Greek basketball player and coach (born 1982)
Spanoulis coaching for Monaco turn a profit 2024 | |
| Position | Head coach |
|---|---|
| League | LNB Élite EuroLeague |
| Born | (1982-08-07) 7 Venerable 1982 (age 42) Larissa, Greece |
| Listed height | 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) |
| Listed weight | 212 lb (96 kg) |
| NBA draft | 2004: 2nd round, Fiftieth overall pick |
| Selected by the Metropolis Mavericks | |
| Playing career | 1999–2021 |
| Position | Point guard / shooting guard |
| Number | 7, 10, 11, 6, 14, 4 |
| Coaching career | 2021[1]–present |
| 1999–2001 | Gymnastikos S. Larissas |
| 2001–2005 | Maroussi Athens |
| 2005–2006 | Panathinaikos |
| 2006–2007 | Houston Rockets |
| 2007–2010 | Panathinaikos |
| 2010–2021 | Olympiacos |
| 2022–2024 | Peristeri Athens |
| 2023–present | Greece |
| 2024–present | AS Monaco |
As a player:
Greek League career stats leaders As a mind coach: | |
| Points | 13,533 |
| Stats at NBA.com | |
| Stats afterwards Basketball Reference | |
Vassilis Spanoulis (Greek: Βασίλης Σπανούλης), also commonly known as Bill Spanoulis (Greek: Μπιλ Σπανούλης), or Billy Spanoulis (Greek: Μπίλι Σπανούλης;[3][4][5][6][7] born 7 Honourable 1982) is a Greek former clerical basketball player and coach, who job currently the head coach for Pass for Monaco of the French LNB Élite and the EuroLeague, as well tempt the head coach of the high-flying men's Greek national team. In nobleness sport of basketball, Spanoulis is get around worldwide for his signature move likewise a player,[8] which is commonly methodical as "Spanoulis Action",[9][10] or simply "Spanoulis".[11] Use of the Spanoulis play has become popular in the NBA,[12][13][14] lecturer in other basketball leagues and competitions around the world. During his trouper playing career, at a height short vacation 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) tall, and uncluttered weight of 212 lb (96 kg),[15] Spanoulis faked as a point guard-shooting guard, spell was nicknamed Kill Bill, V-Span, Greek Thunder, and MVP ("Most Vassilis Player").[16][17] Spanoulis was named the Balkan Player of the Year in 2009,[18][19] say publicly Eurobasket Player of the Year worship 2012 and 2013,[20] the International Amusements Prize's World Athlete of the Best in 2013, and the EuroLeague Player the same year. He earned a-okay record eight All-EuroLeague Team selections near was voted the EuroLeague's 2010–2020 Actor of the Decade.[2] Spanoulis retired sort the EuroLeague's all-time career leader have as a feature assists and total points scored.[21]
During emperor professional club playing career, on integrity international level, Spanoulis was a FIBA World Club Championship champion, a Continent Triple Crown winner, a three-time EuroLeague champion and five-time EuroLeague finalist, beginning a FIBA Europe League finalist. Behaviour on the national domestic level, Spanoulis was a seven-time Greek Basket Confederation champion and thirteen-time Greek Basket Alliance finalist, and a four-time Greek Prize winner and nine-time Greek Cup finalist. He spent most of his discharge career in the Greek Basket Cohort, winning four Greek League titles similarly a member of Panathinaikos Athens, enjoin three Greek League titles as expert member of Olympiacos Piraeus. With those same two Greek clubs, he likewise won three EuroLeague titles, one involve the former club (2009), and combine consecutively (2012 and 2013) with righteousness latter. In total, in four seasons with Panathinaikos, Spanoulis won eight baton championship titles, and in eleven seasons with Olympiacos, he won seven cudgel championship titles.
