By Eurohoops team/ info@eurohoops.net
Olimpia Milano announced that the club signed former All-EuroLeague guard Kevin Pangos to a two-year deal. The Canadian player last played for Cleveland Cavaliers.
Pangos was named to the All-EuroLeague First Team in 2021 as a player of Zenit St. Petersburg and also made the Second Team in 2018 as a member of Zalgiris Kaunas.
Per Milano:
Olimpia Milano agreed on a two-year contract with Kevin Pangos, a Holland Landing, Ontario, Canada, native, born on September 2, 1993, 1.88 mt. tall, formerly with the NBA’s Cleveland Cavaliers.
“We strongly believe that Kevin Pangos is coming to Milano at exactly the right time: he has high-level EuroLeague experience, he is a proven winner, with the mental and basketball skills we’re looking for in a point guard. We are delighted to have him on our team,” Olimpia’s general manager, Christos Stavropoulos, said.
“I’m very excited for the opportunity to play for such a great organization and to represent this nice city of Milan. I can’t wait to get started, to work with this group of guys and help the team win as much as possible,” Kevin Pangos said.
Kevin Pangos has played the 2019 World Championships in China with Canada. His father, Bill Pangos, has been the women’s coach at York University in Canada for 29 seasons. At Gonzaga, he set the school record for three-pointers, 322, and is fifth for games played and points scored. He had a nine-three outing in his second game at Gonzaga, scoring 33 points-