Dimitrios Agravanis
Dimitrios Agravanis (alternate spelling: Dimitris) (Greek: Δημήτρης Αγραβάνης; born December 20, 1994) is a Greek professional basketball player for AEK Athens of the Greek Basket League. He is a 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) tall power forward, who can also play as a center.
Agravanis during an AEK Athens game in 2024 | |
| No. 17 – AEK Athens | |
|---|---|
| Position | Power forward / Center |
| League | Greek Basket League |
| Personal information | |
| Born | December 20, 1994 Marousi, Greece |
| Listed height | 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) |
| Listed weight | 256 lb (116 kg) |
| Career information | |
| NBA draft | 2015: 2nd round, 59th overall pick |
| Selected by the Atlanta Hawks | |
| Playing career | 2010–present |
| Career history | |
| 2010–2012 | Maroussi Athens |
| 2012–2013 | Panionios Athens |
| 2013–2019 | Olympiacos Piraeus |
| 2019–2022 | Promitheas Patras |
| 2022 | Napoli |
| 2022–2023 | Peristeri Athens |
| 2023 | Panathinaikos Athens |
| 2023 | Río Breogán |
| 2024–present | AEK Athens |
| Career highlights and awards | |
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| Stats at Basketball-Reference.com | |
Early life edit
Agravanis was born 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' favorite pastime.[1] He enrolled at the local youth system academy of the 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 edit
Maroussi Athens (2010–2012) edit
Agravanis began his professional career in 2010, with the Greek Basket League club Maroussi Athens.
Panionios Athens (2012–2013) edit
In 2012, Agravanis made a move to the Greek Basket 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 and ability in the times that he played.[3]
Olympiacos Piraeus (2013–2019) edit
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 (2019–2022) edit
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] During the 2021-22 campaign, in 29 Greek domestic league games, Agravanis averaged 14 points, 6.3 rebounds, 2.5 assists and 1.2 steals, while playing around 25 minutes per contest.
Napoli (2022) edit
On September 27, 2022, the Italian A League club Napoli Basket, officially announced that they had signed Agravanis to a monthly contract, with a team option for the rest of the season.[9] On October 31 of the same year, Napoli and Agravanis mutually parted ways. In 5 games played with the Napoli, Agravanis averaged 8.2 points and 4.8 rebounds per contest.[10]
Peristeri Athens (2022–2023) edit
On November 4, 2022, Agravanis signed a two-year (1+1) contract with Peristeri Athens, to play under the team's head coach Vassilis Spanoulis.[11] On January 31, 2023, however, he parted ways with the club. In 8 Greek domestic league matches, he averaged 10.9 points, 5.1 rebounds and 2.4 assists, while playing around 23 minutes per contest.
Panathinaikos Athens (2023) edit
On January 31, 2023, Agravanis, in a deeply controversial move for the fan base of Panathinaikos Athens, signed a two-and-a-half year contract with the club, after having previously played with their derby of the eternal enemies arch-rivals, Olympiacos Piraeus. This marked Agravanis' return to the EuroLeague. In 4 EuroLeague games, he averaged 0.8 points and 2.5 rebounds, in 9 minutes per contest. Additionally, in 14 domestic Greek league matches, he averaged 8.2 points, 4.1 rebounds and 1.2 assists, in 18 minutes per contest. On July 15, 2023, Panathinaikos opted out of their mutual contract with him, and Agravanis thus became a free agent.
Río Breogán (2023) edit
On September 3, 2023, Agravanis signed with the Spanish ACB League club Río Breogán.[12] He mutually parted ways with the team due to an injury.
AEK Athens (2024–present) edit
On January 15, 2024, Agravanis signed with the Greek club AEK Athens, for the remainder of the season.
NBA draft rights edit
On 25 June 2015, Agravanis was selected with the 59th overall pick, of the 2015 NBA draft, by the NBA's Atlanta Hawks.[13] His draft rights were then traded to the Cleveland Cavaliers in 2017,[14] and were then traded to the Sacramento Kings a year later.[15] On 1 November 2023, Agravanis's Draft rights were traded by the Sacramento Kings to the Los Angeles Clippers[16] and on 8 February 2024, his rights were traded to the Milwaukee Bucks.[17]
National team career edit
Greek junior national team edit
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 edit
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.[18] He also played with Greece at the 2017 FIBA EuroBasket. He next represented Greece at the 2022 FIBA EuroBasket Qualifiers.
In September 2022, Agravanis represented Greece at the main 2022 FIBA EuroBasket tournament. Throughout the tournament, Agravanis averaged 6.3 points, 3.7 rebounds and 1.1 assists per game.[19] Agravanis had his best performance in a game against Italy, during the tournament's group phase, where he accumulated 13 points, 5 rebounds, and 4 blocks in 24 minutes, as well as shooting an efficient 5/6 from the field, which helped Greece secure the victory.[20] Agravanis then played with Greece at the 2023 FIBA World Cup Qualifiers.
Personal life edit
Agravanis' younger brother, Ioannis, is also a professional basketball player.
