Greek Players 2013 NBA Draft Watch

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Posted on: Thu, 09/13/2012 - 2:13pm #43262

European Baller
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This is the thread where I will give updates on the Greek players that have a chance to be drafted by the NBA in 2013.

Vassilis Kavvadas
Age: 20
Position: PF/C
Height: 6-9
Team: Panionios
League: Greek League / Eurocup

Linos Chrysikopoulos
Age: 19
Position: SF
Height: 6-9
Team: Biella
League: Italian League

Dimitrios Katsivelis
Age: 20
Position: PG/SG
Height: 6-6
Team: Olympiacos
League: Greek League / Euroleague

Georgios Georgakis
Age: 21
Position: PF/C
Height: 6-9
Team: Olympiacos
League: Greek League / Euroleague

Manoulis Koukoulas
Age: 21
Position: C
Height: 6-11
Team: Kolossos
League: Greek League

Andreas Kanonidis
Age: 21
Position: SF
Height: 6-7
Team: Peristeri
League: Greek League

Giannoulis Larentzakis
Age: 19
Position: PG/SG
Height: 6-5
Team: Ikaros
League: Greek League

Spyros Motsenigos
Age: 20
Position: SG
Height: 6-5
Team: Panionios
League: Greek League / Eurocup

Tasos Antonakis
Age: 20
Position: PF
Height: 6-9
Team: Ilysiakos
League: Greek League

Dimitrios Agravanis
Age: 17
Position: PF
Height: 6-10
Team: Panionios
League: Greek League / Eurocup

I named the 10 Greek players that I think are most likely to get drafted in the 2013 NBA draft (I did not put it in any particular order).
Out of these 10 players, 6 of them are currently in place to be rotation players in their Greek League clubs. Those players are: Vassilis Kavvadas, Linos Chrysikopoulos, Manolis Koukoulas, Andreas Kanonidis, Giannoulis Larentzkis, and Tasos Antonakis.
So they are probably more likely yo be drafted than the others. Koukoulas (team disbanded) and Chrysikopoulos (injury) basically did not play last year, so this year is very important for them.
Kavvadas is set to be a rotation player in Panionios, which is a Eurocup club, so maybe some NBA scouts will actually see him play – since they obviously never scout in Greece, due to NBA biases and prejudices against Greek players.
Chrysikopoulos is set to be a rotation player in the Italian League, which NBA scouts actually look at. So, that means that Kavvadas and Chrysikopoulos probably have the best chance to be drafted.
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Posted on: Thu, 09/13/2012 - 2:33pm #714086

Bill Walton’s Knees
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*Bangs head against kitchen table repeatedly*
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Posted on: Thu, 09/13/2012 - 3:54pm #714096

For_Never_Ever
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Cool.
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Posted on: Thu, 09/13/2012 - 6:33pm #714121

Kinguy11
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inb4 9/10 of these players aren’t even considered on draft day.
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Posted on: Thu, 09/13/2012 - 9:52pm #714127

tiberius
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Hey I have been on this forum for only a short while so I don’t really know what European Baller has done, but recently I saw that he posted a lot of stuff that got him atleast 20 thumbs down. The content is in my oppinion pretty inaccurate but I feel that there is a personal reason you guys don’t like him. What did he do?
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Posted on: Fri, 09/14/2012 - 2:24am #714138

