Panionios B.C. (

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: Πανιώνιος KAE), known in European competitions as Panionios Athens is the

professional

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club that is based in

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, and that plays its home games in

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, Greece. The club is also widely known as Πανιώνιος Γυμναστικός Σύλλογος Σμύρνης, or Panionios Gymnastikos Syllogos Smyrnis, which is the Pan-Ionian Gymnastic Club of

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. This is usually abbreviated to the club name of Πανιώνιος Γ.Σ.Σ. Panionios B.C. is the basketball department of the Panionios Gymnastic Club that is based in Nea Smyrni. Panionios B.C. has been a long-time club of the top-tier level

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, which is considered one of the best national domestic basketball leagues in Europe. Panionios B.C. has also competed in the European-wide top-tier level

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. For sponsorship reasons, the club has also been known as Panionios

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and Panionios

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, as well as several other sponsorship names. Some of the well-known players that have played with the club over the years have included:

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, Takis Koroneos, Makis Dendrinos,

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, P. J. Brown,

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, Henry Turner,

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, and

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, among others.

Logos

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History

Early years

The basketball clubs' parent athletic union, the Panionios Gymnastic Club, was founded in 1890, in

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(located today in the modern country of

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), making it one of the oldest sporting clubs in Europe. The sporting clubs' basketball department was founded in 1919. After the Greek military suffered defeat in the Greco-Turkish War in 1922, the club was transferred to the

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suburb of

, in Greece. The basketball department, Panionios B.C., began participation in the

starting in the 1928–29 season, and finished in second place in the league that year. Panionios B.C. finished in third place in the league the next year.

Rise of the club to prominence in Greek basketball

Panionios B.C. competed in the top-tier Greek basketball league, in consecutive years, from the 1981–82 season until the 2014–15 season. In the 1986–87 season, Panionios played in the championship finals series of the Greek League, losing out to

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, and their two Greek basketball legends

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and

(Giannakis would later go on to play for Panionios). In 1991, led by

, the team won the

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title, by defeating

PAOK PAOK (, Πανθεσσαλονίκειος Αθλητικός Όμιλος Κωνσταντινοπολιτών, ''Panthessalonikeios Athlitikós Ómilos Constantinopoliton'', ''Pan-Thessalonian Athletic Club of Constantinopolitans''), commonly ...

by a score of 73–70. Panionios also played in the finals game of the Greek Cup in both 1977 and 1995. Ιn the 1993–94 season, after an exciting run in the European 3rd-tier level

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, and after scoring a couple of wins against

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in the quarterfinals, Panionios reached the semifinals, and played against PAOK Bravo. This marked the first civil conflict between Greek basketball clubs in European-wide competitions, ever. The club finished in 3rd place in the Greek League in the 1995–96 season, under their

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at the time,

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, and thus qualified to the

for the 1996–97 season. In the FIBA EuroLeague 1996–97 season, the team was coached by

Efthimis Kioumourtzoglou Efthimis Kioumourtzoglou (Greek: Ευθύμης Κιουμουρτζόγλου; born September 28, 1952, in Thessaloniki, Greece) is a Greek former professional basketball coach. Club coaching career Kioumourtzoglou was a head coach of five te ...

. Two years later, in 1999, Panionios once again reached the semifinals of the FIBA Korać Cup, where they were again eliminated, this time from the super favorites of the tournament,

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, which featured

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. In the Greek League 2007–08 season, under the ownership of

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, the founder of

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, Panionios, led by

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Giannis Kalampokis Giannis Kalampokis (alternate spellings: Ioannis, Yiannis, Yannis, Kalambokis, Kalabokis) ( Greek: Γιάννης Καλαμπόκης; born on August 15, 1978, in Ilio, Peristeri, Athens, Greece) is a Greek former professional basketball player ...

, and charismatic head coach

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, finished in 3rd place in the Greek League. They came back from an 0–2 series deficit in the deciding best-of-five league third-place series against

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, and won the series 3–2. That secured the team a place in the

competition for the

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season. This marked the club's first EuroLeague appearance in more than a decade.

Decline of the club

After the 2014–15 season, Panionios was

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to the Greek 2nd Division, after 33 consecutive seasons with a presence in the top-tier level

. For the 2015–16 season, Panionios preferred to play in the third-tier of Greece, the

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level

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, due to financial difficulties. They were promoted up to the Greek 2nd Division for the 2016–17 season. They won the Greek 2nd Division title of the 2016–17 season, and were promoted back up to the top-tier level league, for the 2017–18 season. Due to financial difficulties, Panionios was demoted down to the Greek 3rd Division, prior to the 2020–21 season.

