History
Rise of the club
The parent athletic club of A.S. Promitheas Patras was founded in 1985. The men's basketball section of the club was started in the 1986–87 season. From 1986 to 2013, the club competed in the local and regional basketball leagues of Greece. Promitheas competed in one of Greece's national categories for the first time, in the 2013–14 season, when the club played in the Greek C League (4th Division). In that season, the team won the 4th Division's 3rd Group, with a record of 21–3, and thus earned a league promotion to the next higher league level. Prometheus competed in the Greek B League (3rd Division) in the 2014–15 season. That season, they won the 3rd Division's 2nd Group, with a record of 24–2, and thus once again earned a league promotion.2015–16 season
Promitheas Patras played in the Greek A2 League (2nd Division), during the 2015–16 season. They finished the season with a record of 24–14 (regular season & playoffs), and finished in 3rd place overall in the league. After the season, they were granted a league promotion to the first tier Greek League, for the following 2016–17 season. In the 2015–16 edition of the Greek Cup, Promitheas made it to the Last 16 stage.2016–17 season
Promitheas Patras played in the top-tier level Greek Basket League for the first time, in the 2016–17 season. They finished the season in 9th place in the league standings, with a record of 10–16. During that same season, the club also participated in the 2016–17 Greek Cup competition, in which they finished in 10th place, after defeating Trikala Aries and Doukas on the road, and then losing to2017–18 season
In the 2017–18 Greek Basket League season, the technical leadership of Promitheas Patras was taken over by the club's sports director Makis Giatras. Giatras was flanked by the team's assistant coaches Eleftheriadis, Douvas and Souflias, the team's trainer Lapsanis, and the team's manager Kostas Rakintzis. For that season, the team also renewed its contracts with players Nikos Gkikas, Gkikas, Petros Geromichalos, Geromichalos, Dimitris Gravas, Gravas, and Mo Faye, Faye. The club also signed several new players: Stavros Toutziarakis, Toutziarakis, Christos Saloustros, Saloustros, Ioannis Dimakos, Dimakos, Trevor Releford, Releford, Sean Evans (basketball), Evans, Oleksandr Lypovyy, Lypovyy, Milan Milošević, Milošević, Langston Hall, Hall, Octavius Ellis, Ellis, Toure' Murry, Murry, and Casey Prather, Prather. They finished the season in 4th place overall in the league standings, with a record of 19–15 (regular season & playoffs). That same season, the team also participated in the 2017–18 Greek Basketball Cup, 2017–18 Greek Cup competition, in which they again finished in 10th place, after beating2018–19 season
Promitheas Patras directly joined the last 16 stage of the 2018–19 Greek Basketball Cup, 2018–19 Greek Cup competition, where they faced Aris B.C., Aris Thessaloniki. They won that game in Patras, by a score of 86–65, and thus proceeded to the Greek Cup's Top 8 phase. At that phase, they came up against Panathinaikos B.C., Panathinaikos Athens - the eventual winners of the Greek Cup, and were defeated by a score of 76–68. After completing the 2018–19 Greek Basket League's regular season, Promitheas finished in 4th place in the league's regular season standings. In the league's playoff quarterfinals, Promitheas beat P.A.O.K. BC, PAOK Thessaloniki twice (81–66 and 76–68), and they qualified to the league's semifinals. In a dramatic five game semifinals playoff series, Promitheas earned a memorable victory against AEK B.C., AEK Athens, by beating them on their home court, in the series' final game (85–84 in overtime (sports), O.T.). After winning the series 3–2, Promitheas became the first Greek provincial team to qualify to the league's finals, and also managed to make it to the Greek League's playoff finals, for the first time in the club's history. In the Greek League Finals, they played against Panathinaikos Athens, and lost the series 3–0. Moreover, also in the 2018–19 Basketball Champions League, 2018–19 season, Promitheas debuted in European-wide club competitions by participating in the European secondary level FIBA Champions League, and making it to the competition's Round of 16. The Italian club Pallacanestro Virtus Bologna, Virtus Bologna, the Turkish club Beşiktaş J.K. (men's basketball), Beşiktaş İstanbul, the Lithuanian club BC Neptūnas Klaipėda, Neptūnas Klaipėda, the French club SIG Basket, SIG Strasbourg, the Belgian club B.C. Oostende, Oostende, the German club Medi Bayreuth and the Slovenian club KK Olimpija, Olimpija Ljubljana were drawn as the opponents of Promitheas for the Champions League's phase of 32. With a record of 8 wins and 6 losses, Promitheas finished in 4th place in the group standings, and booked a ticket to the competition's knockout phase of 16. At the knockout phase of 16, Promitheas faced the Spanish club CB 1939 Canarias, Iberostar Tenerife, and managed to grab a 69–57 win in the first phase of the two-legged playoff series. After losing the first game of the series by 12 points in Patras, the Spanish club had an admirable reaction in the next game, and prevailed over Promitheas by 22 points (79–57) in the second game, and thus won the series by an aggregate score of 136–126. The most productive scorers for Promitheas Patras in the FIBA Champions League were Rion Brown (214 points in 14 games, 15.3 on average), Tony Meier (193 points in 16 games, 12.1 on average), Leonidas Kaselakis (109 points in 12 games, 9.1 on average), Nikos Gkikas (134 points in 15 games, 8.9 on average), Oleksandr Lypovyy (104 points in 14 games, 7.4 on average), and Michalis Tsairelis (109 points in 16 games, 6.8 on average). Overall, the team recorded 79.3 points, 32.9 rebounds, and 18.8 assists per game on average.2019–20 season
