Apollon Patras sign Giorgos Diamantakos

Apollon Patras sign Giorgos Diamantakos. The 21 years old Greek center started his career from Spartiatikos and in 2012 he moved to Panathinaikos. In 2015 he moved to Turkey for Darüşşafaka and then went on loan to Kifisia. Apollon Patras had agreed terms with the player in November 2015, but due to transfer regulations this transfer was cancelled and the player moved to Croatia for GKK Šibenik.  He is a member of Greece U16, U18 and U20 national teams.

Diamantakos back to Kifisia cannot move to Apollon

Kifisia had agreed and Diamantakos moved to Apollon Patras but the transfer seems to stuck in transfers' rules. In Basket League Greece one team can give or accept only one player from another league team and Kifisia has already given Mavroeidis to AEK. The deal is stuck although Kifisia does not count on Diamantakos and Apollon is in need of the player.

Giorgos Diamantakos joins Apollon Patras

The young Greek center parted ways with Kifisia and will continue with Apollon Patras. Diamantakos debuted in Basket League with Panathinaikos against Apollon Patras and then signed for Darüşşafaka in Turkey. He started this season on loan to Kifisia but played only four minutes against Trikala (scoring 2 points). He is a member of the Greece U20 National Team.

Kifisia roster 2015-2016

Kifisia roster 2015-2016

Chatzinikolas Giannis
Gikas Nikos
Diamantakos Giorgos
Popovic Petar
Mavroeidis Dimitris
Kaselakis Leonidas
Chrysikopoulos Linos
Stiggers Jherrod
Hogue Dustin
Bristol Kervin
Spyridonidis Alexis
Frezier Chad
Dante Stiggers

Head Coach: Elias Papatheodorou

*Kifisia roster 2014-2015

Panathinaikos beat Korivos Amaliadas for Basket League twenty first day

Panathinaikos hosted and beat Korivos Amaliadas for Basket League Greece 2014-2015 twenty first day. Easy victory for Panathinaikos with another record for Dimitris Diamantidis. The captain became the all time best in rebounds in the professional league of Greece, surpassing his former teammate Tsartsaris. Lountzis, Bochoridis, Diamantakos and Charalampopoulos gained more experience. Gist was the top scorer of Panathinaikos with 13 points. Diamantakos collected 7 rebounds, Diamantidis served 4 assists. For Korivos Rawle Marshall had 13 points, Andreas Kanonidis had 12 points, Sasa Vasiljevic served 6 assists, Josh Magette served 6 assists and made 3 steals. Guille Rubio and Giorgos Galliotos collected 7 rebounds each. Tim Bowers and Nikos Pappas made 4 turnovers each.
Quarters' scores: 18-14, 39-29, 58-40, 79-64

Panathinaikos (Ivanovic): Charalampopoulos 8(1), Slaughter 10(2), Bochoridis 8(1), Fotsis, Nelson 6, Pappas 12(1), Diamantidis 4, Gist 13(1), Batista 1, Diamantakos 5, Lountzis 6, Lawal 6
Korivos Amaliadas (Markopoulos): Magette 9(1), Marshall 13, Giannakidis 5(1), Aggelopoulos, Papapetrou 5, Bowers 6, Vasiljevic, Kanonidis 12(2), Filippakos 2, Turner, Rubio 9(1), Galiotos 3.

Panathinaikos beat Panionios for Basket League ninth day

Panathinaikos hosted and beat Panionios for Basket League ninth day. In a game with 12.000 attendance, due to 1€ enctrance fee, Panathinaikos did not face any problems against Panionios. All players of Panathinaikos played and scored from Papagiannis to Charalampopoulos and Diamantakos. James Gist scored 19 points, Vlantimir Giankovits had 18 points and 7 rebounds, Janis Blums with 4 three pointers scored 12 points and Dimitris Diamantidis served 5 assists in 22 minutes. For Panionios only Tony Woods had 12 points, Yaroslav Korolev had 8 rebounds and 7 points, Luke Hancock had 8 points and 3 assists.
Quarter's scores: 30-18, 49-33, 74-47, 92-61

Panathinaikos (Ivanovic): Charalampopoulos 2, Slaughter 10(2), Bochoridis 3(1), Giankovits 18(2), Fotsis 8(1), Pappas 5(1), Diamantidis 6(1), Gist 19(1), Wright 5, Diamantakos 2, Blums 12(4), Papagiannis 2
Panionios (Alexandris): Xanthopoulos 2, Verginis 6, Koukoulas 4, Spyropoulos 6, Strnad, Bilis, Stamatis, Woods 12, Coleman 9, Korolev 7(1), Pruitt 5(1), Hancock 8.

