Giorgos Diamantopoulos returns to Panionios

Giorgos Diamantopoulos returns to Panionios. The 34 years old Greek player returned to Panionios as he wished. Diamantopoulos started his career from Papagou and continued with Panionios where he was named Greek League Top Scorer of the season 2002-2003. Diamantopoulos played a year for Olympiacos before returning to Panionios. Then he left Greece and continued his career in Italy for Roseto Basket, then Spain second division for La Palma, Russia for Samara, back to Greece for Kolossos and Maroussi, then Cyprus for Achilleas and Switzerland for Vacallo Basket. In the previous season Diamantopoulos played in the third division of Greece for Doxa Lefkadas, helping the team getting promoted. Diamantopoulos will not debut against Korivos Amaliadas today.

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.

Olympiacos beat Laboral Kutxa for Euroleague second day

Olympiacos hosted and beat Laboral Kutxa for Euroleague 2014-2015 second day. Olympiacos doubled its victories for Euroleague with Milan Tomic as coach. Laboral Kutxa was poor at field goals with 10/35 but troubled Olympiacos for 40 minutes. For Olympiacos Matt Lojeski had 15 points, Bryant Dunston had 10 points and 6 rebounds, Vasilis Spanoulis and Othello Hunter had 9 points each. For Laboral Kutxa Fernando San Emeterio had 14 points, Tornike Shengelia had 11 points and Colton Iverson had 8 points and 7 rebounds. Davis Bertans had 8 points with 1/7 field goals and 2/9 three pointers.
Quarters' scores: 17-10, 30-26, 48-45, 63-57.

Olympiacos: Petway 1, Hunter 9, Dunston 10, Spanoulis 9, Sloukas 3, Christodoulou, Agravanis 4, Mantzaris 5, Kavvadas, Katsivelis, Lafayette 7, Lojeski 15.
Laboral Kutxa: White, Iverson 8, Causeur 5, Gomes, Shengelia 11, Perkins 7, Hamilton, Tillie 4, San Emeterio 14, Heurtel, Johnson, Bertans 8.

Nea Kifisia beat Olympiacos for Basket League second day

Nea Kifisia hosted and defeated Olympiacos for Basket League second day. Nea Kifisia was not an easy team to beat since Olympiacos was following the score for more than half the game and although three minuted before the end managed to took the lead by 58-61, AENK made a 7-0 run and made the score 65-61 with one minute left. In the last crucial minute Nea Kifisia's players were focused and didn't lose the lead, winning Olympiacos by one point, 68-67. For the winners Dimitris Mavroeidis had 14 points and 9 rebounds, Michalis Kakiouzis had 11 points and 5 rebounds, Panagiotis Kafkis served 5 assists and Remekun who came to Kifisia this week had 6 points and 7 rebounds. For Olympiacos Vasilis Spanoulis had 13 points and 6 assists but also 1/5 three pointers. Brent Petway had 6 points and 9 rebounds and Othello Hunter had 11 points and 8 rebounds.
Quarters' scores: 18-24, 34-35, 49-46, 68-67.

Nea Kifisia (Papapetrou): Remekun 6, Kafkis 7, Ewing, Liakopoulos 9, Popovic, Pesakovic, Mavroeidis 14, Psathas 2, Kakiouzis 11, Tsaldaris 12, Duvnjak 7, Davis.
Olympiacos (Tomic): Petway 6, Hunter 11, Dunston 6, Spanoulis 13, Sloukas 9, Lafayette 9, Lojeski 4, Christodoulou, Agravanis 5, Mantzaris 3, Kavvadas, Katsivelis 1.

Olympiacos beat Valencia for Euroleague first day

Valencia hosted Olympiacos for Euroleague 2014-2015 first day. The game was balanced and Olympiacos managed to win as its players were more focused in the end. For Olympiacos the captain Spanoulis had 12 points with 3/5 three pointers in the first half and finished the game with 21 points and 5 assists. Brent Petway didn't score but had 8 rebounds and 3 assists. For Valencia Luke Harangody had 14 points while Dwight Buycks and Romain Sato had 11 points each. Great tactical play by Milan Tomic who used four short players in the last minutes and stole the victory.
Quarters' scores: 18-20, 36-38, 54-56, 68-71.

Valencia Basket: Ribas 2, Van Rossom 10, Sato 11, Lishchuk 3, Lucic 6, Vives, Martinez, Buykcs 11, Loncar 8, Aguilar 3, Harangody 14, Guardia.
Olympiacos Piraeus: Petway, Hunter 9, Dunston, Spanoulis 21, Sloukas 14, Simmons, Christodoulou, Agravanis, Mantzaris 9, Katsivelis, Lafayette 4, Lojeski 14.

