Olympiacos welcome back Karagiannidis

Antonios Karagiannidis

Defending champion Olympiacos S.F.P. Piraeus (GBL) signed 24-year-old international 205cm center Antonios Karagiannidis for the upcoming season. It is actually his comeback to Piraeus as he has played here before. Karagiannidis was the best rebounder at Promitheas in the GBL last season, averaging 6.6ppg, 6.1rpg, and 1.1apg in 18 games. He also played 8 games in the Basketball Champions League, where he had 4.5ppg and 6.0rpg.
Three years ago, Texas Legends selected him as the 0th overall pick in the G-League draft. Karagiannidis has been consistently called up to the Greek Senior National Team since 2024.
He has played previously for four other teams: PAOK Mateco Thessaloniki, Aias Evosmou, Lefkadas, and PAOK Thessaloniki U18 team. His team won the Euroleague Regular Season in 2026.
Among many awards, he was selected to the Eurobasket.com Greek Elite League All-Defensive Team in 2023.


Olympiacos S.F.P. Piraeus roster for 2026-27:

Guards:
Cory Joseph
Codi Miller-McIntyre
Tyler Dorsey
Jean Montero
Omer Netzipoglou
Nikolaos Plotas
Georgios Bourneles

Forwards:
Evan Fournier
Kostas Papanikolaou
Aleksandar Vezenkov
Tyson Ward
Mbaye N'Diaye

Centers:
Nikola Milutinov
Tyrique Jones
Donta Hall
Antonios Karagiannidis

Coach: Georgios Bartzokas