Panathinaikos signed Gani Lawal

Panathinaikos signed Gani Lawal. The 26 American Nigerian forward/center graduated from College Park of Georgia and played for three years for the Georgia Tech. In 2010 he was drafted by the Phoenix Suns, number 46 overall, and played for the Iowa Energy in the NBA Development League. Then he moved to Poland for Zielona Gora, in China for Xinjiang Flying Tigers, back to Gora and then in France for Roanne. In the last two years he played in Italy for Virtus Roma, in China for Guangzhou, in Latvia for Lietuvos Riga, back to Italy for Armani Milano and his last team was the Turkish Trabzonspor.

Panelefsiniakos signed Vincent Simpson

Panelefsiniakos signed Vincent Simpson. The 26 years old American guard will replace Ned Cox. Simpson played in Sweden for Sodertalje, in Hungary for Körmend and in Estonia for Tartu Ulikool Rock.

Michalis Kamperidis renews with AEK

Michalis Kamperidis renews with AEK. The Greek forward renewed his contract until 2018 but will play in Spain for Huesca until the end of season.

Elias Papatheodorou renews with Nea Kifisia

Elias Papatheodorou renews with Nea Kifisia. The Greek coach works for Nea Kifisia since 2006 and renewed his contract until the summer of 2017.

Panionios signed Chris Chougaz

Panionios signed Chris Chougaz. Chougaz replaced Vangelis Alexandris and became the third coach of Panionios this season. The coach has experience of Greek teams from Kavala and Iraklis and will keep the technical staff of Panionios, Vangelis Degaitas, Nikos Linoksylakis and Andreas Ziakas.

Panionios and Alexandris part ways

Panionios and coach Alexandris part ways. Alexandris replaced Papachatzis who started the season and managed to bring Panionios back to victories. The team seems to have another bad period and Alexandris took the blame.

Nea Kifisia and Michalis Kakiouzis part ways

Nea Kifisia and Michalis Kakiouzis part ways. The experienced player asked to leave the club due to personal issues and will continue his career in Cyprus. Nea Kifisia thanked the player and released the player.

Nea Kifisia signed Tyshawn Abbott

Nea Kifisia signed Tyshawn Carissian Abbott. The 27 years old American guard graduated from Arizona State and then played in Estonia for Kalev Tallinn. Abbott started this season in Italy for Fulgor Forlì and then moved to Turkey for Eskişehir.

Roeland Schaftenaar renews with Rethymno Aegean

Roeland Schaftenaar renews with Rethymno Aegean. The Dutch player started good but had an eye surgery and was out of action for two months. His contract was renewed for two more years and will play again tomorrow against PAOK.

Rethymno Aegean released Fahro Alihodzic

Rethymno Aegean released Fahro Alihodzic. Alihodzic played 9 games with Rethymno and averaged 4.67 points and 2.67 rebounds per game.

Basket League Greece 2014-2015 first round team statistics

Basket League Greece 2014-2015 first round team statistics

*Aris and PAOK have played one game less.

Points scored

1. Olympiacos 1055
2. Panathinaikos 1047
3. Aries Trikala 1001
4. AEK 982
5. Nea Kifisia 965
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12. Aris* 885 / Panelefsiniakos 70.23 PPG
13. Panionios 880 / KAOD 69.77 PPG
14. PAOK* 871 / Panionios 67.69 PPG

Rebounds 
1.Rethymno Aegean 467
2. Kolossos Rodou 449
3. Nea Kifisia 449
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12. Panelefsiniakos 408
13. Korivos Amaliadas 407
14. Panionios 378

Offensive Rebounds

1. Nea Kifisia 142
2. Rethymno Aegean 139
3. KAOD 133
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12. Korivos Amaliadas 101
13. Apollon Patras 100
14. Aries Trikala 98

Assists

1. Olympiacos 274
2. Panathinaikos 268
3. AEK 221
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12. Panionios 180
13. Panelefsiniakos 180
14. PAOK* 173

Blocks 

1. Olympiacos 61
2. Rethymno Aegean 43
3. Kolossos Rodou 43
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12. Panionios 25
13. PAOK* 23
14. Aries Trikala 16

Steals

1. Panathinaikos 107
2. Panionios 96
3. Olympiacos 90
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12. Aries Trikala 70
13. Korivos Amaliadas 66
14. Kolossos Rodou 62

Turnovers

1. Kolossos Rodou 189
2. KAOD 186
3. Aries Trikala 181
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12. Rethymno Aegean 152
13. Olympiacos 149
14. Panathinaikos 147

Basket League Greece 2014-2015 first round statistics

Basket League Greece 2014-2015 first round statistics

 

