Panathinaikos signed Mike James

Panathinaikos signed Mike James! The 26 years old American guard penned an one year contract, with an NBA opt out clause valid until August 5th. James played for Kolossos Rodou in 2014, and finished the season in Spain for Laboral Kutxa, where he continued for another season, helping his team to reach the Euroleague Final Four with his performances.

Mike James left Kolossos Rodou for Laboral Kutxa

The 24 years old American left Kolossos Rodou after eight games in the Basket League Greece and will continue in Spain and Euroleague for Laboral Kutxa. James is the top scorer of the Basket League, averaging 21 points, 5.1 rebounds and 3.4 assists per game. He was named MVP of the first day for his performance against Panionios and of the fourth day for his performance against Panelefsiniakos. James had signed one year contract with Kolossos Rodou on August 2014. James will debute in Euroleague.

Mike James performance in Basket League Greece 2014-2015
1st day 26 points, 9 assists and 8 rebounds against Panionios
2nd day 21 points against Panathinaikos
3rd day 28 points against Olympiacos
4th day 22 points and 6 rebounds against Panelefsiniakos
5th day 9 points against Apollon Patras
6th day 11 points and 5 rebounds against Nea Kifisia
7th day 28 points and 7 rebounds against Aris
8th day: 23 points, 4 rebounds, 4 assists against AEK

AEK beat Kolossos Rodou for Basket League eighth day

AEK hosted and beat Kolossos Rodou for Basket League eighth day. The first half was tight but in the third quarter AEK with partial score 30-16 created a secure difference. For the winners Carl English had 28 points, 7 assists and 7 fouls drawn. Dusan Sakota had 24 points and 7 rebounds, Zisis Sarikopoulos had 17 points and 8 rebounds, Tomas Delininkaitisi had 11 points, 4 rebounds and 4 assists. For Kolossos Rodou Mike James had 23 points, 4 rebounds and 4 assists, Taylor Smith had 9 points, 9 rebounds and 4 blocks, Aggelos Tsamis had 14 points, 5 rebounds and 4 assists.
Quarters' scores: 23-21, 41-41, 71-57, 96-73

AEK: Delininkaitis 11, Sakota 24, Kaselakis 3, Polytarchou 2, Kamperidis, Williamson 7, Tsiakos, Sarikopoulos 17, Boutris, Milosevic 4, English 28, Nikolic.
Kolossos Rodou: Larentzakis 2, Siologkas, Jamar 8, James 23, Smith 9, Stefanidis, Liden, Tsamis 14, Haggins 3, Buljan 14.

Kolossos Rodou beat Aris for Basket League seventh day

Aris hosted Kolossos Rodou for Basket League seventh day. Mike James returned to good games and Kolossos Rodou dominated first quarter in Thessaloniki against Aris with partial score 9-25. Aris balanced the game in the second quarter but did not lower the difference. Aleksandar Vezenkov finished first half with 10 points and 9 rebounds while Mike James had 17 points. In the first half Aris had 2/16 three pointers. In the third quarter the home team counter attacked and lowered the difference in one digit number but could not continue in the last quarter and Kolossos celebrated a great victory in Thessaloniki against Aris. Aleksandar Vezenkov made another double double with 21 points and 12 rebounds. LeMarcus Reed had 14 points and Vasilis Symtsak had 9 points. For the winners Mike James had 28 points and 7 rebounds, Jamelle Hagins made a double double with 19 points and 11 rebounds and Tom Liden had 16 points.
Quarters' scores: 9-25, 28-43, 48-55, 65-77

Aris: Pasalic 8, Manolopoulos, Gikas, Reed 14, Thomas 3, Poulianitis, Charisis, Vezenkov 21, Naymick 4, Mourtos, Simtsak 9, Adegboye 6.
Kolossos Rodou: Toliopoulos, Larentzakis 5, Siologkas, Kareem, James 28, Smith 2, Stefanidis, Liden 16, Tsamis 7, Hagins 19, Buljan.

