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 ofRhodes, 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.
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, head coach Vassilis Fragkias 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.
^. Archived from the original on 2017-09-08. Retrieved 2017-09-07.
^Κολοσσός: Η συνένωση με τον Χολαργό είναι γεγονός (in Greek).
^ΑΦΙΕΡΩΜΑ ΣΤΟΝ ΚΟΛΟΣΣΟ H HOTELS: Νέο ξεκίνημα στη Ρόδο (in Greek).
^Κολοσσός: Αλλάζει έδρα τη νέα αγωνιστική περίοδο (in Greek).
External links
Official website (in Greek)
Eurobasket.com Team Page
May 15, 2023
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Kolossos Rodou B C Greek Kolossos Rodoy 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 Kolossos H HotelsLeaguesGreek Basket LeagueGreek CupFounded1963 60 years ago 1963 HistoryKolossos Rodou B C 1963 present ArenaKallithea Palais des SportsCapacity1 400LocationRhodes GreeceTeam colorsWhite and Cyan Main sponsorH Hotels CollectionPresidentMichalis KokkinosHead coachIlias PapatheodorouTeam captainCharis Giannopoulos2022 23 position7thChampionships1 Greek 2nd DivisionWebsitekolossosbc grHomeAway Contents 1 History 1 1 Early years 1 2 Rise 1 3 Merger with Holargos 2 Arenas 3 Season by season 4 Honours and titles 5 Players 5 1 Current roster 5 2 Depth chart 5 3 Notable players 6 Head coaches 7 References 8 External linksHistory EditEarly years Edit 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 Edit 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 head coach Vassilis Fragkias 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 Merger with Holargos Edit In the 2018 19 Greek Basket League season Kolossos finished in last place in the league The team was thus facing relegation down to the second tier level Greek A2 League However Kolossos merged with Holargos and gained their rights to play in the top tier level Greek League in the following 2019 20 Greek Basket League season 3 Arenas EditThrough the 2018 19 season Kolossos played its domestic Greek Basket League games at the 1 242 seat Venetokleio Indoor Hall Prior to the 2019 20 season Kolossos moved into the 1 400 seat 4 Palais des Sports 5 Season by season EditSeason Tier Division Pos W L Greek Cup European competitions2009 10 1 Basket League 6th 14 142010 11 1 Basket League 8th 12 14 Quarterfinalist2011 12 1 Basket League 4th 22 132012 13 1 Basket League 10th 8 182013 14 1 Basket League 10th 10 162014 15 1 Basket League 7th 14 152015 16 1 Basket League 7th 11 172016 17 1 Basket League 7th 14 15 Quarterfinalist2017 18 1 Basket League 8th 11 17 Quarterfinalist2018 19 1 Basket League 13th 5 21 Quarterfinalist2019 20 1 Basket League 9th 8 122020 21 1 Basket League 7th 8 16 QuarterfinalistHonours and titles EditGreek 2nd Division Champion 1 2004 05Players EditCurrent roster Edit Note Flags indicate national team eligibility at FIBA sanctioned events Players may hold other non FIBA nationality not displayed Kolossos Rodou rosterPlayers CoachesPos No Nat Name Ht Wt AgeG 0 Smith Kendall 1 91 m 6 ft 3 in 86 kg 190 lb 27 1995 09 18 18 September 1995C 2 Moreira Yanick 2 11 m 6 ft 11 in 100 kg 220 lb 31 1991 07 31 31 July 1991PF 4 Chrysikopoulos Linos 2 03 m 6 ft 8 in 102 kg 225 lb 30 1992 12 01 1 December 1992G F 8 Young James 1 98 m 6 ft 6 in 98 kg 216 lb 27 1995 08 16 16 August 1995G 11 Dixon Michael 1 85 m 6 ft 1 in 86 kg 190 lb 32 1990 12 01 1 December 1990SF 12 Billis Sotiris C 1 98 m 6 ft 6 in 91 kg 201 lb 26 1996 11 14 14 November 1996PF 13 Coffey Chris 2 01 