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Dario Šarić named the sixth-best player in ABA League history, with Nikola Jokić first

From Večernji List · () Croatian

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  • Nikola Jokić led the ABA League’s 25th-anniversary ranking of its greatest players with 94.3% of the vote.
  • Croatia’s Dario Šarić ranked fifth with 72.7%, joined on the list by six other Croatian players.
  • The final ranking combined votes from coaches of the year, regular-season MVPs, media representatives and fans.

Nikola Jokić tops the ABA League’s list of the 25 best players in its history, while Croatia’s Dario Šarić ranks fifth in the ranking released for the league’s 25th anniversary.

Jokić received 94.3% of the overall vote. Dejan Milojević followed with 92.3%, ahead of Bogdan Bogdanović on 80.4%, Nikola Peković on 78.9% and Šarić on 72.7%.

Šarić is one of seven Croatian players included on the list. The others are Bojan Bogdanović, Dino Rađa, Luka Božić, Krunoslav Simon, Marko Popović and Ante Tomić.

The final results combined votes from ABA League coaches of the year, who accounted for 70% of the total, regular-season MVP award winners, who accounted for 20%, and media representatives and fans, who each contributed 5%. The full list also includes Goran Dragić, Nikola Vučević, Jan Vesely, Jaka Lakovič, Miloš Teodosić, Bo McCalebb, Dušan Kecman, Nikola Kalinić, Igor Rakočević, Nemanja Gordić, Vasilije Micić, Nemanja Bjelica, Charles Jenkins and Facundo Campazzo.

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