Dino Meneghin
Dino Meneghin is an Italian former professional basketball player. He is widely considered to be the best Italian player ever, as well as one of Europe's all-time greats. A 2.06 m tall center, Meneghin was born in Alano di Piave, Veneto. On November 20, 1966, when he was 16 years old, he played in his first game in the Italian League, with Ignis Varese. He played the last game of his career at the age of 45. In 2003, Meneghin was inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame and in 2010, he became a member of the FIBA Hall of Fame.
Radivoj Korać
Radivoj Korać, sometimes also Radivoje, was a Yugoslav professional basketball player. He represented the Yugoslavia national basketball team internationally. Korać is well known for holding the EuroLeague's all-time single-game scoring record, at 99 points scored, in a game versus Alvik Basket, during the 1964–65 season, and for once making 100 out of 100 free throws on a live television show in Belgium.
Sergei Belov
Sergei Alexandrovich Belov was a professional basketball player, most noted for playing for CSKA Moscow and the senior Soviet Union national basketball team. He is considered to be one of the best European basketball players of all time, and was given the honor of lighting the Olympic Cauldron with the Olympic flame during the 1980 Summer Olympics opening ceremony, in Moscow.
Czechoslovakia national basketball team
The Czechoslovakia national basketball team represented Czechoslovakia in international basketball from 1932 to 1992. After the Dissolution of Czechoslovakia in 1993, the Czech Republic and Slovakia set up their own national teams. As the present-day Czech Republic national basketball team is recognized as the successor to the Czechoslovakia team.
Nikos Galis
Nikolaos Georgalis, commonly known as either Nikos Galis, or Nick Galis, is a retired Greek professional basketball player. He was named one of FIBA's 50 Greatest Players in 1991, is an inaugural member of the FIBA Hall of Fame and was chosen as one of the 50 Greatest EuroLeague Contributors in 2008. Galis is widely regarded as one of Europe's greatest scorers to ever play the game, as well as one of the all-time greatest players in FIBA international basketball history. In 2017, he was inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame.
Panagiotis Giannakis
Panagiotis Giannakis, nicknamed "The Dragon", is a retired Greek professional basketball player and coach. He is the former head coach of EuroLeague powerhouse Olympiacos and the senior Greek national basketball team. Under Giannakis' guidance, the Greek national team won the gold medal at the EuroBasket 2005, and the silver medal at the 2006 FIBA World Championship in Japan. Giannakis also coached an Athenian professional team, Maroussi, which he led to the forefront of the Greek League. He has also been the head coach of the senior Chinese national team.
Dražen Dalipagić
Dražen "Praja" Dalipagić is a Yugoslav-Serbian retired professional basketball player and head coach. He was selected the best athlete of Yugoslavia in the year 1978, and is one of the most decorated athletes in Yugoslavian history. He was named one of FIBA's 50 Greatest Players in 1991. Dalipagić was enshrined into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame as a player in 2004, and into the FIBA Hall of Fame, also as a player, in 2007. In 2008, he was named one of the 50 Greatest EuroLeague Contributors.
Nikos Pappas (basketball)
Nikolaos "Nikos" Pappas is a Greek professional basketball player for Panathinaikos of the Greek Basket League and the EuroLeague. He is 1.95 m tall.
Evanthia Maltsi
Evanthia "Evina" Maltsi is a Greek professional basketball guard, last playing for Olympiacos in the Greek Basket League. In 2007, she played for Connecticut Sun in the WNBA, appearing in 29 games, 26 in the regular season and 3 in the playoffs. A three time Euroleague All-Star (2007–2009), Maltsi has a long career in European club basketball, having played in Spain, France, Czech Republic, Poland and Turkey besides her native Greece and she has won numerous titles as a player of CJM Bourges, Ros Casares Valencia, USK Praha and Olympiacos.
Jiří Zídek Sr.
Jiří Zídek Sr. is a retired Czech professional basketball player. At 6'9", Zídek was a talented center, and is considered by many to arguably be the best Czech basketball player ever. He was named the Best Czech Player of the 20th Century. He was among the 105 player nominee list for the 50 Greatest EuroLeague Contributors list. His son, Jiri Zidek Jr., won the EuroLeague title with Žalgiris, in 1999. They are to this day, the only father and son to have reached a EuroLeague title game as players.
Jiří Baumruk
Jiří Baumruk was a Czech professional basketball player.
Ivan Mrázek
Ivan Mrázek was a Czech professional basketball player and coach. At 5'7 1⁄2" tall, he was a point guard. He was named one of FIBA's 50 Greatest Players, in 1991.