The 18 players who will participate in the preparation of the National team for the Pre-Olympic Tournamentwhich will take place July 2-7 at SEF, announced Vassilis Spanoulis. To them, like had been foretold by himis located John Antetokounmpowho has been training individually with Vin Baker for several days and has overcome his injury.
On the list are all the “heavyweights” of Greek basketball, while O Ioannis Papapetrouwhose participation is not 100% certain because he had initially informed the coach that he might need to follow a special program after the serious surgery he had during the season.
As we have known for days, outside the list is Nikos Rogavopoulos who for personal reasons did not declare himself available, while Thanasis Antetokounmpo is injured, who will be next to the effort of the Greek team. His unique position Thomas Walkup will also have a naturalization this summerpreferred over Tyler Dorsey or the eligible Mitru-Long duo.
A new face on the calls is Neoklis Avdalas, the 18-year-old guard/forward who belongs to Panathinaikos and this year played on loan in Karditsa. His own participation is done with the idea of ​​starting to get into the atmosphere.
The premiere of the preparation is scheduled for Monday 17/6, although athletes who have completed their obligations with their teams, will train from tomorrow (10/6) under the supervision of members of the National team’s training staff. In addition to the training sessions, there are also three friendly games on the schedule. On 21/6 with the support of OPAP match with an opponent Poland and in the three days 25-27/6 when the “Aegean Acropolis” tournament will be held, the National Team will play with Montenegro on 25/6 and with Bahamas on 27/6.
No. Full name Date of Gen. Height Team Comp. PI.
16 Kostas Papanikolaou 31.07.1990 2.04 Olympiacos 144 940
8 Nick Kalathis 07.02.1989 1.96 Fenerbahce 138 1162
10 Kostas Sloukas 15.01.1990 1.90 Panathinaikos 118 817
5 Giannoulis Larentzakis 22.09.1993 2.00 Olympiacos 64 440
34 Giannis Antetokounmpo 06.12.1994 2.11 Milwaukee Bucks 59 870
14 George Papagiannis 03.07.1997 2.20 Fenerbahce 58 414
21 Ioannis Papapetrou 30.03.1994 2.07 Panathinaikos 58 416
3 Michalis Lountzis 04.08.1998 1.98 Olympiacos 34 173
44 Dinos Mitoglou 11.06.1996 2.10 Panathinaikos 29 278
37 Kostas Antetokounmpo 20.11.1997 2.08 Panathinaikos 20 109
6 Dimitris Moraitis 03.02.1999 1.94 Panathinaikos 18 88
11 Panagiotis Kalaitzakis 02.01.1999 2.00 Panathinaikos 16 65
0 Thomas Walkap 30.12.1992 1.95 Olympiakos 12 135
22 Yannis Kouseloglou 01.04.1995 2.03 AEK 9 16
33 Vassilis Charalambopoulos 06.01.1997 2.03 Dinamo Sassari 9 32
7 Vasilis Toliopoulos 15.06.1996 1.88 Aris 6 44
– Nikos Hougaz 04.10.2000 2.08 Panathinaikos 6 18
– Neoklis Avdalas 04.02.2006 2.03 Panathinaikos
Source: Sport Fm
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