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.

CSKA Moscow beat Panathinaikos for Nick Galis Cup

CSKA Moscow beat Panathinaikos for Nikos Galis Cup. Dimitris Itoudis coached CSKA against a team that spend more than a decade, Lefteris Bochoridis returned to Alexandrio after his transfer to Panathinaikos. Panathinaikos could win the game but in the last offense CSKA scored 4 points with a goal foul and stole the victory. For CSKA Moscow Aaron Jackson had 16 points, Vitaly Fridzon had 13 points and Andrey Vorontsevich had 9 rebounds. For Panathinaikos Esteban Batista had 11 points and 6 rebounds, Nikos Pappas had 11 points and Vlantimir Giankovits had 10 points.
Quarters' scores: 10-14, 32-35, 54-50, 67-68

Panathinaikos (Ivanovic): Charalampopoulos 6, Bochoridis 2, Giankovits 10 (1), Fotsis 5 (1), Pappas 11 (3), Diamantidis 7 (1), Gist 10 (1), Batista 11, Diamantakos 5
CSKA Moscow (Itoudis): Fridzon 13 (2), Nichols 11 (1), Jackson 16, Markoishvili 6 (1), Zozulin 6 (1), Strebkov 4, Vorontsevich 4, Kaun 2, Hines 6

Panathinaikos beat Apollon Patras in friendly game

Panathinaikos beat Apollon Patras in the first friendly game for both teams. For Panathinaikos the captain Dimitris Diamantidis and the young Giorgos Papagiannis didn't play due to light injuries. For Panathinaikos DeMarcus Nelson was the top scorer with 13 points and Brandon Penn scored 13 points for Apollon Patras. Kevin Galloway scored 12 points, Gaios Skordilis and Antonis Fotsis 11 scored points each.
Quarters' scores: 17-11, 31-26, 45-36, 58-54

Panathinaikos: Charalampopoulos 3(1), Slaughter 6, Bochoridis 5, Giankovits 7, Fotsis 11(2), Nelson 13, Pappas 2, Mavrokefalidis 7, Diamantakos, Batista 4, Koniaris.
Apollon Patras: Mastrogiannopoulos, Arguropoulos 2, Cohn 3(1), Penn 13, Fitzpatrick 2, Polydoropoulos, Batis 5(1), Spyrakis, Pelekoudas, Molfetas 6(2), Niforas, Oikonomopoulos, Skordilis 11, Galloway 12(1).

Panathinaikos BC first training of the season 2014-2015

Panathinaikos' players, except those who play with their national teams, have gathered in Athens for the first training of the team for the season 2014-2015.

Την πρώτη τους συγκέντρωση εν όψει της νέας αγωνιστικής περιόδου πραγματοποίησαν οι παίκτες του Παναθηναϊκού! pic.twitter.com/OFVD4efVWP
— Panathinaikos BC (@paobcgr) August 21, 2014

DeMarcus Nelson got Serbian citizenship

DeMarcus Nelson got Serbian citizenship as his manager Misko Raznatovic announced on twitter. Nelson will probably won't play for Serbia National Team but will not count as an American for his new team Panathinaikos.

DeMarcus Nelson officially got Serbian citizenship!
— Misko4Raznatovic (@MiskoRaznatovic) July 30, 2014

Panathinaikos signed Lefteris Bochoridis

Panathinaikos signed Lefteris Bochoridis. The Greek champions offered 300.000 euros to Aris and acquired the promising young player.

Apollon Patras' friendly games with CSKA Moscow and Panathinaikos

Apollon Patras arragned friendly games with CSKA Moscow and Panathinaikos in Karpenisi where the team will prepare for the new season. On 29th August Apollon will play against Panathinaikos and on 14th September will play against CSKA Moscow. Apollon will probably organize Patras Cup friendly tournament on 10th and 11th September if the team has not games for the Greek Cup.

Panathinaikos signed DeMarcus Nelson

Panathinaikos signed DeMarcus Nelson. The 29 years old American combo guard signed a two years contract with renewal option. The player graduated from Duke College, then was signed by Golden State Warriors but played with Bakersfield Jam and Austin Toros in the NBA Development League. He continued his career in Croatia for KK Zagreb, returned to NBA for Chicago Bulls but moved back to Europe and Italy for SS Scandone Avellino, then France for Cholet Basket, Ukraine for BC Donetsk, back to Cholet Basket and finally to Serbia for Crvena Zvezda. With Crvena Zvezda (Red Star) Nelson played in the Euroleague and Eurocup having more than 10 points and 4 rebounds per game.

Mavrokefalidis had an elbow surgery

Loukas Mavrokefalidis won't participate in the Greek National Team and the World Championship in Spain since he had an elbow surgery. Mavrokefalidis will be ready for the preparation with his team Panathinaikos.

Panathinaikos signed A.J. Slaughter

Panathinaikos signed A.J. Slaughter. The 26 years old American guard signed a two years contract with the Greek champions. Slaughter played for the Western Kentucky Hilltoppers college and started his professional career in Angelico Biella of the Lega Basket Serie A, then moved to Belgium for Belfius Mons-Hainaut and France for Cholet Basket and Élan Chalon, before moving to Greece and Panathinaikos. Slaughter is 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) high and plays as shooting guard. He will debut will Panathinaikos in the Euroleague, after good seasons in the Eurocup.

