Union Kavala B.C.

Kavala B.C.
Leagues	Greek League Greek Cup
Founded	2003
History	Kavala (2003–2008) Union Kavala (2008–present)
Arena	Kalamitsa Indoor Hall (capacity: 1,500)
Location	Kavala, Greece
Team colors
President	Kostas Papakonstantinou
Head coach	Steve Giatzoglou
Website	kavalabc.gr
Uniforms
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Union Kavala B.C. is a Greek professional basketball club that is located in Kavala, Greece. The club is also known as E.K. Kavalas, with the club's full name being Enosi Kalathosfairisis Kavalas, which means Kavala Basketball Union (Greek: Ένωση Καλαθοσφαίρισης Καβάλα). The club competes in the Greek Basket League.

History

Kavala B.C. was originally founded in 2003. In 2008, Kavala B.C. and Panorama B.C. joined together to form the club of Union Kavala. That same year, the merged club joined the first division of Greek pro basketball, the Greek Basket League, for the first time.

To date, the club has played 5 seasons in the Greek top division (2008–09, 2009–10, 2010–11, 2011–12, 2012–13). The club's best finish in the top Greek League so far is 6th place, in both the 2010–11 and 2011–12 seasons.

Logos

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  (2015–present)

Roster

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Kavala B.C. roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. # Nat. Name Ht. Wt. Age PG 1 Laser, Tyler 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) 80 kg (176 lb) – (1988-05-02)2 May 1988 C 5 van der Mars, Thomas 2.08 m (6 ft 10 in) 107 kg (236 lb) – (1990-11-15)15 November 1990 PF 7 Tapoutos, Christos (C) 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) 104 kg (229 lb) – (1982-09-21)21 September 1982 F 9 Stampoulis, Giannis 2.02 m (6 ft 8 in) – (1990-09-24)24 September 1990 SG 10 Kostov, Chavdar 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in) 93 kg (205 lb) – (1988-04-18)18 April 1988 SF 12 Gelios, Sokratis 2.00 m (6 ft 7 in) – (1995-01-12)12 January 1995 F/C 13 Sinis, John  2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) 107 kg (236 lb) – (1991-09-04)4 September 1991 PG 14 Velissariou, Petros  1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) 91 kg (201 lb) – (1993-04-20)20 April 1993 G/F 15 Kalaitzidis, Dimitris 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) 80 kg (176 lb) – (1985-02-15)15 February 1985 SG 16 Giannakidis, Michalis 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in) 95 kg (209 lb) – (1988-04-06)6 April 1988 SF 17 Livas, Nicholas 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) 100 kg (220 lb) – (1987-04-27)27 April 1987 PG 19 Demertzis, Yiannis 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) 91 kg (201 lb) – (1983-07-20)20 July 1983 G/F -- Kromah, Lasan 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) 91 kg (201 lb) – (1991-06-24)24 June 1991 F -- McKie, Travis 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) 93 kg (205 lb) – (1992-10-23)23 October 1992 C -- Williams, Leon 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) 111 kg (245 lb) – (1986-07-24)24 July 1986	Head coach Steve Giatzoglou Legend (C) Team captain Injured Roster Updated: October 8, 2015

Depth chart

Pos.	Starting 5	Bench 1	Bench 2	Bench 3
C	Leon Williams	Thomas van der Mars		John Sinis
PF	Travis McKie	Christos Tapoutos	Giannis Stampoulis
SF	Lasan Kromah	Dimitris Kalaitzidis	Nicholas Livas	Sokratis Gelios
SG	Chavdar Kostov	Michalis Giannakidis
PG	Tyler Laser	Yiannis Demertzis		Petros Velissariou

Notable players

Vasilis Angelakopoulos Giannis Gagaloudis Savas Iliadis Nikos Kouvelas Christoforos Stefanidis Ioannis Karathanasis Sotiris Karapostolou Giorgos Georgakis Vassilis Simtsak Alexandros Sigounas Alexis Kyritsis Sotiris Manolopoulos Kostas Kakaroudis Igkor Milosevits Steve Panos / Miroslav Marinos-Raitsevits Branko Jorović Mladen Pantić Antanas Kavaliauskas Giedrius Gustas Laurynas Mikalauskas Alain Digbeu / Pape-Philippe Amagou Bruno Šundov Nemanja Mitrović Gregor Arbet 25px Kieron Achara

Milt Palacio Will Daniels Billy Thomas Lorrenzo Wade DeJuan Collins Mike Taylor Patrick O'Bryant Justin Gray Cedric Simmons Richard Shields Taquan Dean

Notable coaches

• Vangelis Alexandris
• Angelos Koronios
• Dimitrios Priftis

Current sponsorships

• Great Shirt Sponsor: Geotech
• Official Sport Clothing Manufacturer:
• Official Sponsor: Avance Rent A Car, Revoil
• Academies Sponsor: NovaMed, taxydromiki.gr

External links

• Kavala B.C. – Official Website (Greek)
• Eurobasket.com Team Profile