PAOK sign Thodoris Zaras

PAOK sign Thodoris Zaras. The 30 years old Greek guard/forward penned a two years contract with PAOK. Zaras started his career with Stavroupoli and ICBS, before moving to AE Larisa in 2008. In the next season Zaras moved to Kolossos and then to Kavala. In 2011 Zaras moved to KAOD where he played four seasons, averaging 13.2 points, 2.3 assists, and 2.1 rebounds in his last season. In 2015 Zaras moved to Aris, where he averaged 6.2 points in his first season and 7.7 points in his second season.

Eurocup 2015-2016 Greek sixth day results

Eurocup 2015-2016 Greek sixth day results

Aris - Trabzonspor 78-70
Quarters' scores: 22-19, 40-36, 53-47, 78-70
Aris: Xanthopoulos 3, Pelekanos 2, Cupkovic 6, White 13, Waters 2, Zaras 23 (5), Hagins 18, Cohen 2, Mourtos, Simtsak 1, McNeal 5.
Trabzonspor: Johnson 13, Sanli 4, Candan, Hardy 20, Velickovic 11, Demirel, Kinsey 7, Yildirim, Gulaslan, Stipanovic 10, Kulig 5.
Quick stats: 

Krasny Oktyabr Volgograd - AEK 78-82 (70-70)
Quarters' scores: 22-14, 33-34, 48-57, 70-70. OT: 78-82
Krasny Oktyabr Volgograd: Tkachenko 2, DJ Cooper 27, Zamanski, Zaytsev 4, Sokolov 8, Hamilton 16, Kosrakov, Bugaenko, Voytsuk 2, Johnson 17, Guinn 2.
AEK: Papantoniou, Sakota 6, Atic, Hairston 16, Milosevic 11, Scrubb 4, Mavrokefalidis 28, Carter 6, Katsivelis 2, Kalampokis 3, Mavroeidis 6, Warren.
Quick stats: DJ Cooper 11 rebounds + 8 assists, Hamilton 9 rebounds, Johnson 8 rebounds, Milosevic 9 rebounds, Mavrokefalidis 10 rebounds.

Szolnoki Olaj - PAOK 78-69
Quarters' scores: 17-11, 24-36, 41-55, 78-69
Szolnoki Olaj: Craft, Keller 2, Wittmann 12 (3), Vojvoda 15 (1), Lipovi 6 (2), Borisov 10 (2), Natyazhko 2, Milosevic 13(1), Kovac 10 (1), Gregory 8.
PAOK: Tepic, Liapis 4, Vasileiadis 11, Kakaroudis 3(1), Tsochlas 10 (1), Dedas 3(1), Margaritis 8, Schortsianitis 5, Duvnjak 7(1), Markovic 8 (1), Hatcher 10(2).
Quick stats: Vojvoda 1/7 3p, Markovic 11 rebounds + 5 turnovers.


In the first day games Trabzonspor beat Aris but with lower difference, Krasny Otkyabr Volgograd beat AEK by only two points (again in over time), and PAOK beat Szolnoki Olaj by 3 points. So after all Aris and AEK beat and covered the first day defeats but PAOK lost the game and the points difference.

Aris signed Thodoros Zaras

Aris signed Thodoris Zaras. The second scorer of the Basket League Greece 2014-2015 was the leader of KAOD and will now help Aris for the next two years in the Greek League and Eurocup.

Thodoros Zarras (28,1.96), second Greek scorer of last year's domestic league signed a 2-year deal with Eurocup participant ARIS BC

