By Niki Bakouli/ bakouli@eurohoops.net
The Euroleague draw for 2012-13 season is history and here are the four groups of the first phase. Due to the new competition format and the Top 16 with two groups of eight teams, there will be no other draw during the season. Here is the link for the new competition format.
GROUP A
Panathinaikos Athens
Name Age Height Position
Dimitris Diamantidis 32 1.96 Point Guard
Mike Bramos 25 1.98 Guard/Small Forward
Sofoklis Shortsanitis 27 2.06 Center
Coach: Argiris Pedoulakis
Name Age Height Position
Rudy Fernandez 27 1.98 Guard/Small Forward
Sergio Llull 24 1.90 Point Guard
Sergio Rodríguez 26 1.89 Point Guard
Jayce Carroll 29 1.88 Combo Guard
Martynas Pocius 26 1.96 Forward
Carlos Suárez 26 2.03 Small Forward
Nikola Mitoric 21 2.09 Power Forward
Felipe Reyes 32 2.06 Power Forward/Center
Mirza Begic 26 7.17 Center
Coach: Pablo Laso
BC Khimki Moscow Region
Name Age Height Position
Kresimir Loncar 29 2.10 Power Forward/Center
Zoran Planinic 30 1.98 Point Guard
Paul Davis 28 2.11 Center
James Augustine 28 2.08 Power Forward
Petteri Koponen 24 1.94 Guard
Kelvin Rivers 25 1.96 Guard/Forward
Matt Nielsen 34 2.09 Forward
Vitaly Fridzon 27 1.95 Guard
Sergey Monya 29 2.02 Small Forward
Egor Vyaltsev 27 1.95 Combo Guard
Dmitry Khvostov 23 1.90 Point Guard
Alexey Zhukanenko 26 2.10 Center
Anton Pushkov 24 2.08 Center
Benjamin Pavel Dudu 21 2.00 Small Forward
Coach: Rimantas Kurtinaitis
Fenerbahce Ulker Istanbul
Name Age Height Position
Ömer Onan 34 1.94 Guard
Erbil Eroglu 19 1.95 Guard
Kaya Peker 32 2.08 Center
James C. Gist III 26 2.06 Power Forward/Center
Oguz Savas 25 2.13 Center
Berkay Candan 19 2.05 Power Forward
Bojan Bogdanovic 23 2.00 Small Forward
Emir Preldzic 25 2.06 Small Forward
James Metecan Birsen 17 2.03 Guard
Barış Ermiş 27 1.94 Point Guard
David Hawkins 29 1.95 Guard
Coach: Simone Pianigiani
Union Olimpija Ljubljana
Name Age Height Position
Sasu Salin 21 1.91 Combo Guard
Dino Muric 22 2.01 Small Forward
Deon Thompson 23 2.06 Forward
Jaka Blazic 22 1.96 Shooting Guard
Erjon Kastrati 19 1.97 Shooting Guard
Coach: Saso Filipovski
QR Champion
GROUP B
Maccabi Electra Tel Aviv
Name Age Height Position
Guy Pnini 28 2.01 Small Forward
Nick Caner Medley 28 2.03 Power Forward
Sylven Landesberg 22 1.98 Guard
Devin Smith 29 1.98 Shooting Guard/Small Forward
Giorgi Shermadini 23 2.16 Center
Ricky Hickman 27 1.89 Point Guard
Shawn James 28 2.08 Power Forward/Center
*Lior Eliyahu 27 2.08 Forward
Yogev Ohayon 25 1.89 Point Guard
Milan Macvan 22 2.06 Forward/Center
*he has an NBA out
Coach: David Blatt
Montepaschi Siena
Name Age Height Position
Bo McCalebb 27 1.83 Point Guard
*David Andersen 32 2.11 Power Forward/Center
David Moss 28 1.96 Shooting guard/Small Forward
Pietro Aradori 23 1.96 Shooting guard/Small Forward
Ksistof Lavrinovic 32 2.09 Power Forward/Center
Marco Carraretto 34 1.97 Shooting Guard/Small Forward
*Rimantas Kaukenas 35 1.94 Shooting Guard
Kristjan Kangur 29 2.01 Forward
Milovan Rakovic 27 2.08 Center
