PAOK BC roster 2015-2016

 PAOK BC roster 2015-2016

4 Milenko Tepic
5 Michalis Liapis
6 Kostas Charalampidis
7 Kostas Vasileiadis
8 Kostas Kakaroudis
9 Apollon Tsochlas
10 Giorgos Dedas
11 Vangelis Margaritis
12 Thomas Kottas
19 Nikos Kamaras
20 Uros Duvnjak
21 Nikola Markovic
*   Nikos Kamaras
*   William Hatcher
*   Sofoklis Schortsianitis

Head Coach: Soulis Markopoulos

PAOK BC roster 2014-2015
PAOK BC roster 2013-2014

Kostas Charalampidis got injured but renews with PAOK

Kostas Charalampidis got a total rupture of the patellar tendon in the last Eurocup game against Zielona Gora and will remain inactive for three to four months but PAOK BC has decided to use the option in Kostas Charalampidis' contract and hence immediately activated the second season of his contract, which is now valid through the 2015-16 season.

Olympiacos beat PAOK for Basket League seventh day

Olympiacos hosted and beat PAOK for Basket League seventh day. PAOK was undefeated in the league but Olympiacos did not face any problems to beat the visitors and was leading the score for 40 minutes with ease. The captain Vasilis Spanoulis had 15 points and 5 assists. Tremmell Darden had 11 points, 8 rebounds and Dimitris Agravanis had 11 points. For PAOK Kostas Charalampidis had 12 points and Marc Carter had 10 points and 7 rebounds. Olympiacos had 10/24 three pointers while PAOK had 5/17 three pointers.
Quarters' scores: 18-13, 40-31, 66-42, 80-55

Olympiacos (Sfairopoulos): Petway 7 (1), Hunter 10, Dunston 3, Spanoulis 15 (1), Darden 11, Sloukas 5 (1), Lafayette 8 (2), Mouratos, Christodoulou, Agravanis 11 (2), Mantzaris 10 (3), Kavvadas.
PAOK (S. Markopoulos): Langford 6, Liapis 2, Charalampidis 12 (1), Carter 10 (2), Kakaroudis 4, Tsochldas 5 (1), Dedas 5 (1), Margaritis 2, Kottas, Odum 1, Vaughn 2, Saloustros 6.

Pınar Karşıyaka beat PAOK in Thessaloniki for Eurocup sixth day

Pınar Karşıyaka beat PAOK in Thessaloniki for Eurocup sixth day and equalized the defeat in Izmir in the first round game. PAOK was leading the score in first quarters. The game was interrupted at 32-25 for due to fans holding an insulting banner and later while the score was 66-60 Karşıyaka's coach Ufuk Sarıca was sent off due to complaining but his team made an 8-0 run and took the scoring lead. Dixon made the score 70-75 on 38th minute when the game was once more interrupted by the referees and the final score was 74-79 for the visitors. For PAOK the captain Charalampidis had 18 points and 5 rebounds, Jake Odum had 10 and 6 assists. For Pınar Karşıyaka Darryl Strawberry had 23 points, Bobby Dixon had 16 points and 8 assists. PAOK had a great chance to secure the second place of the group but with only 9 points in the last quarter missed it.
Quarters' scores: 24-20, 45-41, 65-57, 74-79

PAOK (Markopoulos): Langford 1, Liapis 8 (2), Charalampidis 18 (4), Carter 7 (1), Kakaroudis 8 (2), Tsochlas 5 (1), Dedas 1, Margaritis 6, Odum 10 (1), Vaughn 8, Saloustros 2.
Pınar Karşıyaka (Sarica): Demir 9, Palacios 6, Hersek 5 (1), Strawberry 23 (3), Koc, Dixon 16 (2), Sonsirma, Gabriel 5, Altay 5, Diebler 10 (2), Senturk.

Pınar Karşıyaka's coach Ufuk Sarıca was sent off after this reaction..

