Kolossos Rodou B.C.

Kolossos
Leagues Greek League
Greek Cup
Founded 1963
History 1963 - present
Arena Venetoklio Indoor Hall
(capacity: 1,700)
Location Rhodes, Greece
Team colors White and Blue
         
President Michalis Kokkinos
Head coach Vasilis Fragkias
Championships A2 Championships: (1)
(2005)
Website kolossosbc.gr
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Kolossos Rodou B.C., or, Colossus Rhodes B.C., is a Greek professional basketball team that is located in Rhodes, Greece. Kolossos currently plays in the first-tier Greek league of professional basketball, the Greek League. The club was founded in 1963, and also initially featured sports like volleyball and judo in the early 1980s. Today, the focus of the Greek athletic club is on the franchise's basketball department.

History

Due to geographical isolation, and very small financial abilities for most of the club's history, the basketball team was not able to compete at a high level, and was not funded properly. Kolossos was the first Greek basketball team located in the Aegean Sea region.

Rise

In 2000, the fate of the team finally changed when Kostas Kostaridis became the new team President, and took over the reins of the club. Kostaridis changed almost the entire club management, and stated that it was the goal of the team to rise from the Greek B League, to the Greek A2 League, and subsequently, the team did begin to rise up through Greece's B division of basketball.

In 2003, coach Vasilis Frangias joined the team, and the ascent up in the Greek A2 League division commenced. In the 2004-05 season, Kolossos won the championship of the Greek A2 League, and was therefore automatically moved into the top Greek League, the highest professional basketball league in Greece.

Roster

Note: Flags indicate national team eligibility at FIBA sanctioned events. Players may hold other non-FIBA nationality not displayed.

Kolossos Rodou B.C. roster
Players Coaches
Pos. # Nat. Name Ht. Wt. Age
PG 4 Greece Toliopoulos, Vasilis 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) 18 – 15 June 1996
SG 5 Greece Larentzakis, Giannoulis 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) 21 – 22 September 1993
SF 6 Greece Siologkas, Dimitris 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) 21 – 28 April 1994
PG 7 United States Waters, Dominic 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) 28 – 28 September 1986
PF 8 Greece Manolopoulos, Sotiris 2.08 m (6 ft 10 in) 27 – 16 November 1987
F/C 9 United States Smith, Taylor 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) 23 – 23 July 1991
PG 10 Greece Stefanidis, Christoforos 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in) 34 – 28 July 1980
PF 11 Sweden Liden, Tom 2.02 m (6 ft 8 in) 27 – 11 July 1987
SF 12 United States Scott, Ernest 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) 32 – 28 August 1982
SG 13 Greece Tsamis, Angelos 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in) 33 – 2 October 1981
C 14 United States Hagins, Jamelle 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) 24 – 16 October 1990
PG 15 United Kingdom Robinson, Justin 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) 27 – 17 November 1987
Head coach
  • Greece Vasilis Fragkias
Assistant coach(es)
  • Greece Michalis Koutalianos
  • Greece Stathis Neratzakis
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • Injured

Roster
Updated: 2013-10-30

Championships

Notable players

Notable coaches

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