Credit: Author: Imago - Scanpix, Giuseppe Cottini, Rodolfo Molina, Seffi Magriso/Euroleague Basketball via Getty Images
Credit Author: Imago - Scanpix, Giuseppe Cottini, Rodolfo Molina, Seffi Magriso/Euroleague Basketball via Getty Images

The Turkish Airlines EuroLeague announced the five players, who entered All-EuroLeague First Team for the 2021-22 season.

Shane Larkin

Shane  Larkin
Shane  Larkin
MIN: 31.6
PTS: 14.65 (56.52%)
REB: 2.97
As: 5.27
ST: 1.3
BL: 0.03
TO: 2.43
GM: 37

The five consists of Shane Larkin (Anadolu Efes Istanbul), Mike James (AS Monaco), Sasha Vezenkov (Olympiacos Piraeus), Nikola Mirotic (FC Barcelona), and Walter Tavares (Real Madrid).

The votes were gathered by media, fans, EuroLeague team captains and head coaches.

Mirotic and Tavares made the cut for the second straight year, while Larkin was in the All-EuroLeague Second Team last campaign.

Shane Larkin

Shane Larkin posted the league's second-best average PIR (18.9) this season in leading Anadolu Efes Istanbul to its third consecutive Final Four.

Larkin did it all, ranking fourth in assists (5.3), sixth in scoring (14.6), and seventh in steals (1.3). He was one of only two players in the Top 10 in all three categories.

Mike James was the leader and go-to guy for an AS Monaco squad that defied the expectations to reach the playoffs and then took traditional power Olympiacos Piraeus the distance before bowing out.

James ranked third in the league in both scoring (16.4 PPG) and assists (5.8 APG) and was 10th in steals (1.2 SPG).

Sasha Vezenkov

Sasha Vezenkov enjoyed his finest season as a professional this year to help get Olympiacos back to the Final Four.

He led the Reds in both scoring (13.7 PPG) and rebounding (5.8 RPG), ranking ninth in the competition in the latter category.

Nikola Mirotic

FC Barcelona forward Nikola Mirotic has been voted to the All-EuroLeague team for the fourth time in his career.

Mirotic guided the competition in average performance index rating (19.4) in helping Barca finish the regular season atop the standings with a 21-7 record.

Walter Tavares

Walter Tavares heads to his third Final Four after another standout season with Real Madrid.

The man dubbed 'Sergeant Swat' has been a major factor at both ends of the floor for Los Blancos and ranked third in the league this season with a career-best PIR of 18.5 per game.

Tavares was second in both blocks (1.7 BPG) and rebounds (7.6 RPG) and seventh in two-point shooting accuracy (69.5% 2PT). 

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