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 City, Rhodes, Greece
Team colors White and Cyan
         
President Michalis Kokkinos
Head coach Aris Lykogiannis
2015–16 position Greek Basket League
Championships 1 Greek A2 Championship (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 on the island of Rhodes, in Rhodes City, Greece. Kolossos currently plays in the top-tier level 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 men's basketball department.

History

Early years

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 for many years, 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 immediate goal of the team to rise from the 3rd-tier level Greek B League, to the 2nd-tier level Greek A2 League, and subsequently, the team did begin to rise up through Greece's club basketball league system.

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

Roster

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Kolossos Rodou B.C. roster
Players Coaches
Pos. # Nat. Name Ht. Wt. Age
SF 10 Greece Georgallis, Ioannis (C) 2.00 m (6 ft 7 in) 104 kg (229 lb) 34 – (1983-05-17)17 May 1983
G/F 13 Greece Aggelakos, Alex 1.97 m (6 ft 6 in) 22 – (1994-10-01)1 October 1994
PG 23 Greece Papadakis, Kostas 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) 78 kg (172 lb) 18 – (1998-09-27)27 September 1998
G/F Greece Schizas, Stavros 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) 93 kg (205 lb) 28 – (1989-01-10)10 January 1989
SF Greece Billis, Sotiris 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) 20 – (1996-11-14)14 November 1996
SF Greece Charalampis, Nikos 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) 21 – (1996-07-29)29 July 1996
PG United States Griffin, Malcolm 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) 95 kg (209 lb) 26 – (1991-08-10)10 August 1991
G United States Bray, T.J. 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) 90 kg (198 lb) 25 – (1992-06-14)14 June 1992
C United States Jones, Marvin 2.13 m (7 ft 0 in) 100 kg (220 lb) 23 – (1993-12-29)29 December 1993
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)
  • Greece Stathis Neratzakis
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • Injured

Updated: December 20th, 2016

Depth chart

Pos. Starting 5 Bench 1 Bench 2
C Marvin Jones
PF
SF Ioannis Georgallis Sotiris Billis Nikos Charalampis
SG T.J. Bray Stavros Schizas Alex Aggelakos
PG Malcolm Griffin Kostas Papadakis

Championships

Notable players

Notable coaches

Current sponsorships

References

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