Kolossos Rodou B.C.

Kolossos Rodou
Leagues	Greek League Greek Cup
Founded	1963
History	1963 – Present
Arena	Venetokleio Indoor Hall (capacity: 1,700)
Location	Rhodes, Greece
Team colors	White and Cyan
President	Michalis Kokkinos
Head coach	Aris Lykogiannis
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 top-tier of Greek 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

Kolossos Rodou B.C. roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. # Nat. Name Ht. Wt. Age 2.0 !SG 5 GRE ! Larentzakis, Giannoulis 7000196000000000000♠1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) 7001910000000000000♠91 kg (201 lb) 7001220000000000000♠22 – (1993-09-22)22 September 1993 3.0 !SF 6 GRE ! Billis, Sotiris 7000196000000000000♠1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) 7001910000000000000♠91 kg (201 lb) 7001190000000000000♠19 – (1996-11-14)14 November 1996 2.0 !SG 7 GRE ! Oikonomopoulos, Kostas 7000192000000000000♠1.92 m (6 ft 4 in) 7001190000000000000♠19 – (1996-09-23)23 September 1996 4.0 !PF 8 GRE ! Manolopoulos, Sotiris 7000208000000000000♠2.08 m (6 ft 10 in) 7001930000000000000♠93 kg (205 lb) 7001280000000000000♠28 – (1987-11-16)16 November 1987 4.5 !F/C 9 USA ! Davis II, William 7000206999999999999♠2.07 m (6 ft 9 in) 7001960000000000000♠96 kg (212 lb) 7001230000000000000♠23 – (1992-09-09)9 September 1992 3.0 !SF 10 GRE ! Georgallis, Ioannis 7000200000000000000♠2.00 m (6 ft 7 in) 7002104000000000000♠104 kg (229 lb) 7001320000000000000♠32 – (1983-05-17)17 May 1983 4.0 !PF 11 SWE ! Liden, Tom 7000202999999999999♠2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) 7002110000000000000♠110 kg (243 lb) 7001280000000000000♠28 – (1987-07-11)11 July 1987 1.0 !PG 12 USA ! Releford, Trevor 7000183000000000000♠1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) 7001860000000000000♠86 kg (190 lb) 7001240000000000000♠24 – (1991-12-23)23 December 1991 2.5 !G/F 13 GRE ! Aggelakos, Alex 7000197000000000000♠1.97 m (6 ft 6 in) 7001210000000000000♠21 – (1994-10-01)1 October 1994 1.0 !PG 14 FIN ! Ahonen, Roope 7000186000000000000♠1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) 7001910000000000000♠91 kg (201 lb) 7001250000000000000♠25 – (1990-06-12)12 June 1990 2.5 !G/F 15 GRE ! Saloustros, Christos 7000200999999999999♠2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) 7001930000000000000♠93 kg (205 lb) 7001250000000000000♠25 – (1990-03-29)29 March 1990 5.0 !C 16 USA ! McGhee, Gary 7000211000000000000♠2.11 m (6 ft 11 in) 7002113000000000000♠113 kg (249 lb) 7001270000000000000♠27 – (1988-10-28)28 October 1988 1.5 !G 23 USA ! Lewis, Kelvin 7000193000000000000♠1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) 7001920000000000000♠92 kg (203 lb) 7001270000000000000♠27 – (1988-04-12)12 April 1988	Head coach Aris Lykogiannis Assistant coach(es) Stathis Neratzakis Legend (C) Team captain Injured Roster Updated: 2015-8-26

Depth chart

Championships

• Divisional:
  • Greek A2 League: 1
    • 2005

Notable players

Notable coaches

• Vangelis Alexandris
• Ioannis Sfairopoulos
• Minas Gekos
• Dimitrios Priftis

Current sponsorships

• Official Sport Clothing Manufacturer: FILA
• Official Sponsor: Aegean Airlines, Blue Star Ferries

External links

• Official Team Page (Greek)
• Eurobasket.com Team Page

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