A blog in English about basketball news from Greece.
Basket League, Euroleague, Greek players abroad and the Greek National Team.
Monday, July 31, 2017
PAOK sign Kevin Dillard
PAOK sign Kevin Dillard. The 27 years old American guard joined Apollon Patras in the previous season and had a good season until he was find positive in a doping control. In 2017 Dillard played in Belgium for Antwerp Giants, in Turkey for Pınar Karşıyaka, in New Zealand for the New Zealand Breakers, and in Israel for Maccabi Ashdod.
PAOK sign Ousman Krubally
Ετικέτες
Astana,
Basket League Greece,
Den Helder Kings,
Georgia State University,
Grosuplje,
Legnano Knights,
London Leopards,
Ousman Krubally,
PAOK roster 2017-2018,
Umana Reyer Venezia
Sunday, July 30, 2017
Faros sign Dimitris Chatzikyriakidis
Faros sign Dimitris Chatzikyriakidis. The 29 years old Greek guard penned a three years contract with the newly promoted team. In the previous season Chatzikyriakidis played in the A2 League with Mahites Doxas Pefkon and averaged 9.8 points, 2.8 rebounds, and 2.1 assists per game. The young guard is a member of the U16 and U18 national teams of Greece.
Korivos Amaliadas sign Marcus Posley
Korivos Amaliadas sign Marcus Posley. The 23 years old American guard graduated from St. Bonaventure and in the last season he played in the NBA D-League with the Sioux Falls Skyforce. Posley averaged 9.7 points, 2.1 assists, and 2 rebounds per game.
Ετικέτες
Basket League Greece,
Korivos Amaliadas roster 2017-2018,
Marcus Posley,
Saint Bonaventure,
Sioux Falls Skyforce
Faros sign Willie Conner
Faros Larisas sign Willie Conner. The 24 years old American guard penned an one year contract with the newly promoted team. Conner graduated from Buffalo and in his last season he averaged 13.2 points and 1.1 assists per game in 31 games.
Kymi sign Jake O'Brien
Kymi sign Jake O'Brien. The 28 years old American forward began his college career at Boston University and graduated from Temple. In his last college season with Temple O'Brien averaged 9.3 points, 3.3 rebounds and 0.8 blocks per game. O'Brien went undrafted in the 2013 NBA Draft and started his professional career in Ukraine with Ferro-ZNTU but finished the season in the NBA D-League with Bakersfield Jam. In the next season O'Brien moved to Germany for Eisbären Bremerhaven and in 2015 he moved to Cyprus for Keravnos Strovolou. In the last season O'Brien won the Cypriot Basketball Championship with Keravnos.
Ετικέτες
Bakersfield Jam,
Basket League Greece,
Eisbären Bremerhaven,
Jake O'Brien,
Keravnos Strovolou,
Kymi BC roster 2017-2018,
Temple Owls,
ZNTU
Lavrio sign Cole Huff
Lavrio sign Cole Huff. The 23 years old American guard penned an one year contract with the Greek team. Huff graduated from Creighton where he averaged 9.1 points and 3.9 rebounds per game.
Ετικέτες
Basket League Greece,
Cole Huff,
Creighton,
Lavrio roster 2017-2018,
Nevada,
rookie
Panathinaikos sign Kostas Mitoglou
Panathinaikos sign Kostas Mitoglou. The 21 years old Greek forward penned a four years contract with the Greek champions. Mitoglou started his career with Aris in 2013 but he moved to the US where he played in the NCAA with the Wake Forest in the previous three seasons. With the Wake Forest Mitoglou played 96 games averaging 9.27 points and 5.36 rebounds. Mitoglou was a member of the U17 and U18 National Teams of Greece and he also participated in the 2014 Greek All Star game.
Ετικέτες
Aris BC,
Basket League Greece,
Kostas Mitoglou,
Panathinaikos roster 2017-2018,
Wake Forest,
young Greek players
Faros sign Kevin Ware
Faros Larisas (former Faros Keratsiniou) sign Kevin Ware. The 24 years old American guard penned a two years contract with the newly promoted team. Ware started playing college basketball with the Louisville Cardinals but suffered a serious injury in 2013. After his injury Ware moved to Georgia State Panthers. After going undrafted in the 2016 NBA Draft Ware started his professional career in Finland with Kauhajoen Karhu and finished the last season in Czech Republic with BC Brno.
