Early Career
Rentzias played his first basketball for the youth team Danaos, a local team of Trikala. He began his professional career at the age of 17 with PAOK Thessaloniki of the Greek League in the 1993-94 season. With PAOK he won the Korać Cup championship in the 1993-94 season and the Greek Cup championship in the 1994-95 season. He was named the MVP of the 1995 FIBA Under-19 World Championship, helping Greece to win the tournament's gold medal. In the process Greece beat (by a score of 98-78) a U.S. team that featured future NBA players Stephon Marbury and Samaki Walker. During that period Rentzias was considered to be one of the most talented European basketball players.
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