Greece U20 beat Poland U20 for Roseto tournament

Greece U20 beat Poland U20 for Roseto degli Abruzzi friendly tournament with score 77-69. For Greece Paris Maragos was the top scorer with 17 points. Georgios Diamantakos made a double double with 14 points and 12 rebounds and Dimitris Siologkas had 14 points and 9 rebounds too.

Greece: Bochoridis 10, Liapis 7, Poulianitis, Spyridonidis 2, Fakopoulidis, Spyropoulos 4, Kamariotis, Kouzeloglou 7, Kamperidis 2, Siologkas 14, Diamantakos 14, Maragos 17.

In the second game Russia beat the hostess team Italy by 54-65. Dmitry Kulagin was the top scorer of Russia and the game with 11 points.

Italy: Marini 4, Basile, Cucco 5, Ikangi, Laquintana 9, Procacci, Bossi 10, Fontecchio 2, Candussi 8, Landi 6, Akele 2, De Vico 8.
Russia: Pylaev 2, Krechetov 4, Gankevich 2, Kulagin 11, Kanygin 2, Ilnitskiy 19, Martynov 4, Tkachenko 4, Babushkin 10, Desyatnikov 1, Annaev 5, Pershin 1.

Greece U20 beat Russia U20 in Roseto tournament

Greece U20 beat Russia U20, in Roseto degli Abruzzi friendly tournament, with score 53-55. For Russia Igor Kanygin had 13 points, Dmitry Kulagin had 11 points and Stanislav Ilnitskiy had 9 rebounds. For Greece Georgios Diamantakos scored 17 points and had 8 rebounds, Lefteris Bochoridis scored 11 points and had 2 assists and Michalis Kamperidis and Alexandros Spyridonidis had 7 points each.

RUSSIA: Pylaev, Krechetov, Gankevich 4, Kulagin 11, Kanygin 13, Ilnitskiy 3, Martynov 8, Kashin, Babushkin 6, Desyatnikov 3, Annaev 5, Pershin.
GREECE: Bochoridis 11, Liapis 5, Poulianitis, Spyridonidis 7, Spiropoulos 2, Kamariotis, Kouzeloglou, Kamperidis 7, Siologas 1, Dimantakos 17, Maragos 3.

In the second game Italy beat Poland with score 71-61. Landi had 11 points, Cucco and Candussi had 10 points each and La Quintana had 9 points. Akele had 7 points and 6 rebounds. For Poland Garbacz had 12 points and 5 rebounds, Szymkiewicz had 11 points and Grzelinski had 9 points.

ITALY: Cucci 4, Grande 4, Cucco 10, Ikangi 2, La Quintana 9, Pipitone 6, Turel 2, Peroni, Candussi 10, Landi 11, Akele 7, De Vico 6.
POLAND: Grzelinski 9, Schenk 2, Morawiec, Zegzula 7, Garbacz 12, Struski 3, Czerlenko 2, Radwanski 7, Szymkiewicz 11, Borowski 6, Patoka 2, Witlinski.

Roseto degli Abruzzi schedule and Greece U20 roster

Greece U20 young men team will participate in Roseto degli Abruzzi tournament. In the tournament besides Greece will also participate Russia, Poland and the hostess team Italy. The players of Olympiacos will not participate in the tournament as the team has withdrawn its players due to lack of full insurance

Roseto degli Abruzzi tournament schedule

Thursday 19/6
19.00 Russia - Greece 53-55
21.00 Italy - Poland 71-61
Friday 20/6
19.00 Greece - Poland 77-69
21.00 Italy - Russia 54-65
Saturday 21/6
19.00 Poland - Russia 68-71
21.00 Italy - Greece 72-75

The players of Greece U20 team are:

