Panionios B.C. is the Greek

Greece

Greece , officially the Hellenic Republic , and historically Hellas or the Republic of Greece in English, is a country in southeastern Europe....

 professional basketball

Basketball

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 club that plays its home games in Nea Smyrni

Nea Smyrni

Nea Smyrni is a southern suburb of Athens, Greece. Nea Smyrni is located about 5 km SW of downtown Athens, about 5 km SW of Kifissias Avenue, W of Vouliagmenis Avenue, about 6 km E of Piraeus, and NE of Poseidonos Avenue....

, Athens

Athens

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, Greece. The club is also widely known as Πανιώνιος Γυμναστικός Σύλλογος Σμύρνης, or Panionios Gymnastikos Syllogos Smyrnis, which is the Pan-Ionian Gymnastic Association of Smyrna. This is usually abbreviated to the club name of Πανιώνιος Γ.Σ.Σ. Panionios BC is the basketball department of the Panionios Gymnastic Club

Panionios

Panionios GSS , the Pan-Ionian Gymnastic Association of Smyrna, is a Greek multi sport club founded in 1890. Originally based in Smyrna/Izmir, the club was uprooted in the population exchange between Greece and Turkey following the Asia Minor Catastrophe in 1922...

 that is based in Nea Smyrni

Nea Smyrni

Nea Smyrni is a southern suburb of Athens, Greece. Nea Smyrni is located about 5 km SW of downtown Athens, about 5 km SW of Kifissias Avenue, W of Vouliagmenis Avenue, about 6 km E of Piraeus, and NE of Poseidonos Avenue....

, Athens, Greece. The team's colors are blue and red.

Panionios BC has been a long-time club of the Greek A1 League

A1 Ethniki

The Greek Basket League , commonly referred to as the Greek Basketball League or Greek Basketball Championship, is the highest professional basketball league in Greece. It is run by HEBA...

, which is considered one of the best domestic basketball leagues in Europe. Recently, Panionios BC has also competed in the Euroleague

Euroleague

Euroleague Basketball, commonly known as the Euroleague, is the highest level tier and most important professional club basketball competition in Europe, with teams from up to 18 different countries, members of FIBA Europe. For sponsorship reasons, for five seasons starting with 2010–2011, it is...

, which is widely regarded as the 2nd-best basketball league in the world behind the NBA

National Basketball Association

The National Basketball Association is the pre-eminent men's professional basketball league in North America. It consists of thirty franchised member clubs, of which twenty-nine are located in the United States and one in Canada...

. For sponsorship reasons the club is currently also known as Panionios On Telecoms

On Telecoms

On Telecoms is a Greek telecommunications company offering triple play, double play and fixed telephony services in Athens and Thessaloniki through Local Loop Unbundling....

 and was previously also known as Panionios Forthnet

Forthnet

Forthnet S.A. is a Greek Internet Service Provider established in October 1995 by Minoan Lines SA and theFoundation for Research & Technology - Hellas , also known as FORTH....

. The owner of the club is Elias Lianos

Elias Lianos

Elias Lianos is a Greek businessman. He was the founder, CEO and major shareholder of Proton Bank, which is headquartered in Athens, Greece. He is also the president of Panionios B.C., the Athens-based Euroleague Basketball club.-External links:* *...

, the founder of Proton Bank

Proton Bank

Proton Bank was established in 2001 and officially commenced its operations as a specialised investment bank in 2002. The founders of the bank are the late John Markopoulos, Anthony Athanasoglou and Elias Lianos...

.

Well-known players that have played with the club over the years have included: Thurl Bailey

Thurl Bailey

Thurl Lee Bailey is an American retired professional basketball player in the NBA whose career spanned from 1983 to 1999 with the Utah Jazz and the Minnesota Timberwolves.- Basketball career :...

, P.J. Brown, Mitchell Wiggins

Mitchell Wiggins

Mitchell Lee Wiggins is a retired American professional basketball player, in the shooting guard position.-High school/college career:...

, Travis Mays

Travis Mays

Travis Cortez Mays is an American former professional basketball player who was selected by the Sacramento Kings in the 1st round of the 1990 NBA Draft....

, Panagiotis Giannakis

Panagiotis Giannakis

Panagiotis Giannakis , nicknamed "The Dragon", is a retired Greek professional basketball player and coach. He is the former head coach of the pro club Olympiacos, and the Greek National Basketball Team. Under Giannakis' guidance, the Greek National team won the gold medal at the 2005 EuroBasket...