Promitheas competed in the European secondary level EuroCup, for the first time in the 2019–20 EuroCup Basketball, EuroCup 2019–20 season. Promitheas is a Super Cup winner 2020, in the final won Peristeri BC.Arenas and training facilities
Dimitris Tofalos Arena
Promitheas Patras previously played their home games at the 1,500 seat A.E.P. Indoor Hall. The club currently plays its home games at the Dimitris Tofalos Arena, an Indoor arena, indoor sports arena that is located in the Proastio, Patras, Proastio neighborhood of Patras. It is also known by its original official name, which is PEAK, which stands for Pampeloponnisiako Ethniko Athlitiko Kentro Patron. The arena has a seating capacity of 4,200 people for basketball games.Kastellokampos Training Center
Promitheas Patras' training facility, the Kastellokampos Training Center, was opened to the club's athletes and fans in September 2018. It is located in the Patras suburb of Kastellokampos. It is considered to be one of the most modern and complete basketball training centers in Europe, and is also home to one of the top level basketball academies in Europe. It comprises an area of 2,500 square meters, and contains three basketball courts, a state-of-the-art fitness center, and an ergo-metrics laboratory (Promitheas Lab). The training center is also regularly used to host youth basketball competitions and cultural events.Promitheas Patras Youth Development Program
Since the summer of 2014, Promitheas Patras has run a "Youth Development Program" of sports scholarships. The program's aim is to combine sports with education, and to help children with sports talent, physical and athletic skills, and a willingness to compete in sports, to be able to combine both sports and education; by using and maximizing their athletic capabilities, while at the same time, maintaining their school performance. It includes children who are at secondary school age, and that have special abilities in the sport of basketball. For the club's youth academy athletes, diligence in their school lessons is a prerequisite. For those children, ASP Promitheas created the "NOUS" scholarship program. The program's scholarship includes full financial coverage of the expenses by the club's association for: the athlete's accommodations in Patras (in the hostel of Dim. & Lilis Stavropoulou, located in Kastellokampos, Patras, in air conditioned student dormitories), their daily nutritional needs, their transportation needs, their sports clothing, and their education. The club also covers the tuition fees of the youth athletes, at Panou Schools, in Nafpaktos, which is the region's top secondary level educational institution. The Promitheas Youth Development Program has enjoyed multiple successes, having finished in 2nd place in the Panou Schools competition in Kavala, in 2016, in 3rd place in the 2017 Nicosia Schools competition, and in 1st place in the 2018 Olympia, Greece, Archaia Olympia Schools competition, at the Panhellenic Lyceum Championships. In total, they have earned one gold medal, one silver medal, and one bronze medal, while competing against the Lyceums of all of Greece.Season by season
Titles and honors
Domestic competitions
* Greek Basket League, Greek League : Runners-up (1): 2018–19 Greek Basket League, 2018–19 * Greek Cup : Runners-up (2): 2019–20 Greek Basketball Cup, 2020, 2020–21 Greek Basketball Cup, 2021 * Greek Basketball Super Cup, Greek Super Cup : Winners (1): 2020 Greek Basketball Super Cup, 2020 : Runners-up (1): 2021 Greek Basketball Super Cup, 2021 * Greek B Basket League, Greek 3rd Division : Winners (2nd Group) (1): 2014–15 * Greek C Basket League, Greek 4th Division : Winners (3rd Group) (1): 2013–14International competitions
* EuroCup : Quarter-finalists (1): 2019–20 EuroCup Basketball, 2019-20 (Season cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic)Roster
Depth chart
Notable players
* Dimitrios Agravanis, Dimitris Agravanis * Ioannis Agravanis, Giannis Agravanis * Ioannis Athinaiou, Giannis Athinaiou * Georgios Bogris, Giorgos Bogris * Nikos Gkikas * Leonidas Kaselakis * Dimitrios Katsivelis, Dimitris Katsivelis * Michalis Lountzis * Vangelis Mantzaris * Lefteris Mantzoukas * Loukas Mavrokefalidis * Vassilis Mouratos * Nondas Papantoniou * Nikos Rogkavopoulos * Christos Saloustros * Zisis Sarikopoulos * Michalis Tsairelis * Antreas Christodoulou * Fahro Alihodžić * Kee Kee Clark * Oleksandr Lypovyy * Milan Milošević * Miroslav Todić * Mihajlo Andrić * Gian Clavell * Delroy James * Danny Agbelese * Mouhammad Faye * Chris Babb * James Bell (basketball), James Bell * Rion Brown * Octavius Ellis * Chase Fieler * Marcus Foster (basketball), Marcus Foster * Diante Garrett * Jerai Grant * Jerian Grant * Langston Hall * Dario Hunt * Lucky Jones * Marvin Jones (basketball), Marvin Jones * Tony Meier * Ian Miller (basketball), Ian Miller * McKenzie Moore * Toure' Murry * Zamal Nixon * Terell Parks * Casey Prather * Kendrick Ray * Gerald Robinson (basketball, born 1989), Gerald RobinsonHead coaches
Ownership and management
Sponsors
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