Greek basketball player

Dimitrios Agravanis (alternate spelling: Dimitris) (Greek: Δημήτρης Αγραβάνης; born December 20, 1994) is a Greek athlete and professional basketball player for Promitheas Patras of the Greek Basket League. He is a 6:ft 10:in (2.08:m) tall power forward, that can also play as a center.

Contents

• 1 Early life
• 2 Professional career
  • 2.1 Early years
  • 2.2 Olympiacos Piraeus (2013–2019)
  • 2.3 Promitheas Patras (2019–present)
  • 2.4 NBA draft rights
• 3 National team career
  • 3.1 Greek junior national team
  • 3.2 Greek senior national team
• 4 Personal life
• 5 Awards and accomplishments
• 6 References
• 7 External links

Early life

Agravanis was born Dimitrios Agravanis (Greek: Δημήτριος Αγραβάνης), on December 20, 1994, in the Maroussi suburb of Athens, Greece. His basketball journey started at age nine, when his father set up a basket at their home. Playing basketball soon became Dimitris' favourite pastime. He enrolled at the local youth system academy of then Greek club Maroussi Athens as a kid, where he eventually made the club's first team, and signed a professional contract with them in 2010.

Professional career

Early years

Agravanis began his professional career in 2010, with the Greek Basket League club Maroussi Athens, and in 2012, he made a move to the Greek League club Panionios Athens, where he also competed in the European-wide 2nd-tier level EuroCup compe*ion. Despite averaging fewer than 7 minutes per game with Panionios Athens, he showed promising signs of talent.

Olympiacos Piraeus (2013–2019)

In 2013, Agravanis made the big move to the Greek League and European-wide 1st-tier level EuroLeague powerhouse Olympiacos Piraeus, who believed in him as a strong prospect, and signed him to a 5-year contract. At the beginning of his first season, Olympiacos Piraeus won the 2013 edition of the FIBA Intercontinental Cup *le.

In the 2014–15 EuroLeague season, Olympiacos Piraeus finished runners-up in the EuroLeague, after losing to Real Madrid in the EuroLeague Final. Olympiacos also won the 2014–15 Greek League season's championship, after beating Panathinaikos Athens in the finals of the Greek League playoffs. During the season, Agravanis averaged 6.4 points per game, in 14.4 minutes per game in the Greek League, and 4.1 points per game, in 12.5 minutes per game in the EuroLeague.

With Olympiacos Piraeus, he also won the Greek League championship in 2016. In late July 2017, he re-signed with Olympiacos, through the summer of 2020, as he penned a three-year, €1.4 million euros net income guaranteed deal with the Reds. On July 24, 2019, Olympiacos Piraeus announced that they had waived his contract, and Agravanis thus became a free agent, after spending six seasons with the Reds.

Promitheas Patras (2019–present)

Agravanis signed with the Greek EuroCup club Promitheas Patras in 2019. He averaged 8.2 points and 5.5 rebounds per game in the EuroCup's 2019–20 season. Agravanis re-signed with the team on July 15, 2020.

NBA draft rights

On June 25, 2015, Agravanis was selected with the 59th overall pick, of the 2015 NBA draft, by the NBA's Atlanta Hawks. His draft rights were then traded to the Cleveland Cavaliers in 2017, and were then traded to the Sacramento Kings a year later.

National team career

Greek junior national team

As a member of the Greek junior national teams, Agravanis played at the following tournaments: the 2010 FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship, the 2011 FIBA Europe Under-18 Championship, the 2012 FIBA Europe Under-18 Championship, the 2013 FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship, and the 2014 FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship.

Greek senior national team

Agravanis has also been a member of the senior men's Greek national team. He was selected to Greece's 12 man roster for the 2016 Turin FIBA World Olympic Qualifying Tournament. He also played with Greece at the 2017 EuroBasket.

Personal life

Agravanis' younger brother, Ioannis, is also a professional basketball player.

Awards and accomplishments

• FIBA Intercontinental Cup Champion: (2013)
• 2× Greek League Champion: (2015, 2016)
• Greek Super Cup Winner: (2020)

References

External links

• Dimitrios Agravanis at archive.fiba.com
• Dimitrios Agravanis at draftexpress.com
• Dimitrios Agravanis at esake.gr (in Greek)
• Dimitrios Agravanis at eurobasket.com
• Dimitrios Agravanis at euroleague.net
• Dimitrios Agravanis at nbadraft.net
• Dimitrios Agravanis at fibaeurope.com