List of Greek NBA players

The list of Greek players that either play or have played in the National Basketball Association (NBA):

Currently active NBA players

Draft Year	Round	Pick	Entry Year	Player	Teams	teams played for
2013	1st	#15	2013	Giannis Antetokounmpo	Milwaukee Bucks	Milwaukee Bucks
2014	2nd	#51	2016	Thanasis Antetokounmpo	Milwaukee Bucks	New York Knicks, Milwaukee Bucks

Former NBA players

Draft Year	Round	Pick	Entry Year	Player	Drafted by	NBA teams played for	NBA seasons	NBA games	NBA playoff games
1953	7th	#57	1953	- Lou Tsioropoulos	Boston Celtics	Boston Celtics	3	157	11
1959	5th	#37	1960	- Nick Mantis	Saint Louis Hawks	Minneapolis Lakers, St. Louis Hawks, Chicago Zephyrs	2	52	11
1980	3rd	#58	1980	- Kurt Rambis	New York Knicks	Los Angeles Lakers, Charlotte Hornets, Phoenix Suns, Sacramento Kings	14	880	139
1987	Undrafted	Undrafted	1987	- Sergei Bazarevich	Undrafted	Atlanta Hawks	1	10	-
1996	1st	#23	2002	Efthimios Rentzias	Denver Nuggets	Philadelphia 76ers	1	35	-
2000	1st	#25	2000	- Jake Tsakalidis	Phoenix Suns	Phoenix Suns, Memphis Grizzlies, Houston Rockets	7	315	10
2001	2nd	#47	2001	Antonis Fotsis	Memphis Grizzlies	Memphis Grizzlies	1	28	-
2003	2nd	#58	2006	Andreas Glyniadakis	Detroit Pistons	Seattle SuperSonics	1	13	-
2004	2nd	#50	2006	Vassilis Spanoulis	Dallas Mavericks	Houston Rockets	1	31	1
2008	1st	#23	2008	- Kosta Koufos	Utah Jazz	Utah Jazz, Minnesota Timberwolves, Denver Nuggets, Memphis Grizzlies, Sacramento Kings	12	686	37
2009	2nd	#45	2013	- Nick Calathes	Minnesota Timberwolves	Memphis Grizzlies	2	129	9
2012	2nd	#48	2014	Kostas Papanikolaou	New York Knicks	Houston Rockets, Denver Nuggets	2	69	8
2016	1st	#13	2016	Georgios Papagiannis	Phoenix Suns	Sacramento Kings, Portland Trail Blazers	2	39	-
2017	2nd	#41	2017	- Tyler Dorsey	Atlanta Hawks	Atlanta Hawks, Memphis Grizzlies, Dallas Mavericks	3	107	-
2017	Undrafted	Undrafted	2017	- Naz Mitrou-Long	Undrafted	Utah Jazz, Indiana Pacers	3	20	-
2018	2nd	#60	2018	Kostas Antetokounmpo	Philadelphia 76ers	Dallas Mavericks, Los Angeles Lakers, Chicago Bulls	3	22	-
2021	2nd	60	2021	Georgios Kalaitzakis	Milwaukee Bucks	Milwaukee Bucks, Oklahoma City Thunder	1	13	-

Drafted but did not play in the NBA

Draft Year	Round	Pick	Player	Drafted by
1978	4th	#72	- David Stergakos	Boston Celtics
1978	5th	#95	- Dave Caligaris	Detroit Pistons
1979	4th	#68	- Nick Galis	Boston Celtics
1982	9th	#205	Panagiotis Giannakis	Boston Celtics
1986	2nd	#37	Panagiotis Fasoulas	Portland Trail Blazers
1987	4th	#90	Fanis Christodoulou	Atlanta Hawks
2003	2nd	#34	Sofoklis Schortsanitis	Los Angeles Clippers
2006	2nd	#57	Loukas Mavrokefalidis	Minnesota Timberwolves
2007	2nd	#58	Georgios Printezis	San Antonio Spurs
2015	2nd	#59	Dimitrios Agravanis	Atlanta Hawks