Giorgos Diamantakos 14.01.1995 2.16 Panathinaikos
Paris Maragos 19.01.1994 2.05 George Washington Univ.
Michalis Liapis 11.03.1995 1.90 PAOK
Alexandros Spyridonidis 03.02.1995 1.89 KAOD
Kostas Fakopoulidis 11.05.1995 1.90 Ilisiakos
Anastasios Spyropoulos 01.04.1995 2.04 Panionios
Thanos Kamariotis 26.04.1994 1.99 Ermis Lagada
Dimitris Siologkas 28.04.1994 2.02 Iraklis
Giannis Kouzeloglou 01.04.1995 2.04 Mantoulidis
Michalis Kamperidis 24.04.1994 2.00 Filathlitikos
Stelios Poulianitis 03.04.1995 1.90 Aris
Lefteris Bochoridis 18.04.1994 1.94 Aris

Coach: Kostas Missas
Assistant Coach: Giannis Eleftheriadis
Medical: Charis Voulgaropoulos
Physio: Thanasis Zamparas
Team captain: Kostas Nikakis

Greece U20 national team roster

Greece U20 men national team started practice for the forthcoming European Championship that will take place in Crete. The coach Kostas Missas has called the following players

Player, Year of birth, Height, Current Club
Kostas Gontikas, 1994, 2.05, NYU
Giorgos Diamantakos, 1995, 2.16, Panathinaikos
Michalis Kamperidis, 1994, 2.00, Filathlitikos
Giannis Karamolegos, 1994, 1.90, Arkadikos
Giannis Kouzeloglou, 1995, 2.04, Mantoulidis
Michalis Liapis, 1995, 1.90, PAOK
Paris Maragos, 1994, 2.05, George Washington University
Alexandros Mitsialos, 1994, 2.00, Iraklis
Lefteris Bochoridis, 1994, 1.94, Aris
Andreas Petropoulos, 1994, 1.96, Pagrati
Stelios Poulianitis, 1995, 1.90, Aris
Dimitris Siologas, 1994, 2.02, Iraklis
Diamantis Slaftsakis, 1994, 2.02, KAOD
Alexandros Spyridonidis, 1995, 1.89, KAOD 
Anastasios Spyropoulos, 1995, 2.04, Panionios

Three players of Olympiacos have also been called but didn't attend the first training.
Giannis Papapetrou, 1994, 2.03, Olympiacos
Andreas Christodoulou, 1995, 1.96, Olympiacos
Dimitris Agravanis, 1994, 2.08, Olympiacos

Panathinaikos young center Giorgos Diamantakos

Panathinaikos' young center Giorgos Diamantakos against Apollon Patras for Greek Basket League Play Offs round one. 9 points with one dunk, 3 rebounds and one block for the young Greek player.

Panathinaikos beat Apollon Patras for Greek League play offs round one

Panathinaikos beat Apollon Patras for Greek Basket League play offs round one. Panathinaikos scored 32 points in the first quarter and didn't let Apollon Patras hope to win the game. Panathinaikos' coach Fragiskos Alvertis used Vlantimir Giankovits and the young Giorgos Diamantakos who both were positive helping their team winning. Giankovits had 10 points, 6 rebounds and 4 assists. Giorgos Diamantakos had 9 points, 3 rebounds and 1 block. James Gist had 7 rebounds and 6 points. For Apollon Patras Jeremiah Wilson had 12 rebounds, 9 rebounds and Giannis Lianos had 16 points and 6 rebounds. Easy victory for Panathinaikos that also won more players in its rotating game.
Quarters' scores: 32-15, 43-28, 74-35, 88-61.

Panathinaikos: Bramos 7, Curry 9, Ukic 8, Lasme 8, Mavrokefalidis 9, Diamantidis 7, Gist 6, Pappas 3, Giankovits 10, Diamantakos 9, Maciulis 8, Wright 4.
Apollon Patras: Ross 3, Daniel 14, Wilson 9, Lianos 16, Oikonomopoulos, Petrovic 3, Molfetas, Niforas 4, Milutinovic 3, Hot 9.

21st Greek All Star Game Young players results

21st Greek All Star Game Young Players Results. Rising Stars team won Young Stars team although Giorgos Diamantakos making a double double with 15 points and 10 rebounds. In the three pointers contest there was a big surprise since Panagiotis Zanidakis, a student from local High School of Nea Kydonia, won the constest with 14 successful three pointers in the final against Lefteris Bochoridis and Vasilis Toliopoulos.
Vasilis Charalampopoulos of Panathinaikos won the dunk contest against Kostas Mitoglou of Aris in the final.

