Kolossos Rodou B.C. (Greek: Κολοσσός Ρόδου K.A.E.), known as Kolossos H Hotels for sponsorship reasons, is a Greek professional basketball team that is located on the island of Rhodes, in Rhodes City. Kolossos currently plays in the top-tier level of Greek professional basketball, the Greek Basketball League (GBL). The club was founded in 1963, and also initially featured sports like volleyball and judo in the early 1980s. Today, the focus of the Greek athletic club is on the franchise's men's basketball department.
History
Early years
Due to geographical isolation, and very small financial abilities for most of the club's history, the basketball team was not able to compete at a high level for many years, and was not funded properly. Kolossos was the first Greek basketball team located in the Aegean Sea region.
Rise
In 2000, the fate of the team finally changed, when Kostas Kostaridis became the new team President, and took over the reins of the club. Kostaridis changed almost the entire club management, and stated that it was the immediate goal of the team to rise from the 3rd-tier level Greek B League, to the 2nd-tier level Greek A2 League, and subsequently, the team did begin to rise up through Greece's club basketball league system.
In 2003, head coach Vassilis Fragkias joined the team, and the ascent up into the Greek A2 League division commenced. In the 2004–05 season, Kolossos won the championship of the Greek A2 League, and was therefore automatically promoted up into the top-tier level Greek League, the highest professional basketball league in Greece.
Merger with Holargos
In the 2018–19 Greek Basketball League season, Kolossos finished in last place in the league. The team was thus facing relegation down to the second-tier level Greek A2 League. However, Kolossos merged with Holargos, and gained their rights to play in the top-tier level Greek League, in the following 2019–20 Greek Basketball League season.
Arenas
Through the 2018–19 season, Kolossos played its domestic Greek Basketball League games at the 1,242 seat Venetokleio Indoor Hall. Prior to the 2019–20 season, Kolossos moved into the 1,400 seat Palais des Sports. The arena's seating capacity was increased to 3,400 people, so that Kolossos could play its home games there, while competing in the European secondary level FIBA Champions League competition.
Season by season
| Season | Tier | Division | Pos. | W–L | Greek Cup | European competitions | ||
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| 2009–10 | 1
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Basket League | 6th | 14–14
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| 2010–11 | 1
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Basket League | 8th | 12–14
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Quarterfinalist | |||
| 2011–12 | 1
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Basket League | 4th
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22–13
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| 2012–13 | 1
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Basket League | 10th
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8–18
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| 2013–14 | 1
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Basket League | 10th
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10–16
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| 2014–15 | 1
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Basket League | 7th
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14–15
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| 2015–16 | 1
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Basket League | 7th | 11–17
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| 2016–17 | 1
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Basket League | 7th | 14–15
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Quarterfinalist | |||
| 2017–18 | 1
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Basket League | 8th | 11–17
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Quarterfinalist | |||
| 2018–19 | 1
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Basket League | 13th | 5–21
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Quarterfinalist | |||
| 2019–20 | 1
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Basket League | 9th | 8–12
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| 2020–21 | 1
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Basket League | 7th | 8–16
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Quarterfinalist | |||
| 2021–22 | 1
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Basket League | 5th | 15–11
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Phase 2 | |||
| 2022–23 | 1
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Basket League | 7th | 11–13
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Quarterfinalist | |||
| 2023–24 | 1
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Basket League | 6th | 10–19
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| 2024–25 | 1
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Basket League | 10th | 10–18
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3 Champions League | RS | ||
Honours and titles
- Greek 2nd Division
- Champion (1): 2004–05
- Mavroskoufia Basketball Tournament
- Winner (2): 2016, 2019 (shared)
Players
Roster
| Pos. | No. | Nat. | Name | Ht. | Wt. | Age | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| G | 2 | Willis, Payton | 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) | 91 kg (201 lb) | 28 – 31 January 1998 | ||
