A particularly exciting evening for Nikola Vujic. The professional manager and former center of Maccabi Tel Aviv was officially designated as the legend of the factory and saw his jersey, number 7, rise to the ceiling of the hall.
During his time as an active player (between 1995 and 2013), Vujicic was considered the most decorated center of the senior European enterprise that was established in 2000. Also, he was selected no less than 5 times for the top five of the season (more than any other center), was a key factor in the duo The consecutive wins of Maccabi Tel Aviv in the factory and he was chosen as the center of the first decade of the Euroleague.
How special is the status that Vučić receives? The Croatian will become only the ninth player to be named a Euroleague legend. Those who preceded the former yellow star are Theo Papaloukas, Juan Carlos Navarro, Ramonas Siskauskas, Charonas Jasikvicios, Dimitris Diamantidis, Mirsad Turcan, Vasilis Spanoulis and Felipe Reyes. Along with them, the late coach Dushan Ivkovich and Shimon Mizrahi, chairman of the Maccabi Tel Aviv basketball club, were also defined as legends.
As you know, Vujic also won the Euroleague title as the sporting director of Maccabi Tel Aviv in 2014, but he will receive the honor for his achievements as a player. By 2011, the year he last played in the factory, he had accumulated no less than 3,047 efficiency index points – more than any other player in the factory. Also, the center was second in rebounds (1,037), third in points (2,444) and blocks (124) and seventh in assists (524).
The Croatian was also the first ever to reach 2,000 points and 1,000 rebounds, being to this day the center who gave the most assists in the factory. Also, only Nando De Colo and Mike James reached a higher mark in the same amount of games as Vujic.