Panionios in international competitions

Arenas

Panionios played its domestic Greek League home games at "Artakis" Nea Smyrni Indoor Hall, a now demolished 1,832-seat arena that was owned by the Nea Smyrni municipality. They used the arena from its opening in 1979 to 2006, and from 2009 to its close in 2019. From 2006 to 2009, the club used the Helliniko Olympic Arena, which was built for the

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, and has a capacity of 15,000, as its home arena. At various times, the club has also used the National Athletic Center Glyfada Makis Liougas, which has a capacity of 3,232. In 2019, the club moved into the

Sofia Befon Palaio Faliro Indoor Hall Sofia Befon Palaio Faliro Indoor Hall (alternate spelling: Sophia Mpefon) (Greek: Κλειστό Γυμναστήριο Σοφία Μπεφόν), is an indoor sporting arena that is located in Palaio Faliro, a suburban town in the Athens agglo ...

for the 2019–20 season. The arena seats 1,204 people. It was opened in 2017. The municipality of Nea Smyrni has begun the construction of a new modern-style multi-use indoor arena, called the Boban Janković Indoor Hall, named after

, which is being built on the same location as the old Nea Smyrni Indoor Hall. The new arena was scheduled to open for the 2022–23 season but after many delays the stadium is still unfinished. The club will play at a smaller arena in Nea Smyrni neighborhood, Andreas Varikas Indoor Hall, until its new arena is completed.

Retired numbers

Roster

Current roster

Depth chart

Honours and titles

Domestic competitions

* Greek League : ''Runners-up (1)'': 1986–87 *

: Winners (1): 1990–91 : ''Runners-up (2)'': 1976–77, 1994–95 * Greek 2nd Division (1961–1986) / Greek 2nd Division (1986–present) : Winners (3): 1973–74, 1980–81, 2016–17 : ''Runners-up (1)'': 2023-24 * Greek 3rd Division : Winners (1): 2015–16 * Greek UNICEF Basketball Cup : Winners (2): 2022–23, 2023–24

European competitions

: ''Semifinalist (2)'': 1993–94, 1998–99

Other competitions

* Athens, Greece Tournament : Winners (1): 2011

International record

Season by season results

Notable players

* Greece: *

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* Christos Christodoulou *

* Makis Dendrinos *

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* Charis Giannopoulos *

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* Georgios Kalaitzis *

* Andreas Kanonidis *

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* Takis Koroneos *

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* Nikos Linardos *

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* - George Papadakos *

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* - Nikos Pappas *

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Dušan Šakota Dušan Šakota ( sr-Cyrl, Душан Шакота, ''Ntousan Sakota'', born 22 April 1986) is a Serbian-Greek former professional basketball player. At 6'10 " (2.10 m) tall, he played the power forward position and was known for his shooting abil ...

Christos Saloustros Christos "Chris" Saloustros (Greek: Χρήστος Σαλούστρος; born March 29, 1990) is a Greek former professional basketball player. Standing at 2.02 m (6 ft 7 in) tall, he played at the small forward position. Professional caree ...

Zisis Sarikopoulos Zisis Sarikopoulos (alternate spelling: Zissis) (Greek: Ζήσης Σαρικόπουλος; born March 31, 1990, in Athens, Greece) is a Greek professional basketball player. He is tall, and he played at the center position. His nickname is ...

Alexandros Sigkounas Alexandros Sigkounas (alternate spelling: Sigounas) (Greek: Αλέξανδρος Σιγκούνας; born July 7, 1988) is a Greek professional basketball player who last played for Vrijednosnice Osijek of the Croatian League. He is a 2.02 m (6 ...

Ioannis Sioutis Ioannis Sioutis (alternate spelling: Giannis) (; born July 27, 1973) is a Greek retired professional basketball player and current assistant coach, most recently for AEK Athens of the Greek Basket League, under head coach Ilias Kantzouris. He has ...

Vangelis Sklavos Evangelos "Vangelis" Sklavos (alternate spelling: Vaggelis) (; born 1 December 1977) is a former Greek professional basketball player. He was born in Athens, Greece. At a height of 2.02 m (6'7 1⁄2"), he played in the small forward and power for ...

Gaios Skordilis Gaios "Guy" Skordilis (; born December 6, 1987) is a Greek professional basketball player for AEK of the Greek Basketball League (GBL). He is a tall center. Professional career After playing with the youth teams of Faiakes Corfu and Iraklis, ...

