A2 Standings
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Trikalla fans celebrating their team A2 championship
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A2 Stats Leaders |
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Points Per Game |
1 Fotiou,
Sporting 18.8
2 Kaklamanos, Trik 17.5
3 Liakopoulos, Pag 17.2
4 Totsios, Iraklis 17.0
5 Moulakis, Xanthi 16.5 |
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Rebounds Per Game |
1 Despos, MENT
9.3
2 Koutroulias, Ilis 8.5
3 Symeonidis, Iraklis 8.4
4 Bucci, Peristeriou 7.7
5 Moutran, Sporting 7.2 |
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Assists Per Game |
1 Karydas,
MENT 5.5
2 Moshovitis, Perist 4.8
3 Kantartzis, Halkid 4.3
4 Liakopoulos, Pagr 4.0
5 Kekelis, Ionikos 3.3 |
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Steals Per Game |
1 Karydas,
MENT 2.6
2 Tomaras, Halkidas 1.9
3 Bucci, Peristeriou 1.8 |
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Blocks Per Game |
1 Trybanski,
Perist 1.7
2 Psathas, Halkidas 1.2
3 Harismidis, Trikala 1.0
3 Koutroulias, Ilis 1.0 |
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2FGP |
1 Mandic, MENT
66.0
2 Despos, MENT 65.0
3 Zaras, ICBC 63.0 |
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3FGP |
1 Manojlovic,
Pener 55.0
2 Panagiotopoulos 49.0
3 Apostolopoulos, Ir 46.0 |
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Free Throws |
1
Panagiotopoulos 91.0
2 Spanos, Ionikos 89.0
2 Aposkitis, Falirou 89.0 |
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Eurobasket.com
All-Greek A2 Awards 2007-08
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All-Greek A2 Team 2007-08 |
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Kaklamanos |
Henjak |
Harismidis |
Panaras |
Karidas |
Player of the Year -
Nikos Kaklamanos (189-G-81) of AS Trikalla
Guard of the Year -
Nikos Kaklamanos (189-G-81) of AS Trikalla
Forward of the Year -
Dimos Fotiou (197-F-82) of AO Sporting Athens
Center of the Year -
Hrvoje Henjak (214-C-78) of Panorama GS
Bosman Player of the Year -
Hrvoje Henjak (214-C-78) of Panorama GS
Domestic Player of the Year -
Nikos Kaklamanos (189-G-81) of AS Trikalla
Defensive Player of the Year -
Tassos Harismidis (203-F-81) of AS Trikalla
Coach of the Year -
Dimitris Papadopoulos of Apollon Patras
1st Team
Nikos Kaklamanos (189-G-81) of AS Trikalla
Theodoros Panaras (195-F-76) of Panorama GS
Dimos Fotiou (197-F-82) of AO Sporting Athens
Tassos Harismidis (203-F-81) of AS Trikalla
Hrvoje Henjak (214-C-78) of Panorama GS
2nd Team
Athanasios Karidas (182-G-81) of MENT Vassilakis
Nikos Liakopoulos (201-F-76) of HSBC Pagrati Athens
Costas Totsios (191-G-78) of Iraklis Thessaloniki
Nikolaos Papanikolaou (210-F-85) of Ilysiakos Athens
Giorgos Anagnostopoulos (207-C-80) of I.C.B.S.
All-Domestic Players Team
Nikos Kaklamanos (189-G-81) of AS Trikalla
Theodoros Panaras (195-F-76) of Panorama GS
Dimos Fotiou (197-F-82) of AO Sporting Athens
Tassos Harismidis (203-F-81) of AS Trikalla
Giorgos Anagnostopoulos (207-C-80) of I.C.B.S.
All-Bosmans Team
Bojan Jovanovic (186-G-82) of I.C.B.S.
Ralph Bucci (193-G-75) of DASH Peristeri Athens
Vukadin Mandic (200-F/G-82) of MENT Vassilakis
Glenn Sekunda (203-F-73) of Iraklis Thessaloniki
Hrvoje Henjak (214-C-78) of Panorama GS
All-Defensive Team
Athanasios Karidas (182-G-81) of MENT Vassilakis
Theodoros Tsiotras (198-G-87) of AO Sporting Athens
Vangelis Margaritis (202-F/C-82) of DASH Peristeri Athens
Tassos Harismidis (203-F-81) of AS Trikalla
Cezary Trybanski (215-C-79) of DASH Peristeri Athens
All-Newcomers Team
Christoforos Choumas (194-G-85) of AO Sporting Athens
Evangelos Morfis (193-G-85) of AO Sporting Athens
Theodoros Tsiotras (198-G-87) of AO Sporting Athens
Giannis Athanasoulas (198-F-87) of Ilysiakos Athens
Nikolaos Papanikolaou (210-F-85) of Ilysiakos Athens
Panorama
is the second team promoted to A1
With a healthy walk,Panorama GS beat Halkida 107-76 and sealed the ticket for A1.
Halkida came in the court with only 6 players.
Daphne in the end beat Pangrati but this win wasnt enough for the big
step.
Trikala loose from Ilysiakos and lost the opportunity to break
Makedonikos record of 24 wins in A2 from the season 2001-2002.