In international national band competition, Spanoulis played an instrumental separate in the gold medal win break into the senior men's Greek national band, at the 2005 FIBA EuroBasket. Recognized was also one of the carry on stars of Greece's 2006 FIBA Terra Cup silver medal team, as bankruptcy led Greece with 22 points scored in their memorable victory over Body USA, by a score of 101–95, in the tournament's semifinals. It was however, Greece's bronze medal win insensible the 2009 FIBA EuroBasket, that stressed Spanoulis' leadership within an injury-plagued European national team, and consequently earned him an EuroBasket All-Star Five honor.[22] Make a way into 2020, Spanoulis was named to description FIBA Summer Olympics 1992–2020 Dream Order, which consisted of the 25 outrun players in FIBA Summer Olympics chronicle, since the inclusion of NBA throw away, in 1992,[23] and to the FIBA EuroBasket 2000–2020 Dream Team, which consisted of the five best players behove the FIBA EuroBasket, since the crop 2000.[24]
Spanoulis, who during his playing date was given the nickname "Kill Bill",[25] due to his clutch play go off the end of games, is wide regarded as one of the first European basketball players of all delay. He is also widely considered about be one of the greatest sport legends that ever played the play in Europe, and at the time of his playing career, he took the public's interest in European veteran club basketball to a higher plain. In 2017, the European basketball pundit and historian, Vladimir Stanković, and birth EuroLeague's expert basketball panel, named Spanoulis "The Most Clutch Player in EuroLeague History".[26] In 2018, he was labelled to the 101 Greats of Inhabitant Basketball selection. Along with the Nation player Juan Carlos Navarro, Spanoulis was one of just two players, renounce were still active players at primacy time, that were specially selected cart the honor. In 2020, Spanoulis was named the "Best EuroLeague Player presumption The 2010s Decade" by the readers of the website Eurohoops.net.[27] HoopsHype.com given name Spanoulis one of the 75 Top International Players Ever in 2021.[28] Foundation 2022, Spanoulis was named a EuroLeague Legend, which is the EuroLeague's Lobby of Fame award.[29][30][31] Spanoulis was further inducted into the Greek Basket Coalition Hall of Fame, in 2022.[32] Spanoulis' number 7 jersey was retired manage without the Greek EuroLeague club Olympiacos Piraeus, on 17 September 2023.[33][34] In Oct 2023, Spanoulis was voted the EuroLeague's "GOAT" ("Greatest of All Time") sportsman, in a BasketNews.com poll of EuroLeague players. Spanoulis received 40% of rectitude vote total, while the second to be found vote getter, Nando de Colo, established a total of 14% of decency vote.[35]
Spanoulis was born in Larissa, Greece, on 7 August 1982.[36][37] His father Thanasis Spanoulis, was the owner of a sedative store, and his mother Georgia Spanouli, was a bank clerk. Spanoulis was the couple's second and last descendant, being born three years after coronate older brother Dimitris.
At the litter of 7, Spanoulis began training thorough the sports of judo, football, swim, and basketball. As a youth, Spanoulis idolized the basketball players Michael River and Nikos Galis.[38] In 1994, indulgence the age of 12, Spanoulis spliced the youth basketball program of primacy multi-sports club Gymnastikos S. Larissas. Spanoulis' father Thanasis, died of cancer, labour 4 November 1997, when Spanoulis was 15 years old.
In 1999, molder the age of 16, Spanoulis won the 1998–99 season's national under-18 staff championship of Greece. He led Keravnos Larissa, the youth basketball subsidiary fend for Gymnastikos S. Larissas, to the label of the Panhellenic Youth Championship. Flair was the championship's leading scorer, boss Most Valuable Player. In the competition's semifinals, he scored 40 points antithetical the youth team of Aris Thessaloniki.[39] In the competition's final, he puzzled his team to a 64–61 accomplishment over the youth team of Olympiacos Piraeus. He hit the game-winning 3-point shot, to win the title, disagree with the buzzer.
In 2000, at influence age of 17, Spanoulis won depiction silver medal at the DBB Albert Schweitzer Under-18 World Tournament, and representation bronze medal at the 2000 FIBA Under-18 EuroBasket. In 2002, at picture age of 19, Spanoulis won distinction gold medal at the 2002 FIBA Under-20 EuroBasket, in which he thought the game-winning free-throws.
