Dimitrios Agravanis (alternate spelling: Dimitris) (; born December 20, 1994) is a Greek professional

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player for Tindastóll of the Úrvalsdeild karla. He is a tall

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, who can also play as a center.

Early life

Agravanis was born on December 20, 1994, in the

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suburb of

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, Greece. His basketball journey started at age nine, when his father set up a basket at their home. Playing basketball soon became Dimitris' favorite pastime. He enrolled at the local

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academy of the Greek club

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as a kid, where he eventually made the club's first team, and signed a professional contract with them in 2010.

Professional career

Maroussi (2010–2012)

Agravanis began his

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career in 2010, with the

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club

Panionios (2012–2013)

In 2012, Agravanis made a move to the

club Panionios Athens, where he also competed in the European-wide 2nd-tier level EuroCup competition. Despite averaging fewer than 7 minutes per game with Panionios Athens, he showed promising signs of talent and ability in the times that he played.

Olympiacos (2013–2019)

In 2013, Agravanis made the big move to the Greek League and European-wide 1st-tier level

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powerhouse Olympiacos Piraeus, who believed in him as a strong prospect, and signed him to a 5-year contract. At the beginning of his first season, Olympiacos Piraeus won the 2013 edition of the

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title. In the 2014–15 EuroLeague season, Olympiacos Piraeus finished runners-up in the EuroLeague, after losing to

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in the EuroLeague Final. Olympiacos also won the 2014–15 Greek League season's championship, after beating Panathinaikos Athens in the finals of the Greek League playoffs. During the season, Agravanis averaged 6.4 points per game, in 14.4 minutes per game in the Greek League, and 4.1 points per game, in 12.5 minutes per game in the EuroLeague. With Olympiacos Piraeus, he also won the Greek League championship in 2016. In late July 2017, he re-signed with Olympiacos, through the summer of 2020, as he penned a three-year, €1.4 million

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guaranteed deal with the Reds. On July 24, 2019, Olympiacos Piraeus announced that they had waived his contract, and Agravanis thus became a

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, after spending six seasons with the Reds.

Promitheas Patras (2019–2022)

Agravanis signed with the Greek EuroCup club Promitheas Patras in 2019. He averaged 8.2 points and 5.5 rebounds per game in the EuroCup's 2019–20 season. Agravanis re-signed with the team on July 15, 2020. During the 2021-22 campaign, in 29 Greek domestic league games, Agravanis averaged 14 points, 6.3 rebounds, 2.5 assists and 1.2 steals, while playing around 25 minutes per contest.

Napoli (2022)

On September 27, 2022, the Italian A League club

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, officially announced that they had signed Agravanis to a monthly contract, with a team option for the rest of the season. On October 31 of the same year, Napoli and Agravanis mutually parted ways. In 5 games played with the Napoli, Agravanis averaged 8.2 points and 4.8 rebounds per contest.

Peristeri (2022–2023)

On November 4, 2022, Agravanis signed a two-year (1+1) contract with Peristeri Athens, to play under the team's head coach Vassilis Spanoulis. On January 31, 2023, however, he parted ways with the club. In 8 Greek domestic league matches, he averaged 10.9 points, 5.1 rebounds and 2.4 assists, while playing around 23 minutes per contest.

Panathinaikos (2023)

On January 31, 2023, Agravanis, in a deeply controversial move for the fan base of Panathinaikos Athens, signed a two-and-a-half-year contract with the club, after having previously played with their derby of the eternal enemies arch-rivals, Olympiacos Piraeus. This marked Agravanis' return to the

. In 4 EuroLeague games, he averaged 0.8 points and 2.5 rebounds, in 9 minutes per contest. Additionally, in 14 domestic Greek league matches, he averaged 8.2 points, 4.1 rebounds and 1.2 assists, in 18 minutes per contest. On July 15, 2023, Panathinaikos opted out of their mutual contract with him, and Agravanis thus became a

Río Breogán (2023)

On September 3, 2023, Agravanis signed with the Spanish ACB League club Río Breogán. He mutually parted ways with the team due to an injury.

AEK Athens (2024)

On January 15, 2024, Agravanis signed with the Greek club

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, for the remainder of the season.

Hefei Storm (2024)

On May 30, 2024, Agravanis signed with the Hefei Storm of the Chinese National Basketball League (NBL).

Neptūnas Klaipėda (2024)

On October 16, 2024, Agravanis signed a one-month contact with Neptūnas Klaipėda of the

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(LKL).

Tindastóll (2025–present)

In January 2025, Agravanis signed with Tindastóll of the Icelandic Úrvalsdeild karla.

NBA draft rights

On 25 June 2015, Agravanis was selected with the 59th overall pick of the

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by the

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. His draft rights were then traded to the

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in 2017, and were then traded to the

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a year later. On 8 February 2024, his rights were traded to the

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National team career

Greek junior national team

As a member of the Greek junior national teams, Agravanis played at the following tournaments: the 2010 FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship, the 2011 FIBA Europe Under-18 Championship, the 2012 FIBA Europe Under-18 Championship, the 2013 FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship, and the 2014 FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship.

Greek senior national team

Agravanis has also been a member of the senior men's Greek national team. He was selected to Greece's 12 man roster for the 2016 Turin FIBA World Olympic Qualifying Tournament. He also played with Greece at the 2017 FIBA EuroBasket. He next represented Greece at the 2022 FIBA EuroBasket Qualifiers. In September 2022, Agravanis represented Greece at the main 2022 FIBA EuroBasket tournament. Throughout the tournament, Agravanis averaged 6.3 points, 3.7 rebounds and 1.1 assists per game. Agravanis had his best performance in a game against

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, during the tournament's group phase, where he accumulated 13 points, 5 rebounds, and 4 blocks in 24 minutes, as well as shooting an efficient 5/6 from the field, which helped Greece secure the victory. Agravanis then played with Greece at the 2023 FIBA World Cup Qualifiers.

Personal life

Agravanis' younger brother,

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, is also a professional basketball player.

Awards and accomplishments

Youth career

* Panhellenic Youth Championship: Top Scorer (2013)

Pro career

Champion: (

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) *2× Greek League Champion: (

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2016 2016 was designated as: * International Year of Pulses by the sixty-eighth session of the United Nations General Assembly. * International Year of Global Understanding (IYGU) by the International Council for Science (ICSU), the Internationa ...

) *

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Winner: (

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) * All-Greek League First Team: (2022) * Greek League All-Star: (2022)

Career statistics

EuroLeague

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Domestic Leagues

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