Doxa Lefkadas and Charis Markopoulos part ways

Doxa Lefkadas and Haris Markopoulos part ways as the club officially announced. Markopoulos started his career as a head coach with Korivos Amaliadas, and after keeping the team two straight years in the Basket League he moved to the newly promoted Doxa Lefkadas. Doxa is currently at the bottom of the league table with only 3 wins after 18 games. The former head coach of Doxa, and assistant coach of Markopoulos, Fotis Takianos will manage the team until the end of the season.

Doxa Lefkadas sign David Doblas

Doxa Lefkadas sign David Doblas. The 35 years old Spanish forward started his career with Melilla in 2000 and has played for several teams in Spain, Rosalía de Castro, Granada, Ciudad de Algeciras, Menorca, and San Sebastián Gipuzkoa BC. In the previous season with San Sebastián Gipuzkoa Doblas averaged 8.2 points and 2.7 rebounds per game. This will be the first time Doblas will play abroad, although he tried his chances in the 2009 NBA Summer League with the Toronto Raptors.

Doxa Lefkadas sign Melsahn Basabe

Doxa Lefkadas sign Melsahn Basabe. The 24 years old American forward graduated from Iowa, where he played four years college basketball with Iowa Hawkeyes. Basabe went undrafted in the 2014 NBA draft and started his professional career in Finland with Helsinki Seagulls, where he averaged 19.4 points and 12 rebounds per game. In the previous season Basabe played in Belgium and Eurocup with Antwerp Giants. In 13 games for the Belgian League Basabe averaged 16.5 points and 7.2 rebounds.

Doxa Lefkadas roster 2016-2017

Doxa Lefkadas roster 2016-2017

Dezmine Wells
Justin Robinson
Shannon Scott
Dimitris Tsaldaris
Triantafyllos Petalotis
Georgios Georgakis
Melsahn Basabe
Christos Tapoutos
David Doblas
Giannis Demertzis

Head Coach: Charis Markopoulos
Assistant Coach: Fotis Takianos

Changes:
Tony Woods

Doxa Lefkadas sign Shannon Scott

Doxa Lefkadas sign Shannon Scott. The 23 years old American guard graduated from the Ohio State University, where he played college basketball for four seasons. In his senior season, Scott averaged 8.5 points, 5.9 assists, 1.7 steals and 30.5 minutes in 35 games, all starts, ranking 17th in the nation in assists per game. Scott went undrafted in the 2015 NBA draft and joined the San Antonio Spurs for the 2015 NBA Summer League. After playing two preseason games with the Toronto Raptors Scott signed with Raptors 905 of the NBA D-League. With Raptors 905 he averaged 9.2 points, 5.7 assists, 3.9 rebounds, and 1.6 steals per game.

Doxa Lefkadas sign Dezmine Wells

Doxa Lefkadas sign Dezmine Wells. The 24 years old American forward/guard became the first American player in the history of Doxa Lefkadas. Wells played college basketball for the Xavier Musketeers and Maryland Terrapins. After went undrafted in the 2015 NBA Draft Wells penned a short contract with the Oklahoma City Thunder, but he started his professional career in the NBA D-League with the Oklahoma City Blue. He didn't finish the season with the Oklahoma City Blue since he suffered a season-ending injury in March 2016. In 24 games with the Oklahoma City Blue Wells averaged 12.7 points, 2.3 rebounds, and 1.9 assists per game.

Doxa Lefkadas sign Tony Woods

Doxa Lefkadas sign Tony Woods*. The 26 years old American center joined the newly promoted team of Lefkada and will continue to play basketball in Greece. Woods signed with Kifisia in 2013 after a season that revived his career, averaging 6.5 points and 4.2 rebounds per game in 26 games, he moved to Panionios. In August 2015 Woods joined Apollon Patras, and was the third top scorer of his team, averaging 8.54 points per game.

*Doxa Lefkadas canceled the contract offer, due to Woods not passing his medical tests (knee problem).

Doxa Lefkadas sign Justin Robinson

Doxa Lefkadas sign Justin Robinson. The 28 years old British guard will continue to play professional basketball in Greece with the newly promoted team of Lefkada. Robinson started his professional career with Marousi and has also played for Kolossos Rodou and Trikala. In the previous season Robinson was the second top scorer of Trikala, averaging 12.33 points per game.

Fotis Takianos continues with Doxa Lefkadas

Fotis Takianos continues with Doxa Lefkadas. The Greek coach will continue with Doxa Lefkadas, as the assistant coach of Charis Markopoulos. Takianos was the head coach of OFI BC for three years and became the head coach of Doxa Lefkadas in October 2015 when the coach Ziagkos left the team.