, Theo Papaloukas, Žarko Paspalj

Žarko Paspalj

Žarko Paspalj is a retired Serbian professional basketball player and current sports administrator...

, and Fanis Christodoulou

Fanis Christodoulou

Theofanis Christodoulou, or Fanis Christodoulou , is a retired Greek professional basketball player...

.

History

The basketball clubs' parent athletic union, the Panionios Gymnastic Club

Panionios

Panionios GSS , the Pan-Ionian Gymnastic Association of Smyrna, is a Greek multi sport club founded in 1890. Originally based in Smyrna/Izmir, the club was uprooted in the population exchange between Greece and Turkey following the Asia Minor Catastrophe in 1922...

 was founded in the year 1890 in İzmir

Izmir

Izmir is a large metropolis in the western extremity of Anatolia. The metropolitan area in the entire Izmir Province had a population of 3.35 million as of 2010, making the city third most populous in Turkey...

, Ottoman Empire

Ottoman Empire

The Ottoman EmpireIt was usually referred to as the "Ottoman Empire", the "Turkish Empire", the "Ottoman Caliphate" or more commonly "Turkey" by its contemporaries...

 (located today in the modern country of Turkey), making it one of the oldest sporting clubs in Europe. The sporting clubs' basketball department was founded in the year 1919. After the Greek military suffered defeat in the Greco-Turkish War in 1922, the club was transferred to the Athenian suburb of Nea Smyrni

Nea Smyrni

Nea Smyrni is a southern suburb of Athens, Greece. Nea Smyrni is located about 5 km SW of downtown Athens, about 5 km SW of Kifissias Avenue, W of Vouliagmenis Avenue, about 6 km E of Piraeus, and NE of Poseidonos Avenue....

 in Greece.

The basketball department Panionios BC, began participation in the Greek League

A1 Ethniki

The Greek Basket League , commonly referred to as the Greek Basketball League or Greek Basketball Championship, is the highest professional basketball league in Greece. It is run by HEBA...

 starting in the year 1929, and finished in second place in the league that year. Panionios BC finished in third place in the league the next year.

Panionios BC has competed in the top Greek basketball league, the Greek League

A1 Ethniki

The Greek Basket League , commonly referred to as the Greek Basketball League or Greek Basketball Championship, is the highest professional basketball league in Greece. It is run by HEBA...

, in consecutive years since the year 1982. In 1987, Panionios played in the championship finals series of the Greek League, losing out to Aris Thessaloniki and their two Greek basketball legends Nick Galis

Nick Galis

Nikolaos Georgalis , commonly known as either Nikos Galis , or Nick Galis , is a retired Greek professional basketball player...

 and Panagiotis Giannakis

Panagiotis Giannakis

Panagiotis Giannakis , nicknamed "The Dragon", is a retired Greek professional basketball player and coach. He is the former head coach of the pro club Olympiacos, and the Greek National Basketball Team. Under Giannakis' guidance, the Greek National team won the gold medal at the 2005 EuroBasket...

 (Giannakis would later go on to play for Panionios). In 1991, led by Fanis Christodoulou

Fanis Christodoulou

Theofanis Christodoulou, or Fanis Christodoulou , is a retired Greek professional basketball player...

 the team won the Greek Cup

Greek basketball Cup

The Greek Basketball Cup or Hellenic Basketball Cup is an annual pro basketball national cup competition. It is organized by the Hellenic Basketball Federation .-History and format:...

 championship by defeating PAOK Thessaloniki by a score of 73-70. Panionios also played in the championship game of the Greek Cup in both 1977 and 1995.

The club finished in 3rd place in the Greek League in the 1995-96 season under head coach Dušan Ivković

Dušan Ivkovic

Dušan "Duda" Ivković is a Serbian former professional basketball player and current coach. In 2008, he was named one of the 10 Greatest Coaches in Euroleague history....

 and thus qualified to the Euroleague for the 1996-97 season. In the Euroleague 1996-97 season, the team was coached by Efthimis Kioumourtzoglou

Efthimis Kioumourtzoglou

Efthimis Kioumourtzoglou is a Greek professional basketball coach.-Greek national team:Kioumourtzoglou was the coach of the Greek National Squad from 1987 to 1994. He won the silver medal at the EuroBasket 1989...