Nea Kifisia beat Kolossos Rodou for Basket League sixth day

Kolossos Rodou hosted Nea Kifisia for Basket League sixth day. The home team troubled Nea Kifisia's defense that made five fouls in the first four minutes of the game while Kolossos had zero. First quarter finished with the home team leading the score but in the second quarter Nea Kifisia improved and tightened its defence. In a balanced third quarter Nea Kifisia preserved a secure difference. Kolossos Rodou did not manage to counter attack and Nea Kifisia won the game returning to victories. Another great game and a double double by Dimitris Mavroeidis with 15 points and 13 rebounds. Uros Duvnjak was the top scorer with 19 points and Nikos Liakopoulos had 10 points and 7 assists. For Kolossos Rodou Jamelle Hagins had 20 points, 8 rebounds, 2 blocks and Mike James had 11 points and 5 rebounds.
Quarters' scores: 21-17, 34-42, 50-59, 64-73.

Kolosos Rodou: Toliopoulos, Laretzakis, Siologkas, Kareem 7, James 11, Smith, Stefanidis 7, Liden 2, Tsamis 8, Hagins 20, Kanichis, Buljan 9.
Nea Kifisia: Remecun 2, Kafkis 4, Liakopoulos 10, Popovic, Pesakovic 12, Mavroeidis 15, Psathas 2, Kakiouzis 7, Tsaldaris 2, Duvnjak 19, Davis, Barlos.

Aggelos Tsamis and Mike James named MVPs of the fourth day

Aggelos Tsamis and Mike James of Kolossos Rodou named MVPs of the fourth day. In the victory against Panelefsiniakos Angelos Tsamis scored 25 points, collected 12 rebounds and served 6 assists while Mike James added 22 points and 6 rebounds and both got 34 points in the ranking system.

Kolossos Rodou beat Panelefsiniakos for Basket League fourth day

Kolossos Rodou hosted and beat Panelefsiniakos for Basket League fourth day. With Angelos Tsamis scoring 25 points, collecting 12 rebounds and serving 6 assists, Mike James adding 22 points and 6 rebounds and Taylor Smith adding his 11 points and 9 rebounds  Kolossos Rodou beat Panelefsiniakos more difficult than the final score misleads. For Panelefsiniakos Periklis Dorkofikis had 11 poitns and 5 rebounds, Aarick Murray had 12 points, Frank Robinson and Nikola Markovic had 10 points each.
Quarters' scores: 21-20, 38-38, 61-62, 83-68

Kolossos Rodou: Larentzakis, Kareem 2, James 22, Smith 11, Stefanidis 8, Linden, Tsamis 25, Haggins 7, Buljan 8.
Panelefsiniakos: Cox, Robinson 10, Tsakaleris 4, Vasilopoulos 7, Murray 12, Markovic 10, Dorkofikis 11, Ioannou 9, Johnson 5, Kalles, Avramidis.

Olympiacos beat Kolossos Rodou for Basket League third day

Olympiacos hosted and beat Kolossos Rodou for Basket League third day. Kolossos made a good start and was leading the score in the first quarter, 21-23, but in the second quarter Olympiacos took the lead and in the end the visitors collapsed which let the home team create a difference of 28 points. Vasilis Spanoulis had 16 points and 7 assists and Dimitris Agravanis had 16 points and 6 rebounds. For Kolossos Rodou Mike James had 28 points and Zvonko Buljan had 11 points.
Quarters' scores: 21-23, 48-34, 63-52, 93-65

Olympiacos (Tomic): Petway 13, Hunter 7, Dunston 4, Spanoulis 16, Sloukas 6, Lafayette 4, Lojeski 14, Christodoulou, Agravanis 16, Mantzaris 4, Kavvadas 9, Katsivelis.
Kolossos Rodou (Koutalianos): Toliopoulos, Larentzakis, Siologkas, Kareem 6, White 28, Smith 2, Stefanidis 2, Linden 3, Tsamis 7, Hagins 6, Kanichis, Buljan 11.

