By Johnny Askounis/ info@eurohoops.net
From questionable to play for the senior national team of Greece this summer, Kostas Sloukas was officially ruled out for the international schedule on Friday.
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At the bottom end of the 2024-25 campaign at the club level, the 34-year-old guard suffered a bone bruise on his right knee. Updating his status following medical tests, the Hellenic Basketball Federation projected the recovery timetable beyond the practice and game schedule in place for the team coached by Vassilis Spanoulis. Therefore, Sloukas was removed from the preliminary roster.
Players available for Greece
- Giannis Antetokounmpo (Milwaukee Bucks)
- Kostas Antetokounmpo (Panathinaikos Aktor)
- Neoklis Avdalas (Karditsa)
- Nick Calathes (Fenerbahce Beko)
- Vassilis Charalampopoulos (Dinamo Banco di Sardegna Sassari)
- Nikos Chougkaz (Peristeri bwin)
- Panagiotis Kalaitzakis (Panathinaikos Aktor)
- Giannis Kouzeloglou (AEK Betsson)
- Giannoulis Larentzakis (Olympiacos)
- Michalis Lountzis (Olympiacos)
- Lefteris Mantzoukas (Panathinaikos Aktor)
- Konstantinos Mitoglou (Panathinaikos Aktor)
- Dimitris Moraitis (Panathinaikos Aktor)
- Giorgos Papagiannis (Fenerbahce Beko)
- Kostas Papanikolaou (Olympiacos)
- Giorgos Tanoulis (Olympiacos)
- Vassilis Toliopoulos (Aris Midea)
- Thomas Walkup (Olympiacos)
Seeking a fifth berth in the Olympic Games, Greece hosts the approaching Olympic Qualifying Tournament. Battling visiting Croatia, the Dominican Republic, Egypt, Slovenia, and New Zealand for one ticket to Paris, game action stretches from July 2 to 7.
Switching from Olympiacos to the opposite side of the rivalry and Panathinaikos Aktor, Sloukas led the Greens to the Turkish Airlines Euroleague title as the Final Four MVP. After becoming a four-time champion in Europe’s premier club continental competition, he followed with a domestic league championship in Greece’s Stoiximan Basket League, his fifth.