.

In the Greek League 2007-08 season

A1 Ethniki 2007-08

-Standings:Pts=Points, Pld=Matches played, W=Matches won, L=Matches lost, F=Points for, A=Points against, D=Points difference-Results:-Playoffs bracket:...

, Panionios, led by Ivan Zoroski, Ioannis Kalampokis, and charismatic head coach Nenad Marković

Nenad Markovic

Nenad Marković is a famous former Bosnian professional basketball player and a basketball coach.-Playing career:...

 finished in 3rd place. They came back from an 0-2 deficit in the deciding best-of-five series against Maroussi

Maroussi BC

Maroussi Athens B.C. , is a Greek professional basketball club that is based in Maroussi, a northern suburb of Athens, Greece. The club's full name is Gymnastikos Syllogos Amarousiou. The club competes in the Greek League. Its long-time owner was Armodios Vovos of the BVIC construction firm...

 and won the series 3-2, which secured the team a place in the Euroleague

Euroleague

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 competition for the Euroleague 2008-09

Euroleague 2008-09

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 season. This marked the club's first Euroleague appearance in more than a decade.

Arenas

Panionios plays most of its domestic Greek League

A1 Ethniki

The Greek Basket League , commonly referred to as the Greek Basketball League or Greek Basketball Championship, is the highest professional basketball league in Greece. It is run by HEBA...

 home matches at Nea Smyrni Indoor Hall, a small arena owned by the municipality with a capacity of 2,000. They have also played home games at Glyfada Indoor Hall

Glyfada Indoor Hall

Glyfada Indoor Hall, officially known as Makis Liougas Indoor Hall is an indoor arena in Glyfada, Athens, Greece. It was built in 1970 and is currently being used as the home arena of Panathinaikos VC...

, which has a capacity of 4,500, and have also often played home games at the Hellinikon Olympic Arena, which has a capacity of 15,000. The municipality of Nea Smyrni has also promised to build the club a new modern-style arena on top of the old Nea Smyrni Indoor Hall.

Roster

Depth chart

Pos.	Starter	Bench	Bench	Reserve	Inactive
C Center (basketball) The center, colloquially known as the five or the post, is one of the standard positions in a regulation basketball game. The center is normally the tallest player on the team, and often has a great deal of strength and body mass as well...	Alex Stepheson Alex Stepheson Alex Stepheson is an American basketball player at the University of Southern California. At the end of 2008 season, Stepheson decided to transfer from the University of North Carolina citing family illness. He chose USC on July 17, 2008...	Zisis Sarikopoulos Zisis Sarikopoulos Zisis Sarikopoulos ; born March 31, 1990 in Athens, Greece is a Greek professional basketball player. He is 7 ft 0 in tall and he plays the center position.-College career:...		Vassilis Kavvadas
PF Power forward (basketball) Power forward is a position in the sport of basketball. The position is referred to in playbook terms as the four position and is commonly abbreviated "PF". It has also been referred to as the "post" position. Power forwards play a role similar to that of center in what is called the "post" or "low...	Stevan Nađfeji	Nikos Barlos Nikos Barlos Nikolaos "Nikos" Barlos is a Greek professional basketball player. He is 2.03 m in height. He can play at both the small forward and power forward positions.-Pro career:Barlos won the Greek A2 League championship with Apollon Patras in 2003...	Michael Paragyios Michael Paragyios Michael Paragyios is a Greek professional basketball player. He is 2.06m tall. He plays at the small forward and power forward positions...
SF Small forward The small forward, or colloquially known as three, is one of the five positions in a regulation basketball game. Small forwards are typically somewhat shorter, quicker, and leaner than power forwards and centers, but on occasion are just as tall...	Vladimir Janković Vladimir Jankovic Vladimir Janković is a Greek-Serbian professional basketball player. He is 2.02 m tall and he weighs 98 kg . He plays at the small forward position...	Giannis Athanasoulas		Andreas Kanonidis Andreas Kanonidis Andreas Kanonidis is a Greek professional basketball player. He is 2.00 m in height. He plays at the shooting guard and small forward positions. He is currently playing with the pro club Panionios....
SG Shooting guard The shooting guard , also known as the two or off guard, is one of five traditional positions on a basketball team. Players of the position are often shorter, leaner, and quicker than forwards. A shooting guard's main objective is to score points for his team...	Jon Diebler Jon Diebler Jon Keith Diebler is an American basketball player for Panionios B.C. in Greece. He previously played four seasons at Ohio State University. He holds the Ohio high school career scoring record and the Ohio State University and Big Ten career three-point field goals records...	Marios Batis Marios Batis Marios Batis is a Greek professional basketball player. He is a 1.91 m tall point guard-shooting guard.-Pro career:...	Stelios Ioannou
PG Point guard Point guard , also called the play maker or "the ball-handler", is one of the standard positions in a regulation basketball game. A point guard has perhaps the most specialized role of any position – essentially, he is expected to run the team's offense by controlling the ball and making sure that...	Billy Keys Billy Keys William "Billy" Amar Keys is an American professional basketball player. He is 6'2" in height and 205 lbs. in weight...	Vasilis Xanthopoulos Vasilis Xanthopoulos Vasilis Xanthopoulos ; born April 29, 1984 in Maroussi, Athens, Greece is a Greek professional basketball player. He is 6 ft 2 in tall and he plays the point guard position.-Pro career:Xanthopoulos grew up playing for the Olympiacos Piraeus junior teams, starting to play with them in 1997...

