Kyle Hines, prestigious award

Kyle Hines awarded

Prestigious recognition for Kyle Hines, voted by ELPA, the players’ union, as “Most Respected Player” of the year. O

“A player who earned the highest respect among his opponents and embodied a true role model, on and off the field,” the citation reads.

This past season, Ettore Messina’s team returned to win the Scudetto, shaking it off Virtus Segafredo Bologna’s jerseys. The Biancorossi, who had finished in second place in the regular season right behind Sergio Scariolo’s team, immediately brought the court factor to their side in the final series and never let the Felsinians catch them again. In the Euroleague, Sergio Rodriguez (who said goodbye to the Red Shoes in the summer to return to Spain) and his teammates were eliminated by Ergin Ataman’s Anadolu Efes, who would win the tournament for the second year in a row.