Olympiacos released Acie Law and Mirza Begić

Olympiacos released Acie Law and Mirza Begić. Olympiacos announced that the team used the option that was on both players' contracts and released the American guard and the Slovenian center.

Argyris Pedoulakis is Unics Kazan's new coach

Argyris Pedoulakis is Unics Kazan's new head coach. Pedoulakis will replace Andrea Trinchieri and will find three Greek players in the team, Nikos Zisis, Ian Vougioukas and Kostas Kaimakoglou. This is the first time Pedoulakis will work abroad and his first goal will be to get Unics to Euroleague through qualification games.

Kenny Gabriel signed with Pınar Karşıyaka

Kenny Gabriel signed with Pınar Karşıyaka in Turkey. The team will pay 60,000$ to Rethymno Aegean as a transfer fee. Gabriel had a great season in Basket League Greece 2013-2014, in 33 games with Rethymno Aegean he had 12,81 points and 9,35 rebounds per game in average.
Gabriel finished the regular season with 10 double doubles and being named twice MVP of the day. 
Here is the full list with his best moments:
1st day

Kenny Gabriel (Rethymno Aegean) vs Ikaros Chalkidas, 13 points and 11 rebounds

Thanasis Antetokounmpo drafted by New York Knicks

The Knicks have drafted Thanasis Antetokounmpo, Giannis Antetokounmpo's older brother, with the 51st pick. Thanasis Antetokounmpo was playing for Delaware 87ers in the NBA D-League.

Congrats to @Adeto_kouboS on being selected by the @nyknicks #NBADraft pic.twitter.com/2kEmc58fKh
— NBA D-League (@nbadleague) June 27, 2014

Pops Mensah-Bonsu failed medical exams, leaves Olympiacos

Pops Mensah-Bonsu failed medical exams and won't play for Olympiacos as announced. Mensah-Bonsu suffered from knee and shoulder injuries that seem to create problems. Now Olympiacos has to keep searching players to form the roster for the new season.

Rethymno Aegean signed J.J. Moore

Rethymno Aegean signed Jonathan Jacob Moore. Moore was playing for four years in the NCAA, three year for The University of Pittsburgh and the last year he moved to Rutgers University where he had 11.2 points per game. Moore is born on 25h May 1991 and his height is 1.98m. That is the first addition for Rethymno Aegean for the Basket League Greece 2014-2015.

Panathinaikos' deadline for Calathes

Panathinaikos BC announced that the team is negotiating with Nick Calathes and the two sides reach an agreement but the player haven't signed a contract yet. The Greek champions announced that they give Calathes a deadline to reply up to Friday 27th June 2014.

Giannis Psathas renews with Nea Kifisia

Giannis Psathas renews with Nea Kifisia. Psathas played 16 games with Nea Kifisia for the Basket League Greece and had 4.9 points and 2.8 rebounds per game in average.

Mark Payne signed with Champagne Chalons-Reims

After a good season with PAOK Mark Payne will continue his career in France with Champagne Chalons-Reims. Payne played 32 games with PAOK for Basket League Greece 2013-2014 and had 11.47 points and 4.31 rebounds in average per game. Payne was named MVP of the twelfth day of the League against Ilisiakos.

want to say "thank you" to the fans of PAOK, the coaches, the managers, and my teammates. I am so proud of the year we had! Thank you all!
— Mark Payne (@Mpayne11) June 25, 2014

Im proud and excited to say that I signed in France with Champagne Chalons-Reims in the Pro A league. Im excited to get to work!!
— Mark Payne (@Mpayne11) June 25, 2014

Dimitris Menoudakos renews with Nea Kifisia

Nea Kifisia announced the contract renewal of Dimitris Menoudakos. Menoudakos is the captain of the team and plays for Nea Kifisia since 1998, when he was 16 years old. Menoudakos has played from the fourth regional league up to the Basket League Greece with Nea Kifisia, with a break from 2002 to 2005 when the player was in Panerythraikos. Nea Kifisia has celebrated 5 promotions and 4 titles with Dimitris Menoudakos, B and A ESKA, Third Division and A2 Division.

