Greece
Rixos Cup: Olympiacos – Besiktas in finals
With Day 3 of the Rixos Cup 6 completed on Thursday the championship match-up has been determined with Olympiacos Piraeus set to square off against Besiktas on Friday. The preliminary round completed on Thursday with two matches, Olympiacos Piraeus defeated Anadolu Efes 83:78 in the first match of the day and Zalgiris Kaunas downed Fenerbahce…
Read MoreJoseph Taylor to Apollon Patras
Joseph Taylor (205 cm, Wyoming’09) will be headed to Greece instead of the United Arab Emirates. He has been added by AS Apollon Patras from Greece’s A1 league for the 2013-14 season. Taylor began the 2012-13 season playing for the White Eagles Stockholm from Sweden’s Basketligan. He managed to log nine games for them and…
Read MoreDimitris Haritopoulos to BdR Valladolid
Spanish Liga Endesa team Blancos de Rueda Valladolid has signed Greek player Dimitris Haritopoulos (205 cm) for the 2013-14 season. Dimitris was a former member of the Greek National Team in 2005. The 29-year-old Haritopoulos began the 2012-13 season playing for PAOK Thessaloniki (Greece-A1). In 16 games playing for them he averaged 8.9 ppg and…
Read MoreRixos Cup 6: Besiktas, Olympiacos take Game 1
The Sixth Annual Rixos Cup tipped off in Istanbul on Tuesday with the first two games of the preliminary round. In the annual pre-season tip-off competition, the Rixos Cup features six teams divided into two groups that play over three days to determine the rankings within the groups, with the first place team from each…
Read MoreTaylor Smith goes pro with Kolossos
Taylor Smith (198 cm, SF Austin’13) will be headed to Greece this 2013-14 to begin his professional career with VAP Kolossos Rodou. Smith had originally drawn interest from Spanish club Baloncesto Fuenlabrada, but it appears that Greece is where Taylor will get to display what he can do in a challenging, professional arena. In 2012-13,…
Read MoreDominique Sutton signs with Ikaros
Dominique Sutton (195 cm, N.C. Central’12) will continue his basketball career in Greece after signing with Ikaros Kallitheas (A1) this 2013-14 season. The 26-year-old Sutton began his rookie season trying out for French ProA team ES Chalon-Sur-Saone in October 2012. In November 2012 he signed with the NBA D-League’s Tulsa 66ers. In 2012-13 he played…
Read MoreWilliam Hatcher moves to Ilysiakos Athens
Ilysiakos Athens (Greece-A1) have added 29-year-old William Hatcher (188 cm, Miami, OH’06) for the 2013-14 season. The Michigan native is coming off a shortened 2012-13 season, while playing for PAOK Thessaloniki, also from Greece’s A1. His season was cut short by an injury he suffered in January 2013 and was sidelined for six weeks. Before…
Read MoreChad Prewitt to Kolossos Rodou
Chad Prewitt (206 cm, Arizona State´02) will head back to the Greek A1 this season after agreeing terms with VAP Kolossos Rodou. The American power forward/center is an extremely experienced European operator who has played top flight Basketball in Georgia, Greece, and most prominently in the German Bundesliga. Last season Prewitt was in the Georgian…
Read MoreEuroBasket 2013: Spain, Slovenia fall, QFs set
Round 2 of EuroBasket 2013 is now complete and the quarterfinals are set, but not before some last minute drama as Finland upset host club Slovenia by 16, Italy put Spain on the edge of not qualifying with a 5-point win that went to overtime and last place Greece took first place Croatia to double…
Read MoreEuroBasket 2013: Slovenia, Croatia grab seats in QFs
With one day remaining in Round 2 of EuroBasket 2013, five of eight spots in the quarterfinals are now firm. On Friday, Lithuania, France and Serbia picked up their advancement papers, with Ukraine and Latvia set to battle for the fourth and final spot. The Ukrainians will square off against 3-1 Lithuania, while Latvia will…
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