PAOK beat KAOD for Basket League third day

PAOK beat KAOD in Drama for Basket League third day. KAOD is usually troubling PAOK in Drama but this time the team of Soulis Markopoulos managed to win a tough game in the end. Carter who had 18 points made a crucial block in the end on Diamantis Slaftsakis and secured the victory. For KAOD Thodoris Zaras had 18 points and Rod Odom had 8 points and 8 rebounds. For PAOK, besides Carter, Kostas Charalampidis had 16 points, Apollon Tsochlas had 14 points and Christos Saloustros had 7 rebounds.
Quarters' scores: 18-14, 33-35, 45-47, 64-68

KAOD (Mexas): Slaftsakis 4, Vasojevic 3, Johnson 2, Georgakis 4, Atkins 8, Odom 8, Spyridonidis, Michel 6, Zaras 18(2), Loe 7(1), Chrysikopoulos 4.
PAOK (Markopoulos): Langford 7, Liapis, Charalampidis 16 (2), Carter 18 (1), Kakaroudis 6, Tsochlas 14 (2), Dedas 1, Margaritis 2, Vaughn 4, Saloustros.

PAOK beat Pınar Karşıyaka for Eurocup

Pınar Karşıyaka hosted and lost by PAOK for Eurocup 2014-2015 day one. Jake Odum was the key player of the first quarter with one unsportsmanlike foul and five consecutive points. In the second quarter PAOK scored only 7 points and Karşıyaka took the lead in score. The home team managed to keep the difference in the third quarter and in the fourth PAOK started to attack only with three pointers which let Karşıyaka expand the difference to nine points, 60-51. PAOK counter attacked in the end and tried to steal the game. Kostas Charalampidis with two free throws and Julian Vaughn with a steal and lay up made the score 65-64 with only 15 seconds remaining. Bobby Dixon missed two free throws but took the rebound and Jake Odum made his fifth foul. Dixon scored only one out of two free throws, Marc Carter took the rebound and with two free throws equalized the score, 66-66. Pınar Karşıyaka got a time out with 2.9 second remaining. Dixon could not score and the game went to extra time. Juan Palacios and Bobby Dixon had 21 points each at the normal time. For PAOK Jake Odum had 22 points but could not play in the extra time due to five commited fouls. In the extra time Kevin Langford missed two free throws and Kostas Charalampidis a three pointer which gave the home team the lead in score. One minute before the end of extra time PAOK with Marc Carter took the lead in score with 71-73. Hersek Baris equalized the score, 73-73 with 18 seconds left for PAOK. Langford didn't score and the game went to second extra time! In the second extra time Julian Vaughn, Kostas Charalampidis and Keving Langford led PAOK to a great and tough victory.
Quarters' scores: 18-19, 30-26, 49-44, 66-66. ET1: 73-73 ET2: 81-87

Pınar Karşıyaka: Demir, Palacios 29, Hersek 2, Strawberry 9, Guven, Koc, Dixon 25, Sonsirma, Gabriel 6, Altay 2, Diebler 8, Senturk.
PAOK: Langford 9, Liapis, Charalampidis 19, Carter 14, Kakaroudis 2, Tsochlas 2, Dedas, Margaritis 10, Kottas, Odum 22, Vaughn 6, Saloustros 3.

Unics Kazan beat PAOK for Petros Oikonomakis tournament

Unics Kazan beat PAOK for Petros Oikonomakis tournament. It was the second game of the tournament that went to extra time, making it a tough tournament. PAOK was leading the score in the first half but Unics balanced the game and with a three pointer from Kostas Kaimakoglou the game went to extra time.
Quarters' scores: 25-19, 36-29, 49-52, 75-75, 86-91

PAOK (Markopoulos): Carter 6, Charalampidis 14 (2), Liapis, Kakaroudis 5 (1), Tsochlas 9 (3), Dedas 3 (1), Saloustros 3 (1), Margaritis 8, Langford Kevin 8, Vaughn 13, Odum 19.
Unics Kazan (Pedoulakis): White 14 (2), Keith Langford 10, Zisis 6, Sokolov 2, Kaimakoglou 14 (3), Bykov 7, Likhodey 2, Fischer 11 (10ρ.), Jerrells 18 (2)

Cluj-Napoca beat PAOK for Patras Cup

Cluj-Napoca beat PAOK for Patras Cup. PAOK was leading the score by twelve points, 62-50 but in the end the Greek team blacked out and lost by two points.
Quarters' scores: 23-21, 50-43, 65-64, 83-85

PAOK BC: Charalampidis 17 (3), Vaughn 12, Margaritis 13 (1), Dedas 3 (1), Langford 4, Tsochlas 8, Kakaroudis 10 (1), Saloustros 7 (1), Odum 9, Liapis, Kottas.
Cluj Napoca: Mandache 13 (3), Jucan 9, Barnette 26 (1), Southall 11, Medvedj 4, Cuic 2, Hargrove 12 (1), Baciu, 6, Lalovic 2.