Panathinaikos signed George Papagiannis

Panathinaikos signed George Papagiannis. The 17 years old Greek center started at Olympiacos' academies before his first contract with Peristeri BC. In 15th January 2012 Papagiannis became the youngest player that has ever played in the Basket League Greece at the age of 14 years old and 6 months. After his debut in Peristeri Papagiannis moved to USA and currently studies and plays for Westtown School of Pennsylvania. Papagiannis will stay in Pennsylvania for one more year before joining the Greek champions. Born on 3rd July 1997 Papagiannis has won the bronze medal with Greece U16 in Ukraine FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship 2013 and then the gold medal with Greece U16 in Turkey World Under-16 Basketball Championship. For two years in a row, 2012 and 2013, Papagiannis is FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship: Blocked Shots Leader.

Dimitris Diamantidis named MVP and second best guard of the League

Dimitris Diamantidis named MVP and second best guard of the Basket League Greece 2013-2014. Diamantidis played 25 games in regular season with 7.60 points and 4.56 assists per game and improved in the play offs with 9.34 points, 4.40 assists, 2.30 rebounds and 6 fouls drawn in average per game.

MVP of the Basket League Greece 2013-2014

	Player	Points	1st Place	2nd Place	3rd Place
1	Dimitris Diamantidis (Panathinaikos)	95	25	8	4
2	DJ Cooper (PAOK)	75	10	18	9
3	Errick McCollum (Panionios)	33	3	7	10
4	Stephane Lasme (Panathinaikos)	22	3	6	1

Best guard of the Basket League Greece 2013-2014

	Player	Votes
1	DJ Cooper (PAOK)	40
2	Dimitris Diamantidis (Panathinaikos)	28
3	Errick McCollum (Panionios)	14
4	J'Covan Brown (KAOD)	8
5	Vasilis Spanoulis (Olympiacos)	4

Dimitris Diamantidis is the MVP of @ESAKE_OPAP league 2013-14! Congratulations captain!!! pic.twitter.com/TIDNNyDTAW
— Panathinaikos BC (@paobcgr) June 24, 2014

CSKA Moscow welcomed Andreas Pistiolis in Greek

CSKA Moscow welcomed Andreas Pistiolis as its assistant coach in Greek!

Official. Greek Andreas Pistiolis @APistiolis , 35, has become CSKA assistant coach. http://t.co/9bzZbmSE8C pic.twitter.com/rDhtJQ0UIE
— CSKA Moscow (@CSKABasketball) June 24, 2014

Καλώς ήρθατε, Ανδρέας @APistiolis!
— CSKA Moscow (@CSKABasketball) June 24, 2014

Giorgos Printezis named second best forward of Basket League Greece 2013-2014

Giorgos Printezis named second best forward of Basket League Greece 2013-2014. Printezis is the only player of Olympiacos in the best team of the League and second best forward after Jonas Mačiulis.

Best forwards of Basket League Greece 2013-2014

	Player	Votes
1	Jonas Mačiulis (Panathinaikos)	16
2	Giorgos Printezis (Olympiacos)	14
3	James Gist (Panathinaicos)	13
4	Matt Lojeski (Olympiacos)	9
5	Chris Evans (Aries Trikala)	8
	Bryant Dunston (Olympiacos)	8

Michalis Kakiouzis renewed with Nea Kifisia

Michalis Kakiouzis renewed with Nea Kifisia. The 38 years old experienced player played 20 games with Nea Kifisia in the Basket League Greece 2013-2014 and had 7.2 points and 6.2 rebounds per game in average.

Olympiacos signed Pops Mensah-Bonsu

Olympiacos signed Pops Mensah-Bonsu, Nana Papa Yaw Dwene "Pops" Mensah-Bonsu, with two years' contract. Mensa-Bonsu has played for George Washington, Dallas Mavericks, Fort Worth Flyers, Benetton Treviso, Granada, Joventut Badalona, Austin Toros, San Antonio Spurs, Houston Rockets, Toronto Raptors, CSKA Moscow, New Orleans Hornets, ASVEL,  Beşiktaş Milangaz, CB Sevilla, Emporio Armani Milano and Galatasaray Liv. Mensa-Bonsu had a fight with Mirza Begić and Giorgos Printezis in a Euroleague game between Galatasaray Liv Hospital and Olympiacos, but now they be in the same team.

