Kolossos Rodou B.C. (
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: Κολοσσός Ρόδου K.A.E.), known as Kolossos H Hotels for sponsorship reasons, is a Greek professional
basketball
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team that is located
on the island of Rhodes
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, in
Rhodes City. Kolossos currently plays in the
top-tier level of Greek professional basketball, the
Greek League. The club was founded in 1963, and also initially featured sports like
volleyball
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and
judo
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in the early 1980s. Today, the focus of the Greek athletic club is on the franchise's men's basketball department.
History
Early years
Due to geographical isolation, and very small financial abilities for most of the club's history, the basketball team was not able to compete at a high level for many years, and was not funded properly. Kolossos was the first Greek basketball team located in the
Aegean Sea
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region.
Rise
In 2000, the fate of the team finally changed, when Kostas Kostaridis became the new team President, and took over the reins of the club. Kostaridis changed almost the entire club management, and stated that it was the immediate goal of the team to rise from the
3rd-tier level
Greek B League, to the 2nd-tier level
Greek A2 League, and subsequently, the team did begin to rise up through Greece's club basketball league system.
In 2003, head coach
Vassilis Fragkias joined the team, and the ascent up into the
Greek A2 League division commenced. In the 2004–05 season, Kolossos won the championship of the
Greek A2 League, and was therefore automatically
promoted up into the top-tier level
Greek League, the highest professional basketball league in Greece.
Merger with Holargos
In the
2018–19 Greek Basket League season, Kolossos finished in last place in the league. The team was thus facing
relegation
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down to the second-tier level
Greek A2 League. However, Kolossos merged with
Holargos, and gained their rights to play in the top-tier level Greek League, in the following
2019–20 Greek Basket League
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season.
Arenas
Through the
2018–19 season, Kolossos played its domestic
Greek Basket League
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games at the 1,242 seat Venetokleio Indoor Hall. Prior to the
2019–20 season, Kolossos moved into the 1,400 seat
Palais des Sports.
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Season by season
Honours and titles
* Greek 2nd Division
**Champion (1): 2004–05
Players
Current roster
Depth chart
Notable players
* Antonios Asimakopoulos
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* Kostas Charissis
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* Georgios Diamantopoulos
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* Ioannis Georgallis
* Panagiotis Kafkis
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* Georgios Kalaitzis
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* Giannis Kalampokis
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* Nestoras Kommatos
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* Giannoulis Larentzakis
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* Sotirios Manolopoulos
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* Vangelis Margaritis
* Dimitrios Mavroeidis
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* Spyros Panteliadis
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* Nikos Papanikolopoulos
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* Nikos Pappas
* Christos Saloustros
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* Christoforos Stefanidis
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* Vassilis Toliopoulos
* Dimitrios Tsaldaris
* Georgios Tsalmpouris
* Angelos Tsamis
* Panagiotis Vasilopoulos
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* Vassilis Xanthopoulos
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* Theodoros Zaras
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Youth career
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*- Pat Calathes
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*- Steve Panos
*- Mladen Pantić
*- Franko Nakić
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* Jurica Golemac
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* Roope Ahonen
* Tom Liden
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* Stevan Nađfeji
* Miroslav Todić
* Saša Vasiljević
* Mihajlo Andrić
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* Stefan Momirov
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* Stefan Pot
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* Kerem Kanter
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* Kim Tillie
* Danny Agbelese
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* Dominic Artis
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* Tyrone Brazelton
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* Travon Bryant
* LaRon Dendy
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* Robert Dozier
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* John Edwards
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* Jordan Floyd
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* Gary McGhee
* Kenny Goins
* Malcolm Griffin
* Jamelle Hagins
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* Langston Hall
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* Lance Harris
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* Marcus Hatten
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* Scotty Hopson
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* Mike James
* Jared Jordan
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* Lasan Kromah
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* Kevin Langford
* Ty Lawson
* Kelvin Lewis
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* Steve Logan
* Shonn Miller
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* Bambale Osby
* J. R. Pinnock
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* Juvonte Reddic
* Trevor Releford
* Steven Smith
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* Curtis Stinson
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* Dominic Waters
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* Glynn Watson Jr.
* Kenny Williams
Head coaches
References
External links
Official website
Eurobasket.com Team Page
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