Trikala BC roster 2017-2018

Trikala BC roster 2017-2018

Giannis Chatzinikolas
Raheem Appleby
ShawnDre Jones
Michalis Lountzis
Diamantis Slaftsakis
Ronald Ross
Panagiotis Karagiorgos
Shannon Hale Jr
Kentan Facey
Marko Tejic
Filippos Kalogiannidis
Stefanos Skouloudis
Lamond Murray Jr
Sakis Tataris
Kostas Vasileiadis*

Head Coach: Kostas Mexas

Kostas Vasileiadis joined the team on October 13th 2017.

Trikala sign ShawnDre Jones

Trikala sign ShawnDre Jones. The 22 year old American guard graduated from Richmond. In 35 games in his senior year Jones averaged 16.8 points and 3.9 assists per game.

Trikala sign Kentan Facey

Trikala sign Kentan Facey. The 24 years old Jamaican forward/center graduated from UConn where he averaged 8.5 points and 7.1 rebounds as senior. This is the first professional contract for the Jamaican rookie who won the 2014 NCAA Championship.

Trikala sign Raheem Appleby

Trikala sign Raheem Appleby. The 24 years old American guard graduated from Louisiana Tech. Appleby went undrafted in the 2015 NBA Draft and started his professional career in Hungary for PVSK Panthers. After one month in Hungary Appleby moved to Cyprus for Apollon Limassol and in the previous season he played in Finland with Kouvot. In 33 games for the Finnish League Appleby averaged 14.2 points and 4.1 assists per game.

Filippos Kalogiannidis renews with Trikala

Filippos Kalogiannidis renews with Trikala. The 23 years old Greek guard penned a new three years contract. Kalogiannidis joined Trikala in 2015 and in the previous season he played 10 games in the Basket League, averaging 3 points in 5 minutes per game.

Trikala sign Panagiotis Karagiorgos

Trikala sign Panagiotis Karagiorgos. The 18 year old is a member of the Greece U16 National Team and has played for PAOK U16 and U18 teams.

Trikala sign Stefanos Skouloudis

Trikala sign Stefanos Skouloudis. The 23 years old Greek center has played for Proteas Voulas, Kymi, and Psyhiko. In 16 games in the A2 League Greece with Kymi Skouloudis averaged 0.6 points per game.

Trikala sign Shannon Hale Jr

Trikala sign Shannon Hale Jr. The 23 years old American forward graduated from Alabama and this is his first professional contract. During the last season Hale averaged 4.1 points and 1.5 rebounds in 21 games with Alabama.

Trikala sign Lamond Murray Jr

Trikala sign Lamond Murray Jr. The 23 years old American player graduated from Pepperdine and he is the son of the former NBAer Lamond Murray. Murray Jr averaged 21.4 points and 5.7 rebounds in his sophomore season with Pepperdine and he participated in the 2017 NBA Summer League with Miami Heat.

Trikala lands coach Kostas Mexas

Trikala lands coach Kostas Mexas. The 40 years old Greek coach started his professional career coaching womens teams and worked with Hortiatis, Ampelokipoi, Megas Alexandros and Kastoria. His first job as a head coach for a mens team was with MENT and continued with Iraklis BC. In 2011 Mexas joined KAOD and in 2014 he became their head coach. In 2015 Mexas agreed terms with Apollon Patras and renewed his contract for one more season after achieving to avoid relegation.