m 6 ft 7 in 100 kg 220 lb 25 1997 07 08 8 July 1997C 18 Chatzidakis Manos 2 08 m 6 ft 10 in 96 kg 212 lb 23 2000 04 21 21 April 2000PG 19 Katsivelis Dimitrios 1 98 m 6 ft 6 in 96 kg 212 lb 31 1991 10 01 1 October 1991G F 23 Iordanou Christos 1 96 m 6 ft 5 in 86 kg 190 lb 24 1998 11 23 23 November 1998PG 25 Teague Marquis 1 88 m 6 ft 2 in 82 kg 181 lb 30 1993 02 28 28 February 1993SF 31 Giannopoulos Charis C 2 01 m 6 ft 7 in 95 kg 209 lb 33 1989 07 13 13 July 1989G F 77 Chatzinikolas Ioannis 1 96 m 6 ft 5 in 88 kg 194 lb 27 1995 10 07 7 October 1995 Head coach Ilias PapatheodorouAssistant coach es Dimitris Menoudakos Giannis GeorgallisLegend C Team captain Injured Roster Updated 29 April 2023Depth chart Edit Pos Starting 5 Bench 1 Bench 2C Yanick Moreira Manolis ChatzidakisPF Linos Chrysikopoulos Chris Coffey Sotiris BillisSF Charis Giannopoulos James Young Christos IordanouSG Michael Dixon Kendall Smith Giannis ChatzinikolasPG Dimitris Katsivelis Marquis TeagueNotable players Edit Note Flags indicate national team eligibility at FIBA sanctioned events Players may hold other non FIBA nationality not displayed CriteriaTo appear in this section a player must have either Set a club record or won an individual award while at the club Played at least one official international match for their national team at any time Played at least one official NBA match at any time Antonios Asimakopoulos Kostas Charissis Georgios Diamantopoulos Ioannis Georgallis Panagiotis Kafkis Georgios Kalaitzis Giannis Kalampokis Nestoras Kommatos Giannoulis Larentzakis Sotirios Manolopoulos Vangelis Margaritis Dimitrios Mavroeidis Spyros Panteliadis Nikos Papanikolopoulos Nikos Pappas Christos Saloustros Christoforos Stefanidis Vassilis Toliopoulos Dimitrios Tsaldaris Georgios Tsalmpouris Angelos Tsamis Panagiotis Vasilopoulos Vassilis Xanthopoulos Theodoros Zaras Pat Calathes Steve Panos Mladen Pantic Franko Nakic Jurica Golemac Roope Ahonen Tom Liden Stevan Nađfeji Miroslav Todic Sasa Vasiljevic Mihajlo Andric Stefan Momirov Stefan Pot Kerem Kanter Kim Tillie Danny Agbelese Dominic Artis Tyrone Brazelton Travon Bryant LaRon Dendy Robert Dozier John Edwards Jordan Floyd Gary McGhee Kenny Goins Malcolm Griffin Jamelle Hagins Langston Hall Lance Harris Marcus Hatten Scotty Hopson Mike James Jared Jordan Lasan Kromah Kevin Langford Ty Lawson Kelvin Lewis Steve Logan Shonn Miller Bambale Osby J R Pinnock Juvonte Reddic Trevor Releford Steven Smith Taylor Smith TJ Starks Curtis Stinson Dominic Waters Glynn Watson Jr Kenny WilliamsHead coaches EditHead Coach Years Charis Papazoglou 2001 2003 Vassilis Fragkias 2003 2005 Michalis Kyritsis 2005 2006 Georgios Zevgkolis 2006 2007 Vangelis Alexandris 2007 2008 Ioannis Sfairopoulos 2008 2011 Vassilis Fragkias 2011 2012 Minas Gekos 2012 2013 Vassilis Fragkias 2013 Dimitrios Priftis 2013 2014 Michalis Koutalianos 2014 Aris Lykogiannis 2014 2018 Nikos Vetoulas 2018 Kostas Flevarakis 2018 2019 Stergios Koufos 2019 Aris Lykogiannis 2019 2020References Edit Etos Idryshs 1963 in Greek ISTORIA SYLLOGOY in lang el Archived from the original on 2017 09 08 Retrieved 2017 09 07 Kolossos H synenwsh me ton Xolargo einai gegonos in Greek AFIERWMA STON KOLOSSO H HOTELS Neo 3ekinhma sth Rodo in Greek Kolossos Allazei edra th nea agwnistikh periodo in Greek External links EditOfficial website in Greek Eurobasket com Team Page Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Kolossos Rodou B C amp oldid 1152314699, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