Kostas Flevarakis renewed with Aries Trikala

Kostas Flevarakis renewed with Aries Trikala. After a good season the coach Kostas Flevarakis renewed his contract with Aries Trikala for one more year. On Tuesday 24th the coach will talk to the press about his contract renewal and the new season.

Olympiacos signed Oliver Lafayette

Olympiacos signed Oliver Lafayette for two years. The 30 years old American guard will continue his career in Greece after a year in Spain for Valencia. Lafayette made his personal records in Euroleague with Anadolu Efes in 2012 against Olympiacos with 22 points and 26 rating. With Valencia Lafayette played 40 games with 7.9 points and 4.5 assists per game in average.

Greece U20 beat Italy U20 in Roseto tournament

Greece U20 beat Italy U20 in Roseto degli Abruzzi tournament and took the first place with three victories in three games. For Greece Lefteris Bochoridis had 25 points and Michalis Kamperidis had 16 points. For Italy Simone Fontecchio had 15 points and Tomasso Laquintana had 13 points. Italy took the third place with one victory and two defeats.

Italy: Cucci , Grande 9, Akele 2, Laquintana 13, Marini 18, Procacci 4, Turel 4, Bossi , Fontecchio 15, Pipitone 1, De Vico 6, Candussi.
Greece: Bochoridis 25, Liapis 5, Pouliantis 1, Spiridonidis 6, Fakopoulidis , Spiropoulos 4, Kamariotis 2, Kouzeloglou 6, Kamperidis 16, Siologas 8, Dimantakos , Maragos 2.

Panathinaikos signed Michalis Lountzis

Panathinaikos signed Michalis Lountzis for five years. Lountzis is 16 years old, born in 1998, and his height is 1.95m. He was playing for Kronos Agiou Dimitriou BC in the third division and is the captain of Greek cadets national team. Michalis Lountzis has been invited to Adidas Eurocamp which is scheduled in Treviso from June 7 to 9.

Michalis Lountzis signed a five year deal with Panathinaikos @euroleague http://t.co/VJuEnPJ2pK pic.twitter.com/3y3CrB1HX9
— Panathinaikos BC (@paobcgr) June 23, 2014

Greece U20 beat Poland U20 for Roseto tournament

Greece U20 beat Poland U20 for Roseto degli Abruzzi friendly tournament with score 77-69. For Greece Paris Maragos was the top scorer with 17 points. Georgios Diamantakos made a double double with 14 points and 12 rebounds and Dimitris Siologkas had 14 points and 9 rebounds too.

Greece: Bochoridis 10, Liapis 7, Poulianitis, Spyridonidis 2, Fakopoulidis, Spyropoulos 4, Kamariotis, Kouzeloglou 7, Kamperidis 2, Siologkas 14, Diamantakos 14, Maragos 17.

In the second game Russia beat the hostess team Italy by 54-65. Dmitry Kulagin was the top scorer of Russia and the game with 11 points.

Italy: Marini 4, Basile, Cucco 5, Ikangi, Laquintana 9, Procacci, Bossi 10, Fontecchio 2, Candussi 8, Landi 6, Akele 2, De Vico 8.
Russia: Pylaev 2, Krechetov 4, Gankevich 2, Kulagin 11, Kanygin 2, Ilnitskiy 19, Martynov 4, Tkachenko 4, Babushkin 10, Desyatnikov 1, Annaev 5, Pershin 1.

Jonas Mačiulis named best forward of Basket League Greece 2013-2014

Jonas Mačiulis named best forward of Basket League Greece 2013-2014. Mačiulis played 22 games for the regular season with 6.23 points and 2.59 rebounds per game in average but improved in the 9 games of the League Play Offs with 8.78 points and 3.56 rebounds per game.

Greece U20 beat Russia U20 in Roseto tournament

Greece U20 beat Russia U20, in Roseto degli Abruzzi friendly tournament, with score 53-55. For Russia Igor Kanygin had 13 points, Dmitry Kulagin had 11 points and Stanislav Ilnitskiy had 9 rebounds. For Greece Georgios Diamantakos scored 17 points and had 8 rebounds, Lefteris Bochoridis scored 11 points and had 2 assists and Michalis Kamperidis and Alexandros Spyridonidis had 7 points each.

