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Panionios B.C.
Panionios B.C. (Greek (language), Greek: Πανιώνιος KAE), known in European competitions as Panionios Athens is the Greece, Greek professional basketball club that is based in Nea Smyrni, and that plays its home games in Glyfada, Greece. The club is also widely known as Πανιώνιος Γυμναστικός Σύλλογος Σμύρνης, or Panionios Gymnastikos Syllogos Smyrnis, which is the Pan-Ionian Gymnastic Club of İzmir, Smyrna. This is usually abbreviated to the club name of Πανιώνιος Γ.Σ.Σ. Panionios B.C. is the basketball department of the Panionios, Panionios Gymnastic Club that is based in Nea Smyrni. Panionios B.C. has been a long-time club of the Greek basketball league system, top-tier level Greek Basket League, which is considered one of the best national domestic basketball leagues in Europe. Panionios B.C. has also competed in the European professional club basketball system, European-wide top-tier level EuroLeague. For sponsorship re ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Greek Basket League
The Greek Basketball League (GBL), and also known as the Stoiximan Greek Basketball League (GBL) for sponsorship reasons, is the Greek basketball league system, first tier level professional basketball league in Greece. It is run by the Hellenic Basketball Association (abbreviated as HEBA; ), under the legal authority of the Hellenic Basketball Federation (abbreviated as HBF; ). Over the years, the league has previously been known by several different names, which have included: the Panhellenic Basketball Championship or Greek Basketball Championship, the Panhellenic Basketball First Category Championship (1st) (A) or Greek Basketball First Category Championship (1st) (A), the Greek Alpha National Basketball Category Championship (A), the Greek Alpha1 National Basketball Category Championship (A1), the HEBA Alpha1 (A1), and most recently, the Greek Basket League. The league's current official main sponsor is Stoiximan. The GBL is the highest-tier level of the Greek baske ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Forthnet
Nova Telecommunications & Media S.M.S.A. is a Greek telecommunications company which provides broadband, television, mobile and fixed services. It also offers satellite services in Cyprus. It was traded on the Athens Exchange until its delisting in 2021. In June 2016, the services for clients and SMEs were rebranded under the Nova brand. The company gave up Forthnet brand completely in June 2020. On 29 May 2020 BC Partners' United Group agreed to purchase a majority stake in Nova from a consortium of 4 Greek banks. As of 29 April 2021 is the sole shareholder. On October 15, 2021, Nova announced that they would be shutting down some of their older services (like Dialup, Call-by-Call and old technology ADSL) on December 15 of the same year. On January 11, 2023, Wind Hellas merged with Nova, resulting in the rebranding of all fixed and mobile telephony, internet, and pay-TV services under the Nova brand. The merger created the second largest integrated telecommunications provid ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Byron Dinkins
Byron Stewart Dinkins (born June 15, 1967) is an American former professional basketball player, who played two seasons in the NBA, from 1989 to 1991. He played college basketball for UNC Charlotte. After his stint in the NBA, Dinkins pursued a professional career in Greece. College career Dinkins, a point guard, that was born in Charlotte, North Carolina, attended and graduated from East Mecklenburg, where he played high school basketball. After high school, Dinkins was recruited to play college basketball by UNC Charlotte. He stayed with the Charlotte 49ers for four seasons, as he averaged 15.5 points per game, 2.8 rebounds per game, 4.8 assists per game, and 1.2 steals per game, in 107 games played. Dinkins achieved a career-high in scoring, during his junior season, as he averaged 21.4 points per game. Dinkins led his school to the Sun Belt Conference Tournament title. He was also honored as the Sun Belt Player of the Year. Dinkins was also named to the All-Sun Belt Confe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Žarko Paspalj
