Greece
Panathinaikos Stays Dominant, 9-0 in Greek A1
Panathinaikos Athens are the Greek Kings of Greece’s A1 League. The team is so dominant this season, that it has secured a perfect record (9-0) after nine rounds. Their closest competition in the league is their rival club, Olympiacos who have a 7-2 record and currently have a solo seat at second place. On December…
Read MoreKostas Vasiliadis to Iberostar Tenerife
Kostas Vasiliadis (200 cm) will be reinforcing the frontcourt rotation of Iberostar Tenerife CB Canarias (Spain-Liga Endesa) for the 2017-18 season. He is a 33-year-old Greek international basketball player who played for the Greek National Team from 2005 to 2014. He began this season playing for Aries Trikalla (Greece-A1). In six games, the big man…
Read MoreWorld Cup 2019 Qualifiers: Serbia, Greece, France Win
More teams took to the hardwood to play out their second game in the FIBA World Cup 2019 qualifiers. 12 spots are up for grabs from Europe and competition has been fierce in the first round so far. Teams from Groups E, F, G, and H were scheduled to play and the basketball action did…
Read MoreThaddus McFadden heads to Kymis
Thaddus McFadden (188 cm, Fairmont State’09) is a recent addition to the roster of GS Kymis (Greek-A1) in November 2017. McFadden is coming in to reinforce the team after starting the 2017-18 season playing for Karpos Sokoli 2000 Skopje (FYR Macedonia-Prva Liga). He played two games for them in the Basketball Champions League and averaged…
Read MoreGreek A1: Olympiacos, Panathinaikos Grab Wins
Round 6 of the Greek A1 2017-18 regular season ended with a bang with Olympiacos S.F.P. Pireus taking on Kolossos H Hotels. Olympiacos dominated their opponents and came away with an easy 54-72 victory yesterday. Olympiacos is tied for second place in the league standings with ASP Promitheas Patras with both clubs managing to keep…
Read MorePhil Goss now playing for PAOK
Phil Goss (188 cm, Drexel’05) will be strengthening the roster of PAOK Thessaloniki (Greece-A1) for the 2017-18 season. Goss has spent the last five seasons playing for Italian clubs, so this will definitely be a change for the Drexel product. In 2016-17 he lent his talents to Enel Basket Brindisi (Italy-Serie A). In 27 games…
Read MorePanathinaikos Cruising at Home and Abroad
Greek club Panathinaikos Athens is one of Europe’s hottest teams at the moment. The powerhouse recently downed Turkish Airlines EuroLeague defending champions Fenerbahce Ulker 70-68, over the weekend. They also secured the solo lead in the domestic Greek A1 League yesterday after securing an impressive 96-64 blowout win over AS Promitheas Patras. James Gist (photo…
Read MoreKyle Wiltjer pens with Olympiacos
Kyle Wiltjer (208 cm, Gonzaga’16) will continue his professional basketball career this 2017-18 with a stint in Europe playing for Olympiacos S.F.P. Pireus (Greece-A1). He is a 25-year-old Canadian basketball player who played for the Canadian National Team in 2015. Wiltjer was released by the Toronto Raptors this October and he has since decided to…
Read MoreLangston Hall moves to Promitheas
Langston Hall (193 cm, Mercer’14) has switched teams and is now with ASP Promitheas Patras (Greece-A1) this 2017. The 25-year-old Mercer product began the season playing for KK Cibona VIP Zagreb (Croatia-A1). Hall played four games for them in the ABA League, where he managed to produce averages of 4.5 ppg and 3.5 apg. He…
Read MoreEsian Henderson landed by Panionios
Esian Henderson (205 cm, Central Missouri’09) will continue his professional basketball career this 2017-18 on the roster of Panionios ON Telecoms Athens (Greece-A1). This will be a fresh start for the big man, who missed out on the 2016-17 season. He last saw action during the 2015-16 and was able to play for two teams.…
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