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Georgios Printezis
Γεώργιος Πρίντεζης
2022-03-10 ALBA Berlin gegen Olympiacos Piraeus (EuroLeague 2021-22) by Sandro Halank–037.jpg
Printezis with Olympiacos, in 2022.
Personal information
Born (1985-02-22) February 22, 1985 (age 39)
Syros, Greece
Listed height 2.05 m (6 ft 8.71 in)
Listed weight 105 kg (231 lb)
Career information
NBA Draft 2007 / Round: 2 / Pick: 58th overall
Selected by the San Antonio Spurs
Pro career 2001–2022
Career history
2001–2009 Olympiacos
2006–2007 →Olympia Larissa
2009–2011 Unicaja Malaga
2011–2022 Olympiacos
Career highlights and awards
  • FIBA Intercontinental Cup champion (2013)
  • 2× EuroLeague champion (2012, 2013)
  • All-EuroLeague First Team (2017)
  • EuroLeague 2010–20 All-Decade Team (2020)
  • All-Europe First Team (2017)
  • 4× Greek League champion (2012, 2015, 2016, 2022)
  • 3× Greek Cup winner (2002, 2011, 2022)
  • 5× All-Greek League First Team (2012, 2014–2017)
  • All-Greek League Second Team (2018)
  • Greek League Domestic Player of the Year (2017)
  • 3× All-Greek League Forward of the Year (2012, 2016, 2017)
  • 2× Greek League Finals MVP (2012, 2015)
  • Greek League Best Young Player (2007)
  • Greek League Most Improved Player (2012)
  • Greek Cup Finals Top Scorer (2012)
  • 6× Greek All-Star (2007, 2008, 2013, 2014, 2018, 2019)
  • Greek All-Star Game Slam Dunk champion (2007)
  • Greek League Hall of Fame (2022)
  • Greek Youth All-Star Game MVP (2006)
  • Acropolis Tournament Top Scorer (2013)
Medals
Event 1st 2nd 3rd
FIBA EuroBasket 0 0 1
Men's Basketball
Representing  Greece
FIBA EuroBasket
Bronze 2009 Poland

Georgios Printezis (alternate spelling: Giorgos) (Greek: Γεώργιος Πρίντεζης; born February 22, 1985) is a Greek former professional basketball player, who spent the majority of his pro club career with Olympiacos Piraeus of the Greek Basket League and the EuroLeague. Printezis won back-to-back EuroLeague titles with Olympiacos in 2012 and 2013. His game-winning shot against the Russian club CSKA Moscow, at the end of the 2012 EuroLeague Final, off an assist from Vassilis Spanoulis, is one of the all-time highlights in the history of the EuroLeague.

Printezis earned an All-EuroLeague First Team selection in 2017. While representing the senior Greek national team, Printezis was instrumental in Greece's bronze medal run at the 2009 EuroBasket.

Professional career

Early years

For the 2006–07 season, Printezis was loaned by Olympiacos to Olympia Larissa, of the Greek League. With Olympia Larissa, he averaged 11.5 points and 3.9 rebounds per game. At the Greek All-Star Game weekend that season, he won the slam dunk competition. At the end of that season, he was also voted the Greek League Best Young Player. Following that success, he returned to Olympiacos.

Málaga

In 2009, Printezis signed a 3-year contract with an NBA escape clause after the second year, worth €3.6 million euros net income, with the Spanish ACB League club Unicaja Málaga.

Return to Olympiacos

On April 27, 2011, Printezis returned to his previous club, Olympiacos Piraeus, after being transferred from Málaga. In the EuroLeague's 2011–12 season's Final, Printezis hit a game-winning shot, off an assist from Vassilis Spanoulis, with .7 seconds remaining on the game clock, to give Olympiacos the EuroLeague championship, with a victory over the Russian VTB United League club CSKA Moscow.

On July 12, 2012, Printezis signed a new three-year contract with Olympiacos. Prior to signing that contract, he had considered signing a three-year, 4.5 million US dollars net income contract offer from the Turkish Super League club Fenerbahçe Ülker, but he chose to stay with Olympiacos instead. With Olympiacos, he also won the 2012–13 season championship of the EuroLeague. On July 8, 2014, he extended his contract with Olympiacos until 2017.

On June 14, 2017, Printezis signed a three-year contract extension with Olympiacos. He signed a one-year extension with the team on June 16, 2020. On July 15, 2021, Olympiacos announced that Printezis had agreed to another one-year contract extension with the club.

On June 17, 2022, Printezis officially announced his retirement from playing professional club basketball, after winning the Greek Basket League championship of the 2021–22 season with Olympiacos. During his final season with the Reds, he served as the team's captain.

NBA draft rights

Printezis was selected by the San Antonio Spurs, in the second round, with the 58th selection overall of the 2007 NBA draft. The draft rights to Printezis were then acquired by the Toronto Raptors, in exchange for their second round draft pick in the 2008 NBA draft (the Spurs used that pick to draft Goran Dragić, and immediately traded Dragić to the Phoenix Suns, in order to acquire the draft pick they used in 2009 to draft future NBA All-Rookie Second Team member DeJuan Blair). On January 20, 2011, the Toronto Raptors traded Printezis' draft rights to the Dallas Mavericks, in exchange for Alexis Ajinça, a conditional 2013 second round draft pick, and cash.

On December 10, 2011, the draft rights to Printezis were traded to the New York Knicks, along with Tyson Chandler, and the draft rights to Ahmad Nivins, in a three-way trade. The Mavericks received Andy Rautins from the Knicks, and a second round pick from the Washington Wizards. The Wizards received Ronny Turiaf from the Knicks, in addition to a Dallas 2012 second round draft pick, a 2013 Knicks second round draft pick, and cash considerations.

