Adam Hanga is facing the longest title drought among the players competing for their first championship in the upcoming Final Four in Kaunas.

Credit: Stephane Danna, Panagiotis Moschandreou/GettyImages. BNS, Dragana Stjepanovic | BasketNews Illustration
Credit Stephane Danna, Panagiotis Moschandreou/GettyImages. BNS, Dragana Stjepanovic | BasketNews Illustration

The championship title is encoded in every basketball player's ultimate goal projection. However, reaching the title at the highest level is not an easy task. Five players will meet in the Final Four in Kaunas, whose anticipation for the trophy has lasted almost a decade. Among them are the brightest stars of the EuroLeague.

Aleksandr Vezenkov

Aleksandr  Vezenkov
Aleksandr  Vezenkov
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Reggie Miller, Allen Iverson, Charles Barkley, John Stockton, Patrick Ewing, Vince Carter, and many other NBA superstars hung up their sneakers without ever knowing what it meant to win an NBA championship.

Reggie Miller was straightforward when asked if he ever regrets never winning an NBA title: "Probably every day. It burns me. When people say they don't regret it, they're lying."

This thirst for titles is now burning in the stomachs of the brightest EuroLeague stars.

Five of the 30 players who have played the most EuroLeague games in history without winning a title will have a chance to break this streak in the Final Four in Kaunas.

BasketNews calculated that Real Madrid's forward Adam Hanga had played the most EuroLeague games without winning a title. With

Donatas Urbonas
Donatas Urbonas
Senior Staff Writer
Donatas Urbonas is an award-winning Lithuanian basketball journalist, recognized as the best sports journalist in Lithuania in 2016 and the top basketball journalist in 2018. A Vilnius University journalism graduate, Urbonas has reported on major global sports events, including the Rio 2016 and Paris 2024 Olympics, FIBA World Cups, EuroBaskets, NBA Summer League, and NBA Draft.
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