Notable players

Theodoros Papaloukas Theodoros Papaloukas Theódoros "Teó" Papaloukás is a Greek professional basketball player. He currently plays as a point guard for the Israeli League, Adriatic League and Euroleague club Maccabi Tel Aviv.... Panagiotis Giannakis Panagiotis Giannakis Panagiotis Giannakis , nicknamed "The Dragon", is a retired Greek professional basketball player and coach. He is the former head coach of the pro club Olympiacos, and the Greek National Basketball Team. Under Giannakis' guidance, the Greek National team won the gold medal at the 2005 EuroBasket... Theofanis Christodoulou Fanis Christodoulou Theofanis Christodoulou, or Fanis Christodoulou , is a retired Greek professional basketball player... Christos Christodoulou Christos Christodoulou Christos Christodoulou is a retired Greek professional basketball player.He played with his brother Fanis Christodoulou for Panionios BC and he won the Greek Cup in 1991. In 1994 he moved to Sporting BC.... Takis Koroneos Takis Koroneos Panagiotis Koroneos is a retired Greek professional basketball player and a professional basketball coach. He is also a former member of the Greek national basketball team.-Playing career:... Giorgos Gasparis Giorgos Gasparis Giorgos Gasparis is a retired Greek professional basketball player.He played for Panionios BC. In 1991 Giorgos Gasparis scored 20 points in the final match between Panionios BC and PAOK BC for the Greek Cup leading Panionios to victory... Giorgos Bosganas Giorgos Karagoutis Giorgos Karagoutis Giorgos Karagoutis , is a Greek professional basketball player.-Career:Karagoutis started his career with Panionios BC at the age of 16. He was a Greek Cup finalist in 1995 and in 1998 he was a Korać Cup semi finalist with Panionios BC.In 1999, Karagoutis moved to Panathinaikos BC and won the... Panayiotis Kafkis Panayiotis Kafkis Panagiotis Kafkis is a Greek professional basketball player... Nikos Hatzis Nikos Hatzis Nikolaos "Nikos" Hatzis AKA Nikolaos "Nikos" Chatzis is a Greek professional basketball player... Stratos Perperoglou Stratos Perperoglou Efstratios "Stratos" Perperoglou is a Greek professional basketball player. He is 2.03m tall and he plays at the small forward position. His current team is Panathinaikos.-Pro career:... Vassilis Kikilias Vassilis Kikilias Vassilis Kikilias is a retired Greek professional basketball player. A 200 cm small forward, Kikilias started his career with Panionios BC and Ionikos Nikaias BC and then moved to AEK Athens BC... Aggelos Koronios Aggelos Koronios Aggelos Koronios is a Greek professional basketball coach and retired player.-Club career:... Christos Tapoutos Christos Tapoutos Christos Tapoutos is a Greek professional basketball player. He is 2.08 m in height. He plays small forward and power forward positions. During his early professional years, Tapoutos was considered to be one of the greatest European talents and scorers in his age group.Tapoutos is currently plays... Nikos Ekonomou Nikos Ekonomou Nikos Ekonomou is a retired Greek professional basketball player. He was a power forward, who played for many teams in his career. He also runs Basket4All, a basketball camp for young children.