Panorama GS - Halkida 104-76
Quarters: 26-19, 47-40, 84-56, 104-76.
Panorama GS (Takianos): Bechlivanis 8 (2), Panaras 7 (1), Falekas 6
(2), Choumpaflis, Panagiotopoulos 21 (7), Orfanos, Chatzipetrou 10,
Kakaroudis 24, Kothras, Giosmas 9 (1) Cheniak 19, Tsaikos .
HALKIDA (Gkliatis): Sophocleous 4, Kantartzis 22 (2), Pantazis, Kokkoris
6 (2), Prodromou 34 (2), Dimakos 4 (1), Tsatsaronis 6.
Trikala
is the champion! but who's to follow in the A1?
Today is the last and final day in the
A2. The A2 league this year was one of the best (as Eurobasket first
stated six months ago) in the last twenty years. The team of Trikala is
mathematically the champion as it was the steadiest team and didn't make
any gifts to its competitors. The team of
Nikos Kaklamanos (189-G-81) (17.3pg), who is probably the MVP of the
league, was much better than its opponents and it is more than fair that
won the league and the promotion to A1.
Tassos Harismidis (203-F-81) - 6th rebounder in the league with
nearly 6 rebounds per game and
Dimitris Bogdanos (200-F-75) - 10th rebounder in the league with
nearly 5 per game, added a big portion to this promotion and
Nikos Katsares (188-G-83) with his organizational style - 6th in
assists with 3.5 per game together with
George Lepeniotis (187-G-79) skills and experience - 10th in assists
with 3 per game, gave the necessary 'push' to the team of
Yannis Tzimas .
The last game of the champion team of Trikala will be against Ilysiakos
but it doesn't matter at all for Tzimas team, who's already started his
plans for the A1 league. Their current record is 24-5 while their
opponent in the last game, team of Ilysiakos (which is currently playing
very good basketball) is on the 13th position with a record
of 12-17 succeeding 4 winning results in the last 4 games.
On the other hand though, the teams of Panorama and the team of Dafni
are the two teams which will play until the end their last game of the
season as they both have equal chances to be promoted through the second
position as they both have quite 'easy' games against Halkida and
Pangrati respectively, the only difference is that Panorama will repeat
the game which lost against MENT (early next week) so the chances are
now much better for the team of Fotis
Fotis Takianos . Panorama though, it is more than certain that has
some financial issues and some behind the scene news are brining the
Fotis Takianos s team to merge with another team (either Kavalla
from the third division, or Iraklis from A2), never the less, Panorama
with
Theodoros Panaras (195-F-76) and
Kostas Kakaroudis (204-C-83) mainly, the two players are in the top
20 top scorers in the league with 12 points each, together with
Bechlivanis good organizational skills, Kuburovics passion and Henjaks
defense, were able to overcome their problems and push
Fotis Takianos team to their best ever position in the A2, it is
worth mentioning that the team from North Hellas took last season the
promotion from B to A2 division as a gift as Makedonikos couldnt play
(due to financial issues) in the league of A2! Lastly, it is mentioned
that Kuburovic is consider to be among the top Bosman in the division as
in the key games of his team was the top performer in all the aspects of
the game. Panoramas' current record is 21-7 without counting the lost in
MENT as this game will be repeated in a due day, Halkida, which is the
opponent of Panorama in the last day of the league has a record of 7-22
and is facing an unbelievable amount of financial issues as the majority
of its players already left the team and the rest just waiting for the
end of the season in order to change teams too, the new season will find
the team of Halkida to join Sporting and Palaio Faliro (all three teams
had big issues with their financials) in the second division.
The third team in the row is the of Dafni, the unlucky team of Coach
Costas Sorotos who agreed financial terms and will continue his
career as a Head Coach, with the Athenian team for the next season, came
so close to the promotion but it seems that it will not be succeeded for
a third season in a row (2006 and 2007 lost the promotion as it came
third in both cases). Dafni had its ups and down and due to some not so
good games the third position is more obvious than ever. The top scorer
of the team and among the top scorers in the league
Giannis Kakiouzis (205-F-78) may have nearly 16 points per game but
it seems that they were not enough for his team to be promoted in the A1
for the first time after nearly 14 years.
Christos Petrodimopoulos (209-F/C-80) was very good too and gave his
best shot together with
Savas Nikitakis (184-G-76) good scoring abilities and organizational
skills of
Giorgos Sourlis (190-G-85) who is among the top performers in the
position of the point guard in all the league, couldnt add the extra bit
to push them in the A1, of course nothing finished yet so there are
still some mathematical hopes but if we want t be 100% realistic we can
say that Coach
Costas Sorotos will be coaching the team in the A2 next season too.
The last game of Dafni is a kind of a derby as they are facing the team
of Pangrati (geographically they are neighbors) Dafnis current record is
21-8 but in the in their in between games against Panorama has a 0-2 as
Panorama won both games with 64-61 and 72-78, and that is the main
reason why they loose the promotion this season, of course some other
behind the scene news are bringing Egaleo which is currently in A1 to
merge with Dafni, as they are facing big financial issues and will
remain in the A1 under a new name. We will see very soon what the future
predicts for these teams.
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