* Dimitris Stamatis *

Tzanis Stavrakopoulos Tzanis Stavrakopoulos () (born October 30, 1971) is a Greek former professional basketball player. At a height of 2.02 m (6'7 "), he played at the small forward and power forward positions. Professional career Stavrakopoulos started his club pla ...

Vassilis Symtsak Vassilis Symtsak (alternative spellings: Vasilis, Vasileios, Simtsak) (; (born 3 March 1981) is a Greek professional basketball coach and former player, currently an assistant coach for Panathinaikos of the Greek Basketball League (GBL) and the E ...

* Christos Tapoutos *

Dimitris Verginis Dimitrios Verginis (alternate spelling: Dimitris) (Greek: Δημήτρης Βεργίνης; born May 15, 1987) is a Greek professional basketball player. He is tall. He can play both the point guard and shooting guard positions. Professional ca ...

Vassilis Xanthopoulos Vassilis Xanthopoulos (alternate spellings: Vasilis, Vasileios, Vasilios; Greek: Βασίλης Ξανθόπουλος; born 29 April 1984) is a Greek former professional basketball player who last served as the team captain for Peristeri of the ...

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Stephen Arigbabu Stephen Olumide Arigbabu (born 15 February 1972) is a German professional basketball coach and former player. He is 2.08 m (6 ft 10 in) tall. Arigbabu played at the center position. Professional career During his professional career, Arigb ...

Dejan Borovnjak Dejan Borovnjak (born April 1, 1986) is a Serbian former professional basketball player. Professional career Borovnjak began his professional career in 2004 with Partizan Belgrade. In the summer of 2008, he moved to Vojvodina Srbijagas. In May 2 ...

Branko Cvetković Branko Cvetković ( sr-cyr, Бранко Цветковић, born 5 March 1984) is a retired Serbian professional basketball player. He also represented the Serbian national team internationally. He is 2.00 m (6 ft 6 ¾ in) tall and p ...

Boris Dallo Boris Omer Dallo (born 12 March 1994) is a French professional basketball player for Real Betis Baloncesto of the LEB Oro. Early life and youth career Dallo was born in Nantes on 12 March 1994. He began his youth club career at the age of five, p ...

Uroš Duvnjak Uroš Duvnjak (born November 19, 1986) is a Serbian professional basketball player for Kolubara of the Basketball League of Serbia. He is a 1.90 m tall combo guard. Professional career In his pro career, Duvnjak has played with the following club ...

Zoran Erceg Zoran Erceg (Serbian Cyrillic: Зоран Ерцег; born 11 January 1985) is a Serbian former professional basketball player. He represented the Serbian national basketball team internationally. Standing at , he played the power forward positi ...

Vassil Evtimov Vassil Iliev "Vasco" Evtimov () (born 30 May 1977) is a French-Bulgarian former professional basketball player and head coach of Cherno More Ticha in National Basketball League. A 2.08 m power forward, he played professionally in ten different ...

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Dušan Jelić Dušan Jelić ( sr-Cyrl, Душан Јелић; born 13 August 1974) is a Serbian-Greek professional basketball coach and former player. At a height of tall, he played at the center position. Coaching career In February 2021, Jelić was hire ...

Gintaras Kadžiulis Gintaras Kadžiulis (born 29 March 1980) is a Lithuanian professional basketball coach and former player. His playing position was combo guard. Professional career Born in Panevėžys, Kadžiulis started his professional basketball career at th ...

Antanas Kavaliauskas Antanas Kavaliauskas (born September 19, 1984) is a Lithuanian professional basketball coach and former player. He serves as the director of player development for the Wake Forest Demon Deacons of the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC). He played co ...

* Dragan Lukovski *

Guy-Marc Michel Guy-Marc Michel (born October 4, 1988) is a French professional basketball player. He is a tall center. College career Michel played college basketball at Northern Idaho College from 2008 to 2010. He also enrolled to play college basketball at ...

Vladimir Micov Vladimir Micov ( sr-cyr, Владимир Мицов, born April 16, 1985) is a Serbian former professional basketball player. Standing at a height of , he mainly played as a small forward. Professional career 2001–2009 Micov played for Beope ...

* Goran Nikolić *

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Miroslav Pecarski Miroslav Pecarski ( sr-Cyrl, Мирослав Пецарски; born 21 March 1967) is a Serbian former professional basketball player. He played professionally for Partizan, Aris, Panathinaikos, Panionios, Pallacanestro Cantù, Cholet and Cabit ...

