Kolossos Rodou B.C.

History

Early years

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 for many years, 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 immediate goal of the team to rise from the 3rd-tier level Greek B League, to the 2nd-tier level Greek A2 League, and subsequently, the team did begin to rise up through Greece's club basketball league system.

In 2003, head coach Vassilis Fragkias joined the team, and the ascent up into the Greek A2 League division commenced. In the 2004–05 season, Kolossos won the championship of the Greek A2 League, and was therefore automatically promoted up into the top-tier level Greek League, the highest professional basketball league in Greece.

Merger with Holargos

In the 2018–19 Greek Basketball League season, Kolossos finished in last place in the league. The team was thus facing relegation down to the second-tier level Greek A2 League. However, Kolossos merged with Holargos, and gained their rights to play in the top-tier level Greek League, in the following 2019–20 Greek Basketball League season.

Arenas

Through the 2018–19 season, Kolossos played its domestic Greek Basketball League games at the 1,242 seat Venetokleio Indoor Hall. Prior to the 2019–20 season, Kolossos moved into the 1,400 seat Palais des Sports. The arena's seating capacity was increased to 3,400 people, so that Kolossos could play its home games there, while competing in the European secondary level FIBA Champions League competition.

Season by season

Honours and titles

• Greek 2nd Division
  • Champion (1): 2004–05
• Mavroskoufia Basketball Tournament
  • Winner (2): 2016, 2019 (shared)

Players

Roster

Depth chart

Notable players

• Greece Antonis Asimakopoulos
• Greece Sotiris Billis
• Greece Kostas Charissis
• Greece Manolis Chatzidakis
• Greece Linos Chrysikopoulos
• Greece Georgios Diamantopoulos
• Greece Ioannis Georgallis
• Greece Charis Giannopoulos
• Greece Panagiotis Kafkis
• Greece Georgios Kalaitzis
• Greece Giannis Kalampokis
• Greece Nikos Kamarianos
• Greece Dimitris Katsivelis
• Greece Nestoras Kommatos
• Greece Giannoulis Larentzakis
• Greece Sotirios Manolopoulos
• Greece Vangelis Margaritis
• Greece Dimitris Mavroeidis
• Greece Spyros Panteliadis
• Greece Nikos Papanikolopoulos
• Greece Nikos Pappas
• Greece Christos Saloustros
• Greece Diamantis Slaftsakis
• Greece Christoforos Stefanidis
• Greece Vassilis Toliopoulos
• Greece Michalis Tsairelis
• Greece Dimitris Tsaldaris
• Greece Georgios Tsalmpouris
• Greece Angelos Tsamis
• Greece Panos Vasilopoulos
• Greece Vassilis Xanthopoulos
• Greece Thodoros Zaras
• Greece USA Pat Calathes
• Greece USA Steve Panos
• Greece Serbia Mladen Pantić
• Greece Croatia Franko Nakić
• Croatia Jurica Golemac
• Finland Roope Ahonen
• Sweden Tom Liden
• Bosnia Stevan Nađfeji
• Bosnia Miroslav Todić
• Bosnia Saša Vasiljević
• Serbia Mihajlo Andrić
• Serbia Stefan Momirov
• Serbia Stefan Pot
• Ukraine Oleksandr Lypovyy
• Turkey Kerem Kanter
• Austria Luka Brajkovic
• ANG Yanick Moreira
• FRA Kim Tillie
• NGA USA Danny Agbelese
• NGA USA Daniel Utomi
• CAN Simisola Shittu
• USA Dominic Artis
• USA Tyrone Brazelton
• USA Travon Bryant
• USA LaRon Dendy
• USA GEO Michael Dixon
• USA Robert Dozier
• USA John Edwards
• USA Jordan Floyd
• USA Gary McGhee
• USA Kenny Goins
• USA Andrew Goudelock
• USA Malcolm Griffin
• USA Jamelle Hagins
• USA Langston Hall
• USA Dusty Hannahs
• USA Lance Harris
• USA Marcus Hatten
• USA Scotty Hopson
• USA Mike James
• USA Jared Jordan
• USA Lasan Kromah
• USA Kevin Langford
• USA Ty Lawson
• USA Kelvin Lewis
• USA Steve Logan
• USA Shonn Miller
• USA Bambale Osby
• USA London Perrantes
• Panama USA J. R. Pinnock
• USA Tyler Polley
• USA Juvonte Reddic
• USA Trevor Releford
• USA Steven Smith
• USA Taylor Smith
• USA TJ Starks
• USA Curtis Stinson
• USA Marquis Teague
• USA Dominic Waters
• USA Glynn Watson Jr.
• USA Kenny Williams
• USA James Young

Head coaches

References

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