THE Nan needs to score at least 11 points in order to get a top scorer in the normal duration of Euroleaguewith the Panathinaikos player ready for another record.
And this is because if Central Nan succeeds and receives the first scorer award, he will become the first “green” to receive the Alphonso Ford Trophy award, in a historical, if not first for him!
The American this season has 20.8 points per game, in front of Bayern’s Carsen Edwards with 20.5 and Sasha Vezenkov of Olympiacos with 20.2.
It is worth noting that the condition for a player to get the top scorer title is to have played in at least 60% of the games (ie to count at least 21 entries).
Nan has of course passed this number, playing in 32 games, with the 30 -year -old player scoring in all games. It is noteworthy that only in three matches it has fewer than 11 points!
This award was established in the 2004/05 season, with Nan unexpectedly becoming his new holder.
The winners of Alphonso Ford Trophy
Charles Smith (Pesaro) 2005: 20.7
Dru Nicolas (Beneton Trevizo) 2006: 18.5
Igor Rakosevic (Basconia) 2007: 16.2
Mark Saliers (Ruan) 2008: 21.8
Igor Rakosevic (Basconia) 2009: 18.0
Lina Cleiza (Olympiacos) 2010: 17.1
Igor Rakosevic (Basconia) 2011: 17.2
Bo McCaleb (Siena) 2012: 16.9
Bobby Brown (Siena) 2013: 18.8
Keith Langford (Armani Milan) 2014: 17.6
Taylor Rochest (Nizhny Novgorod) 2015: 18.9
Nanto de Colo (CSKA Moscow) 2016: 19, .4
Keith Langford (Uniks Kazan) 2017: 21.8
Alex Svend (Himki) 2018: 21.8
Mike James (Armani Milan) 2019: 19.8
Hein Larkin (Anadolu Efes) 2020: 22.2 (no prize after the season interrupted due to Covid)
Alexei Svend (Himki) 2021: 19.8
Vasilie Michic (Anadolu Efes) 2022: 18.2
Sasa Vezenkov (Olympiacos) 2023: 17.6
Marcus Howard (Basconia) 2024: 19.5