- Basketball career :... Fedon Mattheou Fedon Mattheou Fedon Mattheou, also spelled Faidon Matthaiou and Phaedon Mathaiou was a retired Greek professional basketball coach and basketball player. He was a center and in the end of his career a play maker and he wore the number 1 jersey throughout his career... Nikos Linardos Giorgos Sigalas Giorgos Sigalas Giorgos Sigalas , is a retired Greek professional basketball player. During the 1990s, the 6'7" swingman was the regular captain of the senior men's Greek national team, as well as of the Athens-based Olympiacos in the Greek League and the Euroleague... Giannis Sioutis Giannis Sioutis Giannis Sioutis is a Greek professional basketball player. He is 1.84 m in height. He is currently playing with ICBS BC.-Pro career:... Giorgos Kalaitzis Giorgos Kalaitzis Giorgos Kalaitzis ; born August 29, 1976 in Thessaloniki, Greece) is a Greek professional basketball player.-Club career:... Tzanis Stavrakopoulos Tzanis Stavrakopoulos Tzanis Stavrakopoulos is a Greek professional basketball player.He started his career at the age of 16 with Asteras Ampelokipon. He led the team from the local ESKA category to the A1 professional Greek League. In 1995, he moved to Panathinaikos BC and he won the Euroleague Championship with... Vaggelis Aggelou Ioannis Giannoulis Georgios Diamantopoulos Georgios Diamantopoulos Giorgos Diamantopoulos is a Greek professional basketball player. He is a 6'5" tall shooting guard-small forward and he possesses great scoring ability.-Pro career:... Savas Iliadis Savas Iliadis -Pro career:Iliadis began playing basketball with the junior youth teams of Aias Evosmou. He began his professional career with Aias Evosmou in the Greek A2 League during the 2000-01 season. In 2002, he moved to Iraklis.... Dimitris Marmarinos Dimitris Marmarinos Dimitrios Marmarinos is a Greek professional basketball player. He is a 2.07m forward-center.-Pro career:... Prodromos Dreliozis Prodromos Dreliozis Prodromos "Makis" Dreliozis, in Greek, Πρόδρομος "Μάκις" Δρελιώζης, born March 31, 1975 in Athens, Greece, is a Greek professional basketball player. He is 2.01 m in height and he weighs 91 kg . He plays at the shooting guard and small forward positions.-External links:******... Makis Dendrinos Makis Dendrinos Makis Dendrinos is a Greek professional basketball coach.He was the coach of the Greek National Squad from 1994 to 1996. He won the 4th place at the 1994 FIBA World Championship, the 5th place at the Basketball at the 1996 Summer Olympics and the 4th place at Eurobasket 1995... Dimitris Mavroeidis Dimos Dikoudis Ioannis Kalampokis Vasilios Xanthopoulos Ioannis Georgallis Ioannis Georgallis Ioannis Georgallis, also spelled Giannis Georgalis is a Greek professional basketball player. He is 2.00 m tall and he weighs 100 kg . He plays at the shooting guard and small forward positions... Andreas Kanonidis Andreas Kanonidis Andreas Kanonidis is a Greek professional basketball player. He is 2.00 m in height. He plays at the shooting guard and small forward positions. He is currently playing with the pro club Panionios.... Dimitris Papanikolaou Dimitris Papanikolaou Dimitrios Papanikolaou, also spelled Dimitris Papanikolaou is a Greek professional basketball player. He is 2.02 m tall. He plays at the shooting guard, small forward, and power forward positions.-Pro career:Papanikolaou began his professional career in 1992 with the Greek club Sporting Athens...

