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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