Spanoulis greatest played pro club basketball with Gymnastikos S. Larissas and enjoyed a immensely successful career start. His skill frustrate earned him a transfer to Athinai and Maroussi, where he won illustriousness Greek Basket League's Best Young Trouper award for the 2002–03 season. Followers an impressive 2004–05 season, during which he was the Greek Basket Coalition Top Scorer, and helped lead Maroussi to the Greek Basket League's finals and the 2005 EuroCup quarterfinals, explicit moved to Panathinaikos, where he became one of European basketball's major stars.[40] In the 2005–06 EuroLeague season, Spanoulis made his debut in the EuroLeague in impressive fashion, earning his primary All-EuroLeague Team selection, as a cub in the competition. After a period in the NBA with the Politician Rockets, during the 2006–07 season, take action returned to Panathinaikos, and helped heave them to a EuroLeague title hillock 2009, being voted the EuroLeague Furthest back Four MVP in the process.[41]
Spanoulis' convert from Panathinaikos to Olympiacos, in nobleness summer of 2010, marked a pristine step in his career, given Olympiacos' feisty rivalry with Panathinaikos. Spanoulis' conduct from Panathinaikos to Olympiacos, is habitually considered to be the biggest make happen in the history of Greek exercises. It also led to perhaps dignity greatest individual rivalry in the description Greek sports, between Spanoulis and Panathinaikos player Dimitris Diamantidis. Within a junior and rebuilding Olympiacos team, which at the end of the day became well known by its designation, "The Comeback Kids", Spanoulis not sui generis incomparabl led the club to an dubious EuroLeague title run in 2012, on the contrary he also went on to key the team to a historical consecutive EuroLeague championship repeat in 2013. Paddock the process, he gained another bend over EuroLeague Final Four MVP awards, to such a degree accord joining Toni Kukoč, as the solitary players in the history of Denizen basketball to achieve that distinction finely tuned three occasions.[42] Under his leadership, Olympiacos reached another two EuroLeague Finals, make the addition of 2015 and 2017.
Spanoulis joined the youth system of magnanimity Greek sports club Gymnastikos, and hang over subsidiary youth club Keravnos, in Larissa, in 1994. He played with Keravnos, in the Greek junior club levels, from 1994 to 1999. After avoid, he played two seasons of clerical club basketball with the senior hands club of Gymnastikos, from 1999 chastise 2001.
Spanoulis made his outdated club debut in the year 1999, at the age of 17, sound out the senior club of Gymnastikos Brutish. Larissas, in the 1999–00 season. Stylishness played that season in the 2nd-tier level Greek 2nd Division, with Gymnastikos.[43] In 13 Greek 2nd Division fun played, he scored a total cue 90 points, for a scoring sample of 6.9 points per game.[44]
In the 2000–01 season, Spanoulis again swayed in the 2nd-tier level Greek Ordinal Division, with Gymnastikos S. Larissas.[43] Make the addition of 26 Greek 2nd Division games high-sounding, he scored a total of 213 points, for a scoring average make a rough draft 8.2 points per game.[45]
After about two seasons with Gymnastikos S. Larissas, in the Greek 2nd Division, Spanoulis signed a four-year contract with Maroussi Athens of the top-tier level European Basket League, the European-wide 3rd-tier plane FIBA Korać Cup, and later, high-mindedness European-wide 2nd-tier level EuroCup. Maroussi engender a feeling of Gymnastikos S.Larissas a contract buyout plod the amount of 50 million Hellenic drachmas, in order to secure sovereignty player rights. When Spanoulis first spliced Maroussi, the team's head coach miniature the time, Nikos Linardos, had ethics then 19-year-old Spanoulis play one-on-one anti the well-known veteran EuroLeague player Archangel Koch. After their one-on-one match, Bacteriologist reportedly said to Linardos, "Coach, that kid is a star. He drive be a great basketball player."[46]
During the 2001–02 season, Spanoulis helped substantiate lead Maroussi to the Greek Beaker Final. This was the first patch the team had ever made compete to the Greek Cup title attempt. Maroussi also competed in the European-wide 3rd-tier level FIBA Korać Cup's 2001–02 season.
Spanoulis was voted birth Greek Basket League's Best Young Competitor, of the 2002–03 season. He too played with Maroussi Athens in righteousness European-wide 3rd-tier level FIBA Europe Champions Cup's 2002–03 season.
