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Shaun Stonerook announces retirement; BallinEurope pays video tribute

BallinEurope today wishes a fond sayonara to longtime Montepaschi Siena staple Shaun Stonerook, who today announced his retirement from Euroleague basketball. Stonerook played in some 113 games for the Italian powerhouse and enjoyed two EL Final Four runs with the team. And so, as is the fashion here at BiE, today we present our YouTube-centric tribute to “Il Capitano.”

From last year, here’s a nice look at Stonerook’s life and times produced by the club itself; the video contains a mixture of Italian- (the commentary) and English-language (Stonerook himself) dialogue, but certainly worth a look by anyone not necessarily fluent in two tongues.

And while his career averages of 4.9 ppg and 4.8 rpg in Euroleague play may not exactly boggle the mind, here’s a great video showing how Stonerook’s presence has colored Siena’s play this past half-decade.

Official Euroleague writeup and more videos follow.

(Euroleague.net) – As announced by the player himself on his Twitter account, captain Shaun Stonerook is calling it a career. A central figure in the success of Montepaschi Siena in the last years, Stonerook came to the team in the summer of 2005 and together they won six consecutive Italian League titles from 2007 to 2012, a first in the 63 years of history of the competition. Montepaschi also won the last four Italian Cups, and Stonerook took tournament MVP honors in 2009 and 2010. In the Turkish Airlines Euroleague, Stonerook played a total 113 games in which he averaged 4.9 points (for a career total of 572) and 4.8 rebounds (551 total). With Montepaschi he reached the 2007-08 and 2010-11 Final Fours, always falling in semifinals.

Stonerook played college ball for Ohio State University from 1995 to 2000 and that summer he already came to Europe to play in Belgium with Antwerpen. After a season there, he already moved to Italy, where he has played ever since. He landed in Cantu, where he spent four seasons before joining Montepaschi for good. Stonerook also played two seasons in the Eurocup, in 2004-05 with Vertical Vision Cantu and in 2006-07 with Montepaschi.

Stonerook’s statements on Twitter:

“I’ve decide to hang up my Nikes. It’s been an incredible career, much more than I could have ever imagined. Thanks to all my fans for the Support over the last 12 years. Not sure what the future holds for me but I’m excited for the next chapter in life. I also want to thank all my former teammates. You guys made the last 12 years incredible and I have a lot of great memories. If any of you Ever need anything just call me. And coaches. And everyone else.”

BiE, too, has a lot of great memories of Stonerook’s play and we’ll thank him in return. Good luck to you, Shaun, and whatever you do, don’t ever lose that wonderful coiffure…

Aug 14, 2012ballineurope
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Comments: 3
  1. Homeslice
    8 years ago

    Network never stretched out their arm to people, but contact you and me; We never meet and contact each other, but we are supporting each other.

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  2. Thanh
    8 years ago

    Trento reinforced its roster at position 2. The team signed a deal with American guard Barry Elder (193-G-82, college: Georgia Tech ). He finished last season with Prima Veroli averaging 12.6 points and 3.2 rebounds for 17 games in SeriA. Before Veroli, Elder spent one year with Jesi. There he had 14.5 ppg and 3.5 rpg for 30 LegaDue appearances. In 2009/10 season, Barry Elder played for the Greek squad Panionios Athens registering 6.6 ppg and 2.6 rpg for 25 games. In the past, the American also played for Cantu, Biella and German Giessen. He has experience from the NBA D-League as well. In 2008, Elder was awarded with Eurobasket.com All-Italian SerieA Honorable Mention. The player graduated at Georgia Tech University in 2005.

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  3. Ark
    8 years ago

    Gabe and mike were wrong YET AGAIN. FIBA denied the request of Mark Cuban and David Stern to make the Olympics under-23, and also denied their request to place the FIBA World Cup under NBA control and ownership.

    Also, the FIBA World Cup will officially become FIBA’s world basketball flagship and showcase, with the Olympics officially taking second in importance.

    Finally, the court size and 3 point distance will be the same as in the NBA – evidently they felt sorry for Stern and Cuban, so they threw those dogs a little bone.

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