Ranking

1. Dimitris Mavroeidis (Nea Kifisia) 275

2. Aleksandar Vezenkov (Aris) 249

3. Mouhammad Faye (Rethymno Aegean) 221

4. Toarlyn Fitzpatrick (Apollon Patras) 200

5. Yaroslav Korolev (Panionios) 193

Points scored

1. Aleksandar Vezenkov (Aris) 214

2. Carl English (AEK) 198

3. Dimitris Mavroeidis (Nea Kifisia) 194

4. Muhammad El-Amin (Apollon Patras) 188

5. Yaroslav Korolev (Panionios) 182

Assists

1. Vasilis Spanoulis (Olympiacos) 78

2. Vincent Council (Rethymno Aegean) 73

3. Josh Magette (Korivos Amaliadas) 66

4. Dimitris Diamantidis (Panathinaikos) 62

5. Nikos Liakopoulos (Nea Kifisia) 60

Rebounds

1.Mouhammad Faye (Rethymno Aegean) 110

2. Toarly Fitzpatrick (Apollon Patras) 100

3. Dimitris Mavroeidis (Nea Kifisia) 96

4. Aleksandar Vezenkov (Aris) 93

5. Jamelle Hagins (Kolossos Rodou) 88

Blocks

1. Drew Naymick (Aris) 22

2. Darrius Garrett (Korivos Amaliadas) 22

3. Brent Petway (Olympiacos) 20

4. Taylor Smith (Kolossos Rodou) 19

5. Bryant Dunston (Olympiacos) 15

Steals

1. Torey Thomas (Aris) 23

2. Robert Lowery (Korivos Amaliadas) 19

3. Vasillis Xanthopoulos (Panionios) 18

4. Nikola Markovic (Panelefsiniakos) 16

5. Josh Magette (Korivos Amaliadas) 16

Fouls Drawn

1. Dimitris Mavroeidis (Nea Kifisia) 86

2. Vasilis Spanoulis (Olympiacos) 60

3. Muhammad El-Amin (Apollon Patras) 58

4. Vincent Council (Rethymno Aegean) 57

5. Kevin Langford (PAOK) 56

Basket League Greece 2014-2015 fourteenth day fixtures

Basket League Greece 2014-2015 fourteenth day fixtures

Saturday 24th January 2015
15:00 Aris - Panelefsiniakos 79-61
15:00 Kolossos Rodou - Panionios 70-56
15:00 Aries Trikala - KAOD 80-76
15:00 Rethymno Aegean - PAOK 71-79
19:00 AEK - Korivos Amaliadas 76-67
Monday 26th January 2015
18:00 Apollon Patras - Olympiacos 56-67
19:30 Nea Kifisia - Panathinaikos 66-72

Olympiacos beat Fenerbahce for Euroleague Top 16 round 3

Olympiacos beat Fenerbahçe Ülker in Istanbul for Euroleague 2014-2015 Top 16 round 3. Fenerbahçe started better the game and was leading the score in the first quarter. In the second quarter Olympiacos lost Brent Petway and Oliver Lafayette due to injuries but with three pointers took the lead of the game. Fenerbahçe counter attacked and was leading the score by 60-56 but Olympiacos with a three pointer by its captain Vasilis Spanoulis and a steal by its top scorer Matt Lojeski stole the victory. Olympiacos continues with three victories in three games for the Euroleague Top 16.
Quarters' scores: 22-16, 36-43, 52-56,  68-74

Fenerbahçe Ülker: Goudelock 23 (5), Ziris, Bjelica 9, Erden, Bogdanovic 10, Savas, Zoric, Vesely 13, Sipahi 4, Preldzic 9.
Olympiacos: Petway, Hunter 4, Danston 6, Spanoulis 16 (3), Sloukas 5, Printezis 7, Mantzaris 5, Katsivelis 2, Lafayette 6, Darden 5, Lojeski 18 (3).

Panathinaikos beat Zalgiris for Euroleague Top 16 round 3

Panathinaikos hosted and beat Zalgiris Kaunas for Euroleague 2014-2015 Top 16 round 3. The Greens remained undefeated in their home for the Top 16. Panathinaikos started the game with a 9-0 run and surprised Zalgiris that was not able to reply. With Nikos Pappas as its top scorer and with Vlantimir Giankovits having 11 points and 7 rebounds Panathinaikos builds for the future too. For the visitors Will Chery had 14 points and Edgaras Ulanovas had 10 points.
Quarters's scores: 24-16, 46-33, 63-42, 77-58

Panathinaikos: Charalampopoulos, Slaughter 11(3), Giankovits 11(1), Fotsis 10(1), Nelson, Pappas 14, Mavrokefalidis, Diamantidis 7(2), Gist 13(1), Batista 11, Diamantakos, Blums
Zalgiris: Cherry 13(2),Lekavicius 2, Vene, Gudaitis 8, Kariniauskas, Songaila 4, Jankunas 3, Javtokas, Milaknis 9(3), Anderson 5, Dimas 4, Ulanovas 10.