— Panos Kapazoglou (@KapaSports) July 2, 2015

KAOD beat Apollon Patras for Basket League twenty third day

KAOD beat Apollon in Patras for Basket League Greece 2014-2015 twenty third day. Great victory for KAOD that will probably enter the play offs, while Apollon seems that will only remember the Cup final from this season. Tight game with the home team having 4/26 three pointers and 25/31 free throws and the visitors having 6/23 and 15/17 respectively. For the winners Manolis Papamakarios proved once more his experience with 24 points and 4 steals. Darrel Harris had 11 points (4/5 2p, 3/3 ft) and 8 rebounds, Guy Marc Michel had 8 points, 8 rebounds, and the captain Zaras had 11 points and 4 assists. For Apollon Patras Toarlyn Fitzpatrick had 19 points, Brandon Penn collected 8 rebounds, and Kevin Galloway served 4 assists. Nikos Argyropoulos had 0/6 field goals and 7/7 free throws.
Quarters' scores: 18-19, 27-32, 44-47, 63-67

Apollon Patras (Vetoulas): Skordilis 7, Argyropoulos 7, Galloway 1, Penn 6, Fitzpatrick 19(2), Antonakis, Batis 6(1), El-Amin 6, Georgallis, Sigunas 8, Ojo 3(1).
KAOD (Mexas): Slaftsakis, Trotter 4(1), Harris 11, Atkins, Odom 6, Spyridonidis, Michel 8, Zaras 11, Loe, Chrysikopoulos, Tsaldaris 3(1), Papamakarios 24(4).

KAOD beat Panelefsiniakos for Basket League twenty second day

KAOD beat Panelefsiniakos for Basket League twenty second day. With this victory KAOD secured that the team will continue in the Basket League and Panelefsiniakos will be relegated to the second division. Great game by KAOD's captain Thodoris Zaras with 14 points and 5 assists. Manolis Papamakarios had 11 points and 5 assists, Rod Odom had 15 points, 5 rebounds and 4 assists, and Obie Trotter had 12 points and 4 rebounds. For Panelefsiniakos Mitrovic had 15 points with 3/6 three pointers, Kurt Looby collected 8 rebounds, Markovic collected 7 rebounds and scored 6 points, Periklis Dorkofikis scored 10 points. Elijah Johnson had 5 rebounds, 5 assists and 7 points with 1/5 three pointers.
Quarters' scores: 15-10, 41-27, 57-38, 76-61

KAOD: Slaftsakis, Trotter 12(2), Harris 4, Atkins 2, Odom 15(3), Spyridonidis, Michel 11, Zaras 14(2), Loe 4, Tsaldaris 3(1), Papamakarios 11(2)
Panelefsiniakos: Mitrovic 15(3), Vasilopoulos 5(1), Looby 2, Athanasoulas 4, Markovic 6, Dorkofikis 10(2), Ioannou 2, Johnson 7(1), Ofoegbu, Avramidis 4, Simpson 6.

Olympiacos beat KAOD for Basket League twenty first day

Olympiacos hosted and beat KAOD for Basket League Greece 2014-2015 twenty first day. Without Vasilis Spanoulis Olympiacos faced problems against KAOD. Rod Odom, Thodoris Zaras and Eric Atkins scored, Manolis Papamakarios served 5 assists, Guy-Marc Michel collected 6 rebounds. For the winners Matt Lojeski had 13 points and 6 assists, Giorgos Printezis collected 6 rebounds and scored 10 points, and Oliver Lafayette scored 11 points. Olympiacos collected just 24 rebounds in total but made only 9 turnovers while KAOD made 22 turnovers (Zaras made 7 turnovers).
Quarters' scores: 19-14, 36-27, 51-41, 72-62

Olympiacos: Hunter 4, Dunston 8, Darden 9(1), Papapetrou, Lafayette 11, Lojeski 13, Christodoulou, Printezis 10(1), Agravanis, Mantzaris 8(2), Kavvadas 2, Katsivelis 7(2).
KAOD: Trotter 3, Harris 4, Georgakis, Atkins 11(1), Odom 12(2), Spyridonidis, Michel 7, Zaras 11(1), Loe 4, Chrysikopoulos 3(1), Papamakarios 7.

