M Aggies.
High school career
Jones first att ...
* Randolph Keys
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* Shane Larkin
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* Will McDonald
William McDonald (born October 5, 1979) is an American former professional basketball player. He graduated from the University of South Florida.
In March 2012, McDonald was ejected from a game while playing for Petron Blaze Boosters. During an 8 ...
* Jordan McRae
* Larry Micheaux
* Pete Mickeal
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* Drew Nicholas
* Dan O'Sullivan
* Lamar Odom
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* Lou Roe
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* Brent Scott
* James Singleton
* Matt Steigenga
* Nikita Wilson
* David Wood
Players at the NBA Draft
Head coaches
* Vicente Elejalde 1959–1969
* Pepe Laso 1969–1977, 1985–1987
* Juan Antonio Ortiz de Pinedo 1977–1978, 1982–1983
* Iñaki Iriarte 1978–1980, 1981–1983, 1992–1993
* Manu Moreno 1980–1981, 1987–1989
* Txema Capetillo 1983–1984
* Xabier Añúa 1984–1985
* Željko Pavličević
Željko Pavličević (born 26 March 1951) is a Croatian professional basketball coach and former player. He currently serves as the head coach for ASEAN Basketball League Eastern Long Lions.
Early life
Pavličević began playing basketball in 19 ...
1989–1990
* Herb Brown
Herbert Brown (born March 14, 1936) is an American basketball coach and the brother of Hall of Fame coach Larry Brown. He is the former head coach of the Detroit Pistons (1976–78).
Career
Brown succeeded Ray Scott when he was promoted from a ...
1990–1992
* Manel Comas 1993–1997
* Sergio Scariolo
Sergio Scariolo (born 1 April 1961) is an Italian professional basketball coach who is head coach of Virtus Bologna of the Italian Lega Basket Serie A (LBA) and the head coach of the senior Spain national team. Having won four EuroBasket champ ...
1997–1999, 2013–2014
* Salva Maldonado 1999
* Julio Lamas
Julio César Lamas (born June 9, 1964) is an Argentine professional basketball coach. He was head coach of the Japan men's national team from 2017 to 2021. He has also been the head coach of the Argentina men's national team.
Club coaching care ...
1999–2000
* Duško Ivanović
Duško Ivanović (born September 1, 1957) is a Montenegrin professional basketball coach and former player who currently serves as head coach for Crvena zvezda of the Adriatic League and the EuroLeague.
Professional playing career
As a player, I ...
2000–2005, 2008–2012, 2019–2021
* Pedro Martínez
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At the time o ...
2005, 2017–2018
* Velimir Perasović
Velimir Perasović (; born 9 February 1965) is a Croatian professional basketball coach and former player. He is serving as the head coach for the Russian team UNICS Kazan of the VTB United League and the EuroLeague.
Early life
Perasović was bo ...
2005–2007, 2015–2016, 2018–2019
* Natxo Lezkano 2007
* Božidar Maljković
Božidar "Boža" Maljković ( sr-cyr, Божидар Божа Маљковић; born 20 April 1952) is a Serbian former professional basketball coach and current president of the Olympic Committee of Serbia.
He is one of the most successful bask ...
2007
* Neven Spahija
Neven Spahija (born 6 November 1962) is a Croatian professional basketball coach who was most recently the head coach for Bitci Baskonia of the Liga ACB. He spent four years in the NBA as an assistant coach with the Atlanta Hawks and Memphis G ...
2007–2008, 2021–2022
* Žan Tabak
Žan Tabak (born 15 June 1970) is a Croatian professional basketball coach and former player who last served as the head coach for San Pablo Burgos of the Liga ACB. His basketball career, spanning twenty years, was marked by several notable achi ...
2012–2013
* Marco Crespi
Marco Crespi (born 5 November 1978) is an Italian professional golfer.
Career
Crespi was born in Monza, Italy. He turned professional in 2002.
Crespi played on the Challenge Tour in 2006–09 and 2012–13. He was invited to the 2012 Telenet ...
2014
* Ibon Navarro 2014–2015
* Sito Alonso 2016–2017
* Pablo Prigioni
Pablo Prigioni (born May 17, 1977) is an Argentine-Italian former professional basketball player, currently serving as an assistant coach for the Minnesota Timberwolves. He played the point guard position, and was a member of the senior Argentina ...