Antonio Maestranzi 28 1.75 Point Guard
Daniel Hackett 25 1.99 Point Guard
Coach: Luca Banchi
*They have an opt out
Alba Berlin
Name Age Height Position
Dashaun Wood 26 1.85 Point Guard
Yassin Idbihi 29 2.08 Power Forward/Center
Joey Ney 19 1.97 Guard
Heiko Schaffartzik 28 1.82 Point Guard
Sven Schultze 34 2.08 Power Forward/Center
Nathan Peavy 27 2.03 Power Forward
Zach Morley 29 2.03 Forward
Vule Avdalovic 30 1.87 Point Guard
Coach: Sasha Obradovic
Unicaja Malaga
Name Age Height Position
Joel Freeland 25 2.08 Power Forward/Center
Luka Zoric 27 2.11 Center
Cesar Lima 21 2.06 Center
Ognjen Kuzmic 22 2.16 Center
Coach: Jasmin Repesa
Elan Chalon-sur-Saone
Name Age Height Position
Yakuba Ouattara 20 1.91 Combo Guard
Ulysse Adjagba 19 1.85 Point Guard
Nicolas Lang 22 1.97 Guard
Ilian Evtimov 29 2.00 Forward
Jordan Aboudou 21 2.00 Shooting Guard/Small Forward
Steed Tchibamboud 31 1.93 Guard
Michel Jean Baptiste Adolphe 33 2.05 Center
Joffrey Layvergne 21 2.11 Center
Coach: Greg Beugnot
(they are in talks with Bryant Smith)
Asseco Prokom Gdynia
Name Age Height Position
Mateusz Ponitka 19 1.97 Guard
Coach: Ales Pipan
(they are in talks with Jerel Blassingame, Przemyslaw Zamojski, Adam Hrycaniuk, Adam Lapeta and Piotr Szczotka, to extend)
GROUP C
Olympiacos Piraeus
Name Age Height Position
Vasilis Spanoulis 30 1.93 Combo Guard
Kostas Papanikolaou 21 2.06 Forward
Kostas Sloukas 22 1.90 Combo Guard
Dimitris Katsivelis 20 1.97 Combo Guard
*Vangelis Mantzaris 22 1.96 Combo Guard
*Kyle Hines 26 1.98 Power Forward/Center
*Martynas Gecevicius 24 1.93 Guard
*Pero Antic 30 2.10Power Forward
*Marko Keselj 24 2.08 Small Forward
*Olympiacos can opt out till 15/7
Coach: –
Caja Laboral Vitoria
Name Age Height Position
Thomas Heurtel 23 1.89 Point Guard
Pau Ribas 25 1.96 Combo Guard
Brad Oleson 29 1.91 Combo Guard
Fernando San Emeterio 28 1.99 Shooting Guard/Small Forward
Maciej Lampe 27 2.11 Power Forward/Center
Nemanja Bjelica 24 2.09 Forward
Milko Bjelica 28 2.07 Forward/Center
Fabien Causeur 25 1.93 Shooting Guard
Tibor Pleiss 22 2.16 Center
Coach: Dusko Ivanovic
Anadolu Efes Istanbul
Name Age Height Position
Semih Erden 26 2.13 Center
Doğuş Balbay 23 1.85 Point Guard
Kerem Tunçeri 33 1.90 Point Guard
Esteban Batista 29 2.08 Center
Dusko Savanovic 29 2.04 Forward
Ermal Kuqo 32 2.07 Center
Sinan Güler 29 1.92 Guard
Gökhan Şirin 22 2.07 Power Forward
Stanko Barac 26 2.17 Center
Birkan Batuk 22 1.96 Guard
Kerem Gönlüm 34 2.08 Power Forward/Center
*Sasha Vujacic 29 2.00 Guard
*He has an opt out
Coach: Oktay Mahmuti
Zalgiris Kaunas
Name Age Height Position
Mantas Kalnietis 25 1.95 Point Guard
Robertas Javtokas 32 2.11 Center
Mindaugas Kuzminskas 22 2.05 Small Forward
Mario Delas 22 2.07 Power Forward
Marko Popovic 30 1.85 Combo Guard
Vytenis Lipkevičius 23 1.96 Forward
Paulius Jankunas 28 2.06 Power Forward
Coach: –
EA7 Emporio Armani
Name Age Height Position
Gianluka Basile 37 1.92 Point guard
Omar Cook 30 1.86 Point guard
Jacopo Giachetti 29 1.90 Point guard
Juan Fernandez 22 1.93 Point guard