In the summer of 2012, Printezis turned down a one-year contract offer from the Knicks, that reportedly was for slightly more than the minimum NBA salary. On July 16, 2012, his and Kostas Papanikolaou's draft rights were traded to the Portland Trail Blazers, in a deal that sent Raymond Felton to New York. On February 21, 2013, the draft rights to Printezis were subsequently traded to the Oklahoma City Thunder, in a deal that sent Eric Maynor to the Portland Trail Blazers. On July 15, 2014, Printezis' draft rights and Thabo Sefolosha, were traded to the Atlanta Hawks, in exchange for the draft rights to Sofoklis Schortsanitis, cash considerations, and a trade exception. On July 9, 2015, the draft rights to Printezis, alongside a 2017 second-round draft pick, were traded to the Spurs, in exchange for Tiago Splitter.

National team career

Greek junior national team

Giorgos Printezis Greece (cropped)
Printezis playing with the senior Greek national team, at the 2009 EuroBasket.

With the junior national teams of Greece, Printezis played at the 2001 FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship, the 2004 FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship, and the 2005 FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship.

Greek senior national team

Printezis was selected to the senior Greek national team that played at the 2008 Summer Olympics. With Greece, he won the bronze medal at the 2009 EuroBasket.

In addition to that, Printezis was on Greece's national teams that played at the following major tournaments: the 2008 FIBA World Olympic Qualifying Tournament, the 2010 FIBA World Championship, the 2012 FIBA World Olympic Qualifying Tournament, the 2013 EuroBasket, the 2014 FIBA World Cup, the 2015 EuroBasket, the 2017 EuroBasket, and the 2019 FIBA World Cup.

Career statistics

Legend
  GP Games played   GS  Games started  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  PIR  Performance Index Rating
 Bold  Career high
† Denotes seasons in which Printezis' team won the EuroLeague

EuroLeague

Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG PIR
2002–03 Olympiacos 3 0 2.0 .000 .000 .000 .3 .0 .0 .0 .0 .0
2003–04 3 0 .9 1.000 .000 .000 .3 .0 .0 .0 .7 .7
2004–05 1 0 5.2 .000 .000 .000 .0 .0 .0 .0 .0 -1.0
2005–06 8 0 8.9 .611 .500 .500 1.1 .1 .3 .0 3.8 2.4
2007–08 21 10 19.0 .513 .238 .609 3.2 .6 .3 .2 6.7 6.2
2008–09 20 15 18.7 .636 .500 .517 3.3 .6 .4 .1 8.8 8.5
2009–10 Málaga 12 6 24.2 .517 .421 .750 4.3 .8 .7 .2 11.7 11.2
2010–11 14 8 15.6 .386 .182 .688 2.7 .3 .2 .1 5.6 3.7
2011–12† Olympiacos 21 4 21.8 .500 .310 .864 4.1 1.2 .3 .3 10.6 11.3
2012–13† 29 27 20.9 .465 .312 .750 4.0 1.0 .2 .1 10.5 10.1
2013–14 21 14 21.2 .443 .273 .659 4.7 1.0 .4 .2 10.2 10.3
2014–15 20 13 25.1 .486 .300 .696 4.8 1.0 .4 .2 12.2 13.2
2015–16 21 20 25.3 .561 .364 .698 5.5 1.3 .2 .1 14.1 15.4
2016–17 32 32 25.4 .468 .403 .700 5.1 1.0 .7 .2 12.8 14.9
2017–18 28 27 25.6 .466 .343 .691 5.5 1.4 .5 .3 12.0 13.7
2018–19 30 26 21.3 .480 .308 .621 5.2 1.3 .4 .2 10.6 12.6
2019–20 25 21 21.2 .552 .371 690 4.3 1.2 .4 .2 11.8 13.8
2020–21 31 14 18.9 .612 .436 569 2.7 1.0 .3 .1 8.5 8.9
2021–22 35 0 9.3 .52.1 .37.5 84.6 1.2 0.3 .1 .0 3.6 3.3
Career 375 237 20.3 .543 .340 .685 3.9 0.9 0.3 0.2 9.6 10.2

Awards and accomplishments

Club career

Olympiacos Piraeus

  • FIBA Intercontinental Cup Champion: (2013)
  • 2× EuroLeague Champion: (2012, 2013)
  • 4 × EuroLeague Final Four: (2009, 2015, 2017, 2022)
  • 4× Greek League Champion: (2012, 2015, 2016, 2022)
  • 3× Greek Cup Winner (2002, 2011, 2022)

Greek senior national team

  • 2009 EuroBasket: 33 Bronze
  • 3× Acropolis Tournament champion: (2013, 2015, 2017)

Individual

  • Greek Youth All-Star Game MVP: (2006)
  • Greek League Hall of Fame: (2022)
  • 6× Greek League All-Star: (2007, 2008, 2013, 2014, 2018, 2019)
  • Greek All-Star Game Slam Dunk Champion: (2007)
  • Greek League Best Young Player: (2007)
  • Greek Cup Finals Top Scorer: (2012)
  • Greek League Most Improved Player: (2012)
  • 5× All-Greek League First Team: (2012, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017)
  • All-Greek League Second Team: (2018)
  • 3× All-Greek League Forward of the Year: (2012, 2016, 2017)
  • 2× Greek League Finals MVP: (2012, 2015)
  • Greek League Domestic Player of the Year: (2017)
  • 3× EuroLeague MVP of the Round:
  • EuroLeague MVP of the Month: (April 2015)
  • All-EuroLeague First Team: (2017)
  • All-Europe First Team: (2017)
  • EuroLeague 2010–20 All-Decade Team: (2020)
  • Olympiacos 2010–20 Team of Decade
  • Acropolis Tournament Top Scorer: (2013)

See also

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