Rising Stars -Young Stars 82-77. 
RISING STARS (Manolopoulos- Mykoniatis): Bochoridis 10, Houhoumis, Toliopoulos 4, Christodoulou 8, Fakopoulidis 2, Skandalis 3(1), Bempis 5(1), Liapis 3, Mitoglou 8, Kottas 6, Charalampopoulos 5, Agravanis 20(1), Oikonomopoulos 3(1), Zanidakis.
YOUNG STARS (Marmarinos - Papahatzis ): Slaftsakis 4, Stamatis 11(2), Koniaris 3(1), Poulianitis 2, Rekouniotis 10, Papapetrou 17, Spyropoulos 2, Spyridonidis 7(1), Hatzinikolas 2, Diamantakos 15 (10 rebounds), Vezenkov 7(1), Persidis , Ksylakis 2.

Young players three pointers contest
Winner: Panagiotis Zanidakis (High School of Nea Kydonias Chanion) 14 3p
Runner Up: Lefteris Bochoridis (Aris) 13 3p.
Vasilis Toliopoulos (Ikaros Chalkidas)12 3p.

Young players dunk contest
Winner: Vasilis Charalampopoulos (Panathinaikos) 44/48 points
Runner Up: Kostas Mitoglou (Aris) 43/48 points

Panathinaikos defeated Aris for Greek League 20th day

Panathinaikos hosted defeated Aris for Greek Basket League 20th day. This was the 17th consecutive victory of Panathinaikos against Aris for the Greek Basket League. Aris was competitive only for one quarter when the team from Thessaloniki was leading the score by 10-14. Aris was poor in three pointers with 2/14 and collected 11 rebounds less than Panathinaikos. Zack Wright was the top scorer of Panathinaikos with 15 points. All twelve players available were used in the game by coach Argyris Pedoulakis, including the young Greek players Vasilis Charalampopoulos and Giorgos Diamantakos. For Aris Alexander Vezenkov was the top player with 13 points and 6 rebounds.
Quarters' scores: 20-16, 44-28, 60-40, 71-59.

Panathinaikos: Charalampopoulos, Bramos 6, Fotsis 6, Ukic 11, Mavrokefalidis 10, Diamantidis 3, Gist 4, Pappas 5,  Giankovits 9, Diamantakos, Maciulis 2, Wright 15.
Aris: Bochoridis, Gikas 2, Asimakopoulos 7, Poulianitis, Charisis 6, Laretzakis, Vezenkov 13, Sarikopoulos 12, Mourtos 8, Athinaiou 7, Mitoglou 4.

Panathinaikos BC roster 2013-2014

Panathinaikos president Dimitris Giannakopoulos announced that Panathinaikos' roster for the season 2013-2014 is complete. (Update with Batiste addition, Skordilis dismiss, Apostolidis and Zack Wright addition)

Currently the team has 16 players. 

#6 Bramos Michael 

#7 Ramel Curry 

#8 Batiste Michael

#9 Fotsis Antonis 

#10 Ukić Roko 

#11 Lasme Stephane
#12 Mavrokefalidis Loukas

#13 Diamantidis Dimitris 

#14 Gist James

#15 Pappas Nikos

#16 Giankovits Vlantimir

#18 Mačiulis Jonas

 #18 Charalampopoulos Vassilis

# Diamantakos Georgios

# Ping Shang
# Apostolidis Giorgos
#Zack Wright

Average age is 27, the youngest player is Vassilis Charalampopoulos aged 16 and oldest is Mike Batiste aged 35, followed by the captain Dimitris Diamantidis aged 33 (same age with Ramel Curry).

The American point guard Curry is the shortest with a height of 1.92m / 6ft 4in, while the tallest is the young center Georgios Diamantakos with a height of 2.14m / 7ft

Panathinaikos' roster is a mixture of six nationalities that come from four different continents. Six players are from Greece, three from USA, one from Croatia, one from Lithuania, one from Gabon and one from China.

Panathinaikos signed 6 new players, 4 Greeks, one Chinese and one American, while the team released 5 players, 4 Greeks and one American. Kostas Tsartsaris retired, Antonis Fotsis returned after a year in Olimpia Milano and Mike Batiste after a year in Turkey and Fenerbahce Ulker. Giankovits and Pappas both acquired from Panionios BC, both young promising Greek players.

Head coach Argyris Pedoulakis named as "Coach of the Year" for the Greek Basketball League for third time (2001, 2003, 2013), reaching Željko Obradović who also has won the award three times.

All Greek Basketball League 2013-2014 team rosters here.