Panathinaikos beat Kolossos Rodou for Basket League second day

Kolossos Rodou hosted Panathinaikos for Basket League second day. In the first quarter Panathinaikos made an 8-0 run from 10-8 to 10-16 but Kolossos with its own run managed to finish first quarter with equal score, 17-17. Zvonko Buljan scored 10 points out of his team's 17 points, with 3/3 three pointers, in the first quarter. Panathinaikos started second quarter with a 5-0 run. Panathinaikos created an 18 points difference in the second quarter which kept until the end. Kolossos Rodou had 3/20 field goald in the first half and Zvonko Buljan didn't score any more points after the first quarter. For Kolossos Rodou Mike James had 21 points and Taylor Smith had 9 points and 9 rebounds. For Panathinaikos Esteban Batista had 12 points and 9 rebounds while Vlantimir Giankovits had 12 points and 6 assists. Antonis Fotsis and Janis Blums scored 9 points each with 3 three pointers each.
Quarters' scores: 17-17, 30-48, 48-61, 61-81.

Kolossos Rodou (Koutalianos): Toliopoulos, Laretzakis 2, Siologas, Kareem 3, James 21, Smith 9, Stefanidis 9, Liden, Tsamis 7, Hagins, Kanichis, Buljan 10.
Panathinaikos (Ivanovic): Charalampopoulos 2, Slaughter 11, Bochoridis 2, Giankovits 12, Fotsis 9, Pappas, Mavrokefalidis, Diamantidis 7, Gist 8, Batista 12, Blums 9, Wright 9.

Mike James named MVP of Basket League first day

Mike James named MVP of Basket League first day. James played 35 minutes against Panionios and scored 26 points, collected 8 rebounds, served 9 assists and made two blocks. His ranking reached 37 points that was enough to name him MVP of the first day.

Kolossos Rodou beat Panionios for Basket League first day

Kolossos Rodou beat Panionios for Basket League first day. Panionios hosted Kolossos Rodou but the team from Nea Smyrni was playing with young players and could not expect to win the game. For Panionios Moraitis, Petropoulos, Billis and Stamatis scored more than 15 points but the whole team earned the respect of their fans for their effort. For Kolossos Rodou Mike James had 26 points, 9 assists and 8 rebounds while Zvoko Buljan made a double double with 17 points and 10 rebounds.
Quarters' scores: 13-26, 40-50, 49-71, 76-92.

Panionios (Papachatzis): Moraitis 15, Petropoulos 14, Oikonomopoulos 7, Koukoulas 7, Spyropoulos 2, Melisourgos, Motsenigos, Billis 15, Stamatis 16, Doukas.
Kolossos Rodou (): Toliopoulos, Laretzakis 2, Siologkas, Kareem 5, James 26, Smith 8, Stefanidis 7, Liden 6, Tsamis 12, Haggins 9, Buljan 17.

Kolossos Rodou roster 2014-2015

Kolossos Rodou roster 2014-2015

Taylor Smith
Christoforos Stefanidis
Dimitris Siologkas
Vassilis Toliopoulos
Trevis Simpson
Giannoulis Larentzakis
Tom Liden
Jamelle Hagins
Mike James
Angelos Tsamis
Ernest Scott
Sotiris Manolopoulos
Dominic Waters

Head coach: Michalis Koutalianos

*On December 1st Kolossos Rodou released Kareem Jamar.
*On December 4th Kolossos Rodou signed Ernest Scott.
*On December 17th Kolossos Rodou signed Dominic Waters.
*On December 22nd Kolossos Rodou released Zvonko Buljan.
*On December 23rd Kolossos Rodou signed Sotiris Manolopoulos.

Kolossos Rodou signed Mike James

Kolossos Rodou signed Mike (Michael) James for one year. The 24 years old guard played in Italy for Paffoni Omegna, becoming the first American player of the team. Before Italy James had played for KK Zagreb in Croatia and Hapoel Gilboa Galil in Israel. James has also played in NCAA, two years for Eastern Arizona College and two years for Lamar Cardinals and he was named member of the All-Southland Conference First Team in 2012.