50 CONTRIBUTORS, HONORED IN MADRID

Ceremony honors the 50 contributors One of the highlights not only of the 2008 Euroleague Basketball Final Four, but perhaps in the history of European basketball took place on Friday evening at the Community of Madrid Sports Palace between the two semifinal games as 50 legends of the past 50 years of European club basketball were honored on center court. The historic season-long celebration of 50 Years of European Club Basketball peaked as a sell-out crowd wildly cheered 38 of the most important personalities in the history of the game as they took the floor for a once-in-a-lifetime event. The honorees were welcomed to the floor one by one as photos and videos of their great pasts played on the arena screens in the background. SEE LEGENDS PHOTOS NEWS ARCHIVE · Interview: Bob Morse · 50 Years memories: Varese · 50 Years memories: Jugoplastika Split · Interview: Zoran Sretenovic · February 22, 1958: The day it all started · Experts decide European Club Basketball's 50 greatest contributors · Interview: Walter Szczerbiak, Real Madrid · Interview: Tal Brody, Maccabi Elite · Interview: Rodrigo de la Fuente, Barcelona · Interview: Zoran Cutura, Cibona · 50 Years memories: Cantu · 50 Years memories: Joventut · 50 Years memories: Limoges · 50 Years memories: KK Bosna · 50 Years memories: Dinamo Tbilisi · Interview: Jiri Zidek, Zalgiris · Interview: Dino Meneghin, Milano · Interview: Larry Wright, Roma · Interview: Sergey Belov, CSKA · Interview: Sasha Djordjevic, Partizan · Interview: Valdis Muiznieks, ASK Riga · Interview: Johnny Rogers, Panathinaikos · Honoring a half-century of heroes

EUROLEAGUE HISTORY THROUGH THE DECADES

LIST OF CHAMPS · Champions: 1958 to 2008 FINAL FOUR BOXSCORES · 1988 to 2008 BY DECADES ALL THE FINAL FOURS · The fifties · The sixties · The seventies · The eighties · The nineties ·1988 ·1989 ·1990 ·1991 ·1992 ·1993 ·1994 ·1995 ·1996 ·1997 ·1998 ·1999 ·2000 ·2001 ·2002 ·2003 ·2004 ·2005 ·2006 ·2007 ·2008

HISTORIC PHOTO

Drazen Petrovic with Cibona fans

50 GREATEST CONTRIBUTORS LIST PLAYERS Fragiskos Alvertis Sergei Belov Miki Berkowitz Dejan Bodiroga Wayne Brabender Juan Antonio Corbalan Kresimir Cosic Mike D'Antoni Drazen Dalipagic Predrag Danilovic Mirza Delibasic Vlade Divac Sasha Djordjevic Nikos Galis Manu Ginobili Saras Jasikevicius Radivoj Korac Toni Kukoc Clifford Luyk Pierluigi Marzorati Bob McAdoo Dino Meneghin Bob Morse Aldo Ossola Theo Papaloukas Anthony Parker Drazen Petrovic Dino Radja Manolo Raga Antonello Riva Emiliano Rodriguez Arvydas Sabonis J.A. San Epifanio "Epi" Walter Szczerbiak Panagiotis Yiannakis x COACHES Pedro Ferrandiz Pini Gershon Alexandar Gomelskiy Dusan Ivkovic Boza Maljkovic Ettore Messina Aca Nikolic Zeljko Obradovic Dan Peterson Lolo Sainz REFEREES Artenik Arabadjian Mikhail Davidov Lubomir Kotleba Yvan Mainini Costas Rigas

COMMEMORATIVE EVENTS

Athens, Honoring Panathinaikos Riga, Honoring ASK Belgrade, Honoring Partizan Moscow, Honoring CSKA Rome, Honoring Roma Milan, Honoring Milano Kaunas, Honoring Zalgiris Zagreb, Honoring Cibona Barcelona, Honoring FC Barcelona Tel Aviv, Honoring Maccabi Elite Madrid, Honoring Real Madrid Athens, Honoring Olympiacos

Watch historic videos! · Long-lost classic: 1958 Finals · 50 Years ceremony, Riga · 50 Years montage · Video of first Final Four in Ghent, 1988