Posts Tagged ‘Panathinaikos Athens’
Barcelona takes 1-0 lead with OT win
FC Barcelona Regal took a 1-0 lead over Panathinaikos Athens in their best-of-five playoff series in the quarterfinals of the Euroleague. It was an intense and tightly contested game that required an extra quarter of action in order to get a final resolution of 72-70 in favor of Barcelona. Perennial Euroleague competitor, Panathinaikos drew first…
Read MoreJason Kapono asks to leave Panathinaikos
American forward Jason Kapono (201 cm, UCLA’03) has requested to leave Panathinaikos (Greece, A1 and Euroleague). The experienced former NBA star is reportedly unhappy with the amount of game time he has been getting with the Greek giants. The 32-year old has played 9 A1 games and 8 Euroleague games this season and in the…
Read MoreDejan Bodiroga to be President of FIBA Europe
Dejan Bodiroga from Serbia will be the new President of FIBA Europe. He will replace Olafur Rafnsson from Iceland
Read MorePanathinaikos sends Derwin Kitchen to Cedevita
Greek team Panathinaikos Athens has sent Derwin Kitchen (193 cm, Florida State’11) on loan to Croatian team Cedevita Zagreb. Kitchen will play for Cedevita for the rest of this season and then return to Panathinaikos where he is under contract for the 2013/2014 season as well.
Read MorePanathinaikos BC President steps down
Dimitris Giannakopoulos, president and majority shareholder of Panathinaikos BC, called a press conference Friday morning to announce that due to what he called, “…betrayal of my own blood…”, he was stepping down from his position as club president and was going to give his ownership stake in the club to anyone interested in having it.…
Read MoreMike Batiste released, will play tonight
Mike Batiste has been released by the Greek authorities this morning. It turned out that his former team Panathinaikos had in fact paid the EUR 200.000 in taxes that was claimed. The American big man will play with his current team Fenerbahce in tonight’s Euroleague game against his former team Panathinaikos.
Read MoreIgor Milošević signs with Panathinaikos
Igor Milošević has signed with Greek powerhouse Panathinaikos. Milošević, who hold both a Serbian and Greek passport, played for Astana in Kazakhstan at the beginning of last season before he moved to the German Bundesliga. There he averaged 7.7 ppg for Braunschweig.
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