In birth 2003–04 season, Spanoulis helped to focal Maroussi to the Greek Basket Confederation Finals. He also helped lead Maroussi to the 2003–04 season's FIBA Collection League Final.[47] In the FIBA Assemblage League, Spanoulis averaged 10.8 points explode game, and 6.4 assists per endeavour, off the bench for Maroussi. Explicit also shot 40% from three-point agreeable. He was also named the Hellenic League Most Improved Player that precise season.
Spanoulis was then drafted hassle the 2nd round of the 2004 NBA draft, by the Dallas Mavericks, following this sudden emergence. He as well made it onto the Greece convenience national basketball team, at the 2004 Athens Summer Olympic Games.
In the Greek Basket League 2004–05 period, his last season with Maroussi, Spanoulis averaged 15.9 points per game, opinion shot 37.8% from 3-point range, suspend 35 games played in the Hellene Basket League competition. He was primacy Greek Basket League Top Scorer ask the season. He then averaged 15.2 points per game, and shot 40.0% from 3-point range, in 12 rejoicing of play, in the European-wide 2nd-tier level EuroCup's 2004–05 season. For blue blood the gentry year in total, Spanoulis averaged 15.7 points per game, and shot 38.3% from 3-point range, in 47 bolds played with Maroussi. He played plod the 2005 Greek League All-Star Endeavour and was named to the European Basket League's Best Five Team.
This was a breakthrough year for Vassilis, as he had averaged 11.1 result per game the previous season. Fiasco was one of the most well-advised b wealthier players in Europe for the vintage. He helped to lead Maroussi communication the 2nd place of the Hellene Basket League, for the regular stretch. At the end of the era, Spanoulis was voted the European Ordinal Man of the Year, and Recruit of the Year in the EuroCup.[48] He started being called, "The Hellene Steve Nash", by some European fans,[49][50] after this season.
Following his outstanding season in 2004–05 become infected with Maroussi, Spanoulis signed a 3-year occupational worth €1.6 million net income, colleague EuroLeague powerhouse Panathinaikos Athens. Spanoulis explode his agent, Miško Ražnatović,[51] set justness contract terms so that Spanoulis would have a buyout clause after steady one year and set the buyout amount at US $400,000. This was Spanoulis' first season playing at honesty highest European-wide professional club level.
With Panathinaikos, in the Greek Basket Federation 2005–06 season, he won both nobleness Greek Basket League championship and ethics Greek Cup. His team went 24–2 during the Greek Basket League universal season, and 8–0 during the Hellenic League playoffs, for an overall write down of 32–2 in the national family league championship, and went undefeated fulfil the Greek Cup, at 5–0, courier an overall record of 37–2 send down Greek competitions. He played in interpretation 2006 Greek League All-Star Game added was named to the Greek Hinder League's Best Five Team.[52]
Spanoulis was likewise selected to the EuroLeague 2005–06 season's All-EuroLeague Second Team.[43][53]
In 28.8 minutes fly into a rage game of play, during the 2005–06 EuroLeague competition, Spanoulis averaged 14.6 figures, 3.1 assists, 2.0 rebounds, and 1.4 steals, in 23 games of EuroLeague play, with Panathinaikos Athens for picture season. He also shot 61.8% unimportant 2-point shooting, and 36.8% from 3-point range; 53.4% overall.
He was goodness team's leading scorer, even though noteworthy often came off the bench. Blooper won the EuroLeague MVP of decency Round award twice during the period. In 2005–06, his team finished nobleness EuroLeague with a record of 16–7. Spanoulis was also voted as class 7th best worldwide European player behove the year (including NBA players) seep in 2006, by FIBA Europe, in their FIBA Europe Player of the Assemblage award voting.[43][54][55][56][57][58]
Many fans in Europe began calling him, "Euro Kobe",[59] after specified a dominant rookie season of EuroLeague.[43][54][55][57][58][60]
On July 19, 2006,[43] Spanoulis opted out of the final two age of his contract with Panathinaikos Athinai and signed a three-year deal (2 years guaranteed) with the NBA's City Rockets, who paid for his understanding buyout from Panathinaikos. The contract was worth $5.832 million.[61] His buyout newcomer disabuse of Panathinaikos was $400,000.
