A1 Basket Greece: May 2016

Friday, May 27, 2016

Rethymno signed Toarlyn Fitzpatrick

Rethymno signed Toarlyn Fitzpatrick. The 27 years old American forward returns to Greece, since he played for Apollon Patras in the 2014-2015 season. Fitzpatrick penned an 1+1 years contract. With Apollon he averaged 11.1 points and 7.3 rebounds per game, while in the previous season he averaged 8.6 points and 4.3 rebounds playing for Tigers Tübingen in Germany.

Kifisia joined FIBA Basketball Champions League

FIBA Basketball Champions League Logo

Kifisia joined FIBA Basketball Champions League. The team finished sixth in the Basket League Greece 2015-2016 and applied to join the new European League. FIBA approved Kifisia and it became the third Greek team after Aris and PAOK that will participate in the new league.

Tuesday, May 24, 2016

Zaragoza signed Giannoulis Larentzakis

Zaragoza signed Giannoulis Larentzakis. The 23 years old Greek penned a four years contract with the Spanish team.

OFICIAL | Larentzakis, primer fichaje del CAI Zaragoza 2016-2017
¡Bienvenido, Giannoulis! Καλώς ήρθατε, Γιαννούλης! pic.twitter.com/RXxyw1sMXz
— Basket Zaragoza (@Basket_Zaragoza) May 24, 2016

Larentzakis averaged 11.8 points, 4.2 rebounds and 2.9 assists per game in the Basket League Greece 2015-2016 regular season, being the second top scorer of his team behind Trevor Releford. The young player made the most turnovers of the league, but this is mainly a result of his new leading role.

Giannoulis Larentzakis was named 6th best young player of the Basket League 2012-2013, while playing for Ikaros Kallitheas, and he was free agent after a great tournament with Greece U20 national team.

He then moved to Aris, but his stay in Thessaloniki was not the best era for him, as he was evicted while being unpaid by the team.

In 2014 he was sent to Kolossos Rodou on loan, after having renewed his contract with Aris for three years, and he stayed in Kolossos for the rest of his contract with Aris.

Friday, May 20, 2016

Olympiacos (W) signed Evanthia Maltsi

Evanthia Maltsi

Olympiacos (W) signed Evanthia Maltsi. The 38 years old Greek guard is 1.78 metres high and started her career in Megas Alexandros. She has also played for MENT and Panathinaikos in Greece. Maltsi went abroad and played for Celta de Vigo and CDB Zaragoza in Spain, Bourges in France, and one season for the Connecticut Sun in the WNBA. After the WNBA she continued in Europe for Ros Casares in Spain, UŠK Prague in Czech Republic, and for Kayseri Kaski, Homend Antakya and Botaş in Turkey. With the National Team of Greece she finished third in scoring at the 2010 FIBA World Championship for Women. Olympiacos signed Maltsi after winning its first Greek double, aiming for a good season in the European Championship.

Rethmyno and Skourtopoulos parted ways

Rethmyno Cretan Kings and coach Thanasis Skourtopoulos parted ways after two years. Rethymno signed Skourtopoulos in July 2014 with one year contract. Skourtopoulos continues as the assistant coach of Katsikaris in the Greek National Team. In the last two years Rethmyno finished in the 8th place of the Basket League Greece 2015-2016 Regular Season and in the 6th place of the 2014-2015 Regular Season.

Thursday, May 19, 2016

Basket League Greece 2015-2016 Finals Game One Olympiacos - Panathinaikos 81-83

Basket League Greece 2015-2016 Finals Game One

Olympiacos - Panathinaikos 81-83 (0-1)
Quarters' scores: 15-24, 42-47, 62-61, 81-83
Olympiacos: Hunter 6, Spanoulis 15 (2), Printezis 17, Mantzaris, Papanikolaou 4, Papapetrou 9, Strawberry, Milutinov 3, Agravanis, Warrick, Hackette 6, Lojeski 21 (3).
Panathinaikos: Charalampopoulos 4, Fotsis 13, Raduljica 4, Feldeine 15 (4), Calathes 16 (2), Pappas 10 (1), Diamantidis 4 (1), Gist 11, Williams 1, Hunter 5, Haynes.

