Tag: Greek League

AE adds Dimitris Flionis and Andreas Petropoulos

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A couple of Greek players, Dimitris Flionis and Andreas Petropoulos join AEK By Johnny Askounis of eurohoops.net / info@eurohoops.net AEK has completed its first signings of the offseason with Dimitris Flionis inking a two-year contract and Andreas Petropoulos penning a one-year contract. The deals were made official on Thursday and Friday, respectively. Flionis, 24, has been an Aris player since 2015-16. His six-year stint included 30 Basketball Champions League appearances. He logged 5.4 points, 2.8 assists, and 2.7 rebounds per game in the 2020-21 edition of Greece’s Basket League. Petropoulos, 27,…

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Overseas Hoops: Stal Ostrow signs Vangelis Mantzaris

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Mantzaris will play outside Greece for a second time in his career after his 2019 stint with Unics Kazan. By Eurohoops team/ info@eurohoops.net Former two-time EuroLeague champion Vangelis Mantzaris is joining 2021 Polish champion and Basketball Champions League debutant Stal Ostrow Wielkopolski. Stal Ostrow won the Polish League title for the first time in the history of the club last season to earn a ticket to earn a ticket for the upcoming Basketball Champions League regular season. Mantzaris will have his first full-time experience of BCL after playing two games in the…

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Overseas Hoops: Mario Hezonja reject Panathinaikos’ offer

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By Stavros Barbarousis at eurohoops.net / info@eurohoops.net Panathinaikos OPAP was hoping to keep Mario Hezonja going into the 2021-22 season but the sides didn’t yet reach a deal as the Croatian forward turned down a two-million offer for two years, according to sdna. Eurohoops sources confirm. Hezonja was willing to continue with the club but the offer on the table included that the player’s side was to pay the buyout (400,000) to Barcelona which holds his rights in Europe and that was the reason for turning down PAO. Despite Hezonja moving on, Panathinaikos has already made…

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Overseas Hoops: Olympiacos puts in application to return to Greek First Division

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Olympiacos is back in Greece’s first division By Stavros Barbarousis at Eurohoops.net / info@eurohoops.net Olympiacos Piraeus submitted the application to participation in the 2021-22 Greek League Thursday (15/7). An Olympiacos official also submitted the participation dossier, which is a different procedure. When a team is promoted to Greece’s first division, they must first submit the application so that a team becomes a S.A. and then they submit the dossier. Olympiacos‘ case was unique though since the team participated in the second division not with the main squad but with Olympiacos B’ and while status of the club…

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