Williams and Hunter parted ways with Panathinaikos

Williams and Hunter parted ways with Panathinaikos. The Americans joined Panathinaikos for Euroleague Top 16 and Basket League Play Offs. Elliot Williams made a great beginning with the team but played less with coach Pedoulakis. Williams played 6 games in the regular season and 11 for the plays offs, averaging 11.5 points, 2 rebounds, 1.8 assists in 21 minutes per game.
Hunter played 5 games in the regular season and 9 for the play offs, averaging 2.86 points, 3.29 rebounds in 9 minutes per game.

Both players left the team with a message on instagram about the fans.

Want to thank all of the fans and supporters for an unbelievable first experience in Europe. The passion here in Greece for basketball is unreal. Looking forward to big things in the future #PAO

A photo posted by Elliot Williams (@_ewill901) on Jun 1, 2016 at 10:52am PDT

hunter

Rookie season, what ah year. Couldn't of asked for a better situation coming out here to Athens, it was a honor playing for the fans, and this team. #pao #loveAthens

A photo posted by Vince Hunter (@2easy32) on Jun 1, 2016 at 11:53am PDT

Panathinaikos fired Sasa Djordjevic

Panathinaikos fired Sasa Djordjevic. The Serbian coach was released by the Greens after the third defeat by Laboral Kutxa for the Euroleague 2015-2016 Play Offs. Djordjevic agreed terms with Panathinaikos in June 2015 with the goal to bring back the team to the Euroleague Final Four.
Panathinaikos finished second in the Basket League 2015-2016 regular season, did not manage to qualify in the Euroleague 2015-2016 Final Four and only won the Greek Cup. Besides the Serbian coach, some of his preferred players like Kuzmic and Pavlovic will probably won't continue with Panathinaikos.

Euroleague 2015-2016 Playoffs Game 1 results

Euroleague 2015-2016 Playoffs Game 1 results

Laboral Kutxa - Panathinaikos 86-68
Quarters' scores: 18-16, 39-28, 64-49, 84-68
Laboral: James 11 (2), Planinic 7, Hanga 10 (2), Bourousis 15 (1), Blazic 7 (2), Diop Il., Tillie 7 (1), Adams 20 (4), Corbacho 2, Bertans 5 (1)
Panathinaikos: Haynes 11 (2), Pavlovic 2, Jankovic, Fotsis 2, Raduljica 21, Feldeine 2, Diamantidis, Gist 7, Calathes 5, Kuzmic 4, Williams 7 (1), Hunter 7.
Quick stats: Diamantidis 0/5 FG, Panathinaikos 3/19 3p, Calathes 11 assists, Raduljica 8/13 FG.

Euroleague 2015-2016 Top 16 round 12 results

Euroleague 2015-2016 Top 16 round 12 results

Darussafaka Dogus Istanbul - Panathinaikos 84-86
Quarters' scores: 30-22, 42-40, 63-65, 84-86
Darussafaka: Wilbekin 13, Yagmur 3, Redding 6, Erden 18, Markoishvilli 12, Aldemir, Gordon 9, Arslan, Slaughter 3, Harangody 3, Bjelica 6, Preldzic 11.
Panathinaikos: Haynes 5, Pavlovic, Fotsis 3, Raduljica 21, Feldeine 12, Diamantidis 8, Gist 10, Calathes 1, Williams 19, Hunter 7.
Quick stats: Williams 10/10 FT+7 fouls won, Raduljica 9/12 FG.

Olympiacos - Real Madrid 99-84
Quarters' scores: 23-17, 53-33, 73-54, 99-84
Olympiacos: Odom 3, Hunter 5, Papapetrou 7, Spanoulis 18, Strawberry 5, Milutinov 4, Printezis 17, Mantzaris 19, Warrick 8, Hackett 5, Papanikolaou 8.
Real: Rivers 17, Fernadez, Nochioni 9, Masiulic 6, Reyes 6, Rodriguez 11, Ayon 7, Carroll 11, Lima, Llull 17, Taylor.
Quick stats: Spanoulis 12/16 FT, Mantzaris 6/6 3p.