RUSSIA: Pylaev, Krechetov, Gankevich 4, Kulagin 11, Kanygin 13, Ilnitskiy 3, Martynov 8, Kashin, Babushkin 6, Desyatnikov 3, Annaev 5, Pershin.
GREECE: Bochoridis 11, Liapis 5, Poulianitis, Spyridonidis 7, Spiropoulos 2, Kamariotis, Kouzeloglou, Kamperidis 7, Siologas 1, Dimantakos 17, Maragos 3.

In the second game Italy beat Poland with score 71-61. Landi had 11 points, Cucco and Candussi had 10 points each and La Quintana had 9 points. Akele had 7 points and 6 rebounds. For Poland Garbacz had 12 points and 5 rebounds, Szymkiewicz had 11 points and Grzelinski had 9 points.

ITALY: Cucci 4, Grande 4, Cucco 10, Ikangi 2, La Quintana 9, Pipitone 6, Turel 2, Peroni, Candussi 10, Landi 11, Akele 7, De Vico 6.
POLAND: Grzelinski 9, Schenk 2, Morawiec, Zegzula 7, Garbacz 12, Struski 3, Czerlenko 2, Radwanski 7, Szymkiewicz 11, Borowski 6, Patoka 2, Witlinski.

Kostas Mexas is KAOD's new coach

KAOD announced that Kostas Mexas is the new head coach of the team. Mexas was the assistant coach of Nenad Marković and has been in the team since 2011 as the assistant coach of Giorgos Kalafatakis. Before KAOD Mexas worked with Hortiatis, Ampelokipoi, Megas Alexandros and Kastoria women teams, MENT and Iraklis BC.

DJ Cooper named best guard of the Greek League

DJ Cooper named best guard of the Basket League Greece 2013-2014 and member of the best team of the League. DJ Cooper was the MVP of the first round of the league and the leader in assists. In his first rookie season DJ Cooper proved right the rumors about his skills that were following him from NCAA

 

Roseto degli Abruzzi schedule and Greece U20 roster

Greece U20 young men team will participate in Roseto degli Abruzzi tournament. In the tournament besides Greece will also participate Russia, Poland and the hostess team Italy. The players of Olympiacos will not participate in the tournament as the team has withdrawn its players due to lack of full insurance

Roseto degli Abruzzi tournament schedule

Thursday 19/6
19.00 Russia - Greece 53-55
21.00 Italy - Poland 71-61
Friday 20/6
19.00 Greece - Poland 77-69
21.00 Italy - Russia 54-65
Saturday 21/6
19.00 Poland - Russia 68-71
21.00 Italy - Greece 72-75

The players of Greece U20 team are:

Giorgos Diamantakos 14.01.1995 2.16 Panathinaikos
Paris Maragos 19.01.1994 2.05 George Washington Univ.
Michalis Liapis 11.03.1995 1.90 PAOK
Alexandros Spyridonidis 03.02.1995 1.89 KAOD
Kostas Fakopoulidis 11.05.1995 1.90 Ilisiakos
Anastasios Spyropoulos 01.04.1995 2.04 Panionios
Thanos Kamariotis 26.04.1994 1.99 Ermis Lagada
Dimitris Siologkas 28.04.1994 2.02 Iraklis
Giannis Kouzeloglou 01.04.1995 2.04 Mantoulidis
Michalis Kamperidis 24.04.1994 2.00 Filathlitikos
Stelios Poulianitis 03.04.1995 1.90 Aris
Lefteris Bochoridis 18.04.1994 1.94 Aris

Coach: Kostas Missas
Assistant Coach: Giannis Eleftheriadis
Medical: Charis Voulgaropoulos
Physio: Thanasis Zamparas
Team captain: Kostas Nikakis

Soulis Markopoulos named best coach of the Basket League Greece 2013-2014

Soulis Markopoulos of PAOK BC named best coach of the Basket League Greece 2013-2014. Markopoulos got 49 out of 51 votes leaving in the second place Elias Papatheodorou of Nea Kifisia and in the third place Nenad Marković of KAOD.