2017
* Joan Peñarroya
Joan Peñarroya Rodríguez (born 20 April 1969) is a Spanish retired basketball player and current head coach of Baskonia of the Spanish Liga ACB.
Coaching career
Peñarroya started his coaching career as assistant coach with CB Olesa of the Lig ...
2022–present
Source: baskonistas.com
Logos
Saski Baskonia Logo.gif, Non commercial logo (2010–2016)
Saski Baskonia.png, Non commercial logo (2016–present)
TAU Ceramica.png, Tau sponsorship logo (1987–2009)
Caja Laboral Logo.png, Caja Laboral sponsorship logo (2009–2013)
Season by season
Honours
Domestic competitions
* Spanish League
: Winners (4): 2001–02, 2007–08, 2009–10, 2019–20
: ''Runners-up (5)'': 1997–98, 2004–05, 2005–06, 2008–09, 2017–18
* Spanish Cup
The Campeonato de España–Copa de Su Majestad el Rey, commonly known as Copa del Rey or simply La Copa and formerly known as Copa del Presidente de la República (1932–36) and Copa del Generalísimo (1939–76), is an annual knockout footb ...
: Winners (6): 1995
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, 1999
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, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2009
: ''Runners-up (3)'': 1994
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, 2003, 2008
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* Spanish Supercup
: Winners (4): 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008
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.
: ''Runners-up (2)'': 2011, 2018
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* Association Cup
: Winners (1): 1985
* 2nd Division
: Winners (1): 1971–72
* Basque Cup
: Winners (4): 2010–11, 2011–12, 2018–19, 2022–23
European competitions
* EuroLeague
: ''Runners-up (2)'': 2000–01, 2004–05
: ''3rd place (1)'': 2005–06
: ''4th place (3)'': 2006–07, 2007–08, 2015–16
: Final Four (5): 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008
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, 2016
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* FIBA Saporta Cup
The FIBA Saporta Cup was the name of the second-tier level European-wide professional club basketball competition, where the domestic National Cup winners, from all over Europe, played against each other. The competition was organized by FIBA E ...
: Winners (1): 1995–96 MVP Ramón Rivas
Juan Ramón Rivas Contreras (born March 16, 1966
basketball-reference.com) is a Puerto Rican retired professional ...
: ''Runners-up (2)'': 1993–94, 1994–95
Other competitions
* Trofeo Diputación / Álava
: Winners (27): 1991, 1992, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2021, 2022
* Estella, Spain Invitational Game
: Winners (1): 2007
* Logroño, Spain Invitational Game
: Winners (1): 2007
* Ourense, Spain Invitational Game
: Winners (1): 2008
* Tudela, Spain Invitational Game
: Winners (1): 2008
* Torneo de Lleida Stagepro
: ''3rd Place (1)'': 2009
* Switzerland Invitational Game
: Winners (1): 2010
* Torneo Angers
: Winners (1): 2010
* Lanzarote, Spain Invitational Game
: Winners (1): 2011
* Bergara, Spain Invitational Game
: Winners (1): 2015
* Torneo Fundacion CID
: ''Runners-up (1)'': 2016
Individual awards
ACB Most Valuable Player
* Kenny Green – 1997
* Andrés Nocioni – 2004
*Luis Scola
Luis Alberto Scola Balvoa (born April 30, 1980) is an Argentine former professional basketball player and current executive who currently serves as the chief executive officer for the Italian Lega Basket Serie A (LBA) team Pallacanestro Varese. ...
– 2005, 2007
*Tiago Splitter
Tiago Splitter Beims (born January 1, 1985) is a Brazilian former professional basketball player who played seven seasons in the National Basketball Association (NBA). He is currently serving as player development coach for the Brooklyn Nets. A ...
– 2010
*Fernando San Emeterio
Fernando San Emeterio Lara (born 1 January 1984) is a Spanish professional basketball coach and former player. He is currently working as an assistant coach for Valencia of the Spanish Liga ACB and the EuroLeague.
He was an All-EuroLeague Firs ...
– 2011
*Ioannis Bourousis
Giannis Bourousis (Greek: Γιάννης Μπουρούσης; born November 17, 1983) is a former Greek professional basketball player who last played for ASK Karditsa of the Greek A2 Basket League. He is a 7 ft 0.75 in (2.15 m) 270 lb ...
