EuroCup 2025-26 All-Second Team Highlights Elite Contributors

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From historic scoring nights to playoff leadership, selections reflect sustained impact across the competition.

As the BKT EuroCup 2026 Finals approach, recognition also extends to players whose performances shaped the competition just below the highest tier. The EuroCup 2025-26 All-Second Team has been selected by fans (10%), media (20%), head coaches (35%), and team captains (35%), and honors five standout players who delivered consistent performances throughout the season and played key roles in their teams' success during a highly competitive campaign.

Anthony Brown earns his third All-Second Team selection in EuroCup history after another reliable and impactful season, this time with Besiktas GAIN Istanbul. Brown averaged 10.4 points and 3.8 rebounds per game and stepped up when it mattered most, posting 16 points and 7 rebounds in the quarterfinal victory over Dolomiti Energia Trento. With this selection, Brown becomes the third player in competition history to receive three All-EuroCup nominations—and the first to achieve it with three different teams—joining Bojan Dubljevic (five) and Kyle Kuric (three). He was previously included on the All-Second Team in the 2020-21 season with Metropolitans 92 and again last season with Turk Telekom Ankara.

Mitchell Creek made an immediate and forceful impact in his first EuroCup season, emerging as one of the competition's most explosive scorers. The Australian small forward ranked sixth in scoring with 17.7 points per game, seventh in three-point percentage at 46.8%, and fifth in efficiency rating (PIR) with 19.8. Creek etched his name in EuroCup history on Matchday 11 by scoring 40 points—a club record—against Neptunas Klaipeda, becoming the seventh player to reach that mark and earning Matchday MVP honors. He posted efficiency ratings of at least 34 on four occasions and recorded double-digit PIR in 16 of his 17 regular season appearances, underscoring his extraordinary consistency.

Both Gach was the perfect example of reliability for Cosea JL Bourg-en-Bresse, starting in every game and leading the team in scoring (14.0 points per game), efficiency rating (15.3), and three-point percentage (42.7%), guiding the squad to the Finals in his first season in the competition. His influence carried into the playoffs, where he led Bourg in the semifinals with 17.0 points and a PIR of 17.7 per game, while also contributing 4.0 rebounds and 2.3 assists per contest. Gach reached his season-high scoring mark of 22 points on two occasions and delivered his most complete performance on Matchday 9 against Buducnost VOLI Podgorica, with a PIR of 30.

Darius McGhee showcased one of the most dangerous shooting profiles in the EuroCup, leading the competition with 2.8 three-pointers made per game while averaging 13.0 points with Bourg during the season. He also led his team and ranked eighth in the competition in assists (4.9 per game) and ninth in steals (1.4 per game), reflecting his impact on both ends of the floor. McGhee made multiple three-pointers in 15 of 17 regular season games, opened the season with 6 three-pointers against Dolomiti Energia Trento on Matchday 1, posted his scoring high of 25 points against Besiktas GAIN Istanbul on Matchday 14, and dished out his season-best 9 assists on Matchday 17 against London Lions.

Daron "Fatts" Russell delivered one of the most statistically dominant seasons in recent EuroCup history with U-BT Cluj-Napoca, finishing as the competition's leading scorer with 19.8 points per game. He ranked fourth in efficiency rating (20.5), second in assists (6.2 per game), second in three-pointers made (2.5 per game), and fifth in steals (1.4 per game), showcasing a complete offensive profile. Russell exploded for a season-high 37 points on Matchday 2 against Neptunas Klaipeda, where he made 7 three-pointers—the most of the season—and later set a club record with 15 assists against Slask Wroclaw on Matchday 3, also the highest assist total in the EuroCup 2025-26. His performance on Matchday 12, with 30 points, 7 rebounds, and 7 assists against Slask, earned him Matchday MVP recognition.