Marios Batis Marios Batis Marios Batis is a Greek professional basketball player. He is a 1.91 m tall point guard-shooting guard.-Pro career:... Charalampos Giannopoulos Evangelos Sklavos - Miroslav Raičević Miroslav Raicevic Miroslav Raičević also known as Miroslav Marinos-Raitsevits is a Serbian-Greek professional basketball player. He plays as both a power forward and center. He is 2.08 m in height and he weighs 106 kg .-Pro career:Raičević began his career playing with the youth teams of the Budućnost Peć... - Dušan Šakota Dusan Sakota Dušan Šakota is a Greek professional basketball player of Serbian descent, the son of former player and coach Dragan Šakota.A cornerman who possesses the height of a center and the shooting ability of a guard, Šakota has enjoyed two triple crowns despite his relatively young age... - Vlantimir Giankovits - Dušan Jelic Koutsopoulos - Alexi Giannoulias Alexi Giannoulias Alexander "Alexi" Giannoulias is an American politician who served as Illinois Treasurer from 2007 to 2011. A Democrat, Giannoulias defeated Republican candidate State Senator Christine Radogno in November 2006 with 54 percent of the vote, becoming the first Democrat to hold the office in 12... Thurl Bailey Thurl Bailey Thurl Lee Bailey is an American retired professional basketball player in the NBA whose career spanned from 1983 to 1999 with the Utah Jazz and the Minnesota Timberwolves.- Basketball career :... P.J. Brown John Hudson John Hudson (basketball) John Henry Hudson is a retired American professional basketball player. He was a 2,05m power forward. He played collegiately at San Jacinto Junior College and the University of South Carolina.... Kennedy Winston Kennedy Winston Kennedy Winston is an American professional basketball player. He is a former college basketball player with the University of Alabama. Kennedy left college one year early to pursue his dreams of playing in the NBA. He was not drafted by an NBA team in 2005, so he took his game overseas to Europe... Byron Dinkins Byron Dinkins Byron Stewart Dinkins is a retired American professional basketball player who played two seasons in the NBA, from 1989 to 1991.- NBA :... Ed Stokes Ed Stokes Edward Kobie Stokes is an American former professional basketball player, who played at the center position.... William Avery William Avery (basketball) William "Will" Franklin Avery Jr. is an American professional basketball player.-NBA:Avery, a 6 ft 2 ¾ in point guard from Duke University, was selected 14th overall by the Minnesota Timberwolves in the 1999 NBA Draft after his sophomore year, when he became one of the first players... Toby Bailey Toby Bailey John Garfield "Toby" Bailey is an American professional basketball player.-College career:Bailey played four years of college basketball at UCLA, being part of the Bruins squad that won the 1995 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament. In the championship game against Arkansas, Bailey scored... Henry Turner Henry Turner (basketball) Henry Frank Turner is a retired American professional basketball player, in the small forward position.-Basketball career:... Andre Hutson Andre Hutson Andre Davon Hutson is an American professional player who plays for Lottomatica Roma. He plays as a small forward and power forward and he is 2.02 m in height.-Career:... Rashad Wright Rashad Wright Rashad Wright is an American professional basketball player who graduated from the University of Georgia and was selected by the Indiana Pacers with the final pick of the 2004 NBA Draft. He currently plays for PAOK in Greece.... Gerry McNamara Gerry McNamara Gerry McNamara Sucks because he did not get drafted into the NBA.Gerry McNamara is a former American basketball player and current graduate assistant coach. He is a former guard for the Syracuse University men's team, from 2002 to 2006... Chris Owens Chris Owens (basketball) Haywood Christopher "Chris" Owens is an American professional basketball player. He is a 6'8½" , 250 lb. power forward. He is the great-nephew of 1930s African-American track and field star, Jesse Owens, who won four gold medals at the 1936 Berlin Olympics... Randolph Keys Randolph Keys Randolph Keys is a retired American professional basketball player who was selected by the Cleveland Cavaliers in the 1st round of the 1988 NBA Draft. Keys played in 5 NBA seasons in his career for the Cavaliers, Charlotte Hornets, Los Angeles Lakers and Milwaukee Bucks... Chris Jent Chris Jent Chris Jent is a retired American professional basketball player and former coach in the NBA. He is currently an assistant coach at his alma mater, Ohio State.Jent was born in Orange, California and grew up in Sparta, New Jersey... Donnell Harvey Donnell Harvey Donnell Eugene Harvey is an American professional basketball player. He previously played in the National Basketball Association for the New Jersey Nets, Denver Nuggets, Dallas Mavericks, Orlando Magic, and Phoenix Suns... John Wallace John Wallace (basketball) John Gilbert Wallace is a retired American professional basketball player, in the forward position.He was picked 18th by the NY Knicks in the 1996 draft.... Antonio Harvey Antonio Harvey Antonio Harvey is a retired American professional basketball player.He attended Southern Illinois University , Connors State College , the University of Georgia , and Pfeiffer University . He was bypassed in the 1993 NBA draft... Jeff McInnis Jeff McInnis Jeff Lemans McInnis is a basketball player. He has played in the NBA, in Greece and in the CBA .-Career:... Travis Watson Travis Watson Travis Watson is an American professional basketball player. A 2.03 m power forward, he led the 2007-08 Euroleague in rebounds with 9.7 per game playing for Armani Jeans Milano.- Amateur career :... Mark Landsberger Mark Landsberger Mark Walter Landsberger is a retired American professional basketball player. At 6'8" and 225 pounds, he played as a power forward and center.-Career:... Mateen Cleaves Mateen Cleaves Mateen Ahmad Cleaves is an American former professional basketball player who played in six NBA seasons. He is currently a music talent manager.... Ruben Douglas Ruben Douglas Ruben Enrique Douglas is a Panamanian-American professional basketball player. He is a 1.96 m 210 lb point guard-shooting guard.-Amateur career:... Mitchell Wiggins Mitchell Wiggins Mitchell Lee Wiggins is a retired American professional basketball player, in the shooting guard position.-High school/college career:... Lonny Baxter Lonny Baxter Lonny Leroy Baxter is an American professional basketball player. He is 203 cm in height, and plays the position of power forward-center.-College:... Amal McCaskill Amal McCaskill Amal Omari McCaskill is an American professional basketball player, at the center position. He currently plays for the KTP-Basket in the Finnish Basketball League.... Rod Sellers