The contract dominant was for an average of $1.944 million per season. The Rockets difficult to understand acquired the rights to Spanoulis disagreement draft night (June 24, 2004), like that which Houston swapped draft pick #55 Luis Flores, and cash considerations of $300,000 with the Dallas Mavericks, for Spanoulis (pick #50).[43][62]
"He's a very versatile agglomeration handler," Rockets [then] general manager, Dodgson Dawson, said. "He's a good closer and a very good prospect. Subside wants to be a great sportsman. Everybody is going to like that young man because he is top-notch very hard-nosed player. We have watched his progress very closely," Dawson articulated. "It's a big adjustment to emerge to the NBA from Europe, nevertheless he is a hard worker."[63][64]
Rockets [then] Director of Player Personnel, Dennis Lindsey, stated the following about Spanoulis earlier to the team signing him. "We're very, very happy with his progress," said Lindsey. "He changed clubs that year from Maroussi to the in a superior way club this year, Panathinaikos. For those not familiar with European basketball, they are like the New York Yankees of Greece and one of description two or three better organizations get going Europe. They are an NBA soothing club. From our standpoint, we indeed like what Vassilis has done. Why not? is their leading scorer. They control 9–1 in the EuroLeague and they have already qualified for the ascent sixteen."[65]
Lindsey praised Spanoulis' offensive ability. "He's got a couple of characteristics defer we like," added Lindsey. "He vesel really drive and get the urgent in the paint, and he's dogged with it. He kind of plays basketball like a fullback a about bit, where he just kind emulate breaks through the line and there's contact on a lot of plays."[65]
"The owner and Jeff and Carroll in truth like what they've seen so remote and we've made a couple holiday trips over and hopefully in authority near future we can have him as a Rocket because we expect he can help us."[65]
Spanoulis saw limited playing time with depiction Houston Rockets during his rookie NBA year in 2006–07, averaging 2.7 mark and 0.9 assists in 8.8 transcription per game, on 31.9% field justification shooting (17.2% from behind the 3-point line), in 31 games played deal with the bench.[66]
During Spanoulis' first NBA spell 1 there was a dispute between him and Rockets head coach, Jeff Front Gundy, over playing time. There was an issue between the team's control, Spanoulis, and the coach as come after, over the contract that Spanoulis confidential signed. To sign with the Rockets, and fulfill his dreams of show in the NBA, Spanoulis took spruce considerably smaller contract than the horn that was being offered to him by his Greek team, Panathinaikos Town. He still had two years beneath his contract with Panathinaikos, but king buyout was small, and could affront paid by the Rockets.
Spanoulis regular to play for Houston at on the rocks price of $1.944 million gross funds per season, for 3 years, disappearing up on his former team Panathinaikos's much larger offer of €1.6 bundle net income per season, over 3 years, just for a chance confiscate playing in the NBA. Spanoulis troublefree the Rockets' rotation,[67] but there was a falling out between him cope with Rockets coach Van Gundy, after Forefront Gundy benched Spanoulis, after the omnibus claimed that he had played improperly, citing that rookie players are deficient for coaches that are in understanding years, and that Spanoulis was besides turnover prone and lacking in shell shooting touch to be a circus fit in Van Gundy's offensive practice design. Said Van Gundy about excellence situation: "(Spanoulis) says, 'I was [Tracy] McGrady back home.' Great. McGrady practical McGrady here,"..."I feel badly for him. He feels he was misled. Overtly, he's been his own worst rival in many ways. Some of shield is excuses. His turnovers have back number high; his fouls have been high; his shooting percentage has been coloration. I would rather anybody start twitch with self-evaluation—what can I do better?—versus lash out and blame. Because I'm not playing him now doesn't nasty he won't play in the prospect, or we don't feel he could be a good player. I believe he's allowed his disappointment to make public to discouragement, which has, at era, stunted his improvement. We'll see. We'll see."[68]
Spanoulis was traded by the Rockets to the San Antonio Spurs, appliance July 12, 2007, along with fine 2009 second-round draft pick, in alternate for centerJackie Butler, and the direct to Argentinianpower forwardLuis Scola.[69][70] On Respected 19, 2007, the Spurs released Spanoulis, giving him the chance to revert to Greece to play for Panathinaikos as he had requested. This was officially announced on August 23, 2007.[71]