McDunkin
Reasons
1.He is a Greek supremacist
2.He hyped up sofoklis schortsanitis and said what was just a summer league invite was really a 3 year contract
3.Any Greek prospect/player not placed on any kind of list or mock draft was left off due to racism
4.He claims 300 was based on his life story
5.He refuses to listens to others opinions
6.His name makes no sense the only part of Europe he cares about is Greece
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- Posted on: Fri, 09/14/2012 - 3:19am #714139
  
  tiberius
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  Oh… well, I think that he needs to stop it because as a greek supremacist, his country really messed the European Union up. The Euro is going to hell because of the lies that his government said about the country’s economic status in order to be a part of the union. The Portugal and Spain problems are a collateral product of the greek mistake. It’s not his fault, but I would reconsider my "european" baller username if my nationality was greek, they were undeserving to be recognized as part of the european union. I am from Belgium and over here, we’re feeling the effects of the financial crisis. I don’t feel bitter towards the greek people but their country seriously fucked us over as well as our neighbours big time.
  Greek players are okay players but should stick to euro ball, the nba is a whole other statosphere. Only the recognized prodigies should be given a shot at the draft. There are a lot more countries in the world that produce basketball talent worthy of an nba draft player. Not just greece.
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- Posted on: Fri, 09/14/2012 - 6:10am #714165
  
  blood
  LMFAO
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- Posted on: Fri, 09/14/2012 - 7:37am #714194
  
  Bad Dog
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  LMAO at #4.
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- Posted on: Fri, 09/14/2012 - 6:55pm #714276
  
  LerinErin
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  I honestly think the only way to explain him is this…….
  NBADraft rates players from 1-10 on the following areas,
  Athleticism
  Size
  Defense
  Strength
  Quickness
  Leader Ship
  Jump shot
  Nba ready
  Rebounding
  Potential
  Post skill
  Intangibles
  European Baller has an extra category
  Being Greek
  
  As such he rates every Greek Baller 10 points higher than everyone else….. On top of that if a guy is strong heand from Greece he gets 5 bonus points for being "a. Beast!!!!!"
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Posted on: Fri, 09/14/2012 - 3:26am #714140

Tyrober
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You keep watch EuropeanBaller. Ill check back later
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Posted on: Sat, 10/13/2012 - 1:00pm #720527

European Baller
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Alexis Spanos
Age: 21
Position: SG
Height: 6-6
Team: Ilysiakos
League: Greek League

This is another one to watch. He was great in the first Greek League game of the season against Kavala. VERY GOOD chance to get drafted I think if he keeps this up.
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Posted on: Sat, 10/13/2012 - 2:13pm #720536

McDunkin
Lets just make this easy all top prospects are in green
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Posted on: Sat, 10/13/2012 - 2:13pm #720537

McDunkin
Lets just make this easy all top prospects are in green
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Posted on: Sat, 10/13/2012 - 3:01pm #720540

Lipstick
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Still can’t believe they almost beat the U.S in 2004.
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Posted on: Sat, 10/13/2012 - 3:33pm #720550

geothermal
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NBA biases and prejudices against Greek players??
what the hell?

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Posted on: Sun, 10/14/2012 - 9:57am #720797

European Baller
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Still can’t believe they almost beat the U.S in 2004.
Greece 101 – USA 95
Vassilis Spanoulis 22 points – Chris Paul – 3 points
Box Score:
http://www.fiba.com/pages/eng/fe/06_wcm/scheResu/p/eventid/3507/gamename/A/groupname/75/langlc/en/roundid/5152/fe_scheStat_boxScor.html
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- Posted on: Sun, 10/14/2012 - 10:57am #720807
  
  Lipstick
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  thats from 2006 lol
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Posted on: Sat, 10/27/2012 - 7:08pm #723937

European Baller
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Andreas Kanonidis is playing great so far in the Greek League with Peristeri. He definitely desevres to be drafted, if he continues to play this well at that level.
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Posted on: Sat, 10/27/2012 - 10:42pm #723980

European Baller
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Thanasis Adetokounbo
Age: 19
Position: SF
Height: 6-7
Team: Filathlitikos
League: Greek Second Division

This is another Greek to watch for the draft. He is playing great so far in the Greek second division.
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Posted on: Sat, 10/27/2012 - 11:10pm #723982

European Baller
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Ioannis Adetokounbo
Born: 1994
Height: 6-9
Position: PG
League: Greek Second Division

This is another Greek to watch for the NBA draft.
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