Kavala/P. - Panathinaikos 55-94
The reigning champion trashed Kavala on the road with plus 39. Olympiakos also celebrated in this round meaning that the Greens and the Reds remain on top of A1 with 11-1 record. Big guy Mike Batiste shined for PAO nailing 20 points and pulling down 8 rebounds. Nikola Pekovic and Dusan Sakota netted 11 pts apiece. Will Daniels collected 16 points and 7 rebounds for the hosts. Kavala dropped on 4-8. [read more]
Kavala/P. - Panathinaikos 55-94 The reigning champion trashed Kavala on the road with plus 39. Olympiakos also celebrated in this round meaning that the Greens and the Reds remain on top of A1 with 11-1 record. Big guy Mike Batiste shined for PAO nailing 20 points and pulling down 8 rebounds. Nikola Pekovic and Dusan Sakota netted 11 pts apiece. Will Daniels collected 16 points and 7 rebounds for the hosts. Kavala dropped on 4-8.
AEK - C.C. Marousi 75-84 Nice road win for Marousi, who jumped on 7-5 (fourth place, same as Panionios). Jarod Stevenson and Loukas Mavrokefalides scored 18 points each for the winners. Konstantinos Charalampidis had one point less. AEK got 15 points and 5 rebounds from Travon Bryant, falling on 5-7.
PAOK - VAP Kolossos 104-79 Important win for PAOK as both teams entered into this round with 5-6. Costas Vasiliadis came up with 20, while Damir Mulaomerovic and Kenny Gregory posted 16 points apiece. Steven Smith was the best in loss collecting 23 points and 8 rebounds.
Olimpia L. - AEL 1964 68-67 Olimpia grabbed tiny home win against AEL mostly owing to Michael King and Marios Batis, which combined 31 points. Actually, these two players were the only ones with double-digits in scoring for the hosts. Samuel Meija shined on the other side with 19 points and 5 rebounds. With this very important win Olimpia moved up on 4-8, while AEL has 2-10.
Aris - Panionios 71-59 Aris continues with great performances in A1. This time the players of Andrea Mazzon were better than Panionios On Telecoms improving on 10-2 (third place). Aris now has two wins more than third ranked Panellionios. Keydren Clark stepped up for the hosts with 16 points and 4 rebounds. Blagota Sekulic added 13 pts and 8 boards. Lonny Baxter was totally the best in defeat draining 16 points and grabbing 15 rebounds. Panionios 7-5.
ESTIA Egaleo - Trikalla 78-71 Important win for the survival by the host squad. Donell Taylor scored 20 points and grabbed 5 rebounds for Egaleo, while Vassilis Soulis helped with 17 points and 5 rebs. The last ranked Trikalla got 21 points from Dimitris Bogdanos. Egaleo 3-9, Trikalla 1-11.
Olympiakos - Panellinios 92-77 Ex NBAer Josh Childress (203-G/F-83, college: Stanford), who drained 20 points for 26 minutes, paced his Olympiakos to home win against dangerous Panellinios. The Reds and PAO remain on top with 11-1. Giorgos Printezis followed Childress with 14 pts. The same number of points also scored Jurica Golemac as well as Manolis Papamakarios, but for the loosing side. Panellinios 8-4 (fourth place).
