Kyle Hines (Milan) voted best defender of the EuroLeague 2021-2022 season
The EuroLeague announced on Tuesday the name of the best defender in the competition during the 2021-2022 season. And it is without too many surprises that the American pivot Kyle Hines (1.98 m, 35 years old) received this distinction for the third time in his career.
A real anchor in the Milanese racket, he is the fundamental element of the collective success of his team on this side of the field, they who present one of the best defenses in the championship with the lowest average of points conceded by games (71.9).
From a more personal point of view, Kyle Hines is 8 points with 62.7% shooting success, 5.3 rebounds, 1.8 assists, 0.7 steals and 0.7 blocks for 11.8 d evaluation in 24 minutes of play. It is the third time in his career that he has won this distinction after the 2015-2016 and 2017-2018 seasons with CSKA Moscow. At 35, this powerful, mobile and muscular pivot also becomes the oldest player to win this trophy.
He is ahead of Walter Tavares (Real Madrid) and Nick Calathes (FC Barcelona), respectively second and third in the ballot.
It doesn’t get old, it gets better! @SirHines was voted Turkish Airlines EuroLeague Best Defender for the 2021/22 season
the @OlympiaMI1936 the man becomes three times winner of the prize! #EveryGameMatters pic.twitter.com/rpqbdMU5lX
— Turkish Airlines EuroLeague (@EuroLeague) May 10, 2022