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The Greece men's national basketball team represents Greece in international basketball. They are controlled by the Hellenic Basketball Federation, the governing body for basketball in Greece. Greece is currently ranked 13th in the FIBA World Ranking.
Tunji Femi Awojobi is a Nigerian former professional basketball player. A former boxer, Awojobi graduated from Boston University in 1997. Following graduation, he played in several European countries, most notably in Israel. Awojobi was also a member of the Nigerian national team, and participated in the 1998 and 2006 FIBA World Championship. His best achievement in European basketball was winning the ULEB Cup as the starting center for Hapoel Jerusalem from Israel. In the finals, Jerusalem beat Real Madrid 83:72.
Sepolia (Greek: Σεπόλια pronounced[seˈpo.ʎa]) is a neighborhood in Athens, Greece. The Sepolia metro station is situated in the neighborhood. Sepolia owes to its name in the Greek phrase esopolis, which means "inside the city". Sepolia was a remote settlement until the latter part of the 19th century, a few kilometers away from Athens. The Greek Census of that period didn't include Sepolia as part of Athens. The Census of 1879, for example, refers to a population of 278 inhabitants. During the following years, Sepolia joined Athens as a result of a population explosion.
Black Greeks, also known as Afro-Greeks, are Black people who are citizens or residents of Greece.
Athanasios "Thanasis" Skourtopoulos is a Greek professional basketball coach and a former professional basketball player. He is the current head coach for Astoria Bydgoszcz of the Polish Basketball League (PLK) and Qatar national team.
Athanasios Rotimi "Thanasis" Antetokounmpo is a Greek professional basketball player who last played for the Milwaukee Bucks of the National Basketball Association (NBA). At the international stage, he has represented the Greek national team since 2016.
Giannis Sina Ugo Antetokounmpo is a Greek and Nigerian professional basketball player for the Milwaukee Bucks of the National Basketball Association (NBA). His size, speed, strength, and country of origin have earned him the nickname "Greek Freak". He is widely regarded as one of the greatest power forwards of all time as well as one of the greatest players of all time.
EFAO Zografou B.C., abbreviated as EFAOZ B.C., is a Greek professional basketball club based in Zografou, Athens. The club's full name is Enosi Filathlitikou Athlitikou Omilou Zografou, which means Union of Philathletic Athletic Group of Zografou. The club is also commonly known as Filathlitikos B.C. The team's colors are red and white.
Adétòkunbọ̀ is both a surname and a given name of Yoruba origin meaning "the crown or royalty from across the seas (ocean)" or "the crown or royalty from a foreign land (abroad)".
Ioannis Sfairopoulos is a Greek professional basketball coach who is currently a head coach for Crvena zvezda of the Basketball League of Serbia (KLS), the Adriatic League and the EuroLeague.
Nikolaos Gkikas is a Greek professional basketball player and the team captain for Panionios of the Greek Basketball League. He is a 6'1 1⁄4" tall point guard.
Tyler Quincy Dorsey is an American-Greek professional basketball player for Olympiacos of the Greek Basket League and the EuroLeague. He is also a member of the Greek national basketball team. He plays at the shooting guard position. After graduating from Maranatha High School, in Pasadena, California, he played college basketball for the Oregon Ducks.
Konstantinos Ndubuisi "Kostas" Antetokounmpo is a Greek professional basketball player for Panathinaikos of the Greek Basketball League (GBL) and the EuroLeague.
Udoka Timothy Azubuike is a Nigerian-American professional basketball player for Budućnost of the Prva A Liga, the ABA League and the EuroCup. He played college basketball for the Kansas Jayhawks and was selected in the first round of the 2020 NBA draft by the Utah Jazz.
Alexandros Emeka "Alex" Antetokounmpo is a Greek professional basketball player for PAOK of the Greek Basketball League (GBL) and the FIBA Europe Cup (FEC). He is the youngest brother of basketball players Giannis, Thanasis, and Kostas.
2020 Basketball Champions League Final was the concluding game of the 2019–20 Basketball Champions League season, the 4th season of FIBA's premier basketball league in Europe. The final and the Final Eight were played in the O.A.C.A. Olympic Indoor Hall in Athens.
Ben Sullivan is an American basketball coach and former player who is currently an assistant coach for the Houston Rockets of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He was previously an assistant coach with the Atlanta Hawks and the Milwaukee Bucks of the NBA. A former center at Cal State Northridge and the University of Portland, Sullivan has primarily served as a shooting coach during his NBA coaching career.
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The initiation of immigrants in the National Basketball Association (NBA) has changed throughout the league's history and there have been many conversations on the experiences of immigrants in the league. In the NBA world, players born outside the United States, including in U.S. overseas territories, are considered and called international players. The first non-American player to play in the league was in 1946, and now more than 100 have joined seven decades later. According to Forbes, the NBA in 2021 was composed of 23% international players. This is a stark contrast from the percentage in 1992, which was only 5%. The number of international players has increased steadily from 35 in the 1999–2000 season to 80 in the 2006–2007 season, accounting for 18% of the team rosters.