Euroleague 2015-2016 Top 16 round 9 results

Euroleague 2015-2016 Top 16 round 9 results. 

Unicaja Malaga - Panathinaikos 58-76
Quarters' scores: 7-26, 27-42, 46-64, 58-76
Malaga: Jackson 13 (3), Diaz, Hendrix 3, Thomas 2, Diez 4, Suarez 4, Vazquez 4, Kuzminskas 15 (3), Nelson 7 (1), Cooley 6.
Panathinaikos: Haynes 5 (1), Pavlovic 9 (1), Jankovic, Fotsis 5 (1), Raduljica 12, Diamantidis 5 (1), Gist 10, Calathes 10, Kuzmic 4, Williams 16.
Quick stats: Malaga 3 steals, Gist 4 steals, Calathes 10 assists+4 steals, Williams 7/11 2FG.

James Feldeine renews with Panathinaikos

James Feldeine renews with Panathinaikos. The 28 years old American Dominican guard signed a contract with Panathinaikos in August 2015 but his performance made the team renew early his contract until the summer of 2018.
Feldeine averages 9.9 points, 2.4 rebounds, 2.4 assists in 29 minutes per game in Euroleague 2015-2016 and 12.7 points, 2.8 assists and 2.3 rebounds in Basket League Greece 2015-2016. 

Euroleague 2015-2016 Top 16 round 8 results

Euroleague 2015-2016 Top 16 round 8 results

Panathinaikos - Fenerbahce 76-71
Quarters' scores: 15-20, 36-36, 55-53, 76-71
Panathinaikos: Haynes 6, Jankovic, Fotsis 6 (2), Raduljica 13, Feldeine 8 (2), Diamantidis 6 (2), Gist 8, Calathes 9, Kuzmic 6, Williams 14.
Fenerbahce: Hickman, Hersek, Udoh 19, Mahmutoglu 6 (2), Bogdanovic 9 (3), Vesely 12, Kalinic 2, Dixon 16 (2), Datome 7 (1).

Barcelona - Olympiacos 82-66
Quarters' scores: 19-19, 45-31, 71-47, 82-66
Barcelona: Doellman, Dorsey 12, Ribas 6, Navarro 13, Satoransky 14, Samuels 11, Oleson 5, Arroyo 2, Perperoglou 16 (3), Tomic 3.
Olympiacos: Odom 3, Hunter 5, Papapetrou 4, Spanoulis 11, Strawberry 3, Milutinov 2, Printezis 12, Agravanis 9, Mantzaris, Hackett 16, Papanikolaou 1, Athinaiou.

Olympiacos signed Hakim Warrick

Olympiacos signed Hakim Warrick. The 33 years old American forward graduated from Syracuse where he played four years (2001-2005) with the Syracuse Orange. He was selected by the Memphis Grizzlies in the 19th place overall of the first round of the 2005 NBA draft.
Warrick played fours years for the Memphis Grizzlies (2005-2009) and one year with the Milwaukee Bucks (2009-2010). He then played two seasons for the Chicago Bulls, moved to Phoenix Suns, New Orleans Hornets and Charlotte Bobcats, which was the last team he played in the NBA as he was traded to the  to the Orlando Magic.
Warrick averaged 9.4 points and 4.0 rebounds in 526 NBA regular season games over eight seasons.

After NBA Warrick continued in China for the Flying Leopards, Turkey for the Torku Konyaspor, and he started this season in Australia for the Melbourne United, where he averaged 14.2 points and 6 rebounds in 23 Australian League games this season.

Panathinaikos signed Vince Hunter

Panathinaikos signed Vincent Shamar "Vince" Hunter. The 21 years old American forward/center played for two years in the NCAA Division I with UTEP Miners and in the April 2015 he declared for the NBA Draft. Hunter went undrafted in the 2015 NBA Draft and joined the Philadelphia 76ers for the 2015 Las Vegas Summer League and later he agreed to terms with Sacramento Kings where he played in one preseason game.
Hunter started this season in the NBA D-League with Reno Bighorns and he was named in the West All-Star team for the 2016 NBA D-League All-Star Game. In 32 games with the Reno Bighorns Hunter averaged 21.8 points and 11.3 rebounds per game.

