2008 Greek NT

[ArkadiosV2]

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[KrisPen]

I'm expecting at least for the Tournament in Athens :
Dimitris Tsaldaris (Aris) , maybe he's too old for NT.
Giorgos Printezis (osfp)
Kostas Vasileiadis (osfp)
Vasilis Xanthopoulos (panionios), Kostas Koufos (Ohio) only for the experience.

[Straight forward]

Panayiotis Yannakis has been offered a new 4 years contract extension...

Does it means that Greece will remain the team who doesn't shoot an open shots from 3p line?

[FRANKY 13]

Does it means that Greece will remain the team who doesn't shoot an open shots from 3p line?

Yes greece will remain that team, but not because of giannakis.

When instead of papaloukas, spanoulis and diamantidis we ll have saras, macas and siskaouskas we ll shoot from the 3 pt line.
Until then we ll go with penetrations

[T.W.Is.M.]

Does it means that Greece will remain the team who doesn't shoot an open shots from 3p line?

Bring Vasileiadis or Tsaldaris(or both) in the squad and give them time and u will c if we can shoot 3p too...

[fasoulaki]

Bring Vasileiadis or Tsaldaris(or both) in the squad and give them time and u will c if we can shoot 3p too...

One defensively weak player in the roster and the whole game system of the greek NT collapses.

[T.W.Is.M.]

One defensively weak player in the roster and the whole game system of the greek NT collapses.

I don't think any of them is weak defensively. Well, if we compare them 2 Diamantidis, they r weak but they r not bad defenders overall. Plus we all saw what happens if u don't have players who can put the ball in the net. Easy points r necessary 4 our team and the thing we miss is points from outside.

[Buducnost PG]

What to do with Papadopolus? He is playing very bad the whole season. Even against Bamberg he is not able to make a good game. He earns over 2mio and like he plays he is the most overpaid player in europe now.

[T.W.Is.M.]

What to do with Papadopolus? He is playing very bad the whole season. Even against Bamberg he is not able to make a good game. He earns over 2mio and like he plays he is the most overpaid player in europe now.

How about sending him hang with Sofo, get a few kg(~20 maybe?) and then send him instead of Sofo 2 a special treatment center in Switzerland?
We could get rid of him very effectively this way.

[Turkish Airlines Euroleague]

Pridezis deserves a calling to the National Team. He's getting better and better...

[fasoulaki]

Printezis and Vasiliadis should definitively be on the roster of the national team. The question is if Giannakis will be able to change his game system in a way that allows integration of that kind of players.

Regarding Pelekanos I am not sure if he should remain on the roster. He has not improved his game much this year and he is already 26/27 years old.

What is for sure is that we have a problem with our centers. All of them Schortsianitis, Papadopoulos and Bouroussis are not in shape.

In addition it will be interesting to see if the older ones like Dikoudis, Kakiouzis and Papaloukas will really decide to play again this summer for the NT.

[Victorious]

Yes many of our players are not in shape this year. But on the other hand, they were in good shape last year untill Eurobasket. Only Spanoulis was in good shape. Our only reliable shooters are Zisis and Fotsis. Zisis was out of shape and Fotsis was out.

Greece was too predictable in the tournament.

I've noticed that in games were Greece shoots well from outside, they are almost unstopable.

I don't care if they are not in shape at the moment. As long as they are in shape during the summer.

[EverGreen]

We need a good "pure" shooter and Vasiliadis can offer answers there. Printezis has been by far the MIP and deserves a call up and maybe even, NT birth.

I'm 100% sure Koufos will be in the squad as we are looking rather weak under the rim. Tsartsaris, Dikoudis, Papadopoulos are abbysmal whilst Sofo is not even on the map.

[Trifilli]

I thought that it'd be interesting to have a look on how the NT players, potential NT players and former NT players/callups are doing this season, concerning their statistics. Of course statistics don't cover a lot of things, like defense, teamplay, a PGs ability to dictate the rhythm of a game, etc.. and one has to keep in mind that it's a different thing to put up good stats for a "small" club than for a "big" EL club, but still it's interesting imho.
I kept out Sofo, as he's not on the basketball map atm and I don't think that he'll be called, even if he's in better shape this summer, as he was out of action for a year.