PAOK won Lukoil in friendly game

PAOK won Lukoil in a friendly game that took place in Thessaloniki.
Quarters' scores: 21-18, 39-34, 61-57, 74-70

PAOK: Liapis, Carter 2, Charalampidis 11 (1), Tsochlas 13 (3), Kakaroudis 16 (1), Langford 5, Dedas 4, Margaritis 3, Kottas, Odum 6 (1), Saloustros, Vaughn 14.
Lukoil: Larson 5, Francis, Carry 6, Thomas 11, Smith 8, Iliev, Grozev 8 (2), Minkov 12 (2), Banev 10, Vezelinov 10 (1).

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

Panathinaikos beat PAOK for Greek League Play Offs semi-finals

Panathinaikos hosted and beat PAOK for Greek League Play Offs semi-finals. PAOK started as good as in the first game and was leading the score in the first half. In the 15th minute PAOK had a lead of 12 points, 20-32. In the first half Panathinaikos had only 1/13 three pointers and was following PAOK. In the third quarter Panathinaikos counter attacked and took the lead in score until the end of the game. In the second half Panathinaikos had 7/13 three pointers. For Panathinaikos James Gist had 17 points, 7 rebounds and 4 steals while Dimitris Diamantidis had 17 points, 4 assists and Roko Leni Ukić had 15 points and 5 assists. For PAOK DJ Cooper made a double double with 16 points, 12 assists, 3 steals and 2 rebounds! Kostas Charalampidis scored 17 points and  Mark Payne scored another 15 points. Panathinaikos made two tights victories against PAOK and now the third game will be held in Thessaloniki. If PAOK keeps playing in this tempo and speed we maybe see a defeat for Panathinaikos in the semi-finals after many years of clean sweeps.
Quarters' scores: 15-18, 31-37, 56-53, 83-77.

Panathinaikos: Charalampopoulos, Bramos 7, Curry 2, Fotsis 2, Ukic 15, Lasme 6, Mavrokefalidis 6, Diamantidis 17, Gist 17, Pappas 2, Giankovits 1, Maciulis 8.
PAOK: Payne 15, Cooper 16, Charalampidis 17, Tsochlas 1, Vucicevic, Tsairelis 10, Dedas 6, Margaritis 3, Kalles, Bogris 9, Kaselakis, Liapis.

PAOK beat Nea Kifisia for Greek League Play Offs

PAOK beat and eliminated Nea Kifisia for Greek League Play Offs round one. PAOK was leading the score in the first half but Nea Kifisia counter attacked in the second quarter and lowered the difference to 3 points, 72-75, but PAOK managed to win a very tight game. Kostas Charalampidis with 23 points, Michalis Tsairelis with 17 points and 9 rebounds were the best players for PAOK. For Nea Kifisia Nikos Liakopoulos with 13 points, 5 assists and Dimitris Tsaldaris with 14 points were the top scorers while the veteran Michalis Kakiouzis had 14 rebounds and 8 points. In the last minutes Saša Vasiljević was charged with a foul and then was charged with a technical foul. Tight game for PAOK that doubled its victories against Nea Kifisia and continued in the play offs.
Quarters' scores: 17-23, 31-42, 56-60, 75-79

Nea Kifisia: Vasiljevic 8, Liakopoulos 13, Reece 2, Kompodietas 9, Psathas 5, Peterson 4, Woods 3, Tsaldaris 14, Adegboye 2, Kakiouzis 8, Barlos 7.
PAOK: Payne 8, Cooper 4, Charalampidis 23, Tsochlas 5, Tsairelis 17, Dedas 8, Margaritis 2, Bogris  4, Kaselakis 8, Liapis.

PAOK beat Nea Kifisia for for Greek League play offs round one

PAOK beat Nea Kifisia for for Greek Basket League play offs round one. PAOK faced problems to win Nea Kifisia that was very competitive and led the score by 17-20. DJ Cooper with 20 points, 6 rebounds and 7 assists was the best player of PAOK and the leader of his team. Kostas Charalampidis added 15 points and Vangelis Margaritis 10 points and 5 rebounds. For Nea Kifisia Nikos Liakopoulos had 14 points, Nikos Barlos 15 points, Ogo Adegboye 10 points and Dimitris Tsaldaris 12 points. Tough victory for PAOK that made 1-0 in the play offs in its home.
Quarters' scores: 17-15, 44-32, 54-47, 70-66

PAOK: Payne 10, Cooper 20, Tsochlas 5, Charalampidis 15, Tsairelis 8, Dedas, Margaritsis 10, Bogris, Kaselakis 2.
Nea Kifisia: Vasiljevic, Liakopoulos 14, Reece 3, Kompodietas, Psathas 6, Peterson, Petrodimopoulos, Woods 4, Tsaldaris 12, Adegboye 10, Kakiouzis 2, Barlos 15.