Basket League Grece 2014-2015 thirteenth day fixtures

Basket League Grece 2014-2015 thirteenth day fixtures

Saturday 17th January 2015
17:00 Aries Trikala - PAOK 79-81
17:00 Nea Kifisia - Panionios 86-85
17:00 Kolossos Rodou - Korivos Amaliadas 82-75
17:00 Aris - Rethymno Aegean 68-62
Sunday 18th January 2015
14:30 AEK - KAOD 89-79
Monday 19th January 2015
18:00 Apollon Patras - Panathinaikos 71-77
19:30 Panelefsiniakos - Olympiacos 66-102

Darrius Garrett and Korivos Amaliadas part ways

Darrius Garrett and Korivos Amaliadas part ways. Garrett is currently the league leader in blocks with 22 in total and also averaged 10 points and 5.9 rebounds per game. The American will continue his career in Turkey for Afyonkarahisarspor.

Korivos Amalidas signed Larry Turner

Korivos Amalidas signed Larry Turner. The 31 years old American center returns to Greek League after a short break in Romania for CS Energia Rovinari. Turner had played for Apollon Patras and Panelefsiniakos. Turner will replace Darrius Garrett who parted ways with the club.

AEK signed Malik Hairston

AEK signed Malik Hairston. The 27 years old American guard send his signed contract and will play for AEK BC until the end of this season. Hairston graduated from Oregon University where he played for Oregon Ducks and was drafted with the 18th pick in the second round (48th overall) of the 2008 NBA Draft by the Phoenix Suns. He was then signed by the San Antonio Spurs, where he played 62 games but only 8 minutes per game on average, so he moved to Italy for Montepaschi Siena and then for Emporio Armani Milano. In the previous season he played for Galatasary Liv in Turkey and Euroleague.

Panagiotis Vasilopoulos back to action

Panagiotis Vasilopoulos back to action. The 30 years old Greek player had won a European championship with the National team of Greece and a Euroleague with Olympiacos but suffered from serious injuries which led his last team Valladolid to release him. Vasilopoulos is taining with the team of Nea Kifisia and will probably pen a contract and debut against Panionios.

Panathinaikos released Julian Wright

Panathinaikos released Julian Wright. The 27 years old power forward did not manage to get a season contract with the Greek champions and was released after the Euroleague game with Maccabi Electra. With the Greens Wright played 9 games in the Euroleague 2014-2015 averaging 3.8 points and 2 rebounds in 10 minutes per game. Wright continued his career in Israel with Bnei Herzliya.

Kolossos Rodou beat KAOD for Basket League twelfth day

Kolossos Rodou beat KAOD in Drama for Basket League twelfth day. Kolossos won its third game in four visits in Drama with Ernest Scott and Aggelos Tsamis having a great game. The visitors created a lead of 27 points in the second quarter but the home team managed to counter attack in the second half. KAOD's counter attack was not enough although the captain Thodoris Zaras made another great game. Zaras finished the game with 22 points and 4 rebounds, Rob Loe had 7 points, 5 rebounds and 3 assists, Rod Odom had 7 points and 6 rebounds. For the winners Scott made a double double with 17 points and 10 rebounds. Sotiris Manolopoulos had 14 points with only one missed shot, Aggelos Tsamis had 14 points and 5 rebounds, Jamelle Hagins had 8 rebounds and Dominic Waters served 5 assists.
Quarters' scores: 13-23, 29-50, 51-63, 68-72

KAOD: Slaftsakis 4(1), Trotter 3(1), Georgakis 2, Atkins 5, Odom 7(1), Micel 4, Zaras 22(5), Loe 7, Tsaldaris 4, Papamakarios 10(2).
Kolossos Rodou: Toliopoulos 3(1), Waters 7(1), Manolopolos 14(3), Smith 1, Stefanidis 6, Liden 8(2), Scott 17(5), Tsamis 14(1), Haggins 2.

Apollon Patras beat Panionios for Basket League twelfth day

Apollon Patras beat Panionios for Basket League twelfth day. After the Greek Cup Apollon Patras made its first road victory against Panionios in Nea Smyrni. For Panionios only William Coleman with 22 points and 14 rebounds, Dimitris Verginis with 17 points and 7 assists and Yaroslav Korolev with 11 points and 9 rebounds were not enough. For the winners Gaios Skordilis made another double double with 13 points and 12 rebounds against his previous team. Muhammad El-Amin and Toarlyn Fitzpatrick scored 13 points each, Giannis Georgalis scored 12 points and Kevin Galloway served 7 assists.
Quarters' scores: 18-20, 37-34, 50-53, 68-71

Panionios: Xanthopoulos, Verginis 17, Koukoulas 3, Strnand 3, Motsenigos, Woods, Coleman 22, Korolev 11, Tubbs 12.
Apollon Patras: Skordilis 13, Argyropoulos 6, Galloway 9, Penn 5, Fitzpatrick 13, El-Amin 13, Molfetas, Niforas, Georgalis 12.

