This season eurobasket.com (Greek section) gives an award to the Greeks abroad and will award the top ten Greeks (two solid teams) playing in foreign leagues.

1st Team

Pat Calathes (208-G/F-85, college: St.Joseph's) (Kalathis) - Forward of Maccabi Haifa. The Greek American forward in his best season since he left USA for Europe succeeded something unique and something unbelievable in Israel, having in mind that he joined forces (last summer) with a team which had nothing to present, nor a success story, not a trophy not anything in the previous seasons, in a league where the domination of Maccabi Tel Aviv is something which can't be doubt by anybody and with the Israelis simply playing for the second seat every year since the top seat is occupied by the one and only team from Tel Aviv. Pat left from Panathinaikos and joined forces with the middle-class Maccabi Bazan Haifa to simply lead them to an amazing title against the team of David Blat.
The Greek forward was amazing in his most solid performance, as he ended the season with 16.3 points, 9.3 rebounds per game being the 5^th rebounder of the league, and 2.1 assists, was the MVP of the finals and the main reason of the first trophy won by the Cinderella of the Israeli league.

Loukas Mavrokefalidis (207-C-84) - Forward / center of Regal FC Barcelona and Spartak St.Petersburg, joined in May, 2013 the power house of Catalonia, and kept his rhythm more or less in the same paste, helping Barcelona to claim the trophy against Real Madrid in a fifth game. Loukas was the top man in his team in the Russian and VTB league, with 15.5 points, 6.3 rebounds, 1.8 assists and 1.3 steals per game, being an all- around forward with great percentages from behind the arc 43-47% and good defense, those were also the basic elements scouted from Barcelona people and the biggest step in the Greek forward's career took place 2 months ago.
In Catalonia, Loukas is very steady and is among the keys of the Spaniards. No matter what the result will be in the 5^th and final game of the play-offs, Loukas convinced all the basketball experts that he is made of very good quality and he can play basketball in the highest possible level of Euroleague.

Nick Calathes (198-PG-89, college: Florida) (Kalathis) - PG of Lokomotiv Kuban, the younger brother of Pat, left Panathinaikos last summer and joined forces with the Russian Lokomotiv a team which had nothing to show and its only achievement was the semi-finals in the Baltic league a year before. This team though changed in total as with the leading figure of the young Greek American player, the team was able to fight until the end with the Russian power house CSKA Moscow and final to lose the champion in the finals.
Nic was amazing this season, he ended the period as the top player in assist with nearly 7 assists per game while his nearly 14 points per game and his 1.6 steals helped his team to tour into the best season ever. In the finals against CSKA, Nic did his best but the quality and experience of the opponents was obvious.

Kostas Vasiliadis (200-G/F-84, agency: FCM)- SG of Bizkaia Bilbao, the experienced international shooting guard in his third and final season in Bilbao succeeded a bit less than last year where his team knocked out Barcelona, (this season his team was eliminated by the Catalonians), but this season was definitely the most productive and solid season ever for the Greek player. With 14 points per game, 3.3 rebounds, 1.8 assists and 1 steal per game; Kostas succeeded a full period in both Spanish and Euro-cup proving that he is ready to take the next level in his career. An injury cost him a bit this season but after his comeback he continue to lead his team even though unpaid as he claimed in the last six months. He is a real scoring machine and his game has changed a lot the last years as he competed against top performers in the Spanish league and beat them in all edges.
Kostas new career stop will prove once more to everybody that his qualities and abilities are much appreciated by the European basketball.

Kostas Koufos (213-C-89, college: Ohio St.) of Denver Nuggets, the international Greek center did a wonderful season in the NBA with the team of Denver Nuggets in his most solid career after 5 consecutive seasons in the magic world. Kostas earn with his sword the trust of his Coach who gave him time in the court and Kostas proved to have what it needs to proceed further, besides he is only 23-24 years old so he has all the time in front of him.
Kostas played in 87 games this season and averaged 22 minutes in the court, he had nearly 8 points per game, 7 rebounds, 1.2 block shots and 0.5 steals per game in his most solid season ever. Denver's 57 victories this season (57-25) has been achieved partially with Kostas assistance, with his best game being the one against Phoenix Suns where he scored 22 points and dashed down 10 rebounds succeeding a double-double figures in just 26 minutes!


2nd Team

Nikolaos Zisis (197-G-83) of Bizkaia Bilbao, the international guard did a very good season with the team from Bilbao and was among the stand outs in many cases for the Spanish team. The injure of Vasiliadis somewhere in the middle of the season pushed Zisis to gain some more quality time in the court and he proved that he can make it to the top level with the same ease.
Nikos ended the season with 10 points, 3.5 assist, nearly 2 rebounds, and 0.5 steal in less than 25 minutes. He helped his team and his team-mates for the best and he was among the more solid player in his team.

Ioannis Bourousis (213-C-83, agency: FCM) of Armani Bilbao, the international center did ok in the Italian club even though he had a late start, after the middle of the season he became steadier and helped his team in the best feasible way. If he was steadier he and his team would have achieved more than they did.
Bourousis ended the season with 11.5 points, 8.3 rebounds and 1.1 assists per game.

Dusan Sakota (209-SF-86, agency: Beo Basket) of Ciberio Vareze, the international forward had a solid season with the Italian club and he helped them to reach the semi-finals of the Italian league where they lost in the 7^th game of the play-offs.
Dusan was among the stand-outs of his team and especially in the play-offs period he had a series of great games. He ended the season with 8.5 points per game, 2.4 rebound and 1 steal in his comeback to the real action and after his serious health problem. Dusan is a fighter and he proved it. We believe that his career now will take its normal path as this season was the stepping stone of something much better.