Panathinaikos beat KAOD for Basket League twentieth day

Panathinaikos beat KAOD for Basket League Greece 2014-2015 twentieth day. Panathinaikos allowed KAOD to score 24 points in the first quarter but tight its defence and created a two digits difference. With Esteban Batista having 20 points and 8 rebounds, and Dimitris Diamantidis making a double double with 14 points and 10 assists, Panathinaikos won in Drama and now prepares for the game against Real Madrid. For KAOD its captain Thodoris Zaras had 14 points and 5 assists. KAOD had 6/23 three pointers and collected only 18 rebounds in total.
Quarters' scores: 24-25, 36-44, 51-62, 65-81

KAOD: Slaftsakis 5 (1), Trotter 4 (1), Harris 8, Georgakis, Atkins, Odom 10 (1), Spyridonidis, Michel 14, Zaras 14 (1), Loe, Chrysikopoulos, Papamakarios 10 (2).
Panathinaikos: Charalampopoulos, Slaughter 12 (3), Bochoridis 1, Giankovits 3 (1), Fotsis 4, Pappas 12, Mavrokefalidis, Diamantidis 14 (2), Gist 15 (2), Batista 20, Lountzis, Lawal.

KAOD beat Panionios for Basket League nineteenth day

KAOD beat Panionios for Basket League nineteenth day. In a tight game KAOD took an early but small lead. In the half time Dimitris Tsaldaris had 9 points and Rod Odom had 6 rebounds for the visitors. Panionios had 1/9 three pointers in the first half. The home team counter attacked in the third quarter and took the lead by 46-41 but did not manage to preserve it and win the game. For the winners the captain Zaras had 25 points, 10 fouls drawn and 6 rebounds, and the veteran Papamakarios had 17 points. For Panionios Dimitris Verginis and William Coleman had 16 points each, Yaroslav Korolev had 11 points and Vasilis Xanthopoulos served 7 assists. KAOD made 18 turnovers but Panionios, that made 10 turnovers, had 2/19 three pointers.
Quarters' scores: 12-15, 28-30, 51-53, 72-79

Panionios: Xanthopoulos 4, Petropoulos, Verginis 16(1), Tapoutos 9, Spyropoulos, Strnand 7(1), Stamatis 7, Asselin 2, Coleman 16, Korolev 11, Tubbs.
KAOD: Slaftsakis 5(1), Trotter, Harris 2, Atkins 8(1), Odom 7, Michel 2, Zaras 25(3), Loe 4(5ρ), Tsaldaris 9(3), Papamakarios 17(2).

KAOD beat Korivos Amaliadas for Basket League eighteenth day

KAOD hosted and beat Korivos Amaliadas for Basket League Greece 2014-2015 eighteenth day. KAOD covered the difference of the first round defeat and is in better position to avoid relegation. For the winners the experienced Manolis Papamakarios scored 14 points, 10 points in the first quarter, the captain Thodoris Zaras had 16 points and 8 fouls drawn, and Dimitris Tsaldaris had 9 points with 3/4 three pointers. Rod Odom touched a double double with 10 points and 9 rebounds, Rob Loe had 7 points and 9 rebounds, Obie Trotter served 5 assists. Eric Atkins had 2/10 field goals and Trotter had 4 turnovers. For Korivos Amaliadas Rawle Marshall had 18 points, Nikos Aggelopoulos had 13 points and Tim Bowers had 10 points. Andreas Kanonidis collected 5 rebounds, with his 2 offensive rebounds being the total offensive rebounds of his team. Larry Turner and Guille Rubio had 1/4 field goals each.
Quarters' scores: 24-16, 46-31, 62-39, 78-62

KAOD: Slaftsakis, Trotter 8(2), Harris, Georgakis, Atkins 8(1), Odom 10(2), Spyridonidis, Michel 6, Zaras 16(1), Loe 7, Tsaldaris 9(3), Papamakarios 14(3)
Korivos Amaliadas: Magette, Marshall 18(2), Giannakidis 3(1), Angelopoulos 13(2), Papapetrou, Bowers 10(2), Vasiljevic, Kanonidis 6, Filippakos 2, Turner 4, Rubio 5, Galiotos 1.

