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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.
John Hammond is an American basketball executive who is the senior advisor to the president of basketball operations of the Orlando Magic of the National Basketball Association (NBA). Previously, Hammond had been the general manager of the Milwaukee Bucks, as well as the assistant general manager with the Detroit Pistons, where he had also worked as an assistant coach. He had also been an assistant coach with the Los Angeles Clippers, University of Missouri, University of Nebraska, and Houston Baptist University. He is a graduate of Greenville College. He has a daughter named Lauryn Hammond, who attended Marquette University. He is best known in NBA circles as the general manager who drafted NBA star Giannis Antetokounmpo to the Bucks.
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).
Athanasios Rotimi "Thanasis" Antetokounmpo, nicknamed "Thanasty", is a Greek-Nigerian professional basketball player for the Milwaukee Bucks of the National Basketball Association (NBA).
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" or "the crown or royalty from a foreign land". The name consists of two parts: Adé "crown", which is also found in other Yoruba names such as Adéwálẹ̀, and Tòkunbọ from ti òkun bọ̀ "came (by) sea (and) arrived", which is often applied to children born outside of Africa.
This page details the all-time statistics, records, and other achievements pertaining to the Milwaukee Bucks.
Konstantinos Ndubuisi "Kostas" Antetokounmpo is a Greek-Nigerian professional basketball player for Panathinaikos of the Greek Basket League and the EuroLeague.
Udoka Timothy Azubuike is a Nigerian-American professional basketball player for the Phoenix Suns of the National Basketball Association (NBA), on a two-way contract with the Valley Suns of the NBA G League. 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-Nigerian professional basketball player for Mažeikiai of the Lithuanian Basketball League (LKL). He is the youngest brother of basketball players Giannis, Thanasis, and Kostas.
The 2021 NBA playoffs was the postseason tournament of the National Basketball Association's 2020–21 season. With the COVID-19 pandemic impacting the NBA for the second consecutive year, the regular season was reduced to 72 games for each team and the start date of the playoffs was moved from its usual time in mid-April to May 22, 2021. It ended with the 2021 NBA Finals in July.
The 2021 NBA Finals was the championship series of the National Basketball Association's (NBA) 2020–21 season and conclusion of the season's playoffs. In this best-of-seven playoff series, the Eastern Conference champion Milwaukee Bucks defeated the Western Conference champion Phoenix Suns, 4–2, winning their first NBA championship in 50 years and second overall. Holding home-court advantage, the Suns led the series 2–0 before the Bucks won the next four games, becoming the fifth team in NBA history to win the championship after losing the first two games. Milwaukee's Giannis Antetokounmpo was named NBA Finals Most Valuable Player (MVP). With the COVID-19 pandemic altering the NBA's schedule for the second consecutive year, the start date of the series was pushed from its usual time in late May or early June to July 6, the second-latest start in Finals' history. This was the first NBA Finals since 2010 to have neither LeBron James nor Stephen Curry as one of the players competing.
The 2021–22 Milwaukee Bucks season was the 54th season of the franchise in the National Basketball Association (NBA). The Bucks entered the season as defending champions after winning the 2021 NBA Finals against the Phoenix Suns in the previous season in six games as the first team since the 2015–16 Cleveland Cavaliers to come back after trailing 2–0.
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.
Rise is a 2022 biographical sports drama film directed by Akin Omotoso, from a script written by Arash Amel. Based on the true story of three young Nigerian-Greek brothers, Giannis, Thanasis and Kostas Antetokounmpo, who emigrate to the United States and rise to fame and success within the National Basketball Association. The film stars newcomers Uche Agada, Ral Agada, and Jaden Osimuwa, Dharen from Kisugu in the three primary roles; with Elijah Shomanke, Yetide Badaki, and Dayo Okeniyi in supporting family roles.
Panagiotis (Takis) Tsoukalas is a Greek presenter of fan TV shows.
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 discrimination 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. Foreign-born athletes play an important role in professional basketball in America. They make up 23% of the rosters in the NBA, but are compensated for their participation in the league 20% less than native players. The NBA has one of the highest proportions of foreign-born players in professional sports, but there is a systemic issue of discrimination for foreign-born NBA players that stems from xenophobia, racism, language barriers, and cultural differences. The discrimination of foreign-born players in the NBA will be addressed through the demographics of the league, their accomplishments, stories of foreign players and their experience with discrimination, and the role of salaries in examining this topic.