Ariel Filloy 25 1.90 Point guard
Keith Langford 29 1.93 Guard
Alessandro Gentile 20 1.97 Guard
Malik Hairston 25 1.98 Guard
Nicolo Melli 21 2.05 Small Forward
Antonis Fotsis 31 2.10 Power Forward
Ioannis Bourousis 29 2.12 Center
Richard Hendrix 26 2.03 Power Forward
David Chiotti 28 2.06 Center
Coach: Sergio Scariolo
Cedevita Zagreb
Name Age Height Position
*Dontaye Draper 27 1.80 Point Guard
Marko Car 27 1.88 Point Guard
Marino Baždarić 33 1.97 Small Forward
Miro Bilan 23 2.13 Center
Filip Kraljević 23 2.14 Center
Ivan Buva 21 2.05 Center
Roko Rogić 20 1.87 Point Guard
*He has an opt out
Coach: Bozidar Maljkovic
GROUP D
FC Barcelona Regal
Name Age Height Position
Ante Tomic 25 2.17 Center
Marcelinho Huertas 29 1.91 Combo guard
Juan Carlos Navarro 32 1.92 Combo guard
Joe Ingles 24 2.03 Small Forward
CJ Wallace 30 2.06 Power Forward
Xavier Rabaseda 21 2.01 Small Forward
Chuck Eidson 32 2.02 Guard
Pete Mickeal 34 1.97 Small Forward
Coach: Xavi Pascual
Name Age Height Position
Vladimir Micov 27 2.01 Small Forward/Shooting Guard
Zoran Erceg 27 2.10 Power Forward/Center
Aaron Lee Jackson 26 1.90 Guard
Milos Teodosic 25 1.95 Guard
Evgeniy Voronov 26 1.94 Shooting Guard/Small Forward
Aleksandr Kaun 26 27 2.11 Center
Dimitriy Sokolov 27 2.14 Center
Viktor Khryapa 30 2.03 Power Forward
Anton Ponkrasov 26 2.00 Point Guard
*Nenad Krstic 29 2.12 Center
*Andrey Vorontsevich 25 2.07 Power Forward
*Aleksey Shved 24 1.98 Guard
*Andrey Kirilenko 31 2.06 Forward
Dmitriy Korshakov 21 2.01 Power Forward
Ivan Strebkov 21 1.92 Point Guard
*He has an NBA out
Coach: Ettore Messina
Partizan mt:s Belgrade
Name Age Height Position
Leo Westermann 19 1.96 Guard
Nenad Miljenovic 19 1.94 Point Guard
Danilo Andjusic 21 1.95 Shooting Guard
Nikola Pesakovic 21 1.93 Shooting Guard
Dragan Milosavljevic 23 1.98 Shooting Guard
Bogdan Bogdanovic 19 1.98 Shooting Guard
Davis Bertans 19 2.08 Forward
Vladimir Lucic 23 2.02 Small Forward
Marko Cakarevic 24 2.00 Small Forward
Branislav Djekic 20 2.07 Power Forward
Nemanja Besovic 20 2.21 Center
Ιvan Marinkovic 19 2.09 Power Forward=
Coach: Dusko Vujosevic
Brose Baskets Bamberg
Name Age Height Position
Casey Jacobsen 31 1.98 Shooting Guard/Small Forward
Daniel Schmidt 22 1.86 Point Guard
Karsten Tadda 24 1.92 Guard
Philipp Neumann 20 2.10 Center
Maurice Stuckey 22 1.87 Point Guard
Coach: Chris Fleming
Lietuvos Rytas Vilnius
Name Age Height Position
Renaldas Seibutis 26 1.98 Shooting Guard
Stepas Babrauskas 27 1.97 Shooting Guard/Small Forward
Mindaugas Katelynas 29 2.06 Power Forward
Paulius Dambrauskas 21 1.91 Shooting Guard
Lawrence Roberts 29 2.06 Power Forward
Vilmantas Dilys 25 2.08 Power Forward
Predrag Samardžiski 26 2.14 Center
Artūras Jomantas 27 2.00 Small Forward
Dovydas Redikas 19 1.93 Point Guard
Dejan Ivanov 26 2.05 Power Forward
Leon Radosevic 26 2.05 Power Forward/Center
Nemanja Nedovic 21 1.91 Combo Guard
Janis Blūms 30 1.90 Guard
Coach: Alexandar Dzikic
Besiktas JK
Name Age Height Position
Can Akin 29 1.90 Point Guard
Coach: Erman Kunter