1st International Nick Galis Cup

Aris BC announced the 1st International Nick Galis Cup that will take place in Thessaloniki on 20 and 21 September 2014. Aris, Panathinaikos, CSKA Moscow and Banvit Basketbol Kulübü will be the four clubs that will participate. Aris will celebrate 100 years of sports history.

Panathinaikos' deadline for Calathes

Panathinaikos BC announced that the team is negotiating with Nick Calathes and the two sides reach an agreement but the player haven't signed a contract yet. The Greek champions announced that they give Calathes a deadline to reply up to Friday 27th June 2014.

Panathinaikos signed George Papagiannis

Panathinaikos signed George Papagiannis. The 17 years old Greek center started at Olympiacos' academies before his first contract with Peristeri BC. In 15th January 2012 Papagiannis became the youngest player that has ever played in the Basket League Greece at the age of 14 years old and 6 months. After his debut in Peristeri Papagiannis moved to USA and currently studies and plays for Westtown School of Pennsylvania. Papagiannis will stay in Pennsylvania for one more year before joining the Greek champions. Born on 3rd July 1997 Papagiannis has won the bronze medal with Greece U16 in Ukraine FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship 2013 and then the gold medal with Greece U16 in Turkey World Under-16 Basketball Championship. For two years in a row, 2012 and 2013, Papagiannis is FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship: Blocked Shots Leader.

Dimitris Diamantidis named MVP and second best guard of the League

Dimitris Diamantidis named MVP and second best guard of the Basket League Greece 2013-2014. Diamantidis played 25 games in regular season with 7.60 points and 4.56 assists per game and improved in the play offs with 9.34 points, 4.40 assists, 2.30 rebounds and 6 fouls drawn in average per game.

MVP of the Basket League Greece 2013-2014

	Player	Points	1st Place	2nd Place	3rd Place
1	Dimitris Diamantidis (Panathinaikos)	95	25	8	4
2	DJ Cooper (PAOK)	75	10	18	9
3	Errick McCollum (Panionios)	33	3	7	10
4	Stephane Lasme (Panathinaikos)	22	3	6	1

Best guard of the Basket League Greece 2013-2014

	Player	Votes
1	DJ Cooper (PAOK)	40
2	Dimitris Diamantidis (Panathinaikos)	28
3	Errick McCollum (Panionios)	14
4	J'Covan Brown (KAOD)	8
5	Vasilis Spanoulis (Olympiacos)	4

Dimitris Diamantidis is the MVP of @ESAKE_OPAP league 2013-14! Congratulations captain!!! pic.twitter.com/TIDNNyDTAW
— Panathinaikos BC (@paobcgr) June 24, 2014

Panathinaikos signed Michalis Lountzis

Panathinaikos signed Michalis Lountzis for five years. Lountzis is 16 years old, born in 1998, and his height is 1.95m. He was playing for Kronos Agiou Dimitriou BC in the third division and is the captain of Greek cadets national team. Michalis Lountzis has been invited to Adidas Eurocamp which is scheduled in Treviso from June 7 to 9.

Michalis Lountzis signed a five year deal with Panathinaikos @euroleague http://t.co/VJuEnPJ2pK pic.twitter.com/3y3CrB1HX9
— Panathinaikos BC (@paobcgr) June 23, 2014

Jonas Mačiulis named best forward of Basket League Greece 2013-2014

Jonas Mačiulis named best forward of Basket League Greece 2013-2014. Mačiulis played 22 games for the regular season with 6.23 points and 2.59 rebounds per game in average but improved in the 9 games of the League Play Offs with 8.78 points and 3.56 rebounds per game.

Stephane Lasme named best center and defender of the Greek Basket League

Stephane Lasme named best center and best defender of the Greek Basket League. This is the second year in a row that Lasme is named best defender of the league. In the previous season Lasme was named Euroleague Best Defender, Greek League Best Defender and Greek League MVP. Lasme played 33 games with Panathinaikos in this season and had 10.73 points and 5 rebounds in average per game.

Panathinaikos offers 300k for Vangelis Mantzaris

Panathinaikos president Dimitris Giannakopoulos send an official request for Vangelis Mantzaris to Olympiacos. This is the first time one of the two rivals of the Greek League officially asks a player from the opponent. Panathinaikos offers 300.000€ for the player as stated in the official document here

Panathinaikos released Mačiulis, Lasme, Bramos, Curry and Ping

Panathinaikos BC announced that the club used the option out in the contracts of Jonas Mačiulis, Stephane Lasme, Mike Bramos, Ramel Curry and Shang Ping. Those five players are now released from the club and are free to negotiate with other teams. Shang Ping was long ago out of the team plans but anyway he became the first Chinese player to win the Greek Championship and the Greek Cup. Panathinaikos may start negotiations with Mike Bramos but not with the rest four players.

Duško Ivanović and Panathinaikos agreed terms

Duško Ivanović (Душко Ивановић) is the new head coach of Panathinaikos. The coach of the Bosnian national team agreed terms for a two years' contract with the Greek champions. Sotiris Manolopoulos will be the assistant coach, keeping his current position and Fragiskos Alvertis will become the team manager.