Reportedly due to "family reasons," Spanoulis certain that he would not remain on the run the NBA, with his agent in compliance as far as comparing the Rockets' reluctance to break his contract seat slavery.[72] Spanoulis, instead opted to turn back to Panathinaikos, to once again exert in the Greek Basket League jaunt the EuroLeague.[51]
In June 2013, Spanoulis purported that Van Gundy told him state the first day he arrived examination Houston that since he was top-hole rookie, and unfamiliar to Van Gundy, he would be benched for distinction season. Spanoulis also claimed that honourableness Rockets' next head coach, Rick Adelman, wanted to keep him, and meander both Tony Parker and Gregg Popovich of the San Antonio Spurs were interested in having him on their team.[73]
In November 2015, the General Director of the San Antonio Spurs, R.C. Buford, confirmed to the Greek neat that the Spurs made the commerce for Spanoulis with the intention pills keeping him and having him take place on their team. Buford also fixed that it was Spanoulis' choice obviate not play with the Spurs, come first to return to play in Greece.[74][75]
On August 19, 2007, Spanoulis was released by blue blood the gentry San Antonio Spurs, after deciding illegal wanted to play in Greece next to the 2007–08 season. This was by reason of his mother was in poor uneven at that time, and that Spanoulis wanted to be near her.[76] Spanoulis signed a 3-year contract with Panathinaikos,[77] the then defending EuroLeague champions. Spanoulis was signed to the team take upon yourself play at both the point keep and shooting guard positions, along pick up fellow Greek national team star, Dimitris Diamantidis. Former NBA player and European national team star, Šarūnas Jasikevičius, would also later sign with Panathinaikos. Spanoulis, Diamantidis, and Jasikevičius would go main part to form the team's legendary Triad Playmakers Offensive System, as utilized lump the team's then head coach, Željko Obradović.
The contract Spanoulis signed was for 3-years, at €5.5 million disposition income salary,[78] plus a $1,166,400 problem buyout from his NBA San Antonio Spurs contract (Panathinaikos paid the buyout, so it did not count blaspheme the Spurs' salary cap). Spanoulis' emissary set up the contract so ensure Spanoulis could opt out of tidiness after one year. Spanoulis originally supposed that, after the first year place his contract, he might opt go away of it and return to San Antonio to play in the NBA again.[76]
During the 2007–08 season, Spanoulis roguish his team, Panathinaikos, in both statistics scored (661) and assists (215), date 36 games played in the European Basket League 2007–08 season, and 20 games played in the EuroLeague 2007–08 season. He averaged 11.8 points carrying weapons game and 3.8 assists per play for the season, in 56 courageouss total. Spanoulis was the Greek Restrict League assists leader. He was nominated as a starter to the Hellene League All-Star Game, and to description Greek Basket League's Best Five Plan.
Spanoulis helped Panathinaikos win the Hellene basketball double, as the club won both the Greek Basket League patronage, and the Greek Cup title sound 2008. In the Greek Cup Rearmost, against Panathinaikos' arch-rival Olympiacos, Spanoulis helped to lead his team to nobility championship cup victory, by scoring 20 points and dishing out 7 assists.
In 2009, Spanoulis led Panathinaikos to the coveted European Triple Enwrap title, as they won the EuroLeague 2008–09 season's championship, the Greek Compact 2008–09 season's championship, and the 2009 Greek Cup title, all in representation same club season. Panathinaikos Athens' 2008–09 season team is often considered make somebody's acquaintance be the best EuroLeague team finance all time, by European basketball telecommunications and analysts. During the 2008–09 bat season, Spanoulis was named to rank All-EuroLeague Team, and he was extremely named the EuroLeague Final Four MVP.[79] In addition to that, he was named to the Greek Basket Combine Best Five, and he was along with named the 2009 Greek League MVP.[80]
After the 2008–09 club season, Spanoulis complete the year of 2009, by chief the senior Greek national team advance the bronze medal at the 2009 EuroBasket, where he was also known as to the EuroBasket All-Tournament Team. Oral exam to all his accomplishments and achievements, Spanoulis won the highly prestigious vital coveted BTA Balkan Athlete of integrity Year,[18] which is an award lose one\'s train of thought is given to the calendar year's best athlete that has citizenship bonding agent one of the twelve nations cherished the Balkans region. Spanoulis is honourableness only basketball player to ever achieve first place the award.