Panionios beat PAOK for Greek League 23rd day

Panionios hosted and defeated PAOK for Greek Basket League 23rd day. Panionios had won PAOK in the first round game by 91-100 in Thessaloniki. Panionios was leading the score in the first half and PAOK balanced the game in the second one. In the last minutes Kostas Charalampidis scored a three pointer, Errick McCollum didn't score and the game went to extra time. In the extra time DJ Cooper was leading PAOK but he also was the crucial player that missed the final attack. In a very productive game, where the partial total score of each quarter was more than 35 points, Panionios had more rebounds and less turnovers. The two teams had the same three pointers 10/26 and the same successful field goals 22 with the home team shooting 6 more than PAOK. For Panionios Errick McCollum had 20 points, Vasilis Simtsak had 12 points, 9 rebounds and Giannis Athanasoulas had 6 points, 9 rebounds, 3 assists and 2 steals. For PAOK Kostas Charalampidis had 26 points, Mark Payne had 24 points, 7 rebounds and 2 steals, Michalis Tsairelis had 12 points and 7 rebounds.
Quarters' scores: 30-23, 37-33, 63-63, 83-83. Extra time: 95-92

Panionios: McCollum 20, Duvnjak 4, Carter 10, Milbourne 9, Athanasoulas 6, Batis 13, Skordilis, Langford 8, Michel, Simtsak 12, Kyritsis, Saloustros 13.
PAOK: Payne 24, Cooper 16, Charalampidis 26, Tsochlas, Vucicevic, Tsairelis 12, Dedas 6, Margaritis 1, Kalles, Bogris 5, Kaselakis 2, Liapis.

PAOK beat Nea Kifisia for Greek League 22nd day

PAOK hosted and defeated Nea Kifisia for Greek Basket League 22nd day. Nea Kifisia had won the first round game by 9 points. PAOK played without Mark Payne and Nea Kifisia without Tony Crocker. PAOK started better and was leading the score for three quarters but Nea Kifisia managed to balance the game and equalize it in the end. The game went to extra time where PAOK won by nine points. Great game by Kostas Charalampidis who scored 29 points. DJ Cooper had 6 points, 7 rebounds and 6 assists. Double double for the veteran Michalis Kakiouzis who had 12 points, 13 rebounds, 2 assists and 2 steals. Nikos Liakopoulos had 17 points, 7 assists and 4 rebounds. PAOK seems to secure the fourth position in the regular season.
Quarters' scores: 24-21, 45-36, 59-52, 74-74. Extra time: 92-83

PAOK: Cooper 6, Charalampidis 29, Tsochlas 4, Tsairelis 14, Dedas 5, Margaritis 13, Kalles, Bogris 12, Kaselakis 9, Liapis.
Nea Kifisia: Vasiljevic 13, Liakopoulos 17, Sioutis 6, Psathas 3, Garrett 12, Petrodimopoulos, Woods 4, Tsaldaris, Adegboye 8, Kakiouzis 12, Barlos 8.

PAOK beat Aries Trikala for Greek League 20th day

PAOK hosted and beat Aries Trikala for Greek Basket League 20th day. PAOK had a great first quarter when the score was 21-8 in 8th minute and preserved the difference till the end of the game. Although PAOK was very poor in three pointers, only 2/18, with 15 rebounds more and 36/40 free throws managed to win the game. Impressive number of fouls drawn and free throws shot for PAOK. Giorgos Bogris made a double double after weeks with 17 points and 14 rebounds. DJ Cooper had 5 points, 5 rebounds and 8 assists. Kostas Charalampidis was the top scorer of PAOK with 19 points, 12/12 free throws. Chris Evans has 16 points and 5 steals for Aries Trikala. Patrick Ewing Junior, Stefan Perunicic and Marios Matalon had two digit score too.
Quarters' scores: 23-12, 49-38, 56-49, 82-77

PAOK: Payne 9, Cooper 5, Charalampidis 19, Tsochlas 3, Vucicevic, Tsairelis 12, Dedas 2, Margaritis 8, Kalles, Bogris 17, Kaselakis 7, Liapis. 
Aries Trikala: Evans 16, Perunicic 11, Ewing 10, Giannakidis 2, Petrovic 4, Porrini 6, Sapp 5, Deligiannis, Matalon 13, Fountas, Panos 5, Nikolopoulos 5.