PAOK beat KAOD for Basket League sixteenth day

PAOK hosted and beat KAOD for Basket League Greece 2014-2015 sixteenth day. PAOK was counting five defeats in a row in the domestic and European games but with 10/22 three pointers beat KAOD. For the winners Kevin Langford had 13 points, Vangelis Margaritis had 11 points, Marc Carter and Apollon Tsochlas had 10 points each. Jake Odum collected 8 rebounds, Charitopoulos and Saloustros collected 6 rebounds each. For KAOD the captain Thodoris Zaras had 15 points and 6 rebounds, Obie Trotter had 11 points and 4 assists, Guy Michel Marc had 9 points and 5 rebounds.
Quarters' scores: 18-13, 37-27, 56-47, 72-64

PAOK (S. Markopoulos): Langford 13 (1), Liapis, Carter 10 (2), Tsochlas 10 (2), Dedas 6 (2), Margaritis 11, Odum 8 (1), Vaughn 2, Sinadinovic, Charitopoulos 5 (1), Saloustros 7 (1)
KAOD (Mexas): Slaftsakis 2, Trotter 11 (1), Harris, Georgakis, Atkins 8, Odom 6 (2), Michel 9, Zaras 15 (1), Loe 2, Tsaldaris 2, Papamakarios 9 (1).

Kolossos Rodou beat KAOD for Basket League twelfth day

Kolossos Rodou beat KAOD in Drama for Basket League twelfth day. Kolossos won its third game in four visits in Drama with Ernest Scott and Aggelos Tsamis having a great game. The visitors created a lead of 27 points in the second quarter but the home team managed to counter attack in the second half. KAOD's counter attack was not enough although the captain Thodoris Zaras made another great game. Zaras finished the game with 22 points and 4 rebounds, Rob Loe had 7 points, 5 rebounds and 3 assists, Rod Odom had 7 points and 6 rebounds. For the winners Scott made a double double with 17 points and 10 rebounds. Sotiris Manolopoulos had 14 points with only one missed shot, Aggelos Tsamis had 14 points and 5 rebounds, Jamelle Hagins had 8 rebounds and Dominic Waters served 5 assists.
Quarters' scores: 13-23, 29-50, 51-63, 68-72

KAOD: Slaftsakis 4(1), Trotter 3(1), Georgakis 2, Atkins 5, Odom 7(1), Micel 4, Zaras 22(5), Loe 7, Tsaldaris 4, Papamakarios 10(2).
Kolossos Rodou: Toliopoulos 3(1), Waters 7(1), Manolopolos 14(3), Smith 1, Stefanidis 6, Liden 8(2), Scott 17(5), Tsamis 14(1), Haggins 2.

KAOD beat Apollon Patras for Basket League tenth day

KAOD hosted and beat Apollon Patras for Basket League tenth day. Before the game KAOD was in the bottom of the table and both teams did not have a road victory. KAOD was leading the game with a small difference for three quarters. In the last quarter Apollon Patras made an 11-0 run and the score became 68-69 from 68-58. KAOD replied and balanced the partial score of the last quarter and won a crucial game. Apollon Patras continued without an away victory. For KAOD Thodoris Zaras had 21 points, Rob Loe had 18 points and 7 rebounds. Manolis Papamakarios had his great come back in the Greek League with 13 points, 6 rebounds, 6 assists and 3 steals. For Apollon Patras Muhammad El-Amin had 23 points, Toarlyn Fitzpatrick had 6 points and 8 rebounds, Brandon Penn had 14 points and 4 rebounds.
Quarters' scores: 16-14, 42-35, 64-58, 82-76.

KAOD: Slaftsakis, Trotter 11, Johnson 4, Georgakis, Atkins 4, Odom 6, Spyridonidis, Michel 5, Zaras 21, Loe 18, Kolovis, Papamakarios 13.
Apollon Patras: Skordilis, Argyropoulos 11, Galloway 8, Penn 14, Fitzpatrick 6, Antonakis, Batis 8, El-Amin 23, Pelekoudas, Molfetas, Niforas, Georgalis 6.

