Posts Tagged ‘AEK Athens’
Mike Green joins AEK Athens
Mike Green (185 cm, Butler’08) will continue his professional career this 2017-18 on the roster of Greek club AEK Athens (Greece-A1). He spent his 2016-17 season playing for a couple of teams in the Turkish BSL. Mike started off with Best Baliksehir Basketbol Kulubu (Turkey-BSL). He logged eight games for them and averaged 15.3 ppg…
Read MorePanathinaikos Athens march to Greek final
While great rival Olympiacos has been in EuroLeague action, Panathinaikos Athens has been busy wrapping up its Greece A1 title series. Since Olympiacos headed off to the Final Four 2-0 up on Aris Thessaloniki, Panathinaikos has pushed aside AEK in the Athens derby series. After tying the series up from Game 2, Panathinaikos has won…
Read MoreBrad Newley signs with AEK Athens
Brad Newley (199 cm) inks a deal to join AEK Athens (Greece-A1). Newley played for the Sydney Kings (Australia-NBL) earlier this season where he put up 17.6 ppg with 5.0 rpg and 4.1 apg in 23 games. Athens hopes the Australian swingman will bring his scoring capabilities over to the A1. The team currently sits…
Read MoreDonnie McGrath returns to AEK Athens
Donnie McGrath (193 cm, Providence’06) has signed a contract to play for AEK Athens in the Greek top flight A1 league. Over the last few months, the American has been on home soil playing for the Long Island Nets in the D-League. Donnie McGrath hit the floor in 12 appearances and secured numbers of 8.7…
Read MoreYannick Franke now with Zadar
Yannick Franke (194 cm) is moving to Zadar (Croatian A-1 & Adriatic League). FIBA has just recently lifted the ban on Zadar to sign new import players. The club has been involved in SEVEN different cases in front of FIBA’s Basketball Arbitration Tribunal. When an award is issued and not followed up by the losing party…
Read MoreChinemelu Elonu joins AEK Athens
AEK Athens (Greece-A1) has agreed to terms with Chinemelu Elonu (206 cm, Texas A&M’09) and will be adding the big man to their roster this 2017. He is a 29-year-old Nigerian international player who played for Texas A&M in his college days. In 2015-16 Elonu lent his talents to Besiktas Istanbul (Turkey-BSL), signing with the…
Read MoreGreek A1: Olympiacos, AEK Athens still Perfect
Round 4 of the 2016-17 regular season in the Greek A1 league was capped off with dominant showing by Panathinaikos Athens over GS Kymis, 92-52. The win lifted Panathinaikos to 3-1 slate and moving them up the league standings to fourth place. They are still chasing co-league leaders Olympiacos and AEK Athens, the two clubs…
Read MoreYannick Franke picked up by AEK Athens
AEK Athens (Greece-A1) is getting an infusion of some young blood this 2016-17 with the addition of Yannick Franke (194 cm). He is a 20-year-old Dutch player who has been a member of the Dutch national team since 2015. Yannick was originally set to start the season playing for ASP Promitheas Patras (Greece-A1). He started…
Read MoreCSKA Moscow downs AEK Athens in friendly
Reigning Euroleague champions, CSKA Moscow, continued its fine preseason form as the Russian giant continued to warm for the elite continental competition. CSKA is bidding to become just the third club to defend the Euroleague since 1990, following Olympiacos (2012 and 2013) and Maccabi Tel Aviv (2004 and 2005). If successful, CSKA Moscow will win…
Read MoreMichael Dixon pens with AEK Athens
Michael Dixon (186 cm, Memphis’14) will be reinforcing the backcourt rotation of Greek club AEK Athens (Greece-A1) for the 2016-17 season. In 2015-16 Michael lent his talents to CEZ Basketbal Nymburk (Czech Republic-NBL). He played 11 games for them in the FIBA Europe Cup and averaged 16.7 ppg and 4.8 apg. Michael also logged 31…
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