Euroleague 2015-2016 Top 16 7th round results

Euroleague 2015-2016 Top 16 7th round results.

CSKA Moscow - Olympiacos 92-85
Quarters' scores: 18-15, 41-33, 66-61, 92-85
CSKA: De Colo 19, Kulagin, Teodosic 21, Fridzon 3, Nichols, Jackson 3, Freeland 8, Vorontsevich 1, Higgins 12, Khryapa 4, Kurbanov 11, Hines 10.
Olympiacos: Hunter 15, Papapetrou, Spanoulis 15, Strawberry 9, Milutinov, Printezis 19, Mantzaris, Hackette 17, Lojeski 10.

Panathinaikos - Anadolu Efes 83-78
Quarters' scores: 17-20, 36-35, 64-59, 83-78
Panathinaikos: Pavlovic 9, Bochoridis 2, Jankovic 7, Fotsis 7, Raduljica 23, Feldeine 10, Diamantidis, Gist 11, Calathes 12, Kuzmic 2
Efes: Tyus 2, Balbay, Brown 16, Osman 4, Batuk 2, Saric 18, Korkmaz, Granger 11, Heurtel 15, Diebler 2, Dunston 6, Duverioglou 2.

Euroleague 2015-2016 Top 16 round 6 results

Euroleague 2015-2016 Top 16 round 6 results.

Cedevita Zagreb - Panathinaikos 60-78
Quarters' scores: 13-18, 22-39, 36-60, 60-78
Cedevita: Pullen 5, White 4, Katic 2, Pilepic 16, Zganec 8, Walker 7, Musa, Bilan 9, Mazalin 7, Gordic, Arapovic 2.
Panathinaikos: Pavlovic 6, Bochoridis, Jankovic 4, Fotsis 6, Raduljica 21, Feldeine 8, Diamantidis 3, Gist 10, Calathes 10, Papagiannis 2, Kuzmic 8.
Quick stats: Panathinaikos 4 off.rebounds, Calathes 10 assists, Raduljica 9/11 FG+3/3 FT, Fotsis 7 rebounds, Gist 7 rebounds.

Olympiacos - Khimki 89-77
Quarters' scores: 20-24, 38-43, 62-60, 89-77
Olympiacos: Johnson-Odom 5, Hunter 10, Papapetrou 4, Spanoulis 14, Strawberry 5, Milutinov 2, Printezis 30, Mantzaris, Hackette 14, Lojeski 5.
Khimki: Rice 14, Shved 11, Dragic 11, Augustine 13, Koponen, Vyaltsev 7, Sokolov 3, Monia 12, Todorovic 1, Honeycutt 5.
Quick stats: Printezis 9/13 2p+3/5 3p+3/3 FT+9 rebounds, Hunter 10 rebounds.

Panathinaikos signed MarQuez Haynes

Panathinaikos signed Keith MarQuez Haynes. The 29 years old Georgian - American guard was playing in Italy for Dinamo Sassari. Haynes played in college for Boston College and graduated from Texas Arlington. He started his professional career in France for Chalon-sur-Saone, continued in Spain for Gran Canaria, in Germany for Artland Dragons and in Italy for Olimpia Milano and Mens Sana Siena. In 2014-15 he moved to Israel for Maccabi Tel Aviv and started this season in Italy for Dinamo Sassari where he averaged 13 points and 3.2 assists in Euroleague. Haynes holds a Georgian passport and is member of the national team of Georgia.

Shawn James parted ways with Olympiacos

Shawn James parted ways with Olympiacos. The 32 years old American center agreed terms with Olympiacos in early December in order to replace the injured Patrick Young. After having played 5 games in the Euroleague and 5 games in the Basket League Greece, averaging 3.4 points/1.6 rebounds and 4.4 points/2.6 rebounds respectively, the player asked to leave the team.