Calathes had 16 points, 8 rebounds, 8 assists, 4 steals and 1 turnover.
Panathinaikos had 11/26 (42%) triples, 12 assists more (29-17).
Olympiacos made only 9 turnovers, but had 8/26 triples and collected 25 rebounds.
Giorgos Printezis played a day after the loss of his father but his performance was unaffected.
Coach Pedoulakis continued his successful streak against Olympiacos, the reason why Panathinaikos signed him after the elimination from the Euroleague Final Four.

Saturday, May 14, 2016

Basket League Greece 2015-2016 Finals' schedule

Olympiacos - Panathinaikos (Places 1-2)

1st game: Olympiacos - Panathinaikos, Thurdsay 19th May 19:30
2nd game: Panathinaikos - Olympiacos, Sunday 22/5 19:30
3rd game: Olympiacos - Panathinaikos, Thurdsay 26th May 19:30
*4th game: Panathinaikos - Olympiacos, Sunday 29th May 19:30
*5th game: Olympiacos - Panathinaikos, Thurdsay 2nd June 19:30

Aris - AEK (Places 3-4)

1st game: Aris - AEK, Wednesday 18th May 19:00
2nd game: AEK - Aris, Saturday 21st May 19:00
3rd game: Aris - AEK, Wednesday 22nd May 19:00
*4th game: AEK - Aris, Saturday 28th May 19:00
*5th game: Aris - AEK, Wednesday 1st June 19:00

*If needed

Basket League Greece 2015-2016 Semi Finals Fourth and Fifth Day results

Aris - Panathinaikos 56-50 (2-2)
Quarters' scores: 8-12, 19-29, 38-34, 56-50
Aris: White 10, Waters 12 (2), Mourtos 7 (1), Simtsak 2, McNeal 16 (3), Pelekanos, Cupkovic, Flionis 6 (2), Diplaros, Zaras, Cohen 3 (1).
Panathinaikos: Charalampopoulos 2, Diamantidis 9 (3), Calathes 3, Williams 19 (2), Hunter, Bochoridis, Fotsis 8 (2), Raduljica 8, Pappas 1.

Panathinaikos - Aris 84-68 (3-2)
Quarters' scores: 24-14, 40-28, 57-48, 84-68.
Panathinaikos: Χαραλαμπόπουλος 4, Fotsis, Calathes 15 (2), Williams 15 (1), Hunter, Raduljica 9, Pappas, Feldeine 23 (4), Diamantidis 2, Gist 16, Haynes.
Aris: White 17 (3), Waters 10, Mourtos 10 (2), Simtsak, McNeal 18 (3), Xanthopoulos, Pelekanos, Cupkovic 9 (1), Flionis, Zaras 2, Cohen 2.

Wednesday, May 11, 2016

Basket League Greece 2015-2016 Semi Finals Third Day results

Aris - Panathinaikos 77-68 (1-2)
Quarters' scores: 23-22, 42-37, 59-51, 77-68
Aris: White 9 (1), Waters 21 (1), Cohen 5, Mourtos 5 (1), McNeal 21 (2), Pelekanos 7 (1), Cupkovic 5 (1), Flionis 2, Simtsak 2.
Panathinaikos: Charalampopoulos 2, Fotsis 2, Gist 5 (1), Williams 14, Haynes 3 (1), Bochoridis, Raduljica 14, Pappas 8, Feldeine 9 (2), Diamantidis 11 (3).

AEK - Olympiacos 75-89 (0-3)
Quarters' scores: 21-18, 41-31, 61-55, 75-89
AEK: Hairston 10, Mavrokefalidis 8, Carter 9 (1), Brown 17 (2), Eric, Papantoniou 2, Sakota 9 (3), Milosevic 7 (1), Katsivelis 2, Kalampokis 7, Mavroeidis 4.
Olympiacos: Spanoulis 13 (3), Milutinov, Agravanis 8 (1), Mantzaris 6 (2), Papanikolaou 4, Hunter 6, Papapetrou 9 (1), Strawberry, Printezis 11 (1), Warrick, Hackett 18 (3), Lojeski 14 (1).

