Milon B.C. or Milonas B.C. ( el, Μίλων) is a professional

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team that is based in

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. It is a part of the multisport club

AONS Milon Athletic Club of Nea Smyrni Milon ( el, Αθλητικός Όμιλος Νέας Σμύρνης Μίλων/ΑΟΝΣ Μίλων) or simply AONS Milon is a multisport club in Greece that based in Nea Smyrni, Athens. It was founded in 1928 by a gro ...

. The club's home arena is the Milon Indoor Hall, which is also located in Nea Smyrni. The team's colours are green and black.

History

The basketball section of the club was founded in the year 1937, nine years after the official founding of the parent athletic club (

was founded in 1928). Milon played for many years in the second-tier division of Greece ( Greek A2 League), and Greek B National League, in earlier years. The club achieved

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to the top-tier level

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for first time, in the 1993–94 season. That season, Milon had the top scorer of the Greek League championship,

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, but didn't achieve to remain in the first division, and was

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down again to the Greek A2 League. The club returned to the top Greek division in the 2000–01 season. That was the club's last season in the first division. During those years, several well-known players played in Milon, such as

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, and others. In recent years, the club has played in the lower level tiers of the Greek basketball league system. In the 2010 season, Milon was relegated in the A ESKANA (local regional championship of Athens, or the 5th tier of the Greek basketball league system). After almost a decade in regional championship, Milon was promoted to Greek C National League in 2019. During 2020-2021 season Milon was leading, unbeatable in 3 games, the

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(2nd Group), which was canceled due to the

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Arena

Milon plays its home games at the 1,200-seat Milon Indoor Hall.

Roster

2021-2022 Season Head Coach: Nikos Karagiannis Team Manager: Nikos Psileas Team Players * Nikos Kokkalis * Spyros Motsenigos * Dimitris Benos * Ilias Petridis * Giorgos Christopoulos * Vaggelis Papapetros * Dionisios Theodoritsis * Nikolas Protogeroshttps://www.aonsmilon.gr/μπάσκετ-στην-ανδρική-ομάδα-προβιβάζε/

Notable players

* Nikos Psileas * Kostas Batis *

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Head coaches

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* Nikos Karagiannis *

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* Dimitris Aposkitis

References

{{Men's professional basketball leagues Basketball teams in Greece Basketball teams established in 1937 Nea Smyrni