Žarko Paspalj (Serbian Cyrillic: Жарко Паспаљ; born March 27, 1966) is a retired Serbian professional basketball player and sports administrator. The EuroLeague Final Four MVP in 1994, his sixteen and a half seasons career was mostly spent in Yugoslavia and Greece, along with several short stints in the NBA, France, and Italy. Since 2009, he has been vice-president of the Serbian Olympic Committee. Paspalj was a FIBA European Selection in 1991. For years, Paspalj was an automatic choice for Yugoslavia's senior national team, representing his country in one FIBA World Cup, two Olympics, and four EuroBaskets. He earned an All-EuroBasket Team selection in 1989. He was named to the 101 Greats of European Basketball in 2018. He was inducted into the Greek Basket League Hall of Fame in 2022. Early life Paspalj's forester father Jovan's lumber trade job took him from his home village on the slopes of Kozara in Bosanska Krajina to Pljevlja, finding employment at the Lumb ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Travis Mays
Travis Cortez Mays (born June 19, 1968) is an American women's basketball coach and former professional player who was the women's head coach for SMU Mustangs women's basketball, Southern Methodist University (SMU) from 2016 until 2021. Mays was selected by the Sacramento Kings in the first round (14th overall pick) of the 1990 NBA draft. Born in Ocala, Florida, he played basketball for Vanguard High School before enrolling at the University of Texas at Austin, University of Texas to compete for the Texas Longhorns men's basketball, Longhorns. After his time in the NBA, Mays played professional basketball in several leagues in Europe. Amateur career Mays went to Vanguard High School where he was a scholastic All-America standout, and he then proceeded to play basketball for the Texas Longhorns men's basketball, University of Texas. Mays and teammates Lance Blanks and Joey Wright were known as the "BMW – The Ultimate Scoring Machine" during the 1989–90 basketball season. That L ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thurl Bailey
Thurl Lee Bailey Sr. (born April 7, 1961) is an American former professional basketball player whose National Basketball Association (NBA) career spanned from 1983 to 1999 with the Utah Jazz and the Minnesota Timberwolves. Bailey has been a broadcast analyst for the Utah Jazz and the University of Utah— in addition to work as an inspirational speaker, singer, songwriter, and film actor. Bailey garnered the nickname "Big T" during his basketball career. Basketball career Bailey attended North Carolina State University and was a leader in the Wolfpack's miracle run to the 1983 NCAA Championship. That year, under head coach Jim Valvano, he led the Wolfpack in both scoring and rebounding. The Utah Jazz selected him as the 7th pick of the 1983 NBA draft. Jazz management reported that he was selected for the quality of his character, as well as the quality of his game. This was the beginning of 16 years of playing professional basketball, with 12 of those years in the NBA. B ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Henry Turner (basketball)
Henry Frank Turner (born August 18, 1966) is a retired American professional basketball player, who played at the shooting guard and small forward positions. He grew up in Martinez, California. College career Turner played college basketball at California State University, Fullerton, with the Cal State Fullerton Titans. He graduated in 1988. Professional career Turner had a two-season stint in the NBA, with the Sacramento Kings ( 1989–90 and 1994–95), with little impact – he averaged 3 points and one rebound per game, in 66 regular season games combined. In Europe, Turner played mainly in Italy in the top-tier Lega Basket Serie A, representing Emmezeta Udine ( Italian 2nd Division), Panna Firenze (Italian 2nd Division), Ducato Siena (Jun–Oct 1998), BingoSNAI Montecatini, Müller Verona, and Adecco Milano). He also had spells in Turkey, with the Turkish League club Fenerbahçe, and in Greece, with the Greek Basket League clubs Panionios and Maroussi. While playi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Panagiotis Giannakis
Panagiotis "Notis" Giannakis (, ; born January 1, 1959), alternatively spelled Panayiotis Yiannakis or Yannakis, is a former Greek professional basketball player and coach. He is considered to be one of the greatest sportspeople of Greece. He started his senior career at the age of just 13 at Ionikos Nikaias and after noticeable success, he achieved extraordinary success as a player with Aris Thessaloniki from 1984 to 1993, in partnership with Greek basketball's biggest star Nikos Galis along with the rest of the squad, while achieving victory as the national team captain in EuroBasket 1987 in Athens, Greece's first major tournament win in non-Olympic sport which, along with Aris' extraordinary success, cultivated the sport in the country. At the end of his career, he won the EuroLeague with Panathinaikos in 1996 As head coach, he most prominently led Greece to its second European trophy in EuroBasket 2005 at Serbia and Montenegro, where a team of new and talented stars shone ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Boban Janković