Panelefsiniakos lost by PAOK for Greek League 19th day

Panelefsiniakos hosted PAOK for Greek Basket League 19th day. PAOK started better in the first quarter but Panelefsiniakos managed to lower the difference to 5 points in the end of the first half. With 9/23 three pointers and 9 more rebounds PAOK didn't let any chance to Panelefsiniakos. For Panelefsiniakos Larry Turner with 15 points and 4 rebounds were the best player. For PAOK Kostas Charalampidis had 19 points and DJ Cooper 6 points, 8 rebounds, 9 assists and 3 steals!
Quarters' scores: 13-23, 32-37, 45-60, 56-79.

Panelefsiniakos: Nikou 4, Papamakarios 2, Arapis 5, Dimakos 3, Jones 12, Magounis, Faye 8, Fisher 5, Melissaratos, Turner 15, Mantzaris, Avramidis 2.
PAOK: Payne 10, Cooper 6, Charalampidis 19, Tsochlas 2, Vucicevic, Tsairelis 11, Dedas 9, Margaritis 5, Kalles 2, Bogris 8, Kaselakis 7, Liapis.

Olympiacos beat PAOK for Greek League 18th day

Olympiacos beat PAOK for Greek Basket League 18th day. In a very tight game without fans, due to penalty of PAOK, PAOK could won the game but with a dunk from Jamario Moon Olympiacos stole the victory in the last seconds. PAOK hosted Olympiacos without fans and without Giorgos Bogris but was very competitive. For PAOK Kostas Charalampidis was the top scorer with 14 points and Michalis Tsairelis added 8 points and 5 rebounds. For Olympiacos none finished the game with a two digits score, with Sloukas, Moon and Printezis having 8 points each. PAOK complains about the referees and their decision not to charge Olympiacos with a foul on DJ Cooper in the last attack.
Quarters' scores: 23-14, 37-40, 51-52, 72-74.

PAOK: Payne 9, Cooper 7, Charalampidis 14, Tsochlas 3, Vucicevic, Tsairelis 8, Dedas 2, Margaritis 4, Kalles 5, Kaselakis 3, Liapis, Kottas.
Olympiacos: Moon 8, Dunston 2, Spanoulis 6, Perperoglou 3, Sloukas 8, Collins 5, Simmons, Lojeski 7, Printezis 8, Mantzaris 3, Kavvadas 2, Katsivelis.

Apollon Patras lost by PAOK for Greek League 17th day

Apollon Patras lost by PAOK for Greek Basket League 17th day. Apollon Patras needed the victory in order to avoid relegation zone and move up for the play offs. First quarter was almost equal but PAOK with a burst in the second quarter and partial score 13-28 created a secure difference. Apollon Patras counter attacked and lowered the difference so that it took the lead with score 70-67. Roland Ross missed the crucial free throws in the end, Charalampidis and Kaselakis didn't miss their free throws and PAOK won a tight and crucial game. Apollon Patras had only 7/13 free throws while PAOK had 20/24. Noticeable fact that the only Greek player who scored for Apollon Patras was its captain Nikos Argyropoulos, no other Greek scored in the game for the home team. For PAOK Kostas Charalampidis had 26 points and Michalis Tsairelis 23 points. Tsairelis also had 8 rebounds while DJ Cooper had 6 points, 6 assists and 6 rebounds. Mark Payne was almost perfect with 3/4 field goals, 1/1 three pointer and 5/5 free throws. For Apollon Patras Demarius Bolds had 13 points, 8 rebounds, 7 assists and 4 steals.
Quarters' scores: 19-17, 32-45, 57-64, 77-81.

Apollon Patras: Ross 16, Argyropoulos 14, Kaperonis, Daniel 14, Wilson 13, Lianos, Oikonomopoulos, Petrovic 3, Pelekoudas, Molfetas, Milutinovic 4, Bolds 13.
PAOK:  Payne 11, Cooper 6, Charalampidis 26, Tsochlas, Vucicevic, Tsairelis 23, Dedas 2, Margaritis 2, Kalles, Bogris 7, Kaselakis 1, Liapis.