Aris beat KAOD for Basket League fourth day

Aris beat KAOD in Drama for Basket League fourth day. Aris was leading the score in the whole game but KAOD counter attacked in the end and 14 seconds before the end Spyridonidis equalized the score, 72-72. Moourtos missed two free throws but Aleksandar Vezenkov was there to collect the rebound and score two free throws which gave his team the victory. Another great game for KAOD's captain Thodoris Zaras with 26 points and 5 assists. For KAOD Rob Loe added 9 points and 5 rebounds, Michel had 7 points and 7 rebounds, Diamantis Slaftsakis had 6 rebounds, 4 points and 3 assists. For Aris Ogo Adegboye had 17 points, LeMarcus Reed had 9 points and 7 rebounds, Drew Naymick had 12 points and 7 rebounds. Aleksandar Vezenkov made another double double with 13 points and 12 rebounds.
Quarters' scores: 10-15, 31-34, 46-58, 70-74

KAOD: Slaftsakis 4, Vasojevic 5, Johnson 2, Georgakis, Atkins 8, Odom 2, Spyridonidis 5(1), Michel 7, Zaras 26(4), Loe 9(1), Chrysikopoulos 2.
Aris: Pasalic, Gikas 6(1), Reed 9(1), Vezenkov 13(1), Naymick 12, Simtsak 2, Adegboye 17(2).

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.

Rethymno Aegean beat KAOD for Basket League second day

Rethymno Aegean hosted and defeated KAOD for Basket League second day. First quarter was bad for both team with many missed shots (4/16 field goald for each team) and low score, 9-11. The second quarter was slightly beter but still tight and in the end Rethymno Aegean with Faye and Schaftenaar created a difference of 6 points, 35-29. Allen and Schaftenaar for Rethymno finished the first half with 9 points each. The home team improved at third quarter and with Simpson and Schaftenaar expanded the difference to 9 points, 50-41. KAOD was pressing Rethymno but the home team dominated rebounds and won the game. Mouhammad Faye finished the game with a double double, 19 points and 11 rebounds. Roeland Schaftenaar had 11 points, 6 rebounds and Trevis Simpson had 13 points. For KAOD Eric Atkins had 16 points, 5 assists, 4 rebounds. Rob Loe had 13 points, Thororis Zaras had 12 points and Terone Johnson 7 points and 5 assists.
Quarters' scores: 9-11, 35-29, 50-41, 72-66.

Rethymno Aegean (Skourtopoulos): Simpson 13, Schizas 2, Koumpouras 4, Schaftenaar 11, Council 4, Allen 9, Kalampokis 6, Faye 19, Sinis, Chilaris, Kravic 4, Doulgerakis.
KAOD (Mexas): Slaftsakis 5, Vasojevic, Johnson 7, Georgalis 2, Atkins 16, Odom 4, Spyridonidis 2, Michel 1, Zaras 12, Loe 13, Chrysikopoulos.

KAOD BC roster 2014-2015

KAOD BC roster 2014-2015

Obie Trotter
Rod Odom
Eric Atkins
Terone Johnson
Rob Loe
Stratos Voulgaropoulos
Diamantis Slaftsakis
Thodoris Zaras
Giannis Kolovis
Linos Chrysikopoulos
Alexandros Spyridonis
Giorgos Georgakis
Manolis Koukoulas
Manolis Papamakarios
Dimitris Tsaldaris
Darrell Harris

Coach: Kostas Mexas
Assistant Coach: Dimitris Misiakos

*KAOD started with Nikola Vasojevic but released him after three games.
*On November 5th KAOD signed Obie Trotter.
*On December 5th KAOD signed Manolis Papamakarios.
*On January 2015 KAOD signed Dimitris Tsaldaris.
*On February 2015 KAOD signed Darrell Harris.

Thodoris Zaras renews with KAOD

Thodoris Zaras renews with KAOD. The captain will play for one more year in Drama for KAOD. In the previous season Zaras played 28 games with KAOD averaging 7 points in 19 minutes per game.