All the drafted players

Draft Year	Round	Pick	Player	Drafted by
1953	7th	#57	- Lou Tsioropoulos	Boston Celtics
1959	5th	#37	- Nick Mantis	Saint Louis Hawks
1978	4th	#72	- David Stergakos	Boston Celtics
1978	5th	#95	- Dave Caligaris	Detroit Pistons
1979	4th	#68	- Nick Galis	Boston Celtics
1980	3rd	#58	- Kurt Rambis	New York Knicks
1982	9th	#205	Panagiotis Giannakis	Boston Celtics
1986	2nd	#37	Panagiotis Fasoulas	Portland Trail Blazers
1987	4th	#90	Fanis Christodoulou	Atlanta Hawks
1996	1st	#23	Efthimios Rentzias	Denver Nuggets
2000	1st	#25	- Jake Tsakalidis	Phoenix Suns
2001	2nd	#47	Antonis Fotsis	Memphis Grizzlies
2003	2nd	#34	Sofoklis Schortsanitis	Los Angeles Clippers
2003	2nd	#58	Andreas Glyniadakis	Detroit Pistons
2004	2nd	#50	Vassilis Spanoulis	Dallas Mavericks
2006	2nd	#57	Loukas Mavrokefalidis	Minnesota Timberwolves
2007	2nd	#58	Georgios Printezis	San Antonio Spurs
2008	1st	#23	- Kosta Koufos	Utah Jazz
2009	2nd	#45	- Nick Calathes	Minnesota Timberwolves
2012	2nd	#48	Kostas Papanikolaou	New York Knicks
2013	1st	#15	Giannis Antetokounmpo	Milwaukee Bucks
2014	2nd	#51	Thanasis Antetokounmpo	New York Knicks
2015	2nd	#59	Dimitrios Agravanis	Atlanta Hawks
2016	1st	#13	Georgios Papagiannis	Phoenix Suns
2017	2nd	#41	- Tyler Dorsey	Atlanta Hawks
2018	2nd	#60	Kostas Antetokounmpo	Philadelphia 76ers
2021	2nd	#60	Georgios Kalaitzakis	Milwaukee Bucks

NBA champions

Season	Player	Team
1956–57	- Lou Tsioropoulos	Boston Celtics
1958–59
1981–82	- Kurt Rambis	Los Angeles Lakers
1984–85
1986–87
1987–88
2019–20	Kostas Antetokounmpo
2020–21	Giannis Antetokounmpo	Milwaukee Bucks
Thanasis Antetokounmpo

Former NBA All-Star Game participants

Season	Location	Player	Team
2016–17	New Orleans, LA	Giannis Antetokounmpo	Milwaukee Bucks
2017–18	Los Angeles, CA
2018–19	Charlotte, NC
2019–20	Chicago, IL
2021–22	Atlanta, GA

Former NBA All-Star Game Contest participants

Season	Location	Player	Team	NBA All-Star Game Contest
2013–14	New Orleans, LA	Giannis Antetokounmpo	Milwaukee Bucks	NBA All-Star Weekend Skills Challenge
2014–15	New York, NY			Slam Dunk Contest

See also

• NBA draft
• List of National Basketball Association players by country

External links

• International players who have played in the NBA
• International players who have been drafted but have never played in the NBA
• Superbasket.gr list (in Greek)
• E-tipos.com (in Greek)
• Doubleteam.wordpress.com (in Greek)

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Basketball in Greece

• Hellenic Basketball Federation (EOK)
• Hellenic Basketball Association (HEBA)
• Greek League System

National teams

• Men's A
• Men's Under-26
• Men's Under-21
• Men's Under-20
• Men's Under-19
• Men's Under-18
• Men's Under-17
• Men's Under-16
  Women's A
• Women's Under-20
• Women's Under-18
• Women's Under-16

League competitions

• Greek Basket League
• Greek A2 Basket League
• Greek B Basket League
• Greek C Basket League
• Greek Women's Basket
• Greek A2 Women's Basket

Cup competitions

• Greek Cup
• Greek Super Cup
• Greek UNICEF Cup
• Greek Women's Cup

Other

• All-Star Game
• Hall of Fame
• Greek League Awards
• Greek League MVP
• Greek League Finals MVP
• Greek Cup MVP
• Greek clubs
• Greek clubs in Europe and worldwide
• Acropolis Tournament
• Greek NBA players / NBA draft picks
• Greek Championship career leaders
• Greek League career leaders
• Greek League season leaders
• Greek clubs by major honours won
• List of indoor arenas in Greece