Slobodan "Boban" Janković ( sr-Cyrl, Слободан "Бобан" Јанковић; December 15, 1963 – June 28, 2006) was a Serbian professional basketball player. His son, Vlado Janković (basketball), Vlado Janković, is also a professional basketball player. Early life At the age of 7, Janković moved to Belgrade. Professional basketball career Janković (nicknamed Bomber) joined his first professional basketball club, KK Crvena zvezda, Crvena zvezda of the Yugoslavian Basketball League in 1980, still short of his 17th birthday. Over the next 10 seasons, he grew into a dependable tall small forward. In 1990, he transferred to the Yugoslavian Basketball League club KK Vojvodina, Vojvodina of Novi Sad, but he stayed there for only one season. Panionios incident In 1992, the head coach of Panionios BC, Panionios, Vlade Đurović, Janković's mentor from his Red Star days, was instrumental in bringing him to the Greek Basketball League club. During the 1992–93 season, th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Giannis Giannoulis
Giannis Giannoulis (alternate spellings: Gioannis, Yannis, Ioannis, Yiannis (Greek: Γιάννης Γιαννούλης; born June 5, 1976) is a Greek-Canadian former professional basketball player. During his playing career, at a height of tall, he played at both the power forward and center positions. Early years Giannoulis was born on 5 June 1976, in Toronto, Canada. Considered a great young talent at the center position, Giannoulis began playing youth club basketball in Greece, with the junior youth teams of Filathlitikos Karditsa and Ampelokipoi. After spending time with the youth teams of Esperos Kallitheas in 1992, he joined the junior team of PAOK Thessaloniki, where he played from 1992 to 1994. With PAOK, he won the Greek Under-18 club championship, in 1994. Professional career Europe Giannoulis began his pro career with the senior men's club of PAOK Thessaloniki. He was an All-EuroLeague Second Team member in the EuroLeague 2000–01 season, while playing with PAO ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kostas Missas
Konstantinos "Kostas" Missas (alternate spelling: Constandinos, Costas) (Greek: Κωνσταντίνος "Κώστας" Μίσσας; born August 15, 1953, in Greece) is a Greek former professional basketball player, and current professional basketball coach. He was the head coach of Olympiacos women basketball team. He also coached the Greece men's national basketball team at the 2017 FIBA EuroBasket. During his playing career, he was nicknamed "The General". Playing career Club playing career In his club playing career, Missas played with the Greek clubs Panionios (1968–1986, 1988–1989), and Panathinaikos (1986–1988). With Panionios, he won the Greek 2nd Division twice, in 1974 and 1981. With Panionios, he also played in the European-wide 3rd-tier level league, the FIBA Korać Cup. He also played in the Greek Cup final in 1977, while with Panionios. With Panathinaikos, he played in the European-wide 2nd-tier level league, the FIBA European Cup Winners' Cup (later cal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dimitris Fosses
Dimitris Fosses (Greek: Δημήτρης Φωσσές; born November 14, 1952, in Greece) is a Greek retired professional basketball player and coach. At 6'6 " (2.00 m) in height, he played at the power forward and center positions. Professional career In the top-tier level amateur Greek Championship (1963–1992), Fosses played in 408 games, and scored a total of 6,809 points, which was the 7th most total points scored in the competition. National team career Fosses played in 55 games with the senior men's Greek national basketball team. With Greece, he played at the 1972 European Olympic Qualification tournament, and at EuroBasket 1975. Coaching career After he retired from playing professional basketball, Fosses worked as a basketball coach Basketball coaching is the act of directing and strategizing the behavior of a basketball team or individual basketball player. Basketball coaching typically encompasses the improvement of individual and team offensive and defensive ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