Aries Trikala beat Rethymno Aegean for Basket League twelfth day

Aries Trikala beat Rethymno Aegean for Basket League twelfth day. Aries Trikala with Alex Harris, Justin Ingram and Slaven Čupković won where only Olympiacos has won in this season. Rethymno Aegean was leading the first half but Aries Trikala made an 11-0 run in the third quarter and took the lead of the game. Aries Trikala have to stabilize their performance since they made such great victories but lose in less difficult games. For Rethymno Aegean Giannis Kalampokis had 18 points, Trevis Simpson had 17 points and 7 rebounds, Dejan Kravis had 13 points and 8 rebounds, Fanis Koumpouras had 6 points and 6 assists. Mouhammad Faye made another double double with 14 points and 10 rebounds. For the winners Alex Harris had 23 points in 21 minutes, Justin Ingram had 17 points and 6 assists, Slaven Čupković had 13 points and 5 rebounds, Steve Panos had 8 points and 9 rebounds.
Quarters' scores: 24-21, 45-41, 55-66, 81-83

Rethymno Aegean: Simpson 17(2), Schizas, Koumpouras 6(1), Council 6, Allen 7(2), Kalampokis 18(1), Faye 14(1), Sinis, Cheilaris, Kravic 13, Alihodzic.
Aries Trikala: Ingram 17(2), Nikolopoulos 2, Tracey, Harris 23(3), Cupkovic 13(3), Panos 8, Spanos 3(1), Kadji 9(1), Houhoumis 6(1), Milutinovic 2.

Basket League Greece 2014-2015 twelfth day fixtures

Basket League Greece 2014-2015 twelfth day fixtures

Saturday 10th January 2015
17:00 Koviros Amaliadas - Nea Kifisia 79-70
17:00 Rethymno Aegean - Aries Trikala 81-83
17:00 KAOD - Kolossos Rodou 68-72
17:00 Panionios - Apollon Patras 68-71
Sunday 11th January 2015
17:00 PAOK - AEK
Monday 12th January 2015
18:00 Olympiacos - Aris
19:00 Panathinaikos - Panelefsiniakos

Nea Kifisia signed Xavier Silas

Nea Kifisia signed Xavier Silas. The 25 years old American guard will replace Patrick Ewing Jr who parted ways with the club of Nea Kifisia. Silas graduated from Northern Illinois and had signed with Maine Red Claws in the NBA D-League and with Philadelphia 76ers in the NBA. In the previous season he played in Israel for Maccabi Ashdod and then moved to Argentina for Quimsa.

Aris and Nikos Gikas part ways

Aris and Nikos Gikas part ways. The 24 years old guard moved to Aris in the summer of 2013 after being named the top scorer of A2 division with Filathlitikos. In the previous season Aris had a ban on international transfers so the team was based on Greek players like Gikas but this season Gikas has a less important role in the team and asked to leave the club.

Keravnos Strovolou signed Giorgos Kalafatakis

Keravnos Strovolou (Cyprus) signed Giorgos Kalafatakis. The Greek coach parted ways Rethymno Aegean in the summer of 2014 will replace Christos Stylianidis. Keravnos is currently in the fourth place counting five wins in nine games.

Panelefsiniakos signed Nemanja Mitrovic

Panelefsiniakos signed Nemanja Mitrović. The 24 years old Bosnian Canadian guard is 197cm high and member of Bosnia and Herzegovina national team. He graduated from Portland where he played four years for the Portland Pilots and in the previous season he played in Italy for Sutor Montegranaro. Mitrović will replace Frank Robinson who left the team.

Panelefsiniakos and Frank Robinson part ways

Panelefsiniakos and Frank Robinson part ways. The American guard left Panelefsiniakos and the Greek League and will continue his career in Israel for Nahariya.

Dimitris Mavroeidis named MVP of Basket League sixth day

Dimitris Mavroeidis named MVP of Basket League 2014-2015 sixth day. After the delayed completion of the sixth day Mavroeidis was named MVP for his performance against Kolossos Rodou. The 29 years old center scored 34 points, collected 13 rebounds, served 4 assists, made 3 steals in 31 minutes.

KAOD signed Dimitris Tsaldaris

KAOD signed Dimitris Tsaldaris. The Greek player parted ways with Nea Kifisia after one and a half year and will continue his career with KAOD until the end of season.