Emiliano Carchia: Despite reports, Zenit St. Petersburg has not made any offer to Nick Calathes, a league source told @sportando . Zenit doesn’t not know the budget for next season yet and they have not talked to any players regarding next year
Tag: Greece
The 18-year-old forward Nikos …
The 18-year-old forward Nikos Rogkavopoulos has decided to try his luck and has declared for the 2020 NBA Draft. The 203cm tall Greek prospect has been playing with AEK Athens since 2017 and this season, he played 12 games split between the Greek League and Basketball Champions League with an average playtime of six minutes.
Olympiacos has permitted its foreign …
Olympiacos has permitted its foreign players to leave Greece, in light of the EuroLeague shut down due to the COVID-19 virus outbreak across the globe.
Rick Pitino to coach Greece
Adam Zagoria: Rick Pitino will coach Greece in Olympic qualifying this summer, per sources. Greece is the only national team in the world to have defeated the United States during Mike Krzyzewski’s era (2005–2016).
Last year, Antetokounmpo opened up to …
Last year, Antetokounmpo opened up to The Undefeated about wanting to learn more about his Nigerian roots. Since then, he said, a lot more Nigerians have embraced him. “I was really, really happy about that,” Antetokounmpo said recently. “They call me ‘The Greek Freak’ and a lot of people support me and all that [in Greece]. A lot of people don’t know that I love my Nigerian side. The minute I go back home and walk in — my mom is Nigerian, I don’t have Greek in my house, so a lot of Nigerian people reaching out to me — was amazing. It made me feel welcome, so that was nice.”
While Antetokounmpo feels pressure from …
While Antetokounmpo feels pressure from his fans to choose between Nigeria and Greece, he prefers to represent both. “It’s not a competition. I kind of hate that. I really do hate that,” Antetokounmpo said. “I’ve spoken about it. I kind of hate that a lot of people say, ‘He’s not Greek, he’s Nigerian.’ ‘No, he’s not Nigerian, he’s Greek.’ I’m both. I’m both. The same way a lot of people are both, I’m both. “My parents are Nigerian. When I go back home, it’s Nigerian. Nigeria is in my blood. But I was raised [in Greece] and I was born in Greece. I’m both. … Just to be arguing about it, that’s silly and that’s dumb. In my opinion, it has to be accepted that a guy can be both. He can feel both.”
Anwil Wloclawek is traveling to Greece …
Anwil Wloclawek is traveling to Greece next week for the last game of the Basketball Champions League regular season against AEK, and Tony Wroten may not leave the country after the game and sign with Olympiacos. The 25th pick of the 2012 NBA draft has an opt-out clause that can be used in the next week.
New Year’s Traditions From Around the World
New Year’s Traditions
From Around the World Ecuadorians burn away
past bad luck and scare away
future bad luck by burning a paper-
stuffed scarecrow outside of their homes. For each of the final 12 seconds of the year,
reveling Spaniards will gobble
down one grape for good luck
in every month of the new year. Danes ring in the New Year
by breaking old dishes on
the doorsteps of friends
and family. Chileans include their
lost loved ones in their New Year’s
celebrations by visiting cemeteries
and setting up chairs next to their graves. New Year’s in Greece looks more like
Christmas in other parts of the world,
complete with the Greek Santa Claus,
gifts exchange and caroling. The color of a person’s New Year’s underwear
in this region of the world is thought to
increase fortune or even bring
more love and happiness.
New Year’s Traditions
From Around the World Ecuadorians burn away
past bad luck and scare away
future bad luck by burning a paper-
stuffed scarecrow outside of their homes. For each of the final 12 seconds of the year,
reveling Spaniards will gobble
down one grape for good luck
in every month of the new year. Danes ring in the New Year
by breaking old dishes on
the doorsteps of friends
and family. Chileans include their
lost loved ones in their New Year’s
celebrations by visiting cemeteries
and setting up chairs next to their graves. New Year’s in Greece looks more like
Christmas in other parts of the world,
complete with the Greek Santa Claus,
gifts exchange and caroling. The color of a person’s New Year’s underwear
in this region of the world is thought to
increase fortune or even bring
more love and happiness.
New Year’s Traditions From Around the World
New Year’s Traditions
From Around the World Ecuadorians burn away
past bad luck and scare away
future bad luck by burning a paper-
stuffed scarecrow outside of their homes. For each of the final 12 seconds of the year,
reveling Spaniards will gobble
down one grape for good luck
in every month of the new year. Danes ring in the New Year
by breaking old dishes on
the doorsteps of friends
and family. Chileans include their
lost loved ones in their New Year’s
celebrations by visiting cemeteries
and setting up chairs next to their graves. New Year’s in Greece looks more like
Christmas in other parts of the world,
complete with the Greek Santa Claus,
gifts exchange and caroling. The color of a person’s New Year’s underwear
in this region of the world is thought to
increase fortune or even bring
more love and happiness.
New Year’s Traditions
From Around the World Ecuadorians burn away
past bad luck and scare away
future bad luck by burning a paper-
stuffed scarecrow outside of their homes. For each of the final 12 seconds of the year,
reveling Spaniards will gobble
down one grape for good luck
in every month of the new year. Danes ring in the New Year
by breaking old dishes on
the doorsteps of friends
and family. Chileans include their
lost loved ones in their New Year’s
celebrations by visiting cemeteries
and setting up chairs next to their graves. New Year’s in Greece looks more like
Christmas in other parts of the world,
complete with the Greek Santa Claus,
gifts exchange and caroling. The color of a person’s New Year’s underwear
in this region of the world is thought to
increase fortune or even bring
more love and happiness.
The pass was swatted away, …
The pass was swatted away, Antetokounmpo fouled out and the Greeks eventually lost 79-76. The man who swatted that alley-oop away and looked over Antetokounmpo as his team’s hopes slipped away that day? That’s right: Bruno Caboclo. After the Bucks’ 127-114 win in Memphis on Friday night, Antetokounmpo recalled a conversation he had with former Kings forward and Greek teammate Georgios Papagiannis after that September game. “Oh, yeah. I marked this game,” Antetokounmpo said. “When we lost to Brazil, (Papagiannis) told me he’s playing for Memphis. And I was like, ‘OK, cool. Watch the game.’”