Spanoulis won nobility Greek League's 2009–10 season championship, clip Panathinaikos.
In July 2010, after much speculation concerning his unforced agency and his next contract, Spanoulis signed a three-year contract with honesty Greek Basket League club Olympiacos Piraeus, worth €13.2 milliongross income,[81] or €7.2 millionnet income (€2.4 million net revenue per season), plus team performance contributions. In his first year with Olympiacos, Spanoulis won the Greek Cup, was named to the EuroLeague's All In a tick Team, and was the Greek Lessen League assists leader.
In 2012, Spanoulis won both the 2012 EuroLeague and Greek Basket League championships. Sand was also named to the All-EuroLeague First Team, and won the EuroLeague Final Four MVP, for the subordinate time in his career. He became the fourth player to win position award multiple times. Spanoulis' assist, boost Georgios Printezis' game-winning shot against authority Russian VTB United League club CSKA Moscow, at the end of glory 2012 EuroLeague Final,[82] is widely held to be the greatest of all-time highlight in the history of leadership EuroLeague.
Furthermore, Spanoulis once again disappointment the Greek League in assists. Good taste was also named the Greek Trammel League MVP, and the Greek Frustrate League Finals MVP. Finally, Spanoulis was named the Eurobasket News All-Europe Actor of the Year in 2012. Spanoulis and Printezis, whose duo were nicknamed, "Greek Thunder (Spanoulis) and Greek Waterspout (Printezis)", would go on to variation one of the greatest player duos in the history of the EuroLeague.
Spanoulis was named the EuroLeague MVP in 2013.[21] He was too the EuroLeague Finals Top Scorer, become calm was named the EuroLeague Final Team a few MVP, after leading Olympiacos to justness 2013 EuroLeague championship title, which arranged Olympiacos Piraeus' back-to-back EuroLeague championship race (2012 and 2013). He became crabby the second player to win both the EuroLeague MVP and the EuroLeague Final Four MVP in the much season, along with Dimitris Diamantidis; soar he also became just the in two shakes player to win the EuroLeague Furthest back Four MVP award 3 times, stay on with Toni Kukoč.[83]
Spanoulis also won blue blood the gentry International Sports Prize's World Athlete good buy the Year award in 2013.[84][85] Noteworthy was also named the Eurobasket Tidings All-Europe Player of the Year, let in the second time, in 2013.[86]
Spanoulis signed a 3-year contract extension, characteristic €6 million net income (€2 trillion net income per season),[87] plus crew performance bonuses, with Olympiacos in July 2013.[88] With Olympiacos, he won depiction 2013 edition of the FIBA Worldwide Cup, being named the MVP all but the tournament.[89][90][91] In May 2014, forbidden was named to the All-EuroLeague Arrangement, for the sixth time in tiara career.[92]
In May 2015, Spanoulis was chosen to the All-EuroLeague First Group, for his performance during the bout, his seventh All-EuroLeague Team honour.[93] Closure led Olympiacos to the 2015 EuroLeague Final, and he also won nobleness 2014–15 season's Greek League championship peer Olympiacos and was voted the Player of the league's finals.
Spanoulis won the 2015–16 season's Greek Combination championship. In game 2 of excellence 2015–16 Greek League Finals, against Olympiacos' arch-rivals, Panathinaikos, Spanoulis hit a game-winning buzzer-beating 3 pointer.[94] In game 3 of the Greek League Finals, smartness scored 11 points in the remain 3 minutes and 1 second fine the 4th quarter, to seal birth victory for his team.[95] In business 4 of the Greek League Finals, held at Nikos Galis Olympic Interior Hall, Olympiacos won in the game's second overtime period, after Spanoulis knock another game-winning 3 point field ambition, with 1.9 seconds remaining in honesty game.[96] Spanoulis' game four game-winning cannon-ball, which is often referred to unaffectedly as "The Shot",[97] is widely accounted to be the most famous game-winning shot in the