Best coach voting

	Name	Points	1st place	2nd place	3rd place
1	Soulis Markopoulos (PAOK)	138	41	7	1
2	Elias Papatheodorou (Nea Kifisia)	53	2	18	11
3	Nenad Markovic (KAOD)	35	1	10	12
4	Giannis Sfairopoulos (Panionios)	22	4	3	4
5	Fragiskos Alvertis (Panthinaikos	16	1	5	3
6	Giorgos Bartzokas (Olympiacos)	11	1	2	4
7	Kostas Flevarakis (Aries Trikala)	10		2	6
8	Dimitris Priftis (Kolossos Rodou)	6	1	1	1
	Argyris Pedoulakis (Panathinaikos)	6		2	2
10	Nikos Vetoulas (Apollon Patras)	4			4
11	Vangelis Angelou (Aris)	1			1

Rentzias is the new general manager of Aries Trikala

Efthimis Rentziasis the new general manager of Aries Trikala BC. Rentzias former basketball player who started his career in Danaos Trikala before playing for PAOK, Barcelona, Philadelphia 76ers, Ulker, Siena and Valladolid. After Valladolid Rentzias retired due to injuries. Rentzias is also an elected member of Thessaly prefecture.

Aris released Jeremy Hunt

Aris BC announced that the team used the buy out option and released Jeremy Hunt. Hunt was the only foreign player of Aris in the season 2013-2014 since the team from Thessaloniki had a transfers' limitation due to economic problems. Hunt played 15 games with Aris and had 1.7 points and 1.13 rebounds in average per game.

Nikos Liakopoulos renewed with Nea Kifisia

Nea Kifisia announced that the player Nikos Liakopoulos will continue to play for the team as he renewed his contract.

Nea Kifisia signed Michalis Kalavros

Nea Kifisia signed Michalis Kalavros as an assistant of Elias Papatheodorou. Kalavros has worked as coach in Greece for Sporting, in Norway for Harstad Vikings and New Zealand for Manawatu Jets. As an assistant coach Kalavros has worked in Near East, AEK, Kolossos Rodou, Olympia Larissas, Ilisiakos and in Germany for Frankfurt Skyliners and in China for Shanghai Sharks. A helpful and experienced member for the team of Nea Kifisia.

Stephane Lasme named best center and defender of the Greek Basket League

Stephane Lasme named best center and best defender of the Greek Basket League. This is the second year in a row that Lasme is named best defender of the league. In the previous season Lasme was named Euroleague Best Defender, Greek League Best Defender and Greek League MVP. Lasme played 33 games with Panathinaikos in this season and had 10.73 points and 5 rebounds in average per game.

Olympiacos and Perperoglou part ways

Stratos Perperoglou won't continue his career in Greece since the player didn't agree terms with Olympiacos. Perperoglou was a player of Olympiacos for the previous two seasons and before that had played for Panathinaikos, Panionios and Ilisiakos. In this season Perperoglou  played 20 games and had 9 points and 3.65 rebounds in average per game. Perperoglou will probably continue his career in Turkey and Anadolu Efes Spor Kulübü, first time that he will play abroad.

Greece U20 lost by Germany in friendly game

Germany won the second friendly game against Greece by 73-68. Greece won the first friendly game by 62-60. Impressive game by Ismet Akpinar with 29 points, 5/8 three pointers, 7 fouls drawn and 6/6 free throws. For Greece Michalis Liapis had 15 points, Alexandros Spyridonidis had 14 points, Giannis Kouzeloglou had 12 points and Michalis Kamperidis had 11 points.

Greece U20: Petropoulos, Liapis 15, Poulianitis, Spyridonidis 14, Fakopoulidis, Kamariotis 2, Geromichalos, Kouzeloglou 12, Kamperidis 11, Siologkas 10, Diamantakos, Maragkos 4.
Germany U20: Geske 6, Kovalev 2, Ilzhonfer 1, Ney 2, Bryant, Akpinar 29, Lockhart 4, Joos 6, Ogbe 4, Jorch 4, Ugrai 12, Thiemann 3.