| PG | 4 | Karampelas, Zois | 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) | 82 kg (181 lb) | 25 – 27 April 2001 | ||
| PG | 5 | Manjon, Ezra | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) | 77 kg (170 lb) | 25 – 3 December 2000 | ||
| G | 7 | Tsiakmas, Nikos | 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) | 88 kg (194 lb) | 26 – 29 October 1999 | ||
| C | 9 | Upson, DeVonte | 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) | 102 kg (225 lb) | 33 – 23 March 1993 | ||
| SF | 11 | Efstathiadis, Ioannis | 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) | 23 – 29 April 2003 | |||
| PG | 13 | Kalaitzakis, Alexandros | 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) | 23 – 11 March 2003 | |||
| F/C | 14 | Christidis, Vassilis | 2.07 m (6 ft 9 in) | 109 kg (240 lb) | 28 – 10 July 1998 | ||
| G/F | 21 | Kamperidis, Giorgos | 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) | 95 kg (209 lb) | 27 – 1 October 1999 | ||
| SG | 22 | Harris, C. J. | 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) | 86 kg (190 lb) | 35 – 19 February 1991 | ||
| PF | 26 | Stevenson, Tyler | 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) | 98 kg (216 lb) | 26 – 21 April 2000 | ||
| F | 33 | Barnett, Jordan | 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) | 95 kg (209 lb) | 30 – 31 December 1995 | ||
| PF | 34 | Kreuser, Jackson | 2.08 m (6 ft 10 in) | 111 kg (245 lb) | 27 – 5 March 1999 |
Kolossos Rodou roster Players Coaches
- Head coach
- Assistant coach(es)
- Legend
- (C) Team captain
- Injured
- Roster
Depth chart
| Pos. | Starting 5 | Bench 1 | Bench 2 |
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| C | Devonte Upson | Tyler Stevenson | Vassilis Christidis |
| PF | Jackson Kreuser | Giannis Kouzeloglou | Sotiris Billis |
| SF | Jordan Barnett | Giorgos Kamperidis | Ioannis Efstathiadis |
| SG | Payton Willis | CJ Harris | |
| PG | Ezra Manjon | Nikos Tsiakmas | Zois Karampelas |
Notable players
| Criteria |
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To appear in this section a player must have either:
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- Antonis Asimakopoulos
- Sotiris Billis
- Kostas Charissis
- Manolis Chatzidakis
- Linos Chrysikopoulos
- Georgios Diamantopoulos
- Ioannis Georgallis
- Charis Giannopoulos
- Panagiotis Kafkis
- Georgios Kalaitzis
- Giannis Kalampokis
- Nikos Kamarianos
- Dimitris Katsivelis
- Nestoras Kommatos
- Giannoulis Larentzakis
- Sotirios Manolopoulos
- Vangelis Margaritis
- Dimitris Mavroeidis
- Spyros Panteliadis
- Nikos Papanikolopoulos
- Nikos Pappas
- Christos Saloustros
- Diamantis Slaftsakis
- Christoforos Stefanidis
- Vassilis Toliopoulos
- Michalis Tsairelis
- Dimitris Tsaldaris
- Georgios Tsalmpouris
- Angelos Tsamis
- Panos Vasilopoulos
- Vassilis Xanthopoulos
- Thodoros Zaras
- Pat Calathes
- Steve Panos
- Mladen Pantić
- Franko Nakić
- Jurica Golemac
- Roope Ahonen
- Tom Liden
- Stevan Nađfeji
- Miroslav Todić
- Saša Vasiljević
- Mihajlo Andrić
- Stefan Momirov
- Stefan Pot
- Oleksandr Lypovyy
- Kerem Kanter
- Luka Brajkovic
- Yanick Moreira
- Kim Tillie
- Danny Agbelese
- Daniel Utomi
- Simisola Shittu
- Dominic Artis
- Tyrone Brazelton
- Travon Bryant
- LaRon Dendy
- Michael Dixon
- Robert Dozier
- John Edwards
- Jordan Floyd
- Gary McGhee
- Kenny Goins
- Andrew Goudelock
- Malcolm Griffin
- Jamelle Hagins
- Langston Hall
- Dusty Hannahs
- Lance Harris
- Marcus Hatten
- Scotty Hopson
- Mike James
- Jared Jordan
- Lasan Kromah
- Kevin Langford
- Ty Lawson
- Kelvin Lewis
- Steve Logan
- Shonn Miller
- Bambale Osby
- London Perrantes
- J. R. Pinnock
- Tyler Polley
- Juvonte Reddic
- Trevor Releford
- Steven Smith
- Taylor Smith
- TJ Starks
- Curtis Stinson
- Marquis Teague
- Dominic Waters
- Glynn Watson Jr.
- Kenny Williams
- James Young
Head coaches
| Head Coach | Years |
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| Charis Papazoglou | 2001–2003
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| Vassilis Fragkias | 2003–2005
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| Michalis Kyritsis | 2005–2006
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| Georgios Zevgkolis | 2006–2007
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| Vangelis Alexandris | 2007–2008
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| Ioannis Sfairopoulos | 2008–2011
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| Vassilis Fragkias | 2011–2012
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| Minas Gekos | 2012–2013
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| Vassilis Fragkias | 2013
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| Dimitrios Priftis | 2013–2014
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| Michalis Koutalianos | 2014
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| Aris Lykogiannis | 2014–2018
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| Nikos Vetoulas | 2018
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| Kostas Flevarakis | 2018–2019
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| Stergios Koufos | 2019
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| Aris Lykogiannis | 2019–2020
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| Ilias Kantzouris | 2020–2022
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| Ilias Papatheodorou | 2022–2023
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| Curro Segura | 2023–2024
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| Giorgos Sigalas | 2024
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| Makis Giatras | 2024
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