Greece
Alexandris to coach Jordanian NT
The Jordan Basketball Federation (JBF) is hiring Greek coach, Vangelis Alexandris to lead Senior National Team for the upcoming FIBA Asia Championships, to be held in the Philippines. He has 20 years of experience as a head coach for various Greek teams, most of which were in the A1 league. Alexandris was released by Greek…
Read MoreTheodoros Papaloukas announces retirement
The world of international basketball is in for a big loss. A great player, Greek point guard Theodoros Papaloukas has
Read MoreDiamantopoulos wins arbitration
Greek player Georgios Diamantopoulos (196 cm) has won an arbitration case at the FIBA Basketball Arbitration
Read MoreVassilis Spanoulis named Euroleague MVP
Vassilis Spanoulis has been named the 2012-2013 bwin Euroleague MVP. The Olympiacos Piraeus guard
Read MoreMagounis pens with Barcellona
Spyros Magounis (200 cm) has joined up with Sigma Barcellona (Italy, LegaDue) to help the team with its play-off run. The 27-year old has been playing the last two seasons with Panelefsiniakos in his native Greece. Last season he was promoted to the Greek A1 with the team and during 22 games with the club…
Read MoreRamel Curry joins Panathinaikos
Ramel Curry (192 cm, Cal State Bakersfield’02) has signed with Greek giants Panathinaikos (A1 and Euroleague) for the remainder of the A1 season. Panathinaikos has recently missed out on reaching the Turkish Airlines Euroleague Final Four in London and have bolstered the roster with American Curry. Curry has been playing this season with BC Donetsk…
Read MorePanathinaikos fined by Euroleague
Greek team Panathinaikos of Athens has been hit with a heavy penalty from Euroleague Basketball and its
Read MoreJurica Golemac wins arbitration vs. Kolossos
Slovenian player Jurica Golemac (209 cm) won his arbitration case at the FIBA Basketball Arbitral Tribunal versus his
Read MoreGiannakis to coach Chinese National Team
China will have a new head coach for its National Team. They have chosen Greek coach Panagiotis Giannakis. Giannakis was the Head Coach of the Greek National team from 1996 to 1997 and 2004 to 2008. This 2012-13 season, Panagiotis was the head coach of Limoges CSP Elite from France’s ProA. It was a good…
Read MoreTheo Papaloukas breaks record
On 8 May, on his 36th birthday, Greek legend Theo Papaloukas will be packing his suitcase for a flight to London. When two days later he steps on the court at O2 Arena for CSKA Moscow’s semi-final game in the Turkish Airlines Euroleague, the British capital will become the ninth city he visits in his…
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