Kolossos Rodou B.C.

Kolossos Rodou
Kolossos Rodou logo
Leagues	Greek League Greek Cup
Founded	1963
History	1963 – Present
Arena	Venetokleio Indoor Hall (capacity: 1,700)
Location	Rhodes, Greece
Team colors	White and Cyan
President	Michalis Kokkinos
Head coach	Aris Lykogiannis
Championships	A2 Championships: (1) (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 in Rhodes, Greece. Kolossos currently plays in the top-tier 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 basketball department.

History

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, 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 goal of the team to rise from the Greek B League, to the Greek A2 League, and subsequently, the team did begin to rise up through Greece's B division of basketball.

In 2003, coach Vasilis Frangias joined the team, and the ascent up in the Greek A2 League division commenced. In the 2004–05 season, Kolossos won the championship of the Greek A2 League, and was therefore automatically moved into the top 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 SG 5 Larentzakis, Giannoulis 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) 91 kg (201 lb) – (1993-09-22)22 September 1993 SF 6 Billis, Sotiris 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) 91 kg (201 lb) – (1996-11-14)14 November 1996 SG 7 Oikonomopoulos, Kostas 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in) – (1996-09-23)23 September 1996 PF 8 Manolopoulos, Sotiris 2.08 m (6 ft 10 in) 93 kg (205 lb) – (1987-11-16)16 November 1987 F/C 9 Davis II, William 2.07 m (6 ft 9 in) 96 kg (212 lb) – (1992-09-09)9 September 1992 SF 10 Georgallis, Ioannis 2.00 m (6 ft 7 in) 104 kg (229 lb) – (1983-05-17)17 May 1983 PF 11 Liden, Tom 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) 110 kg (243 lb) – (1987-07-11)11 July 1987 PG 12 Releford, Trevor 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) 86 kg (190 lb) – (1991-12-23)23 December 1991 G/F 13 Aggelakos, Alex 1.97 m (6 ft 6 in) – (1994-10-01)1 October 1994 PG 14 Ahonen, Roope 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) 91 kg (201 lb) – (1990-06-12)12 June 1990 G/F 15 Saloustros, Christos 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) 93 kg (205 lb) – (1990-03-29)29 March 1990 C 16 McGhee, Gary 2.11 m (6 ft 11 in) 113 kg (249 lb) – (1988-10-28)28 October 1988 G 23 Lewis, Kelvin 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) 92 kg (203 lb) – (1988-04-12)12 April 1988	Head coach Aris Lykogiannis Assistant coach(es) Stathis Neratzakis Legend (C) Team captain Injured Roster Updated: 2015-8-26

Depth chart

Pos.	Starting 5	Bench 1	Bench 2	Bench 3
C	Gary McGhee	William Davis II
PF	Sotiris Manolopoulos	Tom Liden
SF	Ioannis Georgallis	Christos Saloustros	Alex Aggelakos	Sotiris Billis
SG	Kelvin Lewis	Giannoulis Larentzakis	Kostas Oikonomopoulos
PG	Trevor Releford	Roope Ahonen

Championships

• Divisional:
  • Greek A2 League: 1
    • 2005

Notable players

Georgios Diamantopoulos Vassilis Soulis Kostas Charissis Nikos Pappas Angelos Tsamis Vassilis Toliopoulos Antonios Asimakopoulos Nikos Papanikolopoulos Nikos Liakopoulos Giannis Mitropoulos Marios Matalon Dimitrios Kompodietas - Pat Calathes - Steve Panos - Milan Tomić - Franko Nakić Josko Poljak Drazan Tomić Saša Vasiljević Miroslav Todić

John Edwards Robert Dozier Curtis Stinson J. R. Pinnock Steven Smith Travon Bryant Steve Logan David Monds Jared Jordan Mike James

Notable coaches

• Vangelis Alexandris
• Ioannis Sfairopoulos
• Minas Gekos
• Dimitrios Priftis

Current sponsorships

• Official Sport Clothing Manufacturer: FILA
• Official Sponsor: Aegean Airlines, Blue Star Ferries

External links

• Official Team Page (Greek)
• Eurobasket.com Team Page