Olympiacos agreed terms with Aleksandar Vezenkov

Olympiacos agreed terms with Aleksandar Vezenkov. The 22-year-old Bulgarian also holds a Greek passport and returns to Greece after 3 years in Spain and Barcelona. Vezenkov started his professional career in 2011 with Aris and was approached by Olympiacos in 2013 before renewing his contract with Aris. Vezenkov was voted the Best Young Player of the Greek League in 2013, 2014, and 2015. He was named Greek League MVP in 2015 when he was the top scorer and second in rebounds in the league. After that Vezenkov declared for the NBA 2015 Draft but he later withdrew, and he continued in Spain with Barcelona. Vezenkov finally declared for the NBA 2017 Draft and was selected with the 57th overall pick by the Brooklyn Nets. He is a member of the senior men's Bulgarian national team.

Olympiacos agreed terms with Kostas Papanikolaou

Olympiacos agreed terms with Kostas Papanikolaou. The 25 years old Greek guard returns to Greece and Olympiacos. Papanikolaou started his career in Proteas Grevenon but played in Aris and Olympiacos. With Olympiacos he won Euroleague twice, he also won one Greek Championship and was named twice Greek Basket League Best Young Player. In the 2013-2014 season he moved to Spain for Barcelona and in the next year he moved to the NBA for Houston Rockets. This season Papanikolaou started with Denver Nuggets but could not find a guaranteed contract, so he returned to Europe.

Aleksandar Vezenkov named MVP of Basket League Greece 2014-2015

Aleksandar Vezenkov named MVP of Basket League Greece 2014-2015. After 11 years since Nestoras Kommatos was the top scorer of the League 2003-2004, a player of Aris finished first in scoring points and this was not the only record by Vezenkov. With 469 points in the season, Vezenkov had the best scoring record of the last seven years. He also finished second in rebounds (201), and first in ranking (553). After being named best young player of the League 2013-2014 and now MVP of the League 2014-2015, Vezenkov will continue in Spain for Barcelona.