BASKETBALL
December 19, 2022 Monday 11:00
Fenerbahçe Beko men’s basketball team has reached an agreement with Greek center Kostas Antetokounmpo (2.08, 1997) until the end of the 2022-23 season.
Kostas Antetokounmpo quimer?
Kostas Antetokounmpo, born on November 20, 1997 in Athens, started playing basketball in Greece with the Filathlitikos shirt.
Kostas, who went to America with his family in 2013 and continues his basketball and school life there, averaged 5.2 points, 2.9 rebounds and 1.1 blocks with Dayton University in the 2017- 18.
Deciding to enter the NBA Draft in 2018, Kostas was selected by the Philadelphia 76ers in the 2nd round with the 60th pick and was then traded to the Dallas Mavericks.
Kostas, who spent the 2018-19 season with the Dallas Mavericks in Texas Legends, one of the G-League teams, played 2 NBA games with the Dallas Mavericks and averaged 10.6 points, 6.1 rebounds and 1.4 blocks with the Texas Legends, where he played in 40 games.
Kostas, who signed with the Los Angeles Lakers in the summer of 2019, appeared in 4 NBA games in 2019-2020 and 15 NBA games in 2020-21. Antetokounmpo averaged 14.1 points, 7.9 rebounds, 1.5 assists and 1.3 blocks in 38 games for the South Bay Lakers, one of the G-League teams, in the 2019-20 season. Kostas Antetokounmpo won the NBA championship in 2020 with the Los Angeles Lakers.
Antetokounmpo, who decided to return to Europe in the summer of 2021 and agreed with the French representative Asvel, averaged 5.8 points, 2.7 rebounds and 0.7 blocks in 26 EuroLeague games with this team .
Deciding to return to America in the summer of 2022, Kostas Antetokounmpo signed a two-way contract with the Chicago Bulls and played for the Windy City Blues of G-League teams. Kostas is averaging 11.7 points, 6.3 rebounds, 1.6 assists and 1.3 blocks in 12 games in the G-League this season.
Kostas Antetokounmpo also attracts attention as a student of our Greek national team head coach Dimitris Itoudis.
Kostas Antetokounmpo, who draws attention with his high athleticism, can be very effective around the rim and is particularly known for his blocking contributions.
We hope this deal is beneficial for our club and Kostas Antetokounmpo, and we wish our athlete a successful season under the yellow-blue jersey.
Fenerbahce sports club