Olympiacos fined all players and stuff for the defeat in the cup

Olympiacos fined all players and stuff for the defeat in the cup. All players and the stuff of Olympiacos will have a 50% salary cut for a month as a result of the defeat by Panathinaikos in a game that the opponent was playing without many players and the team was leading the score one minute before the end.

Olympiacos defeated Apollon Patras for Basket League first day

Olympiacos hosted without fans and defeated Apollon Patras for Basket League first day. Apollon Patras could not follow Olympiacos who wanted a great victory with its new coach Milan Tomic to begin the Basket League. The captain Vasilis Spanoulis scored 17 points and served 8 assists. Kostas Sloukas scored 9 points, collected 9 rebounds and served 8 assists approaching a rare triple double. For Apollon Patras Brandon Penn had 22 points and Toarlyn Fitzpatrick had 9 rebounds and 5 points.
Quarters' scores: 19-15, 41-29, 65-39, 82-56.

Olympiacos (Tomic): Petway 4, Hunter 11, Dunston 13, Spanoulis 17, Sloukas 9, Lafayette 9, Mouratos 2, Christodoulou 7, Agravanis 4, Mantzaris 6, Kavvadas, Katsivelis.
Apollon Patras (Vetoulas): Skordilis 4, Argyropoulos 6, Galloway 4, Pen 22, Fitzpatrick 5, Antonakis 1, Batis 7, El-Amin 5, Pelekoudas, Molfetas, Niforas, Gorgonis 2.

Giorgos Bartzokas resigned from Olympiacos

Giorgos Bartzokas resigned from Olympiacos. The Greek coach decided to resign after the defeat by Panathinaikos for the Greek Cup which led to complains by the team fans. Milan Tomic will be the head coach while Olympiacos will be searching for its next coach with Sasa Djordjevic, Fotis Katsikaris and Giannis Sferopoulos names to be on the team's list. The team officially thanked the Greek coach for the two Euroleague wins and accepted his resign.

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Panathinaikos defeat Olympiacos for Greek Cup

Panathinaikos hosted and defeated Olympiacos for Greek Cup without fans attending the game. Panathinaikos started better and took the lead with 14-4 but Olympiacos balanced the game in the first quarter. In the second quarter the game was more balanced and the half time finished with score 33-32. Esteban Batista had 10 points and 6 rebounds in the first half. Olympiacos started the second half with a 13-0 run and took a lead of 12 points, 33-45. Antonis Fotsis scored after 4:50 without score for Panathinaikos and lowered the difference to 10 points, 35-45. The last quarter started with two three pointers for Panathinaikos and the difference down to five points, 55-60. Olympiacos replied with its own 6-0 run and the difference went back to ten points, 58-68. Panathinaikos with two free throws of Diamantidis approached to four points, 68-72, but Matt Lojeski with a three pointer and a turnover by Panathinaikos made the score 68-75 two minutes before the end. Panathinaikos tightened its defense and with a three pointer by Dimitris Diamantidis equalized the score 75-75 with 16 second remaining. Esteban Batista made a foul to Kostas Sloukas 8 seconds before the end but Sloukas scored only ony and made the score 75-76. In the last offense three players of Olympiacos played defense on Dimitris Diamantidis who passed the ball to Esteban Batista and dunked making the score 77-76 and giving his team a great victory!
Quarters' scores: 17-14, 33-32, 49-60, 77-76.

Panathinaikos (Ivanovic): Diamantakos, Slaughter 7, Bochoridis 5 (1), Giankovits 11, Fotsis 7 (1), Pappas 19 (3), Blums 8 (2), Diamantidis 8 (2), Batista 12.
Olympiacos (Bartzokas): Petway 6 (2), Hunter 6, Dunston 10, Spanoulis 12 (2), Mantzaris 3 (1), Sloukas 3, Lafayette 7 (1), Lojeski 16 (4), Printezis 13.

Olympiacos beat Rethymno for Petros Oikonomakis tournament

Olympiacos beat Rethymno Aegean for Petros Oikonomakis friendly tournament. Olympiacos had a great day with 64% accuracy in three pointers. Rethymno Aegean had a great Faye with 15 points (4/5 three pointers), Council with 16 points and Koumpouras with 13 points (5/5 field goals). For Olympiacos Matt Lojeski had 21 points, Kostas Sloukas had 7 points and 9 assists, while Petway and Hunter dominated the rebounds.
Quarters' scores: 20-22, 33-39, 51-67, 72-81

Rethymno Aegean (Skourtopoulos): Simpson 6, Schizas, Koumpouras 13(1), Fitzpatrick 1, Council 16(3), Allen 10(2), Kalampokis 1, Faye 15(4), Sinis, Cheilaris, Kravic 10
Olympiacos (Bartzokas): Petway 9(1), Hunter 6, Mantzaris 5, Kavvadas 3, Katsivelis 7(1), Lafayette 8(2), Sloukas 7(1), Simmons 4, Lojeski 21(4), Christodoulou, Printezis 7 (1), Agravanis 5 (1).

