Andreas Glyniadakis

Andreas Glyniadakis
Ανδρέας Γλυνιαδάκης

Glyniadakis with Greece in Eurobasket 2009
No. 55 – Nea Kifisia
Position Center
League Greek League
Personal information
Born (1981-08-26) August 26, 1981
Chania, Greece
Nationality Greek
Listed height 7 ft 1 in (2.16 m)
Listed weight 280 lb (127 kg)
Career information
NBA draft 2003 / Round: 2 / Pick: 58th overall
Selected by the Detroit Pistons
Playing career 1997–present
Career history
1997–2001 Panathinaikos (Greece)
2001–2002 Panellinios (Greece)
2002–2003 Peristeri Athens (Greece)
2003–2005 AEK Athens (Greece)
2005–2006 Roanoke Dazzle (D-League)
2006 Albuquerque Thunderbirds (D-League)
2006–2007 Seattle SuperSonics
2007 Albuquerque Thunderbirds (D-League)
2007 Virtus Bologna (Italy)
2007 AEK Athens (Greece)
2007–2009 Maroussi (Greece)
2009–2012 Olympiacos (Greece)
2012–2013 Astana (Kazakhstan)
2013–2014 Lietuvos Rytas (Lithuania)
2014 APOEL (Cyprus)
2014–2015 Royal Halı Gaziantep (Turkey)
2015 CS Energia Rovinari (Romania)
2015 Les Lions de Geneve (Switzerland)
2015–present Nea Kifissia (Greece)
Career highlights and awards
Stats at NBA.com
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com
Medals
Men's Basketball
Competitor for  Greece
FIBA Europe Under-18 Championship
1998 Bulgaria National Team
FIBA EuroBasket
2009 Poland National Team

Andreas Glyniadakis (alternate spelling: Gliniadakis) (Greek: Ανδρέας Γλυνιαδάκης; born August 26, 1981) is a Greek professional basketball player who plays for Nea Kifissia of the Greek Basket League.[1] He is a 7 ft 1 in (2.16 m), 280 lb. (127 kg) center. His pro career started in 1997.

Professional career

Europe

Before going to play in the United States, Glyniadakis played as a youth with Kydonas of Chania, Crete, Greece. He then started his professional career with the Greek team Panathinaikos. After playing at Panathinaikos, he moved on to Peristeri and then to AEK Athens.

In May 2007, he signed with the Italian League's Virtus Bologna. In September 2007, he returned to AEK Athens. However, he was waived on October 1, 2007. He then joined the Greek League team Maroussi. He was the MVP of the last 16 week 1 in the Eurocup 2008-09 season.[2]

In July 2009, he moved to the Greek Euroleague team Olympiacos Piraeus.[3] With Olympiacos, he won the Euroleague and Greek League championships in 2012. After a season of playing for Astana, he signed with Lietuvos Rytas of Lithuania.[4]

On 31 January 2014, Glyniadakis signed a contract with Cypriot side APOEL, and helped his team to win the Cypriot League championship at the end of the season.[5] On October 30, 2014 he was signed by Turkish team Royal Halı Gaziantep.[6] On December 23, 2014, he moved to Romania and signed with CS Energia Rovinari.[7][8]

NBA

Glyniadakis was selected by the Detroit Pistons with the 58th pick in the 2003 NBA Draft. In the 2005–06 season, he played with the Roanoke Dazzle of the NBA D-League. He played with the Atlanta Hawks during the 2006 NBA preseason, but he was cut before the regular season began. He also played with the Albuquerque Thunderbirds of the NBA D-League, and with them, he won the D-League championship in the year 2006.

Glynis was signed by the Seattle SuperSonics on November 5, 2006,[9] and appeared in 13 games with them, averaging 1.3 points per game, before he was waived on January 4, 2007.[10] He played for the Boston Celtics in the 2007 NBA Summer League, in Las Vegas, Nevada.[11]

Greek national team

Glyniadakis was a member of the Greek junior national teams. With Greece's junior national teams he played at the 1997 FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship, and he won the bronze medal at the 1998 FIBA Europe Under-18 Championship. He also played at the 1999 FIBA Under-19 World Championship, and at the 2000 FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship.

Glyniadakis was also selected to the senior men's Greek national basketball team for the 2008 Summer Olympic Games. He won the bronze medal at the FIBA EuroBasket 2009, and he also played at the 2014 FIBA World Cup.

Career statistics

Legend
  GP Games played   GS  Games started  MPG  Minutes per game
 FG%  Field-goal percentage  3P%  3-point field-goal percentage  FT%  Free-throw percentage
 RPG  Rebounds per game  APG  Assists per game  SPG  Steals per game
 BPG  Blocks per game  PPG  Points per game  PIR  Performance Index Rating
 Bold  Career high

Note: The Euroleague is not the only competition in which the player participated for the team during the season, he also played in domestic competition.

Euroleague

Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG PIR
2003–04 AEK Athens 14 11 13.5 .581 .000 .962 2.9 .1 .4 .5 4.4 4.4
2004–05 AEK Athens 19 13 9.1 .612 .000 .783 1.2 .3 .2 .3 4.1 2.5
2009–10 Olympiacos 4 2 5.0 .500 .000 .000 .5 .0 .3 .3 1.0 1.8
2010–11 Olympiacos 3 1 6.2 .250 .000 .667 .7 .0 .0 .0 2.7 .3
2011–12 Olympiacos 9 2 7.4 .423 .000 .933 1.3 .1 .3 .0 4.0 2.9
2013–14 Lietuvos Rytas 9 0 10.1 .412 .000 .700 1.7 .1 .2 .4 2.3 .8

Awards and achievements

Glyniadakis dunking the ball

Pro career

Greek national team

References and notes

  1. ↑ A1Basket.gr Kifisia agreed terms with Glyniadakis
  2. ↑ "Glyniadakis last 16 week 1 MVP". Eurocupbasketball.com. 2009-01-28. Retrieved 2013-12-26.
  3. ↑ Olympiacos inks Glyniadakis to replace Printezis
  4. ↑ Lietuvos rytas pens two-time champ A.Glyniadakis to deal
  5. ↑ Andreas Glyniadakis: "I joined Apoel to win the title"!!
  6. ↑ Andreas Glyniadakis signs with Gaziantep
  7. ↑ Andreas Glyniadakis inks in Romania with Energia Targu Jiu Rovinari
  8. ↑ Rovinari lands Andreas Glyniadakis
  9. ↑ Sonics sign Glyniadakis, adding depth to thin frontcourt
  10. ↑ Sonics waive Farmer and Glyniadakis
  11. ↑ Summer League: Boston Celtics Roster

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