Professional Career
Bourousis originally began his athletic career training to be a professional swimmer, but he grew too tall for the sport and instead took up playing basketball, at the age of 18. He began his professional career in the year 2001 with AEK Athens of the Greek Basket League. In 2006, he transferred to Barcelona Basket of the Spanish ACB League. Later that same year, he joined the Greek Euroleague club Olympiacos Piraeus.
In 2009, he signed a 3 year contract extension with Olympiacos worth €5.1 million euros net income. The contract contained a €1 million euros buyout amount, which could only be used to sign with an NBA team.
After 5 years with Olympiacos, the club decided to terminate his contract. On July 6, 2011, Bourousis agreed to a two year contract with the Italian A League club Olimpia Milan.
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