Olympiacos signed Vasilis Mouratos

Olympiacos signed Vasilis Mouratos. The 17 years old Greek guard signed a 5 years contract with Olympiacos.

Rethymno Aegean, Olympiacos, PAOK and Al Riyadi Beirut will participate in Petros Oikonomakis Tournament

Rethymno Aegean, Olympiacos, PAOK and Al Riyadi Beirut will participate in Petros Oikonomakis Tournament 2014. In the previous year Petros Oikonomakis tournament hosted Panathinaikos, Panionios, Lukoil and Rethymno Aegean. Al Riyadi Beirut was chosen probably because its coach is Slobodan Subotić has a long career history in Greece. Subotić had been the coach of Olympiacos and PAOK in the past. The 4th International Friendly Tournament Petros Oikonomakis will take place between 3-5 October in Melina Merkouri basketball court in Rethymno, Greece.

Results:
Rethymno Aegean - Al Riyadi Beirut 87-77 (68-68) 
PAOK - Unics Kazan 86-91 (75-75)
Rethymno Aegean – Olympiacos 71-82
Olympiacos – Unics Kazan 70-65
PAOK - Al Riyadi Beirut 77-77, ET1 85-85, ET2 96-92

Vangelis Mantzaris renews with Olympiacos

Vangelis Mantzaris renewed his contract with Olympiacos for three more years.

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Olympiacos signed Tremmell Darden

Olympiacos signed Tremmell Darden. The 32 years old American forward graduated from Niagara University where he played for Niagara Purple Eagles men's basketball. As a rookie he played for Erdemir Spor Kulübü in Turkey and then moved to Belgium for Leuven and Charleroi. Darden moved to another continent for the Melbourne South Dragons before returning to Europe and France for Strasbourg and Nancy. Next teams were Unicaja Malaga in Spain, ŽalgirisKaunas in Lithuania and finally Real Madrid in Spain. With Real Madrid he played 31 games for the Euroleague and had 5.7 points and 3.2 rebounds per game.

Giorgos Printezis renews with Olympiacos

Giorgos Printezis renews with Olympiacos. Printezis' contract was ending on 2015 but the team rushed to renew it for three years up to 2017. Printezis was named second best forward of Basket League Greece 2013-2014.

Olympiacos released Acie Law and Mirza Begić

Olympiacos released Acie Law and Mirza Begić. Olympiacos announced that the team used the option that was on both players' contracts and released the American guard and the Slovenian center.

Pops Mensah-Bonsu failed medical exams, leaves Olympiacos

Pops Mensah-Bonsu failed medical exams and won't play for Olympiacos as announced. Mensah-Bonsu suffered from knee and shoulder injuries that seem to create problems. Now Olympiacos has to keep searching players to form the roster for the new season.

Olympiacos signed Pops Mensah-Bonsu

Olympiacos signed Pops Mensah-Bonsu, Nana Papa Yaw Dwene "Pops" Mensah-Bonsu, with two years' contract. Mensa-Bonsu has played for George Washington, Dallas Mavericks, Fort Worth Flyers, Benetton Treviso, Granada, Joventut Badalona, Austin Toros, San Antonio Spurs, Houston Rockets, Toronto Raptors, CSKA Moscow, New Orleans Hornets, ASVEL,  Beşiktaş Milangaz, CB Sevilla, Emporio Armani Milano and Galatasaray Liv. Mensa-Bonsu had a fight with Mirza Begić and Giorgos Printezis in a Euroleague game between Galatasaray Liv Hospital and Olympiacos, but now they be in the same team.

Olympiacos signed Oliver Lafayette

Olympiacos signed Oliver Lafayette for two years. The 30 years old American guard will continue his career in Greece after a year in Spain for Valencia. Lafayette made his personal records in Euroleague with Anadolu Efes in 2012 against Olympiacos with 22 points and 26 rating. With Valencia Lafayette played 40 games with 7.9 points and 4.5 assists per game in average.

Olympiacos and Perperoglou part ways

Stratos Perperoglou won't continue his career in Greece since the player didn't agree terms with Olympiacos. Perperoglou was a player of Olympiacos for the previous two seasons and before that had played for Panathinaikos, Panionios and Ilisiakos. In this season Perperoglou  played 20 games and had 9 points and 3.65 rebounds in average per game. Perperoglou will probably continue his career in Turkey and Anadolu Efes Spor Kulübü, first time that he will play abroad.