Paul Shirley Paul Shirley Paul Murphy Shirley is an American professional basketball player, most recently a member of Unicaja Málaga in the Spanish ACB. He is also a writer, with his primary focus on his basketball experiences.... Travis Mays Travis Mays Travis Cortez Mays is an American former professional basketball player who was selected by the Sacramento Kings in the 1st round of the 1990 NBA Draft.... Tyrese Rice Tyrese Rice Tyrese Rice is an American professional basketball player. Rice played college basketball with the Boston College Eagles.- Early life and high school :... Aaron Miles Aaron Miles (basketball) Aaron Marquez Miles is an American professional basketball player for Krasnie Krilya, a team in Samara, Russia. At 1.86 m in height, he plays at point guard.-High school career:... Travon Bryant Travon Bryant Travon Levar Bryant is an American professional basketball player. He is 6'9½" in height and he weighs 245 lbs. . He is a forward-center.-Amateur career:... - Levon Kendall Levon Kendall Levon Maxwell Simon Kendall is a Canadian professional basketball player. He plays at both power forward and center. He is 2.09 m in height. He currently plays for the ACB league in Obradoiro CAB... Žarko Paspalj Žarko Paspalj Žarko Paspalj is a retired Serbian professional basketball player and current sports administrator... Boban Janković Boban Jankovic Slobodan "Boban" Janković was a Serbian professional basketball player.At the age of 7, he moved to capital Belgrade.... Dragan Lukovski Dragan Lukovski Dragan Lukovski is a Serbian basketball player. He is 185 cm tall, 85 kg and plays point guard.-Career:*1993–94 Spartak Subotica*1994–95 Vojvodina*1995–99 Partizan... Branko Cvetković Branko Cvetkovic Branko Cvetković is a Serbian professional basketball player. He is 2.00 m tall and he weights 102 kg . He can play at either the shooting guard or small forward positions, but he plays mainly as a small forward... Vladimir Micov Vladimir Micov Vladimir Micov is a Serbian professional basketball player. He is 2.03 m tall. He can play as a shooting guard or small forward.-Pro career:... Zoran Erceg Zoran Erceg Zoran Erceg is a Serbian professional basketball player. He currently plays for Beşiktaş. He is a power forward.-Pro career:... Dejan Borovnjak Dejan Borovnjak Dejan Borovnjak is a Serbian professional basketball player. He is currently a member of the Italian club New Basket Brindisi, playing in Legadue.-External links:* *... Stephen Arigbabu Stephen Arigbabu Stephen Olumide Arigbabu is a former German professional basketball player. He is 2.12 m tall. Arigbabu plays at the center position.-Pro career:... Ender Arslan Ender Arslan Ender Arslan is a Turkish professional basketball player of Galatasaray. He is a 1.90 m tall 82 kg point guard... Miroslav Pecarski Miroslav Pecarski Miroslav Pecarski is a Serbian former professional basketball player. He played for Partizan, Aris, Panathinaikos, Panionios, Politi Cantu, Cholet, and Cabitel Gijón... Jure Zdovc Jure Zdovc Jurij "Jure" Zdovc is a retired Slovenian basketball player and the coach of BC Spartak Saint Petersburg.As junior he start to play for Comet Slovenske Konjice... Brad Newley Brad Newley Brad Newley is an Australian professional basketball player. He is a 6 ft 7 in tall small forward that can also play at the shooting guard position... Antanas Kavaliauskas Antanas Kavaliauskas Antanas Kavaliauskas is a Lithuanian professional basketball player. He is also a former Texas A&M University college basketball player.-Early years:Antanas Kavaliauskas was born in Vilnius, Lithuania, to Birutė Kavaliauskienė... Nenad Marković Nenad Markovic Nenad Marković is a famous former Bosnian professional basketball player and a basketball coach.-Playing career:... Joao Santos João Santos João Pedro Gomes Santos is a Portuguese basketball player, currently playing for Portuguese side SL Benfica. He measures 2.03 metres and plays as a power forward.... Laurent Sciarra Laurent Sciarra Laurent Sciarra is a French basketball player.Sciarra began his professional career in 1990 with Hyères-Toulon Var Basket and moved to Paris Basket Racing in 1993, where he played until 1997 on the club's championship season... Goran Nikolić Goran Nikolic Goran Nikolić is a Montenegrin professional basketball player. He is 2.07 m in height and 111 kg in weight.... Kristaps Valters Kristaps Valters Kristaps Valters is a Latvian professional basketball guard, who plays for Unicaja Málaga. He is also a member of the Latvian national basketball team. His father is a former Soviet basketball star, Valdis Valters, and his brother, Sandis Valters, plays professional basketball too.- Club career... Vassil Evtimov Vassil Evtimov Vassil Iliev "Vasco" Evtimov is a French-Bulgarian professional basketball player. He is a 2.08 m power forward.He is the son of Ilia and Rosalina Evtimov, his father was also a legendary professional basketball player and his brother, Ilian Evtimov is also a professional basketball player... Nikoloz Tskitishvili Nikoloz Tskitishvili Nikoloz Tskitishvili is a Georgian professional basketball player. He is a 7'0", 245 lb. forward-center, who was selected 5th overall by the Denver Nuggets in the 2002 NBA Draft.-Pro career:... Chinemelu Elonu Chinemelu Elonu Chinemelu D. Elonu, Jr. is a Nigerian American basketball player. He played college basketball for Texas A&M.-College career:...