2007 Eurobasket Players (without the retired Chatzivrettas):

Dimitris Diamantidis (PG, 1,96m, 1980) - Panathinaikos
EL Stats: 13 Games, 29.08mpg, 8.2ppg (52% 2P, 45% 3P, 75% FT), 5rpg, 3.4apg, 2spg
A1 Stats: 14 Games, 23.36mpg, 7.4ppg (72% 2P, 45% 3P, 86% FT), 4.1rpg, 3.6apg, 1.9spg

Theo Papaloukas (PG, 2,00m, 1977) - CSKA Moscow
EL Stats: 12 Games, 19.01mpg, 6.4ppg (50.9% 2P, 21.4% 3P, 63.6% FT), 3.7apg, 2.3rpg, 1.1spg
Russian League Stats: 21 Games, 20.18mpg, 7.4ppg (56% 2P, 31% 3P, 67% FT), 4.8apg, 3.1rpg, 1spg

Vassilis Spanoulis (PG/SG, 1,93m, 1982) - Panathinaikos
EL Stats: 14 Games, 26.28mpg, 10.9ppg (47.4% 2P, 38.5% 3P, 74.5% FT), 2.8rpg, 2.6apg, 1spg
A1 Stats: 14 Games, 25.5mpg, 12ppg (60% 2P, 46% 3P, 83% FT), 5.5apg, 2.2rpg

Nikos Zisis (PG/SG, 1,95m, 1983) - CSKA Moscow
EL Stats: 14 Games, 19.35mpg, 6.4ppg (58.7% 2P, 20% 3P, 84%), 2.3apg, 2.2rpg
Russian League Stats: 23 Games, 20.17mpg, 7.1ppg (58% 2P, 33% 3P, 92% FT), 2.6rpg, 2.5apg

Michalis Pelekanos (SG/SF, 1,98m, 1981) - Real Madrid
EL Stats: 12 Games, 12.28mpg, 3.3ppg (44% 2P, 20% 3P, 72.7% FT), 1.5rpg, 1.2spg
ACB Stats: 18 Games, 9mpg, 3ppg (45% 2P, 35% 3P, 65% FT), 1.4rpg

Panagiotis Vassilopoulos (SF/PF, 2,02m, 1984) - Olympiakos
EL Stats: 9 Games, 17.02mpg, 4.2ppg (37.9% 2P, 17.6% 3P, 43.8% FT), 3rpg
A1 Stats: 9 Games, 23.89mpg, 11.9ppg (55% 2P, 43% 3P, 94% FT), 2.2rpg, 1.2spg, 1.1apg

Michalis Kakiouzis (SF/PF, 2,07m, 1976) - Cajasol
ACB Stats: 19 Games, 27mpg, 11.9ppg (59% 2P, 29% 3P, 68% FT), 4.8rpg, 1.3spg

Dimos Dikoudis (PF, 2,06m, 1977) - Panathinaikos
EL Stats: 14 Games, 14.38mpg, 6.4ppg (67.4% 2P, 41.7% 3P, 50% FT), 2.9rpg
A1 Stats: 12 Games, 17.67mpg, 8.8ppg (78% 2P, 11% 3P, 64% FT), 3.5rpg

Kostas Tsartsaris (PF, 2,09m, 1979) - Panathinaikos
EL Stats: 12 Games, 16.25mpg, 8ppg (65.5% 2P, 44.4% 3P, 95.7% FT), 3.4rpg
A1 Stats: 12 Games, 19.5mpg, 7.2ppg (56% 2P, 23% 3P, 81% FT), 4.7rpg, 1apg