– 2016
ACB Rising Star
*Mirza Teletović
Mirza Teletović (born September 18, 1985) is a Bosnian former professional basketball player who was the president of the Basketball Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina from 2018 to 2022. As a player, he spent six seasons in the National Basketb ...
– 2008
ACB Finals MVP
*Elmer Bennett
Elmer James Bennett (born February 13, 1970) is an American former professional basketball player. At a height of 6'0" (1.83 m), he played at the point guard position.
High school
Bennett played competitively for Bellaire High School, in Bella ...
– 2002
*Pete Mickeal
Fenton Pete Mickeal (born February 22, 1978) is an American former professional basketball player, that served as an NBA scout for the Minnesota Timberwolves and Washington Wizards. He was selected by the Dallas Mavericks in the second round, wit ...
– 2008
*Tiago Splitter
Tiago Splitter Beims (born January 1, 1985) is a Brazilian former professional basketball player who played seven seasons in the National Basketball Association (NBA). He is currently serving as player development coach for the Brooklyn Nets. A ...
– 2010
* Luca Vildoza – 2020
Spanish Cup MVP
*Joe Arlauckas
Joseph John "Joe" Arlauckas (born July 20, 1965) is an American retired professional basketball player of Lithuanian descent. He played at the power forward position. Arlauckas is well-known for holding the record for the most points scored in a ...
– 1993
*Velimir Perasović
Velimir Perasović (; born 9 February 1965) is a Croatian professional basketball coach and former player. He is serving as the head coach for the Russian team UNICS Kazan of the VTB United League and the EuroLeague.
Early life
Perasović was bo ...
– 1994
* Pablo Laso – 1995
*Elmer Bennett
Elmer James Bennett (born February 13, 1970) is an American former professional basketball player. At a height of 6'0" (1.83 m), he played at the point guard position.
High school
Bennett played competitively for Bellaire High School, in Bella ...
– 1999
*Dejan Tomašević
Dejan Tomašević ( sr, Дејан Томашевић; born 6 May 1973) is a Serbian professional basketball executive and former player.
An All-EuroLeague Team selection on two occasions, he played with Borac Čačak, Crvena zvezda, Partizan, ...
– 2002
*Pablo Prigioni
Pablo Prigioni (born May 17, 1977) is an Argentine-Italian former professional basketball player, currently serving as an assistant coach for the Minnesota Timberwolves. He played the point guard position, and was a member of the senior Argentina ...
– 2007
*Mirza Teletović
Mirza Teletović (born September 18, 1985) is a Bosnian former professional basketball player who was the president of the Basketball Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina from 2018 to 2022. As a player, he spent six seasons in the National Basketb ...
– 2009
Supercup MVP
*Luis Scola
Luis Alberto Scola Balvoa (born April 30, 1980) is an Argentine former professional basketball player and current executive who currently serves as the chief executive officer for the Italian Lega Basket Serie A (LBA) team Pallacanestro Varese. ...
– 2005
*Tiago Splitter
Tiago Splitter Beims (born January 1, 1985) is a Brazilian former professional basketball player who played seven seasons in the National Basketball Association (NBA). He is currently serving as player development coach for the Brooklyn Nets. A ...
– 2006, 2007
*Pablo Prigioni
Pablo Prigioni (born May 17, 1977) is an Argentine-Italian former professional basketball player, currently serving as an assistant coach for the Minnesota Timberwolves. He played the point guard position, and was a member of the senior Argentina ...
– 2008
ACB Three Point Shootout Champion
* Juan Alberto Espil – 1997
*Igor Rakočević
Igor Rakočević ( sr-cyrl, Игор Ракочевић; born 29 March 1978) is a Serbian professional basketball executive and former player.
At a height of 1.94 m (6'4 ") tall, he played at both the point guard and shooting guard positions, but ...
– 2007
EuroLeague Best Defender
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*Ádám Hanga
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– 2017
All-EuroLeague First Team
The All-EuroLeague Team is an award for Europe's premier level league, the EuroLeague, that is given to the league's top ten basketball players for each season, since the 2000–01 season. During the FIBA era of the EuroLeague, players were honor ...
*Dejan Tomašević
Dejan Tomašević ( sr, Дејан Томашевић; born 6 May 1973) is a Serbian professional basketball executive and former player.