A2: Day 12 - Results and Scorers - Jan 3, 2009 (by Chris Mammides)
The day of visitors is the major characteristic of this 12th Day of the exiting league of A2 and the very first day of 2009, as four out of eight games ended with road wins succeeded by the visiting sites. Top scorer for this 12th week was Apostolos Apostolos Koutroulias (206-C-76) who scored 31 points but were not enough for Near East to succeed the fifth road win of the day. [read more]
The day of visitors is the major characteristic of this 12th Day of the exiting league of A2 and the very first day of 2009, as four out of eight games ended with road wins succeeded by the visiting sites. Top scorer for this 12th week was Apostolos Apostolos Koutroulias (206-C-76) who scored 31 points but were not enough for Near East to succeed the fifth road win of the day. Aris Aristides Koronides (188-G-82) added 27 points and was the second scorer of the week, the Cyprus International had another great game and help his team to succeed a second road win against a Peloponnesian team (the first was against Olympiada Patras) The results were as follows: Dafni - Pagrati 79-88 Quarters: 22-24, 42-48, 59-65, and 79-88. Dafni: Giannis Kakiouzis (205-F-78) 27, Sioutis 23 and Tziallas 10. Pagrati: Angelos Siristatidis (190-G-78) 21, Latovic 16 and Koukas 14
Ilysiakos - Peristeri 65-74 Quarters: 14-15, 30-35, 49-54, and 65-74. Ilysiakos: Sakis Karidas 13 and Bogris 12 Peristeri: Christos Deligiannis (204-F-84) 16, Tsamatos 15 and Bucci 14
KAOD - MENT 83-78 Quarters: 24-21, 47-36, 65-53, and 83-78. KAOD: Vassilis Moulakis (180-G-77) 18, Sdrakas 15, Rodostoglou 15
MENT: Liakopoulos 20, Sfeikos 14
Keravnos Aigiou Apollon Patras 76-78 Quarters: 17-12, 39-33, 58-55, and 76-78. Keravnos Aigiou: Alfonso Albert (210-C-73) 25, Orfanos 15 and Amato 13 Apollon Patras: Aristides Koronides 27, Vardianos 15, Lianos 13
Panerythraikos Near East 99-84 Quarters: 21-21, 46-39, 71-54, and 99-84. Panertythraikos: Panagiotis Doumanis (194-G-76) 22, Hopson 19 and the new comer Pashalis with 14 Near East: Apostolos Koutroulias 31 and Mihalos 17
Sam Clancy (201-F-80, college: USC) graduated from University of Southern California and got drafted by Philadelphia 76ers (NBA 2002 draft,2rd(45)). He played in NBDL,CBA,Venezuela and in top European leagues(Spain ACB, Rus-A, France ProA). He became a European star, having big games in Euroleague but his dream is still to play in NBA. In the past came for few days in Greece, last season was in France and now agreed with CSK Samara, Sam spoke exclusive to Eurobasket. [read more]
Sam Clancy (201-F-80, college: USC) graduated from University of Southern California and got drafted by Philadelphia 76ers (NBA 2002 draft,2rd(45)). He played in NBDL,CBA,Venezuela and in top European leagues(Spain ACB, Rus-A, France ProA). He became a European star, having big games in Euroleague but his dream is still to play in NBA. In the past came for few days in Greece, last season was in France and now agreed with CSK Samara, Sam spoke exclusive to Eurobasket.com:
Why you decided to be a pro basketball player and not follow your fathers steps in NFL?
Sam Clancy: I chose basketball because it was always my love. I played one year of high school football but it was just too cold growing up in Cleveland, oh. I was much better at basketball.
You were drafted by Philadelphia 76ers ((NBA,2rd(45)) in 2002, you had few attempts to play a full season in NBA but you did not make it. Do you prefer to play in Europe and be the star in a team or do you have in your mind to try again for NBA?
Sam Clancy: I would love to play in the NBA but I dont want to be the last guy on the team. Its hard to turn down european offers just to try out for a team. If one NBA team was offering a contract i would go but I enjoying playing overseas for now.
Your first European team was Iraklis but you left shortly and joined a CBA team and after Valladolid in ACB, where you had very good games. What happened in Thessaloniki?
Sam Clancy: In Thessaloniki was my first time experiencing the european style of game. The coaches didn't have confidence in me there and they let me go. Later that year i became the CBA MVP and Defensive player of the year. I also played in ACB and had some good games. They just didn't believe in me.
You played in Spain, in Russia and in France, which European league was better for you and why?
Sam Clancy: I enjoyed playing in all the leagues. I had a good season in Euroleague because i play my best against the top teams. I think ACB and the Russian Superleague are the best in europe and i would perfer to play in either one.
After some impressive games in Euroleague last season playing for Le Man, you were free agent for a long time, what offers you rejected?
Sam Clancy: I signed with Ural Great in July but they did not honor the contract. We had to get FIBA involved and thats why I wasn't playing anywhere until the situation was handled. I just signed with CSK Samara and I'm ready to get playing again.
Whats the position you prefer to play? PF or Center?
Sam Clancy: It doesn't matter to me PF or C as long as I'm on the court. I think they are similar positons, where ever I can help my team win.
Tell us your strong point and your weakness in your game.
Sam Clancy: My strengths are rebounding and inside scoring. I've been working hard on improving my outside shooting and my free throws.
If you could pick a player to be your teammate in any team you play who would it be?
Sam Clancy: I would love to play with J.R Holden from CSKA because we grew up playing together in Pittsburgh when we were 14. He's a great point guard and we could be a good combo together. To play together 15 years later overseas would be incredible.
Thank you for the interview and good luck in Samara.