Euroleague 2015-2016 Top 16 round 4

Euroleague 2015-2016 Top 16 round 4

Lokomotiv Kuban - Panathinaikos 76-67
Quarters' scores: 22-22, 38-39, 53-51, 76-67
Lokomotiv: Delaney 14, Singleton 4, Randolph 11, Draper 20 (6), Claver 4, Kolyushkin 4, Voronov 6, Zubkov 9, Broekhoff 8
Panathinaikos: Pavlovic 1, Jankovic 12, Fotsis 12 (3), Raduljica 11, Feldeine 13, Diamantidis 7, Gist 5, Calathes 4.

Zalgiris Kaunas - Olympiacos 75-55
Quarters' scores: 17-18, 33-27, 53-45, 75-55
Zalgiris: Vene, Lekavicius 7, Pocius 2, Kalnietis 2, Seibutis 11 (1), Motum 9, Jankunas 18, Vougioukas 13, Sajus, Hanlan 2, Ulanovas 11 (1)
Olympiacos: Odom 11 (1), Hunter 8, Papapetrou 5(1), Spanoulis 6, Strawberry 3 (1), Milutinov 4, Printezis 7 (1), Agravanis, Mantzaris 4 (1), Hackette 7, Athinaiou.

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.

Euroleague 2015-2016 Top 16 round 3

Euroleague 2015-2016 Top 16 round 3

Panathinaikos - Crvena Zvezda 63-74
Quarters' scores: 14-16- 34-38, 48-54, 63-74
Panathinaikos: Pavlovic, Yankovic 3, Fotsis, Raduljica 12, Feldeine 12 (1), Diamantidis 5, Gist 15, Calathes 7, Papagiannis 4, Kuzmic 5.
Crvena Zvezda: Kinsey 9, Dangubic 6, Lazic 11 (2), Micic 5, Simonovic 5, Guduric 2, Jovic 9 (3), Miller 4, Zirbes 12, Stimac 11.

Olympiacos - Bamberg 72-77
Quarters' scores: 10-18, 26-39, 47-59, 72-77
Olympiacos: Odom 5 (1), James 2, Hunter 2, Papapetrou 10 (1), Spanoulis 11 (1), Strawberry 15 (2), Milutinov, Printezis 10 (1), Agravanis 2, Mantzaris 2, Hackette 10(2), Athinaiou 3(1)
Bamberg: Melli 7, Zisis 4, Theis 2, Wanamaker 8 (1), Strelnieks 15 (4), Miller 23 (4), Heckmann 4, Radosevic 14.

Fenerbahce beat Panathinaikos for Euroleague Top 16 Round One

Fenerbahce hosted and beat Panathinaikos for Euroleague 2015-2016 Top 16 Round One. Panathinaikos was not good at the first quarter, then managed to balance the game in the second quarter but then Diamantidis got a light injury and left the game. Without Diamantidis Panathinaikos seemed to lack that something that could help the team steal the game at the end.

Fenerbahce - Panathinaikos 82-75
Quarters' scores: 28-18, 46-43, 62-58, 82-75
Fenerbahce (Obradovic): Hickman 2, Udoh 16, Andic 12 (3), Bogdanovic 12 (2), Sloukas 4, Vesely 12, Kalinic, Dixon 9, Datome 15 (2).
Panathinaikos (Djordjevic): Pavlovic 10, Yaknovic 8 (2), Fotsis 6 (2), Raduljica 14, Pappas 6, Feldeine, Diamantidis 5 (1), Gist 14 (3), Calathes 9 (1), Kuzmic 3.
Quick stats: Sloukas 0/6 FG, Feldeine 0/7 FG, Calathes 6 turnovers, Udoh 7 rebounds, Fotsis 2/2 FG + 6 rebounds.

Olympiacos beat Barcelona for Euroleague Top 16 round 1

Olympiacos hosted and beat Barcelona for Euroleague Top 16 round 1.