Monday, July 24, 2017
Lavrio sign Antwaine Wiggins
Lavrio sign Antwaine Wiggins. The 29 years old American forward penned an one year contract. Wiggins graduated from Charleston and went undrafted in the 2012 NBA Draft. Antwaine played in Brazil for Palmeiras and in the NBA D-League with the Raptors 905. Antwaine is the nephew of Mitchell Wiggins who played in Greece for Milonas (1993-1994/1997-1998), and Sporting (1994-1996).
Ετικέτες
Antwaine Wiggins,
Basket League Greece,
Charleston,
Lavrio roster 2017-2018,
Mitchell Wiggins,
Palmeiras BC,
Raptors 905
Olympiacos sign Brian Roberts
Olympiacos sign Brian Lloyd Roberts. The 32 years old American guard penned a two years contract. Roberts graduated from Dayton and went undrafted in the 2008 NBA Draft. Roberts started his professional career in Israel with Hapoel Galil Gilboa. In 2009 he moved to Germany for Brose Baskets. In 2012 Roberts moved back to the US for the New Orleans Hornets/Pelicans and in 2014 he signed with Charlotte Hornets. Roberts moved to the Portland Trail Blazers for the second half of the last season before moving back to the Charlotte Hornets.
Ετικέτες
Basket League Greece,
Brian Lloyd Roberts,
Brian Roberts,
Brose Baskets Bamberg,
Charlotte Hornets,
Dayton Flyers,
Euroleague,
Hapoel Galil Gilboa,
New Orleans Hornets,
Olympiacos roster 2017-2018
Trikala sign Lamond Murray Jr
Trikala sign Lamond Murray Jr. The 23 years old American player graduated from Pepperdine and he is the son of the former NBAer Lamond Murray. Murray Jr averaged 21.4 points and 5.7 rebounds in his sophomore season with Pepperdine and he participated in the 2017 NBA Summer League with Miami Heat.
Ετικέτες
Basket League Greece,
Lamond Murray Jr,
Miami Heat,
Pepperdine,
rookie,
Trikala roster 2017-2018
Lavrio sign Dimitris Verginis
Lavrio sign Dimitris Verginis. The 30 years old Greek guard penned an one year contract with Lavrio. Verginis started his professional career with PAOK in 2008. Verginis has played for Panathinaikos, Aris, Panionios, and Apollon Patras in Greece, for Bilbao in Spain and for Lukoil Academic in Bulgaria. In the previous season with Apollon Patras Verginis averaged 7.1 points, 1.6 rebounds, and 1.5 assists per game.
Ετικέτες
Apollon Patras,
Basket League Greece,
Dimitris Verginis,
Lavrio roster 2017-2018,
PBC Lukoil Academic
Tuesday, July 18, 2017
Lavrio sign Giorgos Papadimitriou
Lavrio sign Giorgos Papadimitriou. The 24 years old Greek guard penned a three years contract with Lavrio. Papadimitriou is 193 cm high and played for Filathlitikos in the A2 League Greece. In the previous season Papadimitriou averaged 10.3 points per game.
Ετικέτες
Basket League Greece,
Filathlitikos,
Giorgos Papadimitriou,
Lavrio roster 2017-2018,
young Greek players
Monday, July 17, 2017
Panathinaikos sign Marcus Denmon
Panathinaikos sign Marcus Denmon. The 27 years old American guard penned a 1+1 years contract. Denmon graduated from Missouri where he played college basketball with the Missouri Tigers. In 2012 Denmon was picked in the 59th overall place of the 2012 NBA Draft by the San Antonio Spurs, but he moved to France and played for Elan Salon. In the next season Denmon played in Turkey with Tofaş. In 2014 he moved to Italy for Brindisi before moving back to Turkey where he played for İstanbul BB and Gaziantep Basketbol. In the last season Denmon averaged 15.9 points, 4.2 rebounds, and 4.2 assists with Gaziantep for the Turkish League.
Ετικέτες
2012 NBA draft,
Basket League Greece,
Euroleague,
Gaziantep,
Marcus Denmon,
Missouri Tigers,
Panathinaikos roster 2017-2018,
Tofas Bursa
Promitheas sign Oleksandr Lypovyy
Promitheas sign Oleksandr Lypovyy. The 26 years old Ukrainian guard continues in the Basket League Greece. Lypovyy joined Trikala a year ago and in 25 games for the Basket League he averaged 9.5 points, 3.4 rebounds, and 1.9 assists per game. Lypovyy started his career in Ukraine with BC Kyiv and has also played for BC Donetsk and Budivelnyk. Lypovyy has played in Serbia for Crvena
Zvezda, in Georgia for VITA Tbilisi, and in Hungary for Szolnoki Olaj.
