Dimitris Diamantidis
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| Nickname | Octopus Man[1] |
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| Position | Point guard/Shooting guard/Point forward |
| Height | 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) |
| Weight | 215 lb (98 kg) |
| League | Greek League/Euroleague |
| Team | Panathinaikos BC |
| Number | 13 |
| Born | May 6, 1980 Kastoria, Greece |
| Nationality | Greek |
| Pro career | 1999–present |
| Former teams | Iraklis BC (1999–2004) |
| Awards | 3-Time A1 Greek League Championship MVP 2004, 2006, 2007 2-Time A1 Greek League Playoff MVP 2006, 2007 Euroleague 2007 Final Four MVP 4-Time Euroleague Defensive Player of The Year 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008 2007 Mr. Europa European Player of The Year |
Dimitris Diamantidis (Greek: Δημήτρης Διαμαντίδης) (born May 6, 1980 in Kastoria, Greece) is a Greek basketball player. He started his youth career with his home team in Kastoria in 1994 at the age of 14 and stayed there for 5 years. Kastoria's gym was renamed "Dimitris Diamantidis" in his honor, because it was the first place where he played basketball.
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[edit] Professional career
[edit] Iraklis
In the summer of 1999, at the age of 19, he began his professional career when he transferred to Iraklis BC and became a starting player there by his second season. Diamantidis helped to bring Iraklis, one of the oldest Greek teams back into prominence after the club had been struggling. With Iraklis, Diamantidis won the Greek A1 League MVP award in the 2003-2004 season.
[edit] Panathinaikos
Diamantidis moved a big step up in his career with his move to Panathinaikos BC of Athens in 2004; a basketball powerhouse of the Greek League and also of the Euroleague. With Panathinaikos BC, he has won the Greek Championship 4 times (2005, 2006, 2007, 2008), the Greek Cup 4 times (2005, 2006, 2007, 2008) and the Euroleague Championship in the Euroleague 2006-07 season.
Diamantidis has won several individual trophies since joining Panathinaikos, such as the Euroleague Defensive Player of The Year 4 times (2004-05, 2005-06, 2006-07, 2007-08), the Greek Championship regular season MVP 2 times (2005-06, 2006-07), the Greek Championship playoff MVP 2 times (2005-06, 2006-07), and the Euroleague Final Four MVP award (Euroleague 2006-07). Dimitris was also named the 2007 Mr. Europa European Player of the Year.
Due to these great individual and team successes, the president of Panathinaikos BC, Pavlos Giannakopoulos, has signed Diamantidis through the year 2010 at an annual fee of about €1.9 million.
[edit] Greek national team
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| Gold | 2005 Serbia & Montenegro | National team | |
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| Silver | 2006 Japan | National team | |
Dimitris is a member of the Greek national team with which he has won the FIBA Europe European Basketball Championship Eurobasket 2005. During the Eurobasket 2005 he led the tournament in assists and was selected to the all-tournament team. Moreover, Greece went on to win the silver medal in the 2006 FIBA World Championship in Japan.
[edit] Awards and honors
- 3-time Greek League MVP: 2004, 2006, 2007
- 2-time Playoffs MVP: 2006, 2007
- 4-time Champion: 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008
- 4-time Greek Cup winner: 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008
- 4-time Euroleague Defensive Player of the Year: 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008
- 1-time Greek League assist leader: 2007
- 1-time European Champion: 2007
- 1-time All-Euroleague First Team: 2007
- 1-time Euroleague Final Four MVP: 2007
- 1-time Mr. Europa European Player of the Year : 2007
- Silver medal with Greece, 2001 Mediterranean Games
- 5-time Acropolis Tournament Champion with Greece 2002, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007
- Gold medal with Greece, 2005 European Championship
- 1-time Eurobasket assist leader: 2005
- 1-time All Eurobasket team: 2005
- 1-time Stankovic Cup Winner with Greece: 2006
- Silver medal with Greece: 2006 FIBA World Championship
[edit] Notes
[edit] External Links
- Dimitris Diamantidis Forum
- Euroleague.net player profile
- Panathinaikos BC player profile
- Interbasket.net player profile
- Draftexpress.com player profile
- NBADraft.net article on Diamantidis at the Euroleague Final Four
- Eurobasket2005.com Diamantidis All First Team 2005 European Championship
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