Dimitrios Agravanis
Agravanis during an Olympiacos game in 2013
No. 17 – AEK Athens
PositionPower forward / Center
LeagueGreek Basket League
Personal information
Born (1994-12-20) December 20, 1994 (age 29)
Marousi, Greece
Listed height6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)
Listed weight256 lb (116 kg)
Career information
NBA draft2015: 2nd round, 59th overall pick
Selected by the Atlanta Hawks
Playing career2010–present
Career history
2010–2012Maroussi
2012–2013Panionios
2013–2019Olympiacos
2019–2022Promitheas Patras
2022Napoli
2022–2023Peristeri
2023Panathinaikos
2023Río Breogán
2024–presentAEK Athens
Career highlights and awards
Stats Edit this at Wikidata at Basketball-Reference.com

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.

Early life

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 then 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

Early years

Agravanis began his professional career in 2010, with the Greek Basket League club Maroussi Athens, and in 2012, he made a move to the Greek 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.[3]

Olympiacos (2013–2019)

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)

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 league games, Agravanis averaged 14 points, 6.3 rebounds, 2.5 assists and 1.2 steals, playing around 25 minutes per contest.

Napoli (2022)

On September 27, 2022, Napoli Basket officially announced that they had signed Agravanis on a monthly contract with an option for the rest of the season.[9] On October 31 of the same year, Napoli and Agravanis mutually parted ways. In 5 games, he averaged 8.2 points and 4.8 rebounds per contest.[10]

Peristeri (2022–2023)

On November 4, 2022, Agravanis signed a two-year (1+1) contract with Peristeri, under coach Vassilis Spanoulis.[11] On January 31, 2023, however, he parted ways with the club. In 8 league matches, he averaged 10.9 points, 5.1 rebounds and 2.4 assists, playing around 23 minutes per contest.

Panathinaikos (2023)

On January 31, 2023, Agravanis, in a deeply controversial move for the fandom, signed a two-and-a-half year contract with former rivals Panathinaikos, returning 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 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 and Agravanis became a free agent.

Río Breogán (2023)

On September 3, 2023, Agravanis signed with Spanish club Río Breogán.[12] He mutually parted ways with the team due to an injury.

AEK Athens (2024–present)

On January 15, 2024, Agravanis signed with AEK for the rest of the season.

NBA draft rights

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

Greek junior national team

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

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 EuroBasket.

In September, Agravanis participated in the EuroBasket 2022, representing Greece. Throughout the tournament, Agravanis averaged 6.3 points, 3.7 rebounds and 1.1 assist.[19]Agravanis had his best performance in a game against Italy during the group phase, where he accumulated 13 points, 5 rebounds, 4 blocks in 24 minutes, as well as shooting an efficient 5/6 from the field, helping Greece secure the victory.[20]

Personal life

Agravanis' younger brother, Ioannis, is also a professional basketball player.

Awards and accomplishments

Career statistics

Regular season

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

  1. ^ "Who is ... Agravanis?". Sentragoal.com. Archived from the original on September 24, 2015. Retrieved September 18, 2015.
  2. ^ "Euroleague.net Profile". Euroleague.net. Retrieved September 18, 2015.
  3. ^ a b "DraftExpress Profile". DraftExpress.com. Archived from the original on June 30, 2015. Retrieved September 18, 2015.
  4. ^ "Olympiacos signs Dimitris Agravanis to a multi-year deal". Sportando.com. August 20, 2013. Retrieved September 18, 2015.
  5. ^ "Olympiacos Piraeus win the 2013 FIBA Intercontinental Cup". sportskeeda.com. October 23, 2013. Retrieved September 18, 2015.
  6. ^ Dimitris Agravanis and Olympiacos have a new deal that can keep the young Greek big man to the club until 2020.
  7. ^ AGRAVANIS, DIMITRIS PROMITHEAS PATRAS EuroCup 2019-20 STATISTICS.
  8. ^ Carchia, Emiliano (July 15, 2020). "Dimitris Agravanis re-signs with Promitheas". Sportando. Retrieved July 15, 2020.
  9. ^ "Gevi Napoli Basket, Ingaggiato Dimitrios Agravanis". Napoli Basket (in Italian). 2022-09-27. Retrieved 2022-11-29.
  10. ^ "Gevi Napoli, addio Agravanis: ora si ripunta su Emmitt Williams". Il Mattino (in Italian). 2022-11-01. Retrieved 2022-11-29.
  11. ^ "Dimitris Agravanis joins forces with Vassilis Spanoulis at Peristeri". Eurohoops. 2022-11-04. Retrieved 2022-11-29.
  12. ^ "O internacional grego Dimitrios Agravanis, novo xogador do Río Breogán". CBBreogan.com (in Galician). September 3, 2023. Retrieved September 4, 2023.
  13. ^ "Hawks Draft Pair Of International Prospects In Second Round". NBA.com. June 26, 2015. Retrieved 26 June 2015.
  14. ^ "Cleveland Cavaliers trade Kay Felder, Richard Jefferson to Atlanta Hawks". NBA.com. 14 October 2017. Retrieved 9 February 2018.
  15. ^ "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.
  16. ^ "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.
  17. ^ "Milwaukee Bucks Complete Trade With Sacramento Kings". NBA.com. 8 February 2024. Retrieved 9 February 2024.
  18. ^ Greek NT squad for OQT is announced.
  19. ^ "Dimitris AGRAVANIS at the FIBA EuroBasket 2022". FIBA.basketball. Retrieved 2022-11-19.
  20. ^ Georgakopoulos, George. "Greece grows stronger, beats hosts Italy in Eurobasket | eKathimerini.com". www.ekathimerini.com. Retrieved 2022-11-19.

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