Panathinaikos signed Ioannis Papapetrou

Panathinaikos signed Ioannis Papapetrou. The 24-year-old Greek forward penned a three-year contract with the Greek champions. In 2012, Papapetrou joined the Texas Longhorns men's basketball team of the University of Texas, and one year later he started his professional career with Olympiacos. Papapetrou played five seasons with Olympiacos. In his last season, he averaged 8.9 points and 4.5 assists for the domestic league and 6.8 points and 3.6 rebounds for the Euroleague. Papapetrou was a member of all Greek junior national teams and he is a member of the senior Greek national basketball team. 

Olympiacos beat Rethymno Aegean for Greek League 19th day

Olympiacos hosted and smashed Rethymno Aegean for Greek Basket League 19th day. After the defeat by Panathinaikos Olympiacos played against a team that does not play tight defense. With 7 players having double digit points Olympiacos reached 105 points with ease. Bryant Dunston with 18 points was the top scorer of Olympiacos and Justin Hurtt with 21 points the top scorer of Rethymno Aegean. Damir Latovic had 20 points and 9 rebounds. Kenny Gabriel had 6 points and 7 rebounds but also an injury in the game. Mantzaris also got injured in the game. With 10/21 three pointers, 10 turnovers and 37 rebounds Olympiacos had a very good game.
Quarters' scores: 30-19, 50-34, 72-50, 105-64.

Olympiacos: Moon 15, Dunston 18, Spanoulis 10, Papapetrou 12, Sloukas 5, Collins 4, Simmons 13, Lojeski 10, Begic 2, Printezis 14, Mantzaris, Katsivelis 2.
Rethymno Aegean: Hurtt 21, Kallinikidis, Koumpouras 7, Aggelopoulos 3, Wright 3, Antonopoulos, Kanonidis, Sinis, Latovic 20, Eziukwu 4, Drca, Gabriel 6.

Olympiacos beat Kolossos Rodou for Greek League 17th day

Olympiacos beat Kolossos Rodou for Greek Basket League 17th day. Olympiacos didn't face problems against Kolossos Rodou. Spanoulis scored 13 points with Papapetrou, Perperoglou and Moon having two digits score too. For Kolossos Rodou Taylor Smith made a double double with 15 points and 12 rebounds but only Nontas Papantoniou with 10 points and Bambale Osby with 6 points and 6 rebounds had a noticeable performance.
Quarters' scores: 18-16, 39-30, 60-45, 77-68.

Olympiacos: Moon 11, Dunston 5, Spanoulis 13, Perperoglou 11, Papapetrou 12, Sloukas 2, Collins 4, Simmons 7, Christodoulou 6, Mantzaris 2, Kavvadas 6, Katsivelis.
Kolossos Rodou: Papantoniou 10, Car 7, Matsamas, Georgalis, Kommatos 7, Smith 15, Stefanidis 4, Simpson 8, Tsamis 4, Osby 6, Danas, Nadjfedj 7.

Olympiacos wins Ilisiakos for Greek cup quarterfinals

Olympiacos played its first official game in Greece, after two victories for the Intercontinental Cup in Brazil. Ilisiakos have eliminated Agia Paraskevi, Ikaros Chalkidas and Apollon Patras for the Greek Cup.Vassilis Spanoulis missed the last training before the game due to a flu and wasn't included in the 12 players for Olympiacos in this match. Besides Spanoulis, Mavroeidis, Begić, Law and Christodoulou were not available for Olympiacos in this game. For Ilisiakos Chatzis and DJ Stephens were not available, which was a great disadvantage for the team. The game started with a delay since the General Secretary of Sports have not allowed spectators in the pitch, although Ilisiakos has only allowed season card holders to enter. Starting five for Olympiacos were Mantzaris, Perperoglou, Lojeski, Petway and Dunston. Petway scored the first points of Olympiacos in Greece for the new season. Dunston and Petway dominated the court in the first quarter with impressive dunks who contributed to the score (12-33) and the show. Ilisiakos seemed unable to follow the score without Chatzis and Stephens, so Olympiacos' coach gave the chance to young players like Agravanis to play. First half ended with 29-47. Olympiacos tried a lot of young players like Katsivelis and Papapetrou in the third quarter but the difference remained around 20 points. Final score in the game was 54-85 with Olympiacos being the fourth team qualifying in the semifinals of the Greek Cup. Quarters' scores: 12-33, 29-47, 43-62, 54-85

Ilisiakos: Kafkis 5, Fakopoulos 2, Antonakis 3, Smith 3(1), Anderson 16(2), Zoumpos 2, Dorkofikis 2, Mbodji 11, Vavatsikos 4, Ioannou 4, Tzougarakis 2.

Olympiacos: Petway 12(2), Agravanis 6,  Dunston 8, Perperoglou 9, Papapetrou 5, Sloukas 10,
Katsivelis 6, Simons 6, Lojeski 17(2) , Printezis, Mantzaris 6.

Olympiacos signed Ioannis Papapetrou for 5 years

Olympiacos after Dimitris Gravanis signed another promising young Greek player Ioannis Papapetrou. Papapetrou signed a 5 years contract with Euroleague champions. Papapetrou, who belongs to the Texas Longhorns team, had a great tournament in the previous Under-20 Eurobasket in Estonia.