Awards and accomplishments edit
Youth career edit
- Panhellenic Youth Championship: Top Scorer (2013)
Pro career edit
- FIBA Intercontinental Cup Champion: (2013)
- 2× Greek League Champion: (2015, 2016)
- Greek Super Cup Winner: (2020)
- All-Greek League First Team: (2022)
- Greek League All-Star: (2022)
Career statistics edit
Regular season edit
| Legend | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GP | Games played | MPG | Minutes per game | FG% | Field goal percentage |
| 3P% | 3-point field goal percentage | FT% | Free throw percentage | RPG | Rebounds per game |
| APG | Assists per game | SPG | Steals per game | BPG | Blocks per game |
| PPG | Points per game | Bold | Career high | Led the league | |
| Year | Team | League | GP | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010-11 | Marousi | GBL | 1 | 1.0 | .000 | .000 | 1.000 | .0 | .0 | .0 | .0 | 2.0 |
| 2011–12 | Marousi | GBL | 14 | 11.5 | .333 | .400 | .560 | 2.8 | .3 | .5 | .4 | 3.8 |
| 2012–13 | Panionios | GBL | 11 | 6.5 | .167 | .182 | .600 | 1.5 | .4 | .5 | .4 | 1.3 |
| 2013–14 | Olympiacos | GBL | 13 | 7.7 | .343 | .182 | .800 | 1.2 | .5 | .3 | .1 | 2.6 |
| 2014–15 | Olympiacos | GBL | 18 | 16.2 | .439 | .317 | .649 | 3.5 | .7 | .8 | .9 | 6.8 |
| 2015–16 | Olympiacos | GBL | 22 | 13.3 | .455 | .364 | .561 | 3.2 | .5 | .7 | .7 | 6.0 |
| 2016–17 | Olympiacos | GBL | 19 | 13.4 | .483 | .292 | .400 | 4.6 | .5 | .3 | .3 | 5.8 |
| 2017–18 | Olympiacos | GBL | 5 | 18.0 | .472 | .250 | .850 | 5.2 | 1.4 | .2 | .2 | 11.0 |
| 2018–19 | Olympiacos | GBL | 10 | 4.9 | .462 | .429 | .833 | .8 | .1 | .0 | .0 | 3.2 |
| 2019–20 | Promitheas | GBL | 17 | 21.2 | .414 | .346 | .426 | 5.0 | 1.3 | .6 | .4 | 10.8 |
| 2020–21 | Promitheas | GBL | 21 | 25.4 | .420 | .326 | .728 | 5.9 | 1.4 | .8 | .5 | 12.8 |
| 2021–22 | Promitheas | GBL | 19 | 23.9 | .537 | .278 | .592 | 6.9 | 2.3 | 1.2 | .4 | 13.8 |
References edit
- ^ . Sentragoal.com. Archived from the original on September 24, 2015. Retrieved September 18, 2015.
- ^ "Euroleague.net Profile". Euroleague.net. Retrieved September 18, 2015.
- ^ a b . DraftExpress.com. Archived from the original on June 30, 2015. Retrieved September 18, 2015.
- ^ "Olympiacos signs Dimitris Agravanis to a multi-year deal". Sportando.com. August 20, 2013. Retrieved September 18, 2015.
- ^ "Olympiacos Piraeus win the 2013 FIBA Intercontinental Cup". sportskeeda.com. October 23, 2013. Retrieved September 18, 2015.
- ^ Dimitris Agravanis and Olympiacos have a new deal that can keep the young Greek big man to the club until 2020.
- ^ AGRAVANIS, DIMITRIS PROMITHEAS PATRAS EuroCup 2019-20 STATISTICS.
- ^ Carchia, Emiliano (July 15, 2020). "Dimitris Agravanis re-signs with Promitheas". Sportando. Retrieved July 15, 2020.
- ^ "Gevi Napoli Basket, Ingaggiato Dimitrios Agravanis". Napoli Basket (in Italian). 2022-09-27. Retrieved 2022-11-29.
- ^ "Gevi Napoli, addio Agravanis: ora si ripunta su Emmitt Williams". Il Mattino (in Italian). 2022-11-01. Retrieved 2022-11-29.
- ^ "Dimitris Agravanis joins forces with Vassilis Spanoulis at Peristeri". Eurohoops. 2022-11-04. Retrieved 2022-11-29.
- ^ "O internacional grego Dimitrios Agravanis, novo xogador do Río Breogán". CBBreogan.com (in Galician). September 3, 2023. Retrieved September 4, 2023.
- ^ "Hawks Draft Pair Of International Prospects In Second Round". NBA.com. June 26, 2015. Retrieved 26 June 2015.
- ^ "Cleveland Cavaliers trade Kay Felder, Richard Jefferson to Atlanta Hawks". NBA.com. 14 October 2017. Retrieved 9 February 2018.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "The draft rights to Dimitrios Agravanis was acquired by the Los Angeles Clippers, along with a TPE, from the Sacramento Kings in exchange for Filip Petrusev and cash". RealGM.com. 1 November 2023. Retrieved 1 November 2023.
- ^ "Milwaukee Bucks Complete Trade With Sacramento Kings". NBA.com. 8 February 2024. Retrieved 9 February 2024.
- ^ Greek NT squad for OQT is announced.
- ^ "Dimitris AGRAVANIS at the FIBA EuroBasket 2022". FIBA.basketball. Retrieved 2022-11-19.
- ^ Georgakopoulos, George. "Greece grows stronger, beats hosts Italy in Eurobasket | eKathimerini.com". www.ekathimerini.com. Retrieved 2022-11-19.
External links edit
- Dimitris Agravanis at archive.fiba.com
- Dimitris Agravanis at basket.gr
- Dimitris Agravanis at draftexpress.com
- Dimitris Agravanis at esake.gr (in Greek)
- Dimitris Agravanis at eurobasket.com
- Dimitris Agravanis at euroleague.net
- Dimitris Agravanis at nbadraft.net
- Dimitris Agravanis at fibaeurope.com
- Dimitris Agravanis at sport-fm.gr (in Greek)