Panathinaikos released Julian Wright

Panathinaikos released Julian Wright. The 27 years old power forward did not manage to get a season contract with the Greek champions and was released after the Euroleague game with Maccabi Electra. With the Greens Wright played 9 games in the Euroleague 2014-2015 averaging 3.8 points and 2 rebounds in 10 minutes per game. Wright continued his career in Israel with Bnei Herzliya.

Panathinaikos beat Korivos Amaliadas for Basket League eighth day

Panathinaikos beat Korivos Amaliadas for Basket League eighth day. Korivos scored first with Josh Magette but Panathinaikos made a 7-0 run and took early the lead of the game. In the first quarter James Gist had 0/3 field goals but also had 5 rebounds. Panathinaikos starter the second quarter like the first, with a 6-0 run and broadened the difference to 18 points. Darrius Garrett and Julian Wright finished first half with 10 points each, while Guille Rubio and James Gist had 5 rebounds each. Korivos made 9 turnovers in the first half while Panathinaikos had 15 assists and Diamantidis made 5 of them. Korivos improved in the third quarter and allowed Panathinaikos to score only 10 points, lowering the difference to one digit score. In the last quarter Jānis Blūms with his crucial three pointers did not let the home team hope for the victory. For Panathinaikos Blūms had 16 points with 4/7 three pointers, Julian Wright had 12 points and 9 rebounds, James Gist collected 10 rebounds and Dimitris Diamantidis served 8 assists. For Korivos Darrius Garrett had 25 points, 8 rebounds and 1 block, Josh Magette had 11 points and 8 assists. All players of Korivos played gaining experience against the Greek champions.
Quarters' scores: 10-17, 23-41, 42-51, 59-72.

Korivos Amaliadas (H. Markopoulos): Magette 11, Lowery 11, Giannakidis, Papapetrou 3, Vasiljevic 5, Kanonidis, Filippakos, Garrett 25, Rubio 4, Galiotos, Archimandritis, Vardakastanis.
Panathinaikos (Ivanovic): Charalampopoulos, Slaughter 5, Bochoridis, Giankovits 11, Fotsis 11, Pappas 7, Mavrokefalidis, Diamantidis 3, Gist 7, Diamantakos, Blums 16, Wright 12.

Panathinaikos beat KAOD for Basket League seventh day

Panathinaikos hosted and beat KAOD for Basket League seventh day. Panathinaikos did not face problems against KAOD and AJ Slaughter had a great game after time. KAOD had Eric Atkins with 18 points and 6 assists, Rob Loe with 8 points and 9 rebounds, Guy-Marc Michel had 6 rebounds and 9 rebounds. For Panathinaikos all available players played and scored. George Papagiannis debuted and scored his first two points. AJ Slaughter had 28 points with 5/8 three pointers, Dimitris Diamantidis had 11 points and 4 assists, Esteban Batista had 9 points, 7 rebounds, 4 assists and Julian Wright made two impressive blocks.
Quarters' score: 26-15, 42-30, 63-40, 86-55.

Panathinaikos: Charalampopoulos 3, Slaughter 28(5), Bochoridis 3(1), Giankovits 5(1), Fotsis 3, Pappas 5, Mavrokefalidis 5(1), Diamantidis 11(1), Batista 9, Wright 4, Blums 8(2), Papagiannis 2.
KAOD: Slaftsakis, Trotter 2, Johnson 3(1), Georgakis 3, Atkins 18(2), Odom, Spyridonidis 3(1), Michel 6, Zaras 4(1), Loe 8(2), Chrysikopoulos 8(1), Kolovis.

Panathinaikos signed Julian Wright

Panathinaikos signed Julian Wright (Julian Emil-Jamaal Wright). The 27 years old American forward graduated from Kansas where he played for Kansas Jayhawks and was selected as the number 13 of the first round 2007 NBA Draft by the New Orleans Hornets. He played three years for the Hornets and in his rookie season he averaged 3.9 points a game and 2.1 rebounds a game. In 2010 he was traded to the Toronto Raptors and a year later he signed with the NBA Development League for Austin Toros. In 2012 he moved to Israel for Maccabi Rishon LeZion and a year later to Russia for BC Krasnye Krylia. Wright was approached by Panathinaikos a month ago but he was cut in medical exams and the player went to a physio on his own costs in order to meet the standards of the team. He is registered for the Euroleague.

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