Basket League Greece 2013-2014 regular season players' statistics

Basket League Greece 2013-2014 regular season players' statistics

Points scored
1. Errick McCollum (Panionios) 466
2. Chris Evans (Aries Trikala) 412
3. J'Covan Brown (KAOD) 397
4. Ivan Aska (Ikaros Chalkidas) 380
5. Lazeric Jones (KAOD) 357

Assists
1. DJ Cooper (PAOK) 172
2. Gagaloudis Giannis (Ikaros Chalkidas) 122
3. Dimitris Diamantidis (Panathinaikos) 114
4. Liakopoulos Nikos (Nea Kifisia) 113
5. Nikou Thomas (Panelefsiniakos) 97

Rebounds
1. Gabriel Kenny (Rethymno Aegean) 243
2. Markovic Nikola (KAOD) 191
3. Sutton Dominique (Ikaros Chalkidas) 187
4. Evans Chris (Aries Trikala) 181
5. Patrick Ewing Jr (Aries Trikala) 179

Steals
1. Demarius Bolds (Apollon Patras) 50
2. Evans Chris (Aries Trikala) 49
3. DJ Cooper (PAOK) 43
4. Papamakarios Manolis (Panelefsiniakos) 37
5. Sutton Dominique (Ikaros Chalkidas) 37

Rating
1. Evans Chris (Aries Trikala) 460
2. Errick McCollum (Panionios) 436
3. DJ Cooper (PAOK) 407
4. Patrick Ewing Jr (Aries Trikala) 406
5. Gabriel Kenny (Rethymno Aegean) 397

Greece U20 beat Germany in friendly game

Greece U20 national team beat Germany U20 national team in friendly game by 62-60. For Greece Lefteris Bochoridis, Michalis Liapis and Dimitris Siologkas were the top scorers. For Germany Kenneth Ogbe, Maximilian Ugrai, Robin Jorch and Dominic Lockhart were the top scorers. Greece had a poor 14/24 in free throws while Germany had 8/18 three pointers. Germany collected 8 rebounds more but also made 7 turnovers more and had 9 steals less than Greece.

Greece U20: Bochoridis 12, Liapis 11, Poulianitis 4, Spyridonidis 4, Fakopoulidis, Spyropoulos, Mitsialos 2, Kouzeloglou 4, Kamperidis 7, Siologkas 10, Diamantakos 6, Maragkos 2.
Germany U20: Geske 2, Kovalev 1, Ilzhofner, Baues 3, Bryant, Akpinar, Lockhart 10, Joos, Ogbe 16, Jorch 10, Ugrai 9, Thiemann 9.

Panathinaikos offers 300k for Vangelis Mantzaris

Panathinaikos president Dimitris Giannakopoulos send an official request for Vangelis Mantzaris to Olympiacos. This is the first time one of the two rivals of the Greek League officially asks a player from the opponent. Panathinaikos offers 300.000€ for the player as stated in the official document here

Basket League Greece 2013-14 most improved player Giorgos Bogris

Basket League Greece 2013-2014 most improved player Giorgos Bogris. Two players of PAOK were named as the two most improved players of Basket League Greece 2013-2014, Giorgos Bogris and Michalis Tsairelis. Bogris played 25 games with PAOK and had 10.72 points and 6.8 rebounds per game in average.

Most Improved Player of the season

	Player	Points	1st place	2nd place	3rd place
1	Giorgos Bogris (PAOK)	62	11	11	7
2	Michalis Tsairelis (PAOK)	59	12	9	5
3	Aleksandar Vezenkov (Aris)	44	9	6	5
4	Giannis Athinaiou (Aris)	37	7	6	4
5	Errick McCollum (Panionios)	15	2	2	2

Basket League Greece 2013-14 best young player: Aleksandar Vezenkov

Aleksandar Vezenkov named best young player of the Basket League Greece for second year in a row. For second year in a row two players of Aris, Vezenkov and Bochoridis made it to the best three young players of the league. Vezenkov was named best rookie of the season 2012-2013. Bochoridis was second best young player of the previous season and third best young player of this season.

