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Dimos Dikoudis is attracting the interest of several Greek teams after being released by Aris Thessaloniki weeks ago. Besides Maroussi BC and AEK Athens, now Iraklis has also contact the veteran 33-year-old center for the next season. Dikoudis averaged 5.9 points and 3.2 rebounds per game for Aris during the last A1 league.
SOURCE: Basketnet
Despite the interest from Iraklis to land Joseph Forte, the 29-year-old American guard will continue his career in the Italian LegaDue. Pistoia Basket has announced the signing of Forte for the next season. The former NBA player averaged 20.8 points and 4.2 assists per game last season for Edimes Pavia, also in the LegaDue.
SOURCE: Pistoia Basket
Another acquisition for Maroussi BC. The Greek team has signed Lefteris Akepsemaidis to a three-year contract. The 25-year-old guard arrives to his new team after playing last season for Iraklis, averaging 3.1 points and 1.3 assists per game. Maroussi has also decided not to keep Fanis Koumpouras, who arrived last January. The 26-year-old guard will have to find a new team.
SOURCES: Superbasket, Maroussi BC
Joseph Forte could be back to Greece next season. Iraklis, recently promoted to the A1 league, is interested in signing the 29-year-old American guard, who played last season in Italy for Edimes Pavia, averaging 20.8 points and 4.2 assists per game. The former NBA player was also one of the top scorers of the Greek league during the 2005-06 season for Apollon Patras.
SOURCE: Basketnet
As expected, Sotiris Karastopolou will continue his career in Maroussi BC. The Greek team has officially announced the signing to a one-year contract of the 32-year-old guard, who played last season for Iraklis, helping his team to promote to the A1 league. In the A2 division, Karapostolou averaged 10.0 points and 3.0 assists per game.
SOURCE: Maroussi BC
Mario Matalon, currently training with Aris Thessaloniki after playing last season in Israel, is on the radar of Iraklis for the next season. The 21-year-old guard, who averaged 15.2 points, 4.0 assists and 3.5 rebounds for Hapoel Megido in the last Israeli National League, could also receive an offer from Aris to officially join the team.
SOURCE: Basketblog
Despite the interest of Kavala, Sotiris Karapostolou could finally land in Maroussi BC next season. The Greek club is close to sign the 31-year-old guard, who helped Iraklis to promote to the A1 league last season. Karapostolou averaged 10.0 points and 3.0 assists per game.
SOURCE: Basketnet
Zisis Sarikopoulos is back to Greece. The 20-year-old center leaves his country in 2007 to play in the NCAA, where he played for the UAB, and for the University of Ohio State during the last two seasons. Sarikopoulos, who averaged 0.9 points and 1.4 rebounds per game last season, has reached a three-year agreement with Maroussi BC. The Greek team is also trying to sign Sotiris Karapostolou, who will probably leave Iraklis. the 31-year-old guard is also on the radar of Kavala.
SOURCES: Basketnet, Basketnet
Iraklis is considering several options offered to the Greek team, and one of the favourites could be David Teague. The 27-year-old American guard is a free agent after leaving the Giessen 46ers due to a knee season-ending injury. Teague was averaging 20.4 points and 4.7 rebounds per game in the BBL until that moment.
SOURCE: Basketnet
Despite the rumors about a possible agreement between Lamont Mack and Kavala, the current team of the 23-year-old American guard, AEK Athens, doesn't want to lose him. Mack is under contract until 2011 with the Greek team, which is interested in Nikos Papanikolopoulos, from Peristeri. The 31-year-old guard is also on the radar of Iraklis for the next season.
SOURCES: Basketnet, Basketnet
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More player on the radar of Iraklis. Besides the interest for Savvas Iliadis and Nikos Papanikolopoulos, the Greek club is also targeting the young 18-year-old center Georgios Georgakis, from Mas Mantoulidis (though he played last season on loan for the youth team of Iraklis) and the 30-year-old forward Vasilis Angelakopoulos, who played last season for Kavala.
SOURCE: Basketnet
The Hoops Market, on Twitter
The recently promoted team Iraklis keeps tracking the market for the upcoming season. The Greek team is now interestedin Nikos Papanikolopoulos, and the contacts with the 31-year-old guard could start soon. Papanikolopoulos played last season for Peristeri, averaging 7.6 points and 1.7 rebounds per game in the Greek A1 league.
SOURCE: Basketblog
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Iraklis has a new head coach for the next season. The recently promoted Greek team has signed Kostas Pilafidis to replace Leuterios Kakiouzis. This won't be the first stint of the 53-year-old coach, who started last season in Kavala, in Iraklis, where he worked during the 2001-02 season.
SOURCE: Superbasket
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Iraklis is looking for a new head coach to replace Leuterios Kakiousis. The main candidate is Vangelis Alexandris, who finished last season in Kavala, helping his team to stay one more season in the Greek A1 league. The 51-year-old coach has also worked from the other two top teams based in Thessaloniki, PAOK and Aris, during his career.
SOURCE: Athilika Nea
The Hoops Market, on Twitter
Kavala is starting to tracking the market for new players, and is showing interest in Giorgos Tsiaras and Sotiris Karapostolou. Tsiaras, a 28-year-old forward, finished last season in the Czech Republic for CEZ Nymburk after leaving PAOK Thessaloniki, while Karapostolou, a 31-year-old guard, would arrive from Iraklis, recently promoted to the Greek A1 league.
SOURCE: Basketnet
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Nikos Hatzivrettas is open to discuss the termination of his remaining contract with Aris Thessaloniki. The 32-year-old Greek forward could land next season in Iraklis, one of his former teams. Hatzivrettas has averaged 6.6 points and 1.7 rebounds this season in the Greek A1 league.
SOURCE: Superbasket
Iraklis will be back to the A1 next season after four years in the lower division. The historical team, based in Thessaloniki, is already planning the new stint in the A1, and is interested in landing two former players: Nikos Hatzivrettas, now playing for Aris Thessaloniki, and Savvas Iliadis, currently in Kavala.
SOURCE: Basketnet
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