Ετικέτες
Basket League Greece,
Oleksandr Lypovyy,
Promitheas Patron roster 2017-2018,
Trikala BC,
Ukrainian
AEK sign Nikos Ragkavopoulos
AEK sign Nikos Ragkavopoulos. The 16 years old Greek guard/forward penned a six years contract until 2023. Doukas played for the youth team of Doukas that won the Greek U18 Championship. Ragkavopoulos is 2.02 meters high.
— David Hein (@heinnews) 14 Απριλίου 2017
Olympiacos sign Jamel McLean
Olympiacos sign Jamel McLean. The 29 years old American center played college basketball for the Tulsa Golden Hurricane and the Xavier Musketeers. After going undrafted in the 2011 NBA Draft McLean started his professional career in Belgium for Leuven Bears. McLean continued in Belgium with Telenet Oostende before moving to Germany for Telekom Bonn and Alba Berlin. In the previous two seasons McLean played in Italy and the Euroleague for Armani Jeans Milano. McLean penned a two years contract with Olympiacos.
Ετικέτες
Alba Berlin,
Armani Milan,
Basket League Greece,
Euroleague,
Jamel McLean,
Leuven Bears,
Olympiacos roster 2017-2018,
Oostende,
Xavier Musketeers
Wednesday, July 12, 2017
Kolossos Rodou sign Marvin Jones
Kolossos Rodou sign Marvin Jones. The 23 years old American graduated from Texas Southern and went undrafted in the 2017 NBA Draft. Jones averaged 8.5 points, 6.8 rebounds, and 1.6 blocks in his sophomore season in the NCAA.
Ετικέτες
Basket League Greece,
Kolossos Rodou roster 2017-2018,
Marvin Jones,
rookie,
Texas Southern University
Dimitris Gravas renews with Promitheas
Dimitris Gravas renews with Promitheas. The 24 years old Greek forward joined the club a year ago and he averaged 3.3 points and 1 rebound in 11 games for the Basket League.
Ετικέτες
Basket League Greece,
contract renewal,
Promitheas Patron roster 2017-2018,
young Greek players
Lavrio sign McKenzie Moore
Lavrio sign McKenzie Moore. The 25 years old American guard joined Promitheas at the beginning of the previous season and averaged 10.9 points, 5.3 rebounds, and 2.5 assists per game. In April McKenzie joined Canterbury Rams for the second half of the 2017 New Zealand NBL season, where he played 6 games and averaged 17.8 points, 7.8 rebounds, 7.3 assists and 1.8 steals per game.
Ετικέτες
Basket League Greece,
Canterbury Rams,
Lavrio roster 2017-2018,
McKenzie Moore,
Promitheas Patron
Tuesday, July 11, 2017
Charis Giannopoulos renews with Rethymno
Charis Giannopoulos renews with Rethymno. The 28 years old Greek guard penned a new three years contract until 2020. Giannopoulos joined Rethymno in 2015 and in his first season he averaged 8.27 points and 4.25 rebounds per game. Giannopoulos renewed his contract for two more seasons and in his last season he averaged 10.67 points and 3.73 rebounds per game.
Dimitris Kaklamanakis renews with Lavrio
Dimitris Kaklamanakis renews with Lavrio. The 23 years old Greek center renewed his contract last year and improved his stats. In 26 games for Basket League regular season Kaklamanakis averaged 4.3 points and 2.04 rebounds per game.
Promitheas sign Bubu Palo
Promitheas sign Yempabou Kevin "Bubu" Palo. The 26 years old American guard graduated from Iowa State. Palo went undrafted in the 2014 NBA Draft and started his played for Texas Legends and Sioux Falls Skyforce in the NBA D-League. In the previous season with the Sioux Falls Skyforce Palo averaged 16.3 points, 5.3 assists, and 4.1 rebounds per game. Palo won the 2016 NBA D-League championship with the Sioux Falls Skyforce.
Wednesday, July 5, 2017
James Gist renews with Panathinaikos
James Gist renews with Panathinaikos. The 30 years old American penned a two years contract with the Greek Champions. Gist played for Angelico Biella, Lokomotiv Kuban, Partizan, Fenerbahçe Ülker, and Unicaja Málaga before moving to Panathinaikos in 2012.
