On Friday 26 January during the half-time of the game between Olimpia Milano and FC Barcelona, ​​Olimpia will celebrate Keith Langford and his fresh induction in the club’s Hall of Fame. Keith Langford, one of the greatest scorers in the history of European basketball, a two-time EuroLeague leading scorer, won the 2014 Italian league championship with Milan, breaking the 18-year feast. During the same season he won the EuroLeague scoring crown and was named to the All-EuroLeague first-team. In 2020 he received the nomination as a member of the All-EuroLeague team of the decade.

During his two years in Milan, Keith Langford scored 609 points in 35 EuroLeague games, 833 in 50 Italian League games. In 2013/14 he was part of the team that reached the EuroLeague playoffs and was eventually eliminated only by title-bound Maccabi. He was also the top scorer of the team that won 21 consecutive games in Italian league before winning the championship. In the EuroLeague he scored at least 20 points 12 times with the Olimpia jersey on. His average with Olimpia was 16.5 points per game.

During his career he played two NCAA Final Fours at Kansas, won the EuroLeague scoring crown twice (2014 and 2017), the Eurocup scoring championship in 2016 in Kazan, he won the championship in the VTB League in 2011 with Khimki, in Israel with Maccabi in 2012, in Greece with Panathinaikos in 2019. He won the Adriatic League in 2012 again with Maccabi, the 2009 Fiba Eurochallenge with Virtus Bologna and was named Final Four’s MVP, was MVP of the Adriatic League in 2012, of the FIBA ​​Champions League in 2020 with AEK Athens. He won twice the Greek Cup with Panathinaikos.

Keith Langford

Keith Langford

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