Mike James criticized the EuroLeague’s All-25 Team for excluding Nick Calathes, calling it "diabolical." He pointed out that Calathes leads the league in all-time assists and steals, making his omission questionable.
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AS Monaco star Mike James didn’t hold back when reacting to the EuroLeague’s All-25 Team selections, calling out the omission of his teammate Nick Calathes.
"No Nick in the top 25 is diabolical,” James wrote on X. “All-time in assists and steals, smh."
Calathes is first in all-time assists ranking with 2,121 assists made and also has the most steals made in EuroLeague history with 457 steals.
This season, the 36-year-old averages 6.3 points, 3.1 rebounds, and 5.1 assists per game while also managing to get 1.1 steals.
Full All-25 EuroLeague team
- Mike Batiste
- Dejan Bodiroga
- Bogdan Bogdanovic
- Nando De Colo
- Dimitris Diamantidis
- Luka Doncic
- Rudy Fernandez
- Manu Ginobili
- Kyle Hines
- Sarunas Jasikevicius
- Mike James
- Shane Larkin
- Sergio Llull
- Vasilije Micic
- Juan Carlos Navarro
- Theo Papaloukas
- Anthony Parker
- Georgios Printezis
- Sergio Rodriguez
- Ramunas Siskauskas
- Kostas Sloukas
- Vassilis Spanoulis
- Milos Teodosic
- Walter Tavares
- Nikola Vujcic
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