The Greek national team will play the first game of the Acropolis Tournament without its captain. Kostas Papanikolaou will miss the match against Serbia Tuesday evening due to an injury. The veteran forward hasn't practiced recently due to muscle spasms in his back, Gazzetta.gr reports.
Amidst one of the biggest transfers in EuroLeague history, there are always simple household matters to sort out in the background. Like what to do with Kostas Sloukas in the Olympiacos group chat. In the latest URBONUS podcast episode, Thomas Walkup gave some honest insights about the Olympiacos players' conversations with Sloukas before he decided to join Panathinaikos Athens.
After seven years with Olympiacos Piraeus, Greek forward Kostas Papanikolaou is set to stay in the organization for the foreseeable future. The club has announced that the two sides have reached an agreement on a three-year contract extension. If Papanikolaou completes his full deal, he will have reached a decade playing for Olympiacos.
The Greek national team will play the first game of the Acropolis Tournament without its captain. Kostas Papanikolaou will miss the match against Serbia Tuesday evening due to an injury. The veteran forward hasn't practiced recently due to muscle spasms in his back, Gazzetta.gr reports.
Amidst one of the biggest transfers in EuroLeague history, there are always simple household matters to sort out in the background. Like what to do with Kostas Sloukas in the Olympiacos group chat. In the latest URBONUS podcast episode, Thomas Walkup gave some honest insights about the Olympiacos players' conversations with Sloukas before he decided to join Panathinaikos Athens.
After seven years with Olympiacos Piraeus, Greek forward Kostas Papanikolaou is set to stay in the organization for the foreseeable future. The club has announced that the two sides have reached an agreement on a three-year contract extension. If Papanikolaou completes his full deal, he will have reached a decade playing for Olympiacos.
Olympiacos Piraeus captain Kostas Papanikolaou experienced discomfort in his calf during Game 3 of the Greek League Finals. In response, head coach Georgios Bartzokas made the decision to rest him throughout the second half and withhold from utilizing the veteran forward further.
After Isaiah Canaan made an open jumper with 2:16 to go, it seemed that Olympiacos Piraeus would hold off any Real Madrid's attempt to sway the game. However, in the last 136 seconds of the EuroLeague final in Kaunas, all the hard work and success in the last 10 months evaporated.
After suffering from Vasilije Micic's buzzer-beater last year, it seemed Olympiacos Piraeus could throw away another shot at the championship game this season. The regular season winners started the game slowly, and even the easiest layups didn't turn into points.
As Kostas Papanikoloau was substituted with 47 seconds left to play in the fourth quarter, the job was done. His team, Olympiacos Piraeus were comfortably leading by 12 points, up to that point having allowed only 19 points in the second half.
Vassilis Spanoulis is preparing Peristeri for the series against Panathinaikos in the Greek Basket League playoffs, but he'll be also taking a look at what his former team, Olympiacos Piraeus, will be doing in the upcoming EuroLeague Final Four.
Olympiacos Piraeus forward Kostas Papanikolaou will be available for the crucial Game 5 against Fenerbahce Beko Istanbul. Papanikolaou took part in Monday's practice and is available for Tuesday's game. The 32-year-old missed Sunday's practice due to flu and was considered questionable for Game 5.
Both Fenerbahce Beko Istanbul and Olympiacos Piraeus took one game each both in Greece and Turkey. With the series tied at 2 games each, the matchup returns to Piraeus once again. However, the home team might not have one of the more important players with them.
Olympiacos Piraeus captain Kostas Papanikolaou addressed the EuroLeague organization after the Friday game in Milan. The Greek veteran said EuroLeague had to show more empathy in the midst of national mourning after the horrific train crash in the valley of Tempi, Greece.
Olympiacos Piraeus forward Kostas Papanikolaou was named the Player of the Game after shining in his team's 85-92 win at Valencia Basket, as the 32-year-old tied his EuroLeague career high of 22 points and kept the Reds in the competition's driving seat.
At the beginning of the season, Olympiacos Piraeus wasn't the team that dominated the EuroLeague Power Rankings. Some thought they overperformed last year when they reached the Final Four, others argued that Tyler Dorsey was irreplaceable. The majority had the Greek side fighting for a playoff spot whilst prioritizing clubs with bigger budgets and high-profile transfer moves.
Kostas Papanikolaou gave an inspiring speech after Greece beat Belgium and punched a ticket to the 2023 FIBA World Cup. As a team captain, Papanikolaou thanked the players for their effort who helped Greece to qualify for the upcoming World Cup.
Ahead of the EuroLeague Round 2 matchup against Zalgiris Kaunas, Olympiacos Piraeus head coach Georgios Bartzokas provided an injury update about three of his players. Kostas Papanikolaou continues to experience knee discomfort (patellar tendinitis in the right leg) as a result of an injury sustained at the EuroBasket 2022, coach Bartzokas told.
Olympiacos Piraeus face two possible absences ahead of their first Turkish Airlines EuroLeague home game in the new season. Kostas Papanikolaou was facing knee discomfort (patellar tendinitis in the right leg) and missed tonight's victorious effort against Apollon Patras, 87-61. Joel Bolomboy suffered a sprain in his left ankle during the game and will undergo medical exams in Athens tomorrow.
Germany presented Greece with an insurmountable obstacle in the EuroBasket quarterfinals, as the Greeks suffered their first loss in the 2022 EuroBasket.
Greece faced some resistance from Great Britain only in the first three-quarters of their game, before getting their third win in their Milan Group C. The blue-and-whites thus became the first squad from their group to clinch a spot for EuroBasket's TOP 16.
Greece obtained their third win in the first three games of EuroBasket against Great Britain and already secured a place in the second phase of the tournament. After winning with the final score of 93-77, team captain Kostas Papanikolaou spoke with the reporters in the mixed zone to express his views on the game.Â