An All-EuroLeague Team selection on two occasions, he played with Borac Čačak, Crvena zvezda, Partizan, ...
– 2002
*Arvydas Macijauskas
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– 2005
*Luis Scola
Luis Alberto Scola Balvoa (born April 30, 1980) is an Argentine former professional basketball player and current executive who currently serves as the chief executive officer for the Italian Lega Basket Serie A (LBA) team Pallacanestro Varese. ...
– 2006, 2007
*Tiago Splitter
Tiago Splitter Beims (born January 1, 1985) is a Brazilian former professional basketball player who played seven seasons in the National Basketball Association (NBA). He is currently serving as player development coach for the Brooklyn Nets. A ...
– 2008
*Igor Rakočević
Igor Rakočević ( sr-cyrl, Игор Ракочевић; born 29 March 1978) is a Serbian professional basketball executive and former player.
At a height of 1.94 m (6'4 ") tall, he played at both the point guard and shooting guard positions, but ...
– 2009
*Fernando San Emeterio
Fernando San Emeterio Lara (born 1 January 1984) is a Spanish professional basketball coach and former player. He is currently working as an assistant coach for Valencia of the Spanish Liga ACB and the EuroLeague.
He was an All-EuroLeague Firs ...
– 2011
*Ioannis Bourousis
Giannis Bourousis (Greek: Γιάννης Μπουρούσης; born November 17, 1983) is a former Greek professional basketball player who last played for ASK Karditsa of the Greek A2 Basket League. He is a 7 ft 0.75 in (2.15 m) 270 lb ...
– 2016
*Tornike Shengelia
Tornike "Toko" Shengelia ( ka, თორნიკე შენგელია; born October 5, 1991) is a Georgian professional basketball player for Virtus Bologna. At a height of 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) tall, he plays at the power forward posi ...
– 2018
All-EuroLeague Second Team
* Andrés Nocioni – 2003, 2004
*Luis Scola
Luis Alberto Scola Balvoa (born April 30, 1980) is an Argentine former professional basketball player and current executive who currently serves as the chief executive officer for the Italian Lega Basket Serie A (LBA) team Pallacanestro Varese. ...
– 2005
*Pablo Prigioni
Pablo Prigioni (born May 17, 1977) is an Argentine-Italian former professional basketball player, currently serving as an assistant coach for the Minnesota Timberwolves. He played the point guard position, and was a member of the senior Argentina ...
– 2006, 2007
*Igor Rakočević
Igor Rakočević ( sr-cyrl, Игор Ракочевић; born 29 March 1978) is a Serbian professional basketball executive and former player.
At a height of 1.94 m (6'4 ") tall, he played at both the point guard and shooting guard positions, but ...
– 2007
*Tiago Splitter
Tiago Splitter Beims (born January 1, 1985) is a Brazilian former professional basketball player who played seven seasons in the National Basketball Association (NBA). He is currently serving as player development coach for the Brooklyn Nets. A ...
– 2009, 2010
*Vincent Poirier
Vincent Poirier (born 17 October 1993) is a French professional basketball player for Real Madrid of the Spanish Liga ACB and the France basketball team.
Professional career
Europe
Poirier started to play basketball in May 2010 at the Bussy B ...
– 2019
All-ACB First Team
* Andrés Nocioni – 2004, 2013
*Luis Scola
Luis Alberto Scola Balvoa (born April 30, 1980) is an Argentine former professional basketball player and current executive who currently serves as the chief executive officer for the Italian Lega Basket Serie A (LBA) team Pallacanestro Varese. ...
– 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007
* José Calderón – 2005
*Pablo Prigioni
Pablo Prigioni (born May 17, 1977) is an Argentine-Italian former professional basketball player, currently serving as an assistant coach for the Minnesota Timberwolves. He played the point guard position, and was a member of the senior Argentina ...
– 2006, 2007, 2009
*Igor Rakočević
Igor Rakočević ( sr-cyrl, Игор Ракочевић; born 29 March 1978) is a Serbian professional basketball executive and former player.
At a height of 1.94 m (6'4 ") tall, he played at both the point guard and shooting guard positions, but ...
– 2009
*Tiago Splitter
Tiago Splitter Beims (born January 1, 1985) is a Brazilian former professional basketball player who played seven seasons in the National Basketball Association (NBA). He is currently serving as player development coach for the Brooklyn Nets. A ...
