Giorgos Dedas retires and joins AEK technical crew

Giorgos Dedas retires and joins AEK technical crew. The 36 years old Greek forward announced that he retires from professional basketball and will start his coaching career with AEK and coach Jurij Zdovc. Coach started his career with MENT and had also played for Iraklis, Breogan Lugo, Beirasar Rosalia, Caceres, PAOK and Rethymno. In Iraklis Dedas had worked with coach Zdovc, who has also worked with George's brother Stefanos.

PAOK beat Korivos Amaliadas for Basket League fourth day

PAOK hosted and beat Korivos Amaliadas for Basket League fourth day. It was the first game of the Basket League Greece that a father and a son, Soulis and Charis Markopoulos, played against each other as head coaches of the two opponents. The faher had previously won the son in a friendly game for the Patras Cup and he repeated the same for the Basket League. For the winners Apollon Tsochlas had 17 points, Giorgos Dedas had 16 points and Julian Vaughn had 11 points. For Korivos Amaliadas Rob Lowery had 18 points, Dwayne Davis had 14 points and Sasa Vasiljevic had 12 points.
Quarters' scores: 22-16, 46-32, 59-52, 84-71

PAOK (S. Markopoulos): Langford 7, Liapis 3(1), Charalampidis  5(1), Carter 9(1), Kakaroudis 3 (1), Tsochlas 17 (3), Dedas 16 (4), Kottas, Odum 2, Vaughn 11, Saloustros 11
Korivos Amaliadas (Ch. Markopoulos): Magette 3, Lowery 18, Gianakidis, Angelopoulos 2, Papapetrou, Davis 14 (1), Vasiljevic 12 (1), Kanonidis 7 (1), Filippakos, Garret 8, Dmivtriev 3 (1), Galiotos 4.

PAOK beat Korivos Amalidas for Patras Cup

PAOK beat Korivos Amalidas for Patras Cup. Soulis Markopoulos beat his son Haris Markopoulos in the coach fight. 
Quarters' scores: 19-18, 34-30, 58-41, 78-56

PAOK (Soulis Markopoulos): Saloustros 6 (2), Carter 13 (1), Odum 3 (1), Liapis 6 (1), Kakaroudis 15 (1), Tsochlas 2, Dedas 11 (3), Kottas 7, Margaritis 7, Langford 3 (1), Vaughn 5.
Korivos Amaliadas (Haris Markopoulos): Maggette 14 (3), Giannakidis 3 (1), Angelopoulos 15 (2), Kontogiorgis 1, Kanonidis 11, Filippakos 9, Galiotos 4, Fournopoulos, Vardakastanis, Archimandritis, Batis.

PAOK BC roster 2014-2015

PAOK BC roster 2014-2015

Kevin Langford
Jake Odum
Marc Carter
Julian Vaughn
Kostas Kakaroudis
Giorgos Dedas
Kostas Charalampidis
Christos Saloustros
Thomas Kottas
Apollon Tsochlas
Goran Vučićević
Vangelis Margaritis
Michalis Liapis
Theodoros Psychidis
Edi Sinadinović

Coach: Soulis Markopoulos

*On December 6th PAOK signed JR Bremer.
*In February 2015 JR Bremer left PAOK.
*In February 2015 PAOK signed Edi Sinadinović.

Charalampidis and Dedas renew with PAOK

Kostas Charalampidis and Giorgos Dedas renewed their contracts with PAOK BC for two more years.

Χαραλαμπίδης και Δέδας υπέγραψαν τα συμβόλαιά τους http://t.co/n7CC704I3N pic.twitter.com/RNARKjGwbF
— PAOK BC the official (@PAOKbasketball) August 21, 2014

Giorgos Dedas renews with PAOK BC

Giorgos Dedas renewed his contract with PAOK BC for two more years. Dedas played 26 games in the regular season and 9 games in the play offs of the Basket League Greece 2013-2014 and had 5.94 points in average and 43% accuracy in three pointers.

KAOD beat PAOK for Greek League 21st day

KAOD hosted and beat PAOK for Greek Basket League 21st day. KAOD had won all three home games against PAOK in the previous three seasons and PAOK had won all four games in Thessaloniki, making it a couple where the home teams always win. KAOD was leading the score in the first half since PAOK had 1/10 three pointers and home team only 2 turnovers. PAOK improved in the second half, lowered the difference in the third quarter and balanced the game in the end so the game went to extra time. In the extra time PAOK started with a 4-0 run but KAOD replied with a 9-0 run and lead the score till the end. PAOK was really bad at three pointers with only 3/20 while KAOD had 11/26. For PAOK Vangelis Margaritis was the top scorer with 15 points (4/4 field goals, 7/7 free throws), 6 rebounds and 3 steals. Giorgos Dedas and Mark Payne had 12 points each, Giorgos Bogris and Kostas Charalampidis 10 points each. DJ Cooper had 8 points, 5 rebounds and 8 assists but also 0/6 three pointers and 4 turnovers. For KAOD J'Covan Brown had 24 points, 7 rebounds and 5 assists. Nikola Marković had only 4 points but also 12 rebounds and 4 assists.
Quarters' scores: 22-18, 43-25, 61-58, 74-74. Extra time: 90-85.

KAOD: Slaftsakis 6, Jones 14, Stiggers 13, Brown 24, Vaughn 10, Markovic 4, Spyridonidis, Bavčić 14, Zaras 3, Benas 2, Kolovis.
PAOK: Payne 12, Cooper 8, Charalampidis 10, Tsochlas 6, Vucicevic, Tsairelis 7, Dedas 12, Margaritis 15, Kalles 2, Bogris 10, Kaselakis 3, Liapis.

