Luol Deng Finishes 9th in FIBA Europe POY Voting - Hoopsfix.com

Luol Deng Finishes 9th in FIBA Europe POY Voting


Luol Deng FIBA Europe POY AwardDan Wooller/wooller.com

Team GB and Chicago Bulls star Luol Deng has finished 9th in the 2010 FIBA Europe Player of the Year voting. The award, chosen by the public and an expert panel vote by media representatives and coaches, was given to Milos Teodosic of Serbia.

Teodosic was deemed second best by the experts, but was the overwhelming winner of the public vote and managed to snatch the award from the hands of 2008 and 2009 Player of the Year, Pau Gasol of Spain.

Luol led Great Britain in three statistical categories in last years Eurobasket qualifiers, posting 22.6 points, 8.3 rebounds and 3.1 assists per game. Deng finished 8th in FIBA Europe Player of the Year voting in 2008, and 10th in 2007.

Overall FIBA Europe Player of the Year Voting Results

Player Fan Voting Expert Voting Ranking
Milos Teodosic (SRB) 13160 195 0.169
Pau Gasol (ESP) 6213 203 0.167
Dirk Nowitzki (GER) 5118 102 0.086
Linas Kleiza (LTU) 6270 96 0.083
Juan Carlos Navarro (ESP) 2884 98 0.080
Hidayet Türkoglu (TUR) 11369 37 0.043
Ersan Ilyasova (TUR) 8523 30 0.034
Dimitris Diamantidis (GRE) 6103 24 0.026
Luol Deng (GBR)
1773 26 0.023
Andrea Bargnani (ITA) 1730 25 0.022
Goran Dragic (SLO) 4880 19 0.021
Omri Casspi (ISR) 3111 19 0.019
Nicolas Batum (FRA) 1597 11 0.011
Timofey Mozgov (RUS) 3226 6 0.009
Nikola Pekovic (MNE) 4413 2 0.007
TOTAL 80,370 893

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