Bo McCalebb
Bo McCalebb, actually Lester McCalebb, (born 4 May 1985 in New Orleans) is an American- Macedonian basketball player. 2010, the American-born Macedonian citizen was and has since become part of the national team of the country with which he successfully took part in the European Championship finals in 2011, where you only just missed out on a medal in fourth place, and a year later, just short of the qualification for the Olympic Games 2012 in London failed. After two years in the Italian Serie Master Mens Sana Basket Siena moved McCalebb, who could win the 2012 Alphonso Ford Top Scorer Trophy, the ULEB Euro League, for the 2012/13 season for Turkish club Fenerbahçe Ülker from Istanbul.
From 2003 to 2008 McCalebb was active for the team from the University of New Orleans. The 2005/06 season he missed a large part, after he had multiple fractures suffered at the hand of the root ( right ) throwing hand. McCalebb finished his college career with 2679 points scored, which is a record for the Sun Belt Conference. When NBA Draft 2008, he remained unconsidered.
His professional career began McCalebb in Turkey Mersin Büyükşehir Belediyesi. He led the club as best scorer and assist provider of the team for the first time in its history in the play-offs of the TBL. McCalebb Then moved to KK Partizan Belgrade, where he succeeded his final breakthrough at the European level. He won by Partizan, the Adriatic Basketball Association and reached the Final Four of the Euro League, with McCalebb himself was elected to the All- League Second Team of Euro 2009/10 season. This was followed by a switch to Montepaschi Siena. With the Italian club, he moved again to the Euro League Final Four and won the league and cup double in Italian. In addition, McCalebb was named most valuable player of the finals series to the Italian championship. 2011/12, he missed with Siena Although the Final Four in the Euro League, but was first awarded the Alphonso Ford Top Scorer Trophy and re-elected to All- Euro League Second Team. In addition, McCalebb won again the Italian championship and the award for most valuable player of the finals series.
2010 McCalebb received Macedonian citizenship, without that he would have been had any personal or professional connection to the country - the Macedonian Association came in search of a point guard for the national team on relations with his club Montepaschi Siena on McCalebb and gave him a straightforward naturalization. He then led the national team of the country with an average of 23.5 points per game on successfully qualifying for the European Championship 2011. At the tournament in Lithuania Macedonia was under the leadership McCalebbs already in the early and intermediate round to the surprise team, which then also in the quarterfinals of the highly favored hosts could defeat scarce. Ultimately, the Macedonian team reached the fourth place and McCalebb was the All- Tournament team, the national team of the five best players of the tournament selected.