Notable coaches

Panagiotis Giannakis

Panagiotis Giannakis

Panagiotis Giannakis , nicknamed "The Dragon", is a retired Greek professional basketball player and coach. He is the former head coach of the pro club Olympiacos, and the Greek National Basketball Team. Under Giannakis' guidance, the Greek National team won the gold medal at the 2005 EuroBasket...

 Nikos Linardos Makis Dendrinos

Makis Dendrinos

Makis Dendrinos is a Greek professional basketball coach.He was the coach of the Greek National Squad from 1994 to 1996. He won the 4th place at the 1994 FIBA World Championship, the 5th place at the Basketball at the 1996 Summer Olympics and the 4th place at Eurobasket 1995...

 Efthimis Kioumourtzoglou

Efthimis Kioumourtzoglou

Efthimis Kioumourtzoglou is a Greek professional basketball coach.-Greek national team:Kioumourtzoglou was the coach of the Greek National Squad from 1987 to 1994. He won the silver medal at the EuroBasket 1989...

 Dušan Ivković

Dušan Ivkovic

Dušan "Duda" Ivković is a Serbian former professional basketball player and current coach. In 2008, he was named one of the 10 Greatest Coaches in Euroleague history....

 Vlade Đurović Nenad Marković

Nenad Markovic

Nenad Marković is a famous former Bosnian professional basketball player and a basketball coach.-Playing career:...

 Alex Trifunović

External links

• Euroleague.net Official Team Page
• Euroleague.net Panionios BC Team Profile
• ULEB Cup Official Site Team Profile
• Panionios.net
• Panionios Panthers Club
• ESAKE Home Page
• Galanis Sports Data