Greek NT Field Narrowed to 24 Candidates

Greek National Team coach Gannis Ionnidis narrowed the field of NT candidates down to 24. He will make further cuts as the Olympic games come closer. Check back soon for commentary by the Hellenic Hoops staff. -Matt Blair

	Player (first name, last name)	Current Team	Competition	MPG*	PPG*	2nd Stat*	3rd Stat*
Point Guards	Theodoris Papaloukas	CSKA	Euroleague	15.02	5.2	3.3 ast	8.2 rkg
	Hristos Harisis	Olympiakos	Euroleague	24.30	7.6	2.9 ast
	Vasilis Spanoulis	Marousi	ESAKE	27.74	11.8	3.7 ast	57.3% 2p
	Manolis Papamakarios	Peristeri	ESAKE	30.53	10.5	25.0% 3p
	Dimitris Diamantidis	Iraklis	ESAKE	35.84	15.7	3.9 ast	5.6 rbd
Shooting Guards	Nikos Hatzivrettas	Panathinaikos	Euroleague	30.30	12.0	30.6% 3p
	Nikos Zisis	AEK	Euroleague	26.03	8.1	38.2% fg	2.2 ast
	Nikos Hatzis	AEK	Euroleague	25.05	12.1	36.7% 3p
	Panagiotis Liadelis	Olympiakos	Euroleague	27.06	16.4	59.3% 2p	17.3 rkg
	Giorgos Diamantopoulos	Olympiakos	Euroleague	27.07	13.9	60.0% 2p	14.8 rkg
	Giorgos Sigalas	Makedonikos	ESAKE	23.74	5.8	22.4% 3p
Small Forwards	Kostas Vasileiadis	PAOK	ESAKE	35.84	15.2	41.1% 3p	89.6% ft
	Fragkiskos Alvertis	Panathinaikos	Euroleague	24.45	11.6	47.7% 3p
	Dimitris Papanikolaou	Panathinaikos	Euroleague	14.06	6.2	51.7% ft
	Hristos Tapoutos	AEK	Euroleague	26.01	8.5	41.8% fg
	Nestoras Kommatos	Aris	ESAKE	35.47	21.5	47.5 fg	6.9 rbd
	Mihalis Kakiouzis	Montepaschi	Euroleague	17.36	6.6	65.7% 2p
Power Forwards	Antonis Fotsis	Real Madrid	Liga ACB	28.61	13.7	6.6 rbs
	Kostas Tsartsaris	Panathinaikos	Euroleague	19.46	8.0	4.6 rbs
	Efthimis Rentzias	Ulker	Euroleague	23.04	9.7	4.3 rbs
	Dimos Ntikoudis	Pamesa	Euroleague	22.34	11.3	52.8% 2p	4.6 rbs
Centers	Iakovos Ledkov-Tsakalidis	Grizzlies	NBA	9.85	4.0	2.4 rbs	20 gp
	Lazaros Papadopoulos	Iraklis	ESAKE	31.53	13.3	8.6 rbd	0.3 blk
	Sofoklis Shortsianitis	Oregon	Lega A	14.00	5.2	3.0 rbd	60.0% 2p
	MPG= Minutes per game, PPG= Points per game, 2nd stat= second important statistic, 3rd stat=third important statistic