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Miroslav Raičević Miroslav Raičević ( sr-Cyrl, Мирослав Раичевић; born July 13, 1981) is a Serbian professional basketball coach and former player. He also holds Greek citizenship, under the name of Miroslav Marinos-Raitsevits. He played as both a ...

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* Joao Santos *

Nikoloz Tskitishvili Nikoloz Tskitishvili ( ka, ნიკოლოზ ცქიტიშვილი; born April 14, 1983) is a Georgian former professional basketball player. At 7 feet tall, he played as forward- center. Tskitishvili was selected fifth overall by ...

Kristaps Valters Kristaps Valters (born September 18, 1981) is a Latvian former professional basketball player. After retiring he became a coach, and is currently working as a head coach for Valmiera/ORDO. Playing career Valters first played professionally in ...

USA: * William Avery *

Toby Bailey John Garfield "Toby" Bailey (born November 19, 1975) is an American former professional basketball player. He is currently a sports agent. College career Bailey played four years of college basketball at UCLA, being part of the Bruins squad th ...

Lonny Baxter Lonny Leroy Baxter (born January 27, 1979) is an American former professional basketball player. He is in height, and played the power forward and center positions. College career While attending the University of Maryland, College Park, Ba ...

Davion Berry Davion Christopher Lamont Berry (born November 1, 1991) is an American professional basketball player for Manama Club of the Bahraini Premier League. He played college basketball for the Weber State Wildcats where he was named Big Sky Conferenc ...

Chris Booker Chris Booker is an American radio and TV personality. Career Born and raised in West Virginia, Booker graduated from Magnolia High School in New Martinsville, WV in 1989. Booker got his big start in radio in 1989 while attending West Libert ...

P.J. Brown Collier "P. J." Brown Jr. (born October 14, 1969) is an American former professional basketball player who played in the National Basketball Association (NBA). The , center/power forward was selected out of Louisiana Tech University by the New ...

Travon Bryant Travon Levar Bryant (born February 5, 1983), nicknamed T, is an American professional basketball coach and former player. He played college basketball for the University of Missouri. Amateur career Bryant attended David Starr Jordan High Schoo ...

* T. J. Carter *

Mateen Cleaves Mateen Ahmad Cleaves (born September 7, 1977) is an American former professional basketball player. He played parts of six seasons in the National Basketball Association (NBA). He was an All-American college player for Michigan State, where he le ...

Jon Diebler Jon Keith Diebler (born June 22, 1988) is an American former professional basketball player who is the director of recruiting for the Butler Bulldogs of the Big East Conference. He played four seasons of college basketball for the Ohio State Bu ...

Joey Dorsey Richard Elmer "Joey" Dorsey (born December 16, 1983) is an American former professional basketball player. He played college basketball for the University of Memphis. College career During both his sophomore and junior years on the team, the Tig ...

Ruben Douglas Ruben Enrique Douglas (October 30, 1979 – April 12, 2024) was an American-Panamanian professional basketball player. He was a , point guard-shooting guard. High school Douglas was born in Altadena, California. He played high school basketb ...

Muhammad El-Amin Muhammad El-Amin (born July 25, 1987) is an American former professional basketball player. Until his arrest in May 2024, El-Amin coached high school basketball in Holt, Michigan and 8th grade basketball at MacDonald Middle School in East Lansing ...

Luke Hancock Patrick Lucas Hancock (born January 30, 1990) is an American former basketball player. He played college basketball for the University of Louisville after transferring from George Mason University. While at Louisville, he won the 2013 NCAA cham ...

Antonio Harvey Antonio Harvey (born July 6, 1970) is an American former professional basketball player. During his pro club career, Harvey played in the National Basketball Association (NBA). He also played professionally in several other leagues overseas. Co ...

Donnell Harvey Donnell Eugene Harvey (born August 26, 1980) is an American retired professional basketball player. He previously played in the National Basketball Association (NBA) for the New Jersey Nets, Denver Nuggets, Dallas Mavericks, Orlando Magic, and ...

John Hudson John is a common English name and surname: * John (given name) * John (surname) John may also refer to: New Testament Works * Gospel of John, a title often shortened to John * First Epistle of John, often shortened to 1 John * Second Ep ...

Andre Hutson Andre Davon Hutson (born January 12, 1979) is an American former professional basketball player. Born in Dayton, Ohio, the tall Hutson, played as a power forward and Center (basketball), center, during his professional career. High school Hutson ...

Chris Jent Christopher Matthew Jent (born January 11, 1970) is an American basketball coach and former player who serves as an assistant coach for the Charlotte Hornets of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He was formerly the head coach of the B ...