Olympiacos - Barcelona 74-62
Quarters' scores: 14-14, 39-26, 56-40, 74-62
Olympiacos: James 6, Hunter 10, Papapetrou 8 (1), Spanoulis 11 (1), Strawberry 8 (1), Milutinov 2, Printezis 7, Agravanis 6 (2), Mantzaris 6 (2), Hackette 8 (2), Athinaiou 2.
Barcelona: Doellman 4, Ribas 8 (2), Lawal, Abrines 3 (1), Navarro 1, Satoransky 12 (1), Vezenkov 3 (1), Erickson, Samuels 7, Oleson 5 (1), Perperoglou 3 (1), Tomic 16.
Quick stats: Spanoulis 9 assists, Papapetrou 7 rebounds, Navarro 0/5 FG, Ribas 8 assists, Samuels 1/6 FG + 5/10 FT.

Olympiacos signed Darius Johnson Odom

Olympiacos signed Darius Johnson Odom. The 26 years old American guard parted ways with Trabzonspor and will continue the season in Greece and Euroleague with Olympiacos. Johnson-Odom was selected 55th overall in the 2012 NBA draft by the Dallas Mavericks, but moved to Los Angeles Lakers and played mainly for the Los Angeles D-Fenders in the NBA D-League.
In 2013 he played some games for Spartak St. Petersburg in Russia and for Sichuan Blue Whales in China. In 2014 he played some games for Springfield Armor and signed a 10 days contract with  Philadelphia 76ers but he did not play. His first full season was 2014-2015 with Pallacanestro Cantù and he started this season in Turkey with Trabzonspor. In Turkey he averaged 11.2 points and 3.5 assists and in Eurocup he averaged 7.6 points. Odom played two games against Aris for Eurocup, scoring 11 points in the home win and 13 points in the road defeat.

One more player in Euro league top 16! Darius Johnson Odom moved from Trabzonspor to Olympiacos!

— Misko4Raznatovic (@MiskoRaznatovic) December 28, 2015

Euroleague 2015-2016 ninth day results.

Euroleague 2015-2016 ninth day results.

Olympiacos beat Limoges in France, like in Greece for the fourth day game, even without Young, Spanoulis, Lojeski, but with James Shawn in his first game with the reds in Euroleague. Again Limoges was bad at three pointers and Mantzaris scored more than ten points.

Limoges CSP - Olympiacos 67-76
Quarters' scores: 15-20, 36-46, 48-65, 67-76
Limoges: Schaffartzik 5 (1), Wojciechowski 2, Daniels 10, Gatens 8 (2), Westermann 14 (2), Payne 2, Camara 6, Boungou-Colo 2, Traore 14, Zerbo 4.
Olympiacos: James, Hunter 6, Papapetrou 11 (2), Strawberry 9 (1), Tsairelis 4, Milutinov 4, Mouratos, Printezis 13 (1), Agravanis, Mantzaris 12 (2), Hackette 9 (2), Athinaiou 8 (2).
Quick stats: Westermann 5 assists, Traore 6 rebounds, Athinaiou 5 assists, Olympiacos 10/22 3p, Limoges 5/18 3p.

Panathinaikos - Zielona Gora 82-51
Quarters' scores: 26-23, 47-33, 67-47, 82-51.
Panathinaikos: Pavlovic 2, Charalampopoulos, Yankovic 10, Fotsis 9, Raduljica 6, Feldeine 8, Diamantidis 6, Gist 14, Calathes 18, Papagiannis 1, Kuzmic 8.
Zielona Gora: Bost 5, Reynolds 8, Szewczyk 6, Ponitka Mar. 2, Ponitka Mat. 11, Gruszecki, Hrycaniuk 5, Zamojski 3, Borovnjak 3, Koszarek 8.
Quick stats: Panathinaikos 12/22 FT, Calathes 7/8 FG + 7 assists + 3 steals, Kuzmic 9 rebounds, Jankovic 4/5 FG + 5 rebounds, Borovnjak 1/10 FG, Gruszecki 0/6 FG.