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Greek Basketball League Hall of Fame

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Greek Basketball League Hall of Fame
Established2022
LocationAthens, Greece
TypeHall of Fame
WebsiteOfficial website

The Greek Basketball League Hall of Fame, or Hellenic Basketball Association (HEBA) Hall of Fame (Greek: Ελληνικό Μπάσκετ Λιγκ Χολ οφ Φέιμ), is a Hall of Fame (HOF) that recognizes and honors the best basketball players and head coaches in the history of Greece's top-tier level professional club league, the Greek Basketball League (GBL). Players and head coaches are nominated for the honor, by the governing body of the Greek Basketball League, the Hellenic Basketball Association (HEBA).

The hall's inaugural class, was inducted on 18 December 2022.[1]

History

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The Greek Basketball League Hall of Fame's first class was inducted in a ceremony that took place at the Nikos Galis OAKA Indoor Hall,[2] in Marousi, Athens, in December 2022. It took place during the 2022 HEBA Greek All-Star Game weekend. The hall's first class included a total of thirty players[3] and three head coaches.[4][5]

Inductees

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Players

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* Member of the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame
** Member of the FIBA Hall of Fame
*** Member of both the Naismith and FIBA Halls of Fame
  • (Listed by induction year, and in alphabetical order)
Induction Year Greek Basketball League Hall of Fame Player Also Member Of / Candidate Of Ref.
2022
2022
Greece Fragiskos Alvertis
2022
United States Mike Batiste
2022
United States Walter Berry
2022
Serbia Dejan Bodiroga FIBA Hall of Fame Candidate
2022
Greece Nikos Chatzivrettas
2022
Greece Fanis Christodoulou FIBA Hall of Fame Candidate
2022
Greece Dimitris Diamantidis EuroLeague Hall of Fame
2022
Greece Dimos Dikoudis
2022
Greece Panos Fasoulas** FIBA Hall of Fame
2022
United States Alphonso Ford Basketball Hall of Fame Candidate
2022
Greece Antonis Fotsis
2022
Greece/United States Nikos Galis*** Basketball Hall of Fame, FIBA Hall of Fame
2022
Greece Panagiotis Giannakis** Basketball Hall of Fame Candidate, FIBA Hall of Fame
2022
Greece Angelos Koronios
2022
Greece Nikos Oikonomou
2022
Greece Theo Papaloukas EuroLeague Hall of Fame
2022
Serbia Žarko Paspalj FIBA Hall of Fame Candidate
2022
Serbia/Greece Bane Prelević
2022
Greece Georgios Printezis
2022
Croatia Dino Rađja* Basketball Hall of Fame, FIBA Hall of Fame Candidate
2022
Greece Efthymis Rentzias
2022
United States David Rivers
2022
Serbia Zoran Savić
2022
Greece Sofoklis Schortsanitis
2022
Greece Vassilis Spanoulis EuroLeague Hall of Fame
2022
Serbia/Greece Peja Stojaković
2022
United States Roy Tarpley
2022
Croatia Stojko Vranković
2022
United States Dominique Wilkins* Basketball Hall of Fame
2022
Greece Nikos Zisis
2023
2023
Greece Ioannis Bourousis [6]
2023
Greece/United States Jon Korfas [7][8]

Head coaches

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* Member of the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame
** Member of the FIBA Hall of Fame
*** Member of both the Naismith and FIBA Halls of Fame
  • (Listed by induction year, and in alphabetical order)
Induction Year Greek Basketball League Hall of Fame Coach Also Member Of / Candidate Of Ref.
2022
2022
Greece Giannis Ioannidis
2022
Serbia Dušan Ivković** Basketball Hall of Fame Candidate, FIBA Hall of Fame, EuroLeague Hall of Fame
2022
Serbia Željko Obradović FIBA Hall of Fame Candidate
2023
2023
Greece Soulis Markopoulos [9]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Eurohoops Team (18 December 2022). "Greek League Hall of Fame welcomes Ford, Bodiroga, Radja, Wilkins, Tarpley". Eurohoops.net. Retrieved 4 January 2023.
  2. ^ Maksports (18 December 2022). "Οι 30 παίκτες του Hall of Fame ΕΣΑΚΕ όπως τους ψήφισε ο κόσμος" [The 30 players of the Hall of Fame ESAKE as voted by the people]. Maksports.gr. Retrieved 4 January 2023.
  3. ^ STEFANOS MAKRIS (18 December 2022). "ΕΣΑΚΕ All Star Game 2022: Οι 30 παίκτες του Hall of Fame ΕΣΑΚΕ όπως τους ψήφισε ο κόσμος" [All Star Game 2022: The 30 players of the Hall of Fame ESAE as voted by the world]. Sport24.gr. Retrieved 4 January 2023.
  4. ^ BN Sports (18 December 2022). "All Star Game 2022: Οι 30 παίκτες που μπήκαν στο Hall of Fame του ΕΣΑΚΕ" [All Star Game 2022: The 30 players who entered the Hall of Fame of ESAC]. BNSports.gr. Retrieved 4 January 2023.
  5. ^ Giannis Giannoudakis (18 December 2022). "All Star Game – Οι 30 κορυφαίοι στην ιστορία του επαγγελματικού πρωταθλήματος" [All Star Game – The top 30 in the history of the professional championship]. SuperBasket.gr. Retrieved 4 January 2023.
  6. ^ Dimitris Ioannidis (17 December 2023). "Στο Hall of Fame του ΕΣΑΚΕ Κόρφας, Μαρκόπουλος και Μπουρούση" [In the Hall of Fame of ESAKE Korfas, Markopoulos and Bourousis]. EBasket.gr (in Greek). Retrieved 2 March 2024.
  7. ^ ΕΣΑΚΕ (17 December 2023). "Μαρκόπουλος, Κόρφας και Μπουρούσης στο Hall Of Fame του ΕΣΑΚΕ" [Markopoulos, Korfas and Bourousis in the ESAKE Hall Of Fame]. ESAKE.gr (in Greek). Retrieved 2 March 2024.
  8. ^ ΕΣΑΚΕ (17 December 2023). "Μαρκόπουλος, Κόρφας και Μπουρούσης στο Hall Of Fame του ΕΣΑΚΕ" [Markopoulos, Korfas and Bourousis in the ESAKE Hall Of Fame]. ESAKE.gr (in Greek). Retrieved 2 March 2024.
  9. ^ Harris Stavrou (17 December 2023). "Κόρφας, Μαρκόπουλος, Μπουρούσης στο Hall of Fame της Α1" [Korfas, Markopoulos, Bourousis in the A1 Hall of Fame]. Sport24.gr (in Greek). Retrieved 2 March 2024.
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