Best Young Player of the season

	Player	Points	1st place	2nd place	3rd place
1	Aleksandar Vezenkov (Aris)	130	39	5	3
2	Giannis Papapetrou (Olympiacos)	67	7	15	16
3	Lefteris Bochoridis (Aris)	62	3	21	11
4	Diamantis Slaftsakis (KAOD)	21	1	5	8
5	Tasos Antonakis (Ilisiakos)	5		2	1

Nea Kifisia released Theofilos Beke

Nea Kifisia released Theofilos Beke. The Greek coach was assisting Elias Papatheodorou in the last three years and contributed in Nea Kifisia's impressive seasons.
Η Νέα Κηφισιά ανακοίνωσε τη λύση της συνεργασίας της με τον προπονητή, Θεόφιλο Μπεκέ, ο οποίος ήταν στο πλευρό του Ηλία Παπαθεοδώρου.
Ο έμπειρος τεχνικός ήταν στο πλευρό του Ηλία Παπαθεοδώρου στον πάγκο της Νέας Κηφισιάς την τελευταία 3ετία και η συνεισφορά του στις επιτυχίες της ομάδας μας ήταν πολύτιμη.

Nea Kifisia released Sioutis and Petrodimopoulos

Nea Kifisia announced the releases of Thodoris Sioutis and Christos Petrodimopoulos. The team thanked both players for their characters and games. This is the first step of the new season's preparation for Nea Kifisia.

Panathinaikos released Mačiulis, Lasme, Bramos, Curry and Ping

Panathinaikos BC announced that the club used the option out in the contracts of Jonas Mačiulis, Stephane Lasme, Mike Bramos, Ramel Curry and Shang Ping. Those five players are now released from the club and are free to negotiate with other teams. Shang Ping was long ago out of the team plans but anyway he became the first Chinese player to win the Greek Championship and the Greek Cup. Panathinaikos may start negotiations with Mike Bramos but not with the rest four players.

Spyros Mourtos renews with Aris for 3 years

Aris BC announced that Spyros Mourtos will continue to play for the club for 3 more years. Mourtos played 26 games with Aris in Greek Basket League 2013-2014 and had 6 points in 22 minutes per game in average.

Nea Kifisia agreed terms with Giorgos Limniatis

Nea Kifisia agreed terms with Giorgos Limniatis. Limniatis will be member of the coaching team of Nea Kifisia as assistant of Ilias Papatheodorou. Limniatis played for Panellinios, Olympiacos, Papagou, Panionios, Daphni, PAOK and Ionikos N.F. As a coach Limniatis has worked in junior Greek national teams and as an assistant of Andrea Trinchieri in the Greek national team.

DJ Cooper acquired Bosnian passport

DJ Cooper acquired Bosnian passport. The American play maker that had a great rookie season with PAOK in Greek Basket League and Eurocup is now having a Bosnian passport and Duško Ivanović announced that Cooper will be part of the Bosnian national team. What is left to see is if Cooper and Ivanović will work together only in Bosnian national team or will also work together in Panathinaikos.

Giannis Lianos and Apollon Patras part ways

Giannis Lianos left the club of Apollon Patras after almost 20 years. Lianos was playing for Apollon Patras following his father Vasilis Spanos. 

Duško Ivanović and Panathinaikos agreed terms

Duško Ivanović (Душко Ивановић) is the new head coach of Panathinaikos. The coach of the Bosnian national team agreed terms for a two years' contract with the Greek champions. Sotiris Manolopoulos will be the assistant coach, keeping his current position and Fragiskos Alvertis will become the team manager.

Nea Kifisia and Spyros Diamantopoulos part ways

Nea Kifisia and Spyros Diamantopoulos parted ways after seven years. The 31 years old Greek forward was one of the key players that led the team from local divisions to the Greek Basket League. Nea Kifisia made a tribute video for the seven years of Diamantopoulos in the team.

Fotis Katsikaris in the new coach of the Greek national basketball team

Hellenic Basketball Federation announced that Fotis Katsikaris in the new coach of the Greek national basketball team. Katsikaris will coach the Greek national team in the forthcoming World Championship in Spain. Katsikaris started his coaching career in AEK as assistant coach of Dusan Ivkovic and Dragan Sakota, then as head coach of AEK before moving to Dinamo St. Petersburg BC, Valencia BC, Aris and Bilbao. Fotis Katsikaris replaced Andrea Trinchieri that failed in leading Greece to a medal.

