Kolossos Rodou B.C.

Kolossos H Hotels
Leagues Greek League
Greek Cup
Founded 1963 (1963)
History Kolossos Rodou B.C.
(1963–present)
Arena Venetokleio Indoor Hall
Capacity 1,700
Location Rhodes City, Rhodes, Greece
Team colors White and Cyan
         
Main sponsor H Hotels Collection
President Michalis Kokkinos
Head coach Nikos Vetoulas
Team captain Ioannis Georgalis
2017–18 position 8th
Championships 1 Greek A2 Championship
Website kolossosbc.gr
Uniforms

Kolossos Rodou B.C. (Greek: Κολοσσός Ρόδου K.A.E.), known as Kolossos H Hotels for sponsorship reasons, is a Greek professional basketball team that is located on the island of Rhodes, in Rhodes City. Kolossos currently plays in the top-tier level of Greek professional basketball, the Greek League. The club was founded in 1963, and also initially featured sports like volleyball and judo in the early 1980s.[1] Today, the focus of the Greek athletic club is on the franchise's men's basketball department.

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.[2] 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, coach Vassilis Frangias 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.

Season by season

Season Tier Division Pos. W–L Greek Cup European competitions
2011–12
1
 Basket League
4th
22–13
2012–13
1
 Basket League
10th
8–18
2013–14
1
 Basket League
10th
10–16
2014–15
1
 Basket League
7th
14–15
2015–16
1
 Basket League 7th
11–17
2016–17
1
 Basket League 7th
13–13
 Quarterfinalist
2017–18
1
 Basket League 8th
11–15
 Quarterfinalist

    Honours

    Players

    Current roster

    Note: Flags indicate national team eligibility at FIBA sanctioned events. Players may hold other non-FIBA nationality not displayed.

    Kolossos Rodou roster
    PlayersCoaches
    Pos.No.Nat.NameHt.Wt.Age
    G 2 United States Browning, Stevie 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) 91 kg (201 lb) 24 – (1993-11-30)30 November 1993
    PG 3 United States Duren, Tyreek 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) 86 kg (190 lb) 27 – (1991-10-15)15 October 1991
    F/C 4 United States Kempton Jr., Tim 2.08 m (6 ft 10 in) 111 kg (245 lb) 23 – (1995-04-28)28 April 1995
    F/C 7 United States Virgin Islands Aska, Ivan 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) 104 kg (229 lb) 28 – (1990-06-26)26 June 1990
    SG 8 Greece Dimakos, Ioannis 1.94 m (6 ft 4 in) 95 kg (209 lb) 28 – (1990-09-14)14 September 1990
    SF 10 Greece Georgallis, Ioannis (C) 2.00 m (6 ft 7 in) 104 kg (229 lb) 35 – (1983-05-17)17 May 1983
    SF 11 United States Diggs, Quincy 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) 95 kg (209 lb) 28 – (1990-04-08)8 April 1990
    F 12 Greece Billis, Sotiris 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) 91 kg (201 lb) 21 – (1996-11-14)14 November 1996
    G/F 13 Greece Aggelakos, Alex 1.97 m (6 ft 6 in) 24 – (1994-10-01)1 October 1994
    C 14 Greece Georgakis, Georgios 2.05 m (6 ft 9 in) 113 kg (249 lb) 27 – (1991-03-18)18 March 1991
    C 22 Greece Mavroeidis, Dimitrios 2.12 m (6 ft 11 in) 120 kg (265 lb) 33 – (1985-07-04)4 July 1985
    G 23 Greece Papadakis, Kostas 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) 84 kg (185 lb) 20 – (1998-09-27)27 September 1998
    Head coach
    Assistant coach(es)
    • Greece Stathis Neratzakis
    Legend
    • (C) Team captain
    • Injured
    Updated: September 8, 2018

    Depth chart

    Pos. Starting 5 Bench 1 Bench 2
    C Dimitrios Mavroeidis Tim Kempton Jr. Georgios Georgakis
    PF Ivan Aska Ioannis Georgallis
    SF Quincy Diggs Alex Aggelakos Sotiris Billis
    SG Stevie Browning Ioannis Dimakos
    PG Tyreek Duren Kostas Papadakis

    Notable players

    Head coaches

    References

    1. ↑ Έτος Ίδρυσης 1963 (in Greek).
    2. ↑ ΙΣΤΟΡΙΑ ΣΥΛΛΟΓΟΥ (in Greek).
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