Saturday, May 7, 2016

Greece U18 Championship Finals 2016

Schedule and results:

Wednesday 4th May 2016
Pierikos Archelaos - Ergotelis 62-74
Panathinaikos - Promitheas Patras 85-62
Ikaros Kallitheas - PAOK 76-66

Thursday 5th May 2016
Promitheas Patras - Pierikos Archelaos 83-62
Panathinaikos - Ikaros Kallitheas 80-71
Ergotelis - PAOK 52-76

Friday 6th May 2016
Pierikos Archelaos - Panathinaikos 52-92
Ikaros Kallitheas - Ergotelis 60-54
PAOK - Promitheas Patras 74-64

Saturday 7th May 2016
Ikaros Kallitheas - Pierikos Archelaos
Promitheas Patras - Ergotelis
Panathinaikos - PAOK

Sunday 8th May 2016
Promitheas Patras - Ikaros Kallitheas
Ergotelis - Panathinaikos
PAOK - Pierikos Archelaos

Team rosters:

Basket League Greece 2015-2016 Semi Finals Second Day results

Panathinaikos - Aris 74-60 (2-0)
Quarters' scores: 24-13, 37-23, 58-43, 74-60
Panathinaikos: Haynes, Charalampopoulos 2, Bochoridis, Fotsis 11, Raduljica 10, Pappas 1, Feldeine 3, Diamantidis 11, Gist 10, Calathes 12, Williams 12, Hunter 2.
Aris: Dimas 1, Pelekanos 7, Cupkovic, Flionis, White 12, Waters 15, Diplaros, Zaras, Cohen 7, Mourtos 5, Simtsak 2, McNeal 11.

Olympiacos - AEK 80-67 (2-0)
Quarters' scores: 23-22, 44-29, 60-45, 80-67
Olympiacos: Spanoulis 8, Milutinov, Agravanis 13 (3), Mantzaris 2, Papanikolaou 7 (1), Hunter 5, Papapetrou, Strawberry 2, Printezis 14 (1), Warrick 2, Hackett 10 (2), Lojeski 17 (1).
AEK: Sakota 4, Milosevic 7, Mavrokefalidis 8, Carter 8 (2), Brown 7, Papantoniou 3 (1), Hairston 4, Green 1, Katsivelis, Kalampois 9 (2), Mavroeidis 16.

Thursday, May 5, 2016

Basket League Greece 2015-2016 Semi Finals Day One results

Olympiacos - AEK 93-58
Quarters' scores: 21-14, 52-30, 70-48, 93-58
Olympiacos: Spanoulis 15 (2), Milutinov, Agravanis, Mantzaris 8 (2), Papanikolaou 9 (1), Hunter 12, Papapetrou 9, Strawberry 10 (1), Printezis 7, Warrick 10, Hackette 6, Lojeski 7 (1)
AEK: Hairston, Mavrokefalidis 13, Brown 3, Katsivelis, Mavroeidis 15, Sakota 3, Milosevic 6, Green 8 (2), Carter 2, Kalampokis 7, Eric 1.

Panathinaikos - Aris 85-79
Quarters' scores: 19-19, 46-39, 67-57, 85-79
Panathinaikos: Charalampopoulos 2, Fotsis 2, Raduljica 10, Calathes 21 (3), Williams 18 (1), Haynes 3 (1), Pappas 12 (2), Feldeine 9 (1), Diamantidis 4, Gist 4, Hunter.
Aris: White 10 (1), Waters 12 (2), Cohen 10 (2), Mourtos 2, McNeal 22 (3), Xanthopoulos 7 (1), Pelekanos 9 (3), Cupkovic 7 (1), Zaras, Simtsak.