A2 Basket Greece 2013-2014 players statistics

A2 Basket Greece 2013-2014 best players' statistics

Points
1. Nikos Pettas (Psyhiko) 531 points
2. Stefan Djordjevic (OFI) 518 points
3. Nikos Mantzioris (KAP) 458 points
4. Fotis Vasilopoulos (Pagrati) 447 points
5. Alexandros Sigounas (Ermis Lagada) 423 points

Rebounds
1. Petros Noeas (Korivos Amaliadas) 216 rebounds
2. Tolis Koutroulis (Pagrati) 202 rebounds
3. Alexandros Sigounas (Ermis Lagada) 201 rebounds
4. Michalis Kamperidis (Filathlitikos) 199 rebounds
5. Vasilis Giannoulakos (Arkadikos) 197 rebounds

Assists
1. Fotis Vasilopoulos (Pagrati) 208 assists
2. Sakis Karydas (Korivos Amaliadas) 139 assists
3. Sakis Giannakopoulos (Lavrio) 128 assists
4. Efthimis Kothras (Iraklis) 120 assists
5. Christoforos Razis (OFI) 97 assists

Steals
1. Sakis Karydas (Korivos Amaliadas) 51 steals
2. Giannis Prodromou (Arkadikos) 48 steals
3. Nikos Katsares (Kavala) 45 steals
4. Thodoris Tsiotras (AEK) 43 steals
5. Efthimis Kothras (Iraklis)/ Alexandros Sigounas (Ermis Lagada) 41 steals

Blocks
1. Nikos Papanikolaou (Psyhiko) 26 blocks
2. Tolis Koutroulias (Pagrati) 23 blocks
3. Vasilis Giannoulakos (Arkadikos) 23 blocks
4. Bojan Krstevski (Kavala) 23 blocks
5. Tasos Charismidis (Korivos Amaliadas) 20 blocks

Greece U20 national team roster

Greece U20 men national team started practice for the forthcoming European Championship that will take place in Crete. The coach Kostas Missas has called the following players

Player, Year of birth, Height, Current Club
Kostas Gontikas, 1994, 2.05, NYU
Giorgos Diamantakos, 1995, 2.16, Panathinaikos
Michalis Kamperidis, 1994, 2.00, Filathlitikos
Giannis Karamolegos, 1994, 1.90, Arkadikos
Giannis Kouzeloglou, 1995, 2.04, Mantoulidis
Michalis Liapis, 1995, 1.90, PAOK
Paris Maragos, 1994, 2.05, George Washington University
Alexandros Mitsialos, 1994, 2.00, Iraklis
Lefteris Bochoridis, 1994, 1.94, Aris
Andreas Petropoulos, 1994, 1.96, Pagrati
Stelios Poulianitis, 1995, 1.90, Aris
Dimitris Siologas, 1994, 2.02, Iraklis
Diamantis Slaftsakis, 1994, 2.02, KAOD
Alexandros Spyridonidis, 1995, 1.89, KAOD 
Anastasios Spyropoulos, 1995, 2.04, Panionios

Three players of Olympiacos have also been called but didn't attend the first training.
Giannis Papapetrou, 1994, 2.03, Olympiacos
Andreas Christodoulou, 1995, 1.96, Olympiacos
Dimitris Agravanis, 1994, 2.08, Olympiacos

Elias Papatheodorou renewed with Nea Kifisia

Elias Papatheodorou renewed his contract for two more years with Nea Kifisia (AENK). The 39 years old Greek coach led his team to a great debut year in the Greek Basket League. Papatheodorou signed with Nea Kifisia in 2007 and led the team to 4 league promotions in 6 years, from the local leagues to the Greek League Play Offs.

Olympiacos withdrew its players from the Greek national teams

Olympiacos withdrew its players from the Greek national teams. Olympiacos has announced that the team will not allow its players to join the Greek nationals teams, all U17, U18, U20, and men national team, if the players don't get a full insurance. Giannis Papapetrou, Dimitris Agravanis and Andreas Christodoulou didn't not appear in the first practice of Greece U20 national team that will participate in European U20 Championship in Crete.

PAOK BC special celebration for the third place

PAOK BC finished third in the Greek Basket League Play Offs 2013-2014 and the players celebrated with Giannis, a fan that has never missed a game in PAOK Arena.