Lazaros Papadopoulos (C, 2,10m, 1980) - Real Madrid
EL Stats: 14 Games, 21.22mpg, 7.4ppg (50% 2P, 65.9% FT), 3.4rpg, 1.5apg
ACB Stats: 19 Games, 23mpg, 5.6ppg (50% 2P, 65% FT), 4.5rpg, 1.9apg

Giannis Bouroussis (C, 2,15m, 1983) - Olympiakos
EL Stats: 14 Games, 18.10mpg, 5.6ppg (54.4% 2P, 40% 3P, 81.3% FT), 5.1rpg, 1.1bpg
A1 Stats: 14 Games, 21.14mpg, 8.9ppg (61% 2P, 40% 3P, 68% FT), 8.7rpg, 1.4apg, 1.4bpg

2007 Training Camp Players:

Antonis Fotsis (SF/PF, 2,09m, 1981) - Dynamo Moscow
UC Stats: 10 Games, 28.07mpg, 11.5ppg (62.5% 2P, 33.3% 3P, 70.4% FT), 7rpg, 1.3spg
Russian League Stats: 17 Games, 25.20mpg, 10,2ppg (58% 2P, 29% 3P, 89% FT), 6.1rpg, 1.1bpg

Andreas Glyniadakis (C, 2,16m, 1981) - Maroussi
A1 Stats: 13 Games, 12.2mpg, 5.2ppg (53% 2P, 65% FT), 3.3rpg

Kostas Vassiliadis (SG, 2,00m, 1984) - Olympiakos
EL Stats: 10 Games, 13.35mpg, 6ppg (77.8% 2P, 46.4% 3P, 100% FT), 2.1rpg, 1apg
A1 Stats: 10 Games, 15.7mpg, 8.2ppg (76% 2P, 50% 3P, 72% FT), 1.6rpg

Stratos Perperoglou (SF, 2.03m, 1984) - Panathinaikos
EL Stats: 7 Games, 9.29mpg, 2.9ppg (50% 2P, 20% 3P, 33.3% FT), 1.3rpg
A1 Stats: 10 Games, 15.3mpg, 6.8ppg (73% 2P, 33% 3P, 63% FT), 2.2rpg, 1.5spg, 1.2apg

Alexis Kyritsis (SG, 1.97m, 1982) - AEK
A1 Stats: 14 Games, 28.14mpg, 13ppg (53% 2P, 29% 3P, 79% FT), 2.2rpg, 1.2apg

Loukas Mavrokefalidis (PF/C, 2,10m, 1984) - Olympiakos
EL Stats: 5 Games, 11.25mpg, 4.8ppg (57.9% 2P, 100% FT), 3.4rpg
A1 Stats: 9 Games, 5.44mpg, 1.9ppg (46% 2P, 0% 3P, 75% FT), 1.2rpg

Other potential candidates:

Dimitris Tsaldaris (SG, 1.94m, 1980) - Aris
EL Stats: 14 Games, 26.20mpg, 9ppg (49.2% 2P, 38.8% 3P, 73.3% FT), 2.1rpg, 1.8apg, 1.1spg
A1 Stats: 14 Games, 25.29mpg, 11.2ppg (41% 2P, 57% 3P, 78% FT), 1.9rpg, 1.7apg, 1.1spg

Giorgos Printezis (PF, 2,05m, 1985) - Olympiakos
EL Stats: 12 Games, 20.17mpg, 7.9ppg (64.1% 2P, 22.2% 3P, 58.3% FT), 3.1rpg
A1 Stats: 12 Games, 20.58mpg, 9.2ppg (56% 2P, 66% 3P, 83% FT), 4rpg, 1.5apg

Kostas Koufos (PF/C, 2,15m, 1989) - Ohio State Buckeyes
NCAA Stats: 21 Games, 25.5mpg, 13.5ppg (48.3% FG, 28.6% 3P, 72.4% FT), 6.7rpg, 1.9bpg

Giorgos Tsiaras (PF, 2.07m, 1982) - Olympia Larissa
A1 Stats: 14 Games, 28.93mpg, 14.9ppg (48% 2P, 45% 3P, 73% FT), 4.3rpg