Ετικέτες
Basket League Greece,
contract renewal,
Euroleague,
James Gist,
Panathinaikos roster 2017-2018
AEK sign Vasilis Xanthopoulos
AEK sign Vasilis Xanthopoulos. The 33 years old Greek guard penned a two years contract with AEK. Xanthopoulos started his career with Olympiacos and played for Near East before moving to Panathinaikos in 2004. Xanthopoulos has played for PAOK, Panellinions, Panionios, and Aris in Greece and with Obradoiro in Spain. Xanthopoulos has won 3 Greek Championships, 3 Greek Cups and 1 Euroleague with Panathinaikos. In 2011 he averaged 4.1 assists per game with Panionios, ranking first in the domestic league.
Ετικέτες
AEK roster 2017-2018,
Aris BC,
Basket League Greece,
Obradoiro,
Vasilis Xanthopoulos,
Vassilis Xanthopoulos
Tuesday, July 4, 2017
Panathinaikos sign Ian Vougioukas
Panathinaikos sign Ian Vougioukas. The 32 years old Greek center penned an 1+1 years contract with the Greek champions. Vougioukas started his career with Aris Glyfadas, Kronos Agiou Dimitriou, and Ilisiakos. Vougioukas played in the NCAA with St. Lewis Billikens. In 2007 Vougioukas returned to Greece and played for Olympiacos, Rethymno, and Panellinios before moving to Panathinaikos in 2010. With Panathinaikos Vougioukas won one Euroleague, one Greek championship and one Greek Cup. In 2012 Vougioukas moved to Russia for Unics Kazan. Vougioukas has also played basketball in Turkey for Galatasaray, in Germany with Ulm, in Lithuania with Zalgiris Kaunas, and in Russia with Lokomotiv Kuban.
Ετικέτες
Basket League Greece,
Euroleague,
Ian Vougioukas,
Lokomotiv Kuban,
Panathinaikos roster 2017-2018,
Unics Kazan,
Zalgiris Kaunas
Promitheas sign Sean Evans
Promitheas sign Sean Evans. The 29 years old American forward/center graduated from St. John's and started his professional career in Germany with BG Göttingen. Evans has played in NBA D-League with Idaho Stampede, in South Korea with Anyang KGC, in Israel with Hapoel Eilat and Hapoel Holon, in Turkey with Sakarya BB and in Greece with Lavrio. In 2016 Evans was the Turkish First League Top Rebounder with Sakarya BB. In his last season Evans averaged 10.07 points and 6.87 rebounds in 15 games for the Basket League Greece.
Ετικέτες
Anyang KGC,
Basket League Greece,
Göttingen,
Hapoel Eliat,
Hapoel Holon,
Idaho Stampede,
Lavrio,
Promitheas Patron roster 2017-2018,
Sakarya BB,
Sean Evans
Lavrio sign Giannis Kouzeloglou
Lavrio sign Giannis Kouzeloglou. The 22 years old Greek center penned a two years contract. Kouzeloglou started his career with Mantoulidis and Makedonikos, before moving to Serbia for Partizan Belgrade. In 2015 Kouzeloglou moved to Apollon Patras and in the previous season he averaged 6.1 points and 4.6 rebounds in 21 games for the Basket League Greece. Kouzeloglou was a member of the U20 national team of Greece.
Ετικέτες
Apollon Patras,
Basket League Greece,
Giannis Kouzeloglou,
KK Partizan,
Lavrio roster 2017-2018,
young Greek players
Lavrio sign Doron Lamb
Lavrio sign Doron Lamb. The 25 years old American guard penned an one year contract. Lamb graduated from Kentucky where he won the 2012 NCAA Championship with the Kentucky Wildcats. Lamb declared for the 2012 NBA draft and was selected by the Milwaukee Bucks with the 42nd overall pick. He played 23 games in the NBA with the Bucks and then moved to Orlando where he played 24 games with the Magic. Lamb continued with the Orlando Magic and played 53 games in the next season, averaging 3.6 points. After NBA Lamb continued in the NBA D-League with Texas Legends and Westchester Knicks. In 2015 Lamb moved to Europe for Budućnost Podgorica and continued with Nanterre 92.
Rethymno sign Hugh Robertson
Rethymno sign Hugh Robertson. The 28 years old American forward penned an 1+1 years contract. Robertson graduated from South Florida, where he played two years with the South Florida Bulls averaging 7.33 points and 4.3 rebounds. He went undrafted in the 2012 NBA Draft and started his professional career in Slovenia with Hopsi Polzela. Robertson started the next season in Slovenia but continued in Lebanon with Tamadon Zouk where he averaged 20 points and 5.3 rebounds in 26 games, and finished the season in France with Cognac BB. In 2015 he returned to Slovenia for Helios Suns Domžale and helped the team to win the domestic league by averaging 12.5 points and 7 rebounds per game. In the previous season Robertson played in Germany for Rhein Stars Köln. averaging 14.3 points and 5.73 rebounds per game.
