Dimitrios Agravanis

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Dimitrios Agravanis
Dimitrios Agravanis.JPG
Agravanis during an Olympiacos game in 2013
No. 7 – Promitheas Patras
PositionPower forward / Center
LeagueGreek Basket League
EuroCup
Personal information
Born (1994-12-20) December 20, 1994 (age 27)
Marousi, Greece
NationalityGreek
Listed height6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)
Listed weight256 lb (116 kg)
Career information
NBA draft2015 / Round: 2 / Pick: 59th overall
Selected by the Atlanta Hawks
Playing career2010–present
Career history
2010–2012Maroussi
2012–2013Panionios
2013–2019Olympiacos
2019–presentPromitheas Patras
Career highlights and awards
Stats Edit this at Wikidata at Basketball-Reference.com

Dimitrios Agravanis (alternate spelling: Dimitris) (Greek: Δημήτρης Αγραβάνης; born December 20, 1994) is a Greek athlete and professional basketball player for Promitheas Patras of the Greek Basket League and the EuroCup. He is a 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) tall power forward, that can also play as a center.

Early life[]

Agravanis was born Dimitrios Agravanis (Greek: Δημήτριος Αγραβάνης), on December 20, 1994, in the Maroussi suburb of Athens, Greece. His basketball journey started at age nine, when his father set up a basket at their home. Playing basketball soon became Dimitris' favourite pastime.[1] He enrolled at the local youth system academy of then Greek club Maroussi Athens as a kid, where he eventually made the club's first team, and signed a professional contract with them in 2010.[2]

Professional career[]

Early years[]

Agravanis began his professional career in 2010, with the Greek Basket League club Maroussi Athens, and in 2012, he made a move to the Greek League club Panionios Athens, where he also competed in the European-wide 2nd-tier level EuroCup competition. Despite averaging fewer than 7 minutes per game with Panionios Athens, he showed promising signs of talent.[3]

Olympiacos Piraeus (2013–2019)[]

In 2013, Agravanis made the big move to the Greek League and European-wide 1st-tier level EuroLeague powerhouse Olympiacos Piraeus, who believed in him as a strong prospect, and signed him to a 5-year contract.[4] At the beginning of his first season, Olympiacos Piraeus won the 2013 edition of the FIBA Intercontinental Cup title.[5]

In the 2014–15 EuroLeague season, Olympiacos Piraeus finished runners-up in the EuroLeague, after losing to Real Madrid in the EuroLeague Final. Olympiacos also won the 2014–15 Greek League season's championship, after beating Panathinaikos Athens in the finals of the Greek League playoffs. During the season, Agravanis averaged 6.4 points per game, in 14.4 minutes per game in the Greek League, and 4.1 points per game, in 12.5 minutes per game in the EuroLeague.[3]

With Olympiacos Piraeus, he also won the Greek League championship in 2016. In late July 2017, he re-signed with Olympiacos, through the summer of 2020, as he penned a three-year, €1.4 million euros net income guaranteed deal with the Reds.[6] On July 24, 2019, Olympiacos Piraeus announced that they had waived his contract, and Agravanis thus became a free agent, after spending six seasons with the Reds.

Promitheas Patras (2019–present)[]

Agravanis signed with the Greek EuroCup club Promitheas Patras in 2019. He averaged 8.2 points and 5.5 rebounds per game in the EuroCup's 2019–20 season.[7] Agravanis re-signed with the team on July 15, 2020.[8]

NBA draft rights[]

On June 25, 2015, Agravanis was selected with the 59th overall pick, of the 2015 NBA draft, by the NBA's Atlanta Hawks.[9] His draft rights were then traded to the Cleveland Cavaliers in 2017,[10] and were then traded to the Sacramento Kings a year later.[11]

National team career[]

Greek junior national team[]

As a member of the Greek junior national teams, Agravanis played at the following tournaments: the 2010 FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship, the 2011 FIBA Europe Under-18 Championship, the 2012 FIBA Europe Under-18 Championship, the 2013 FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship, and the 2014 FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship.

Greek senior national team[]

Agravanis has also been a member of the senior men's Greek national team. He was selected to Greece's 12 man roster for the 2016 Turin FIBA World Olympic Qualifying Tournament.[12] He also played with Greece at the 2017 EuroBasket.

Personal life[]

Agravanis' younger brother, Ioannis, is also a professional basketball player.

Awards and accomplishments[]

References[]

  1. ^ "Who is ... Agravanis?". Sentragoal.com. Archived from the original on September 24, 2015. Retrieved September 18, 2015.
  2. ^ "Euroleague.net Profile". Euroleague.net. Retrieved September 18, 2015.
  3. ^ a b "DraftExpress Profile". DraftExpress.com. Archived from the original on June 30, 2015. Retrieved September 18, 2015.
  4. ^ "Olympiacos signs Dimitris Agravanis to a multi-year deal". Sportando.com. August 20, 2013. Retrieved September 18, 2015.
  5. ^ "Olympiacos Piraeus win the 2013 FIBA Intercontinental Cup". sportskeeda.com. October 23, 2013. Retrieved September 18, 2015.
  6. ^ Dimitris Agravanis and Olympiacos have a new deal that can keep the young Greek big man to the club until 2020.
  7. ^ AGRAVANIS, DIMITRIS PROMITHEAS PATRAS EuroCup 2019-20 STATISTICS.
  8. ^ "Dimitris Agravanis re-signs with Promitheas". Sportando. July 15, 2020. Retrieved July 15, 2020.
  9. ^ "Hawks Draft Pair Of International Prospects In Second Round". NBA.com. June 26, 2015. Retrieved June 26, 2015.
  10. ^ "Cleveland Cavaliers trade Kay Felder, Richard Jefferson to Atlanta Hawks". NBA.com. 14 October 2017. Retrieved 9 February 2018.
  11. ^ "Kings Acquire Iman Shumpert, Joe Johnson, 2020 Second-Round Draft Selection, Rights to Dimitrios Agravanis and Cash Considerations in Three-Team Trade". NBA.com. 8 February 2018. Retrieved 9 February 2018.
  12. ^ Greek NT squad for OQT is announced.

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