21st Greek All Star Game results

21st Greek All Star Game results. 

Wheelchair Basketball Game
Nikos Kazantzakis team - Nikos Ksylouris team 47-60
MVP of the Game: Angelos Dimpitouzis (Megas Alexandros 94, Nikos Ksylouris team)
Three pointers contest winner: Atnan Hamadi (Dodekanesos, Nikos Ksylouris team)

Greek Stars - Rest of the World 123-122
Quarters' scores: 33-36, 68-70, 98-101, 123-122
Greek Stars (Markopoulos - Kalafatakis):Mantzaris , Pappas24 (6), Bramos 18, Athinaiou 17(5), Perperoglou, Fotsis 7(1), Printezis, Mavrokefalidis 15, Diamantidis 5(1), Tsiarelis 12(2), Kavvadas 8, Bogris 17.
Rest of the World (Bartzokas -Sfairopoulos): McCollum 14(4), Brown 11(3), Ewing 16, Cooper 6(11 assists), Maciulis 12, Lojeski13(3), Aska 2, Dunston 2, Lasme 17(3), Gist 2, Stephens 19(1), Hurtt 18(2).

MVP of the game: Nikos Pappas (Panathinaikos, Greek Stars) 

Dunk Contest
Winner: Kenny Gabriel (Rethymno Aegean)
Runner up: DJ Stephens (Ilisiakos)

Three pointers Contest
Winner: Saša Vasiljević (Nea Kifisia)
Runer up: Giorgos Dedas (PAOK)

Photos from players' and teams' tweets:

End of WheelChair Basketball All Star Game! Congrats to all pic.twitter.com/sWWNNrtMog
— Christos Lazarou (@ChristosLazarou) March 9, 2014

Selfie me Agorinooo #AllStarGame #kleo pic.twitter.com/JJSBTkzcz5
— John Sinis (@Jsinis31) March 9, 2014

The best family!!!! (Pappas was giving an interview at the same time with the MVP trophy) pic.twitter.com/PUAH39S0gu
— Panathinaikos BC (@paobcgr) March 9, 2014

PAOK defeated Rethymno Aegean for Greek League 16th day

PAOK hosted and defeated Rethymno Aegean for Greek Basket League 16th day. Rethymno Aegean started the game more offensive than PAOK and with Kalampokis, Koumpouras and Wright took the lead. PAOK managed to counter attack and took the lead for the rest of the game. PAOK was better in three pointers, 11/20 while Rethymno Aegean had only 6/19. Giorgos Bogris had 15 points and 7 rebounds, Mark Payne 12 points, 7 rebounds and 3 assists, and DJ Cooper 7 points and 5 assists. For Rethymno Aegean Derek Wright scored 31 points, Giannis Kalampokis 21 points and Callistus Eziukwu 20 points.

Quarters' scores: 16-23, 45-41, 73-58, 97-90.

PAOK: Payne 12, Cooper 7, Charalampidis 9, Tsochlas 5, Vucicevic, Tsairelis 11, Dedas 13, Margaritis 13, Kalles 2, Bogris 15, Kaselakis 10, Liapis.

Rethymno Aegean: Hurtt 9, Kallinikidis, Koumpouras 5, Aggelopoulos, Wright 31, Kalampokis 21, Kanonidis 2, Sinis, Latovic, Eziukwu 20, Drca, Gabriel 2.

Kolossos Rodou defeated PAOK for Greek League 14th day

Kolossos Rodou hosted and defeated PAOK for Greek Basket League 14th day. PAOK was ahead by one point in the first two quarters. Tight game with low score. In the second half Kolossos Rodou made an 8-0 run and took the lead of the game. PAOK scored only 8 points in the crucial third quarter and didn't manage to change much in the last quarter. With only 2/19 three pointers and 16 turnovers PAOK had a bad game and couldn't expect more. For Kolossos Rodou Papantoniou had 15 points, Bambale Osby 14 points and 8 rebounds. For PAOK Michalis Tsairelis and Mark Payne scored 11 points each and Giorgos Dedas added 10 more. DJ Cooper had 7 rebounds, 8 assists and 4 points.

Quarters' scores: 12-13, 29-30, 48-38, 62-49.

Kolossos Rodou: Papantoniou 15, Car, Georgalis 4, Kommatos, Smith 2, Stefanidis 7, Simpson 8, Tsamis 6, Osby 14, Kapelan, Danas, Nadjfeji 6.

PAOK: Payne 11, Cooper 4, Charalampidis 2, Tsochlas, Vucicevic, Tsairelis 11, Dedas 10, Margaritis 3, Bogris 8, Kaselakis, Liapis, Koniaris.

PAOK lost by Nizhny Novgorod for Eurocup

PAOK hosted Nizhny Novgorod for Eurocup. The Greek team had lost in the first game, after a very long and tiring trip to Russia, but lost the second game too. PAOK was leading the game only in the first quarter but the Nizhny Novgorod with a counter attack in the second quarter took the lead and kept it until the end. Semen Antonov finished the game with a double double, 14 points and 11 rebounds. For PAOK Giorgos Dedas was the top scorer of the game. PAOK didn't have a motive for the game since it has already been disqualified from the next round.

Quarters' scores: 21-13, 24-29, 39-46, 52-60.

PAOK: Cooper 6, Charalampidis 6, Tsochlas , Vucicevic 2, Tsairelis 10, Dedas 11, Margaritis 5, Bogris 7, Kaselakis 3, Liapis, Koniaris 2, Kottas.
Nizhny Novgorod: Baburin 9, Babbitt , Brezec 16, Ilev 4, Antonov 14, Khostov 9, Panin, Thomson, Savelyev 1, Paul 7.