Ian Vougioukas (C, 2,11m, 1985) - AGOR (loaned by Olympiakos)
A1 Stats: 14 Games, 23.93mpg, 10.2ppg (57% 2P, 0% 3P, 65% FT), 5.1rpg, 1.1bpg

Fanis Koubouras (PG, 1,87m, 1983) - Olympia Larissa
A1 Stats: 14 Games, 30.14mpg, 13.9ppg (50% 2P, 33% 3P, 78% FT), 3.6apg, 2.9rpg, 1.5spg

Dimitris Verginis (PG, 1,91m, 1987) - PAOK
A1 Stats: 13 Games, 25.54mpg, 12.6ppg (38% 2P, 41% 3P, 92% FT), 2.2apg, 1.4rpg, 1spg

Dusan Sakota (SF/PF, 2,09m, 1986) - Panionios (loaned by Panathinaikos)
UC Stats: 10 Games, 27.44mpg, 11.3ppg (51.9% 2P, 42.6% 3P, 80% FT), 3.3rpg, 1apg
A1 Stats: 14 Games, 29.21mpg, 11.1ppg (61% 2P, 45% 3P, 95% FT)m 4.8rpg, 1.1spg, 1apg

Vassilis Xanthopoulos (PG, 1,86m, 1984) - Panionios
UC Stats: 10 Games, 20.35mpg, 2.6ppg (38.9% 2P, 25% 3P, 75% FT), 3.2apg, 1.3spg, 1.1rpg
A1 Stats: 14 Games, 20.21mpg, 3.1ppg (34% 2P, 41% 3P, 57% FT), 3.9apg, 1.6rpg, 1.5spg

Giannis Kalambokis (SG, 1,95m, 1978) - Panionios
UC Stats: 10 Games, 25.33mpg, 14ppg (60.3% 2P, 30.8% 3P, 77.8% FT), 2.1rpg, 1.5apg, 1.1spg
A1 Stats: 13 Games, 26.92mpg, 11.5ppg (49% 2P, 30% 3P, 81% FT), 3.5rpg, 1.4apg

Former NT players and callups, unlikely to be there:

Manolis Papamakarios (PG/SG, 1,90m, 1980) - Olympiakos
EL Stats: 11 Games, 5.45mpg, 1.3ppg (57.1% 2P, 50% 3P)
A1 Stats: 13 Games, 13.54mpg, 3.5ppg (33% 2P, 33% 3P, 85% FT), 1.3rpg, 1.1apg, 1.1spg

Jake Tsakalidis (C, 2,17m, 1979) - Olympiakos
EL Stats: 7 Games, 9.37mpg, 3.6ppg (75% 2P, 50% FT), 1.9rpg
A1 Stats: 7 Games, 13mpg, 6.1ppg (84% 2P, 61% FT), 3.6rpg

Giorgos Diamantopoulos (SG, 1.95m, 1980) - Kolossos Rhodes
A1 Stats: 11 Games, 30.55mpg, 14.7ppg (56% 2P, 42% 3P, 56% FT), 2.8rpg, 1.6apg, 1.2spg

Panagiotis Liadelis (SG, 1.94m, 1974) - Azovmash Mariupol
UC Stats: 10 Games, 25.47mpg, 11.6ppg (52.5% 2P, 38,9% 3P, 79.5% FT), 1.9rpg, 1.4apg

Giannis Giannoulis (C, 2,06m, 1976) - Panionios
UC Stats: 9 Games, 23.13mpg, 12.6ppg (67.2% 2P, 69.7% FT), 5.2rpg, 1.8apg
A1 Stats: 13 Games, 25.77mpg, 11.4ppg (61% 2P, 0% 3P, 66% FT), 6.3rpg, 1.8apg

[Turkish Airlines Euroleague]

Koufos, Printezis, Tsaldaris and Vasiliadis, are the most impressive so far players, not currently playing for NT...