Panagiotis Giannakis - Awards and Accomplishments

Awards and Accomplishments

(As a player):

• 1975 FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship: 2 ! Silver
• 1979 Mediterranean Games: 1 ! Gold
• Greek League Top Scorer: (1980)
• His personal best for points scored in a single game is 73 points scored, in 1981, as a player of Ionikos Nikaias (which ironically occurred against Aris, his future team).
• Selected by the NBA professional club the Boston Celtics in the 1982 NBA Draft.
• 7x Greek Cup Champion: (1985, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1992, 1996)
• 7x consecutive Greek League Champion: (1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991)
• EuroBasket 1987: 1 ! Gold
• EuroBasket 1989: 2 ! Silver
• Along with Nick Galis, he led Aris to an 80 game winning streak in the 1980s.
• Saporta Cup Champion: (1993)
• Euroleague Champion: (1996)
• In total, he won 16 championships in his pro club career as a player.
• When he retired from his playing career, he held the records for the most games played in the Greek Championship (493), and the most games played in the Euroleague (163).
• He holds the record for national team caps, with 351, with the senior men's Greek National Basketball Team, which is also a record for any European player.
• He scored 9,291 points in Greek League competitions (3rd all-time) and 5,309 points with the Greek National Team (the record holder).
• Member of the Eurobasket.com website's Greek Basketball Hall of Fame, inducted as a player.
• Euroleague's 50th anniversary 50 Greatest Euroleague Contributors List: (2008)

(As a head coach):

• Greek National Team
  • EuroBasket 2005: 1 ! Gold
  • 2006 Stanković Cup: 1 ! Gold
  • 2006 FIBA World Championship: 2 ! Silver
  • He is the only person to win the EuroBasket, both as a player (EuroBasket 1987), and as a head coach (EuroBasket 2005).
• Olympiacos
  • Greek Cup Champion: (2010)