– 2010
*Marcelo Huertas
Marcelo "Marcelinho" Tieppo Huertas (born 25 May 1983) is a Brazilian professional basketball player for Iberostar Tenerife of the Spanish Liga ACB. He is also a member of the senior men's Brazilian national basketball team, and holds Itali ...
– 2011
*Fernando San Emeterio
Fernando San Emeterio Lara (born 1 January 1984) is a Spanish professional basketball coach and former player. He is currently working as an assistant coach for Valencia of the Spanish Liga ACB and the EuroLeague.
He was an All-EuroLeague Firs ...
– 2011
*Mirza Teletović
Mirza Teletović (born September 18, 1985) is a Bosnian former professional basketball player who was the president of the Basketball Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina from 2018 to 2022. As a player, he spent six seasons in the National Basketb ...
– 2012
*Darius Adams
Darius Anthony Adams (born April 17, 1989) is an American-born naturalized Bulgarian professional basketball player for the Fujian Sturgeons of the Chinese Basketball Association (CBA). Standing at , he plays at the point guard position.
Professi ...
– 2016
*Ioannis Bourousis
Giannis Bourousis (Greek: Γιάννης Μπουρούσης; born November 17, 1983) is a former Greek professional basketball player who last played for ASK Karditsa of the Greek A2 Basket League. He is a 7 ft 0.75 in (2.15 m) 270 lb ...
– 2016
*Ádám Hanga
Ádám Hanga (born 12 April 1989) is a Hungarian professional basketball player for Real Madrid of the Spanish Liga ACB and the EuroLeague. He was drafted 59th overall by the San Antonio Spurs in the 2011 NBA draft. Hanga won the EuroLeague B ...
– 2017
*Tornike Shengelia
Tornike "Toko" Shengelia ( ka, თორნიკე შენგელია; born October 5, 1991) is a Georgian professional basketball player for Virtus Bologna. At a height of 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) tall, he plays at the power forward posi ...
– 2018
*Pierriá Henry
Pierriá Henry (born January 20, 1993) is an American-born naturalized Senegalese professional basketball player who last played for Saski Baskonia of the Spanish Liga ACB and the EuroLeague. He played college basketball for the University of Nor ...
– 2021
All-ACB Second Team
*Ádám Hanga
Ádám Hanga (born 12 April 1989) is a Hungarian professional basketball player for Real Madrid of the Spanish Liga ACB and the EuroLeague. He was drafted 59th overall by the San Antonio Spurs in the 2011 NBA draft. Hanga won the EuroLeague B ...
– 2016
*Shane Larkin
DeShane Davis Larkin (born October 2, 1992) is an American-Turkish professional basketball player for Anadolu Efes of the Turkish Basketball Super League and the EuroLeague. He also represents the senior Turkish national team in international c ...
– 2017
*Tornike Shengelia
Tornike "Toko" Shengelia ( ka, თორნიკე შენგელია; born October 5, 1991) is a Georgian professional basketball player for Virtus Bologna. At a height of 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) tall, he plays at the power forward posi ...
– 2019, 2020
*Vincent Poirier
Vincent Poirier (born 17 October 1993) is a French professional basketball player for Real Madrid of the Spanish Liga ACB and the France basketball team.
Professional career
Europe
Poirier started to play basketball in May 2010 at the Bussy B ...
– 2019
*Rokas Giedraitis
Rokas Giedraitis (born August 16, 1992) is a Lithuanian professional basketball player for Baskonia of the Liga ACB and the EuroLeague. He plays at the small forward position.
Professional career
In 2013, Giedraitis was named Finals MVP of the ...
– 2021
ACB Most Spectacular Player
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*Tornike Shengelia
Tornike "Toko" Shengelia ( ka, თორნიკე შენგელია; born October 5, 1991) is a Georgian professional basketball player for Virtus Bologna. At a height of 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) tall, he plays at the power forward posi ...
– 2019
Matches against NBA teams
Baskonia B
Baskonia B is the reserve team
In sports, a reserve team is a team composed of players under contract to a club but who do not normally play in matches for the first team. Reserve teams often include back-up players from the first team, young players who need playing time to i ...
of Baskonia. It currently plays in Liga EBA, the fourth tier of Spanish basketball.
References and notes
External links
*
Saski Baskonia
at ACB.com
Saski Baskonia
at EuroLeague.net
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