The first guest of my "Legendary Players" section is the former Macedonian national team guard, Petar Naumoski. He can be easily defined as a "winner player" due to the fact that he was able to obtain 25 honors (Championships and Cups) during his fruitful 15 years of professional career. Some of them are as follows:- 3 European Cups (2 with Jugoplastika/POP 84 Split and 1 with Benetton Treviso)
- 1 Korac Cup (with Efes Pilsen)
- 1 Saporta Cup (with Montepaschi Siena)
- 7 League Championships (2 with Jugoplastika/POP 84 Split and 5 with Efes Pilsen)
He started his professinal career by playing in also one of the legendary basketball teams of its era, Jugoplastika (then POP 84) Split in 1989. After a short spell in Rabotnicki, he moved to a Turkish team, Efes Pilsen in the year of 1992. Excluding a year in Benetton Treviso, he continued to command Efes Pilsen until 1999. During these years, he deserved to be recognized as the most vital player in the team while they achieved to have the first ever European Cup title won by any Turkish team in the history.
After leaving Efes Pilsen for playing the most competitive league in European Basketball, Italian League (Lega Basket), he spent almost 5 years in 3 different teams. These were Benetton, Montepaschi and Milano respectively. In the final year of his career, he returned to Turkey and wore the Ulker jersey. However, he was not able to be successful as he had been in Efes Pilsen due to his age and diminishing career.
He was an old-fashioned guard, who dominated the game and had a full control over his team. Every offence was started with him, and mostly finished by either himself or the points whose assists were being provided by him. He was very skillful on the court and also a reliable shooter behind the arc. Maybe he was not a type of player who blew the spectators' mind with his no-look passes or crazy dribbles; but rather he was a solid guard to do everything he could to make his team win the game.
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