Promitheas signed Chris Babb

Promitheas signed Chris Babb. The 29-year-old American guard graduated from Iowa State and went undrafted in the 2013 NBA Draft. After joining the 2014 NBA Summer League with the Boston Celtics Babb started his career with the Maine Red Claws before penning a multi-year deal with the Boston Celtics playing 14 games in the NBA (averaging 1.6 points and 1.2 rebounds) before returning for one more season with the Maine Red Claws. In 2015 Babb moved to Germany for Ratiopharm Ulm and in 2017 he moved to Russia for Lokomotiv Kuban. In the previous season, Babb played for the newly promoted Turkish club Bahçeşehir Koleji where he averaged 5.8 points, 2.7 rebounds, and 1.1 assists in 16 games for the domestic league.

Panathinaikos sign Ian Vougioukas

Panathinaikos sign Ian Vougioukas. The 32 years old Greek center penned an 1+1 years contract with the Greek champions. Vougioukas started his career with Aris Glyfadas, Kronos Agiou Dimitriou, and Ilisiakos. Vougioukas played in the NCAA with St. Lewis Billikens. In 2007 Vougioukas returned to Greece and played for Olympiacos, Rethymno, and Panellinios before moving to Panathinaikos in 2010. With Panathinaikos Vougioukas won one Euroleague, one Greek championship and one Greek Cup. In 2012 Vougioukas moved to Russia for Unics Kazan. Vougioukas has also played basketball in Turkey for Galatasaray, in Germany with Ulm, in Lithuania with Zalgiris Kaunas, and in Russia with Lokomotiv Kuban.

Panathinaikos sign Chris Singleton

Panathinaikos sign Christopher Carl Singleton, Jr.. The 27 years old American forward penned an 1+1 years contract with the greens. Singleton graduated from Florida State and was selected by the Washington Wizards with the 18th overall pick in the 2011 NBA Draft. He played three years for the Wizards and then moved to Indiana Pacers but left the team after two months.
Singleton continued his career in China with Jiangsu Dragons, before returning to the US for the NBA D-League and the Oklahoma City Blues. In 2015 he moved to Russia and played in Euroleague with Lokomotiv Kuban, helping the team to make it to the Euroleague Final Four. In June 2016 he penned a short term contract in China with Anhui Wenyi.

2nd International Nick Galis Cup

Aris Thessaloniki will organize the 2nd International Nick Galis Cup with the participation of Lokomotiv Kuban, Pinar Karsiyaka Izmir and Union Olimpija Ljubljana. The tournament will take place in Thessaloniki between 25th and 27th September 2015.

Friday 26th September

Aris - Union Olimpija Ljubljana 72-60
Quarters' scores: 21-17, 44-30, 61-47, 72-60
Aris: Xanthopoulos, Pelekanos 3(1), Cupkovic 5(1), Flionis, White 16(3), Waters 10 (6 assists), Zaras, Hagins 7 (6 rebounds), Koen 9 (1 3p, 7 rebounds), Mourtos 4, Simtsak 3, McNeal 15 (3 steals).
Olimpija: Lapornik 25, Rupnik 11, Zagorac 7, Nikolic 6, Vucetic 4, Makovic 3, Zakic 2, Wright 2, Masicek, Cancar, Lesic, Hrovat.

Thanasis Papachatzis is Panionios' new coach

Panionios announced that the head coach of the team is Thanasis Papachatzis. Only few days before the League starts Papachatzis left Peristeri where he was the head coach and is now in charge of Panionios. The coach was the assistant coach of Giannis Sfairopoulos in the previous season, so he knows the team and the players. Before Panionios Papachatzis had worked for Maroussi academies, Dafni, Panathinaikos (as assistant of Božidar Maljković, Slobodan Subotic, Efthimis Kioumourtzoglou and Kostas Politis), AEK, Aris, and Lokomotiv Kuban (again as assistant of Božidar  Maljković). Papachatzis had studied in North Carolina and had worked with Dean Smith.

Panathinaikos will play in Nicosia and Heraklion for Euroleague

Euroleague Basketball and its Independent Disciplinary Judge have sanctioned Panathinaikos Athens with two closed-door home games in the forthcoming season. The impact of two games without fans for such a big club would be negative for Euroleague so the League came to an agreement with Panathinaikos BC. 

Panathinaikos will host Laboral Kutxa Vitoria (25 October - 2nd match day)  in Nicosia, Cyprus and Lokomotiv Kuban (7th November - 4th match day) in Heraklion, Crete. Both games with fans.