Rethymno sign Trayvonn Wright
Rethymno sign Trayvonn Wright. The 26 years old American forward penned an 1+1 years contract. Wright graduated from North Dakota, where he averaged 8.91 points and 4.9 rebounds per game. He started his professional career in UK with the Leicester Riders, where he averaged 12.69 points and 6.88 rebounds in his first season and 13.08 points and 7 rebounds per game in his second season. In the previous season Wright played in Sweden for Boras, averaging 12 points and 5.1 rebounds per game.
Ετικέτες
Basket League Greece,
Borås Basket,
Leicester Riders,
North Dakota,
Rethymno Cretan Kings,
Rethymno roster 2017-2018,
Trayvonn Wright
Olympiacos sign Kim Tillie
Olympiacos sign Kim Tillie. The 28 years old French forward/center penned a two years contract. Tillie graduated from Utah and started his professional career in France with ASVEL. After two years Tillie moved to Spain for Murcia where he played for two more years. In 2014 Tillie moved to Baskonia where in his last year averaged 6.9 points and 3.8 rebounds per game.
Ετικέτες
ASVEL Villeurbanne,
Basket League Greece,
BC Murcia,
Euroleague,
Kim Tillie,
Laboral Kutxa Baskonia,
Olympiacos roster 2017-2018,
Utah
Monday, July 3, 2017
Jamal Nixon renews with Lavrio
Jamal Nixon renews with Lavrio. The 30 years old American guard joined Lavrio in 2015. In his first season in Basket League Nixon played 21 games and averaged 9.57 points and 2.14 rebounds per game. In the last season Nixon played 16 games averaging 7.38 points and 1.75 rebounds per game.
CS Politehnica Iasi sign Michalis Liapis
CS Politehnica Iasi sign Michalis Liapis. The 22 years old Greek guard started his professional career with PAOK in 2011 where he played for five seasons. In the previous season Liapis moved to Kolossos Rodou. Liapis was a member of the Greece U20 national team.
Promitheas sign Trevor Releford
Promitheas sign Trevor Releford. The 25 years old American guard graduated from Alabama and played in Poland with Wilki Morskie before moving to Greece for Kolossos Rodou in 2015. In his first season in Greece Releford was the top scorer of his team, averaging 13.88 points per game, and was named MVP of Basket League Greece 2015-2016 second round. Releford started the previous season in Israel with Maccabi Kiryat Gat, but returned to Kolososs in October. Although he didn't start the season in Greece Releford finished the season as the top scorer of Kolossos, second best in assists and ranking.
Ετικέτες
Alabama,
Basket League Greece,
Kolossos Rodou,
Maccabi Kiryat Gat,
Promitheas Patron roster 2017-2018
Sunday, July 2, 2017
Kolossos Rodou sign Stavros Schizas
Kolossos Rodou sign Stavros Schizas. The 28 years old Greek guard/forward started his professional career in 2014 with Rethymno where he played for two years. In his last season with Rethymno Schizas averaged 4.35 points and 2.27 rebounds in 15 minutes per game.
In the previous season Schizas played with Kymi averaging 4.1 points and 2.1 rebounds in 22 games.
Panathinaikos sign Zach Auguste
Panathinaikos sign Zachary Elias "Zach" Auguste. The 23 years old Greek American forward/center graduated from Notre Dame where he averaged 14 points and 10.72 rebounds per game in his last season with the Notre Dame Fighting Irish. In 2016 Auguste started his professional career in Turkey with Uşak Sportif, where he averaged 12.8 points and 8 rebounds per game for the domestic league and 13.4 points and 8.8 rebounds per game for the Champions League.
Rethymno sign Shaq Goodwin
Rethymno Cretan Kings sign William Shaq (Shaquille) Goodwin. The 22 years old American forward penned an 1+1 years contract with Rethymno. Goodwin graduated from Memphis where he played four years with the Memphis Tigers. In his last season Goodwin averaged 14.67 points and 7.55 rebounds per game. Goodwin started his professional career in Cyprus with AEK Larnaca, averaging 15.83 points and 4.33 rebounds per game. After 8 games with AEK Larnaca Goodwin moved to Germany for Science City Jena where he averaged 8.86 points and 5 rebounds per game.
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