* Billy Keys *

Randolph Keys Randolph Keys (born April 19, 1966) is an American former professional basketball player who played five National Basketball Association (NBA) seasons in his career for the Cleveland Cavaliers, Charlotte Hornets, Los Angeles Lakers and Milwaukee ...

Mark Landsberger Mark Walter Landsberger (born May 21, 1955) is an American former professional basketball player. At 6'8" and 215 pounds, he played power forward and center for the Los Angeles Lakers from 1980 to 1983. Career Landsberger attended Mounds View H ...

Kevin Langford Kevin Langford (born December 21, 1985) is an American professional basketball player for BBC Monthey-Chablais of the Swiss Basketball League. He is a 2.04 m (6 ft 8½ in) tall power forward-center. College career Langford played college ba ...

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Jeff McInnis Jeff Lemans McInnis (born October 22, 1974) is an American basketball coach and former professional player who is an assistant coach for the Charleston Cougars men's team. He played in the National Basketball Association (NBA), in Greece

Gerry McNamara Gerry McNamara (born August 28, 1983) is an American former basketball player and current head coach of the Siena Saints men's basketball team. Gerry is the former associate head coach of the Syracuse University men's basketball team. A forme ...

Landon Milbourne Landon Milbourne (born June 29, 1987) is an American professional basketball player who last played for Maccabi Ashdod of the Israeli Premier League. He played college basketball at the University of Maryland before playing professionally in Fra ...

Aaron Miles Aaron Wade Miles (born December 15, 1976) is an American former professional baseball second baseman. He played nine seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB) from 2003 to 2011 for the Chicago White Sox, Colorado Rockies, St. Louis Cardinals, Chica ...

* Chris Owens * Mark Payne *

Gabe Pruitt Gabriel Michael Pruitt (born April 19, 1986) is an American former professional basketball player. He played two seasons for the Boston Celtics of the National Basketball Association (NBA), winning an NBA championship with the team in 2008. He a ...

Rod Sellers Walter Roderick Sellers (born August 7, 1970) is an American former professional basketball player. He played at Wilson High School (South Carolina), Wilson High School in his native Florence, South Carolina, and played college basketball at UConn ...

Paul Shirley Paul Murphy Shirley (born December 23, 1977) is an American former professional basketball player who last played for CB Málaga, Unicaja Málaga in the Spanish Asociación de Clubs de Baloncesto, ACB. Shirley is noted for briefly maintaining a ...

* E. J. Singler * Ed Stokes *

Jimmie Taylor Jimmie Taylor (born September 3, 1995) is an American professional basketball player for Dinamo București of the Liga Națională. He played college basketball at Alabama. College career Taylor played four seasons for the Alabama Crimson Tide a ...

* Henry Turner * John Wallace *

Travis Watson Travis Watson (born March 20, 1981) is an American professional basketball player. A 2.03 m tall power forward, he led the 2007–08 EuroLeague in rebounds with 9.7 per game while playing for Olimpia Milano. College career Watson played college ...

* Kennedy Winston *

Rashad Wright Rashad Wright (born March 17, 1982) is an American former professional basketball player. He graduated from the University of Georgia and was selected by the Indiana Pacers with the final pick of the 2004 NBA draft The 2004 NBA draft was held ...

Rest of Americas: * - Levon Kendall *

Samardo Samuels Samardo Samuels (born January 9, 1989) is a Jamaican professional basketball player who last played for Trotamundos de Carabobo. He is an NBA Veteran, Italian League Champion and Greek League All-Star. With a global career spanning over 15 years ...

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Chinemelu Elonu Chinemelu David Elonu Jr. (born March 11, 1987) is a Nigerian professional basketball player for Al Qadsia of the Kuwaiti Division I. He played college basketball for Texas A&M. High school career Elonu attended Alief Elsik High School where ...

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Brad Newley Brad Newley (born 18 February 1985) is an Australian professional basketball player for the Frankston Blues of the NBL1 South. After starting his career in Australia, playing for the Australian Institute of Sport and the Townsville Crocodiles, ...

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Top players in games played and points scored in the Greek Basket League (since the 1992–93 season)

Panionios team leaders in games played and points scored, since the

became fully

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, starting with the 1992–93 season. * Through the 2019–20 season. : :

References

External links

Panionios B.C. Official Website

Eurobasket.com Team Page

Greek Basket League Team PageEuroCup Official Team PageEuroleague.net Panionios B.C. Team ProfilePanionios Panthers Club
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Basketball teams in Attica Nea Smyrni Greek Basket League teams