The Greek Basketball Federation announced their 23-man roster for the 2022 EuroBasket and the 2023 World Cup Qualifiers and it is nearly 20 percent Antetokounmpo. Two-time NBA MVP, 2021 NBA Finals MVP and NBA champion Giannis Antetokounmpo is confirmed to be making his return to the national team, as well as brothers Thanasis, Kostas, and Alex also named to the squad.
American basketball fans may recognise the names of Nick Calathes and new Dallas Mavericks guard Tyler Dorsey, with other notable international names Kostas Sloukas, Kostas Papanikolaou, George Papagiannis and Ioannis Papapetrou.
Here is the complete roster:
Nick Calathes
Kostas Papanikolaou
Giannis Antetokounmpo
George Papagiannis
Thanasis Antetokounmpo
Dimitris Agravanis
Leonidas Kaselakis
Lefteris Bochorides
Kostas Antetokounmpo
Michalis Lountzis
Tyler Dorsey
Panagiotis Kalaitzakis
Dimitris Moraitis
Nikos Chougkaz
Kostis Gontikas
Giannis Kouzeloglou
Alex Antetokounmpo
Lefteris Mantzoukas
Omiros Netzipoglou
George Tanoulis
Training camp for the Greek team will commence 1 August 2022. The team has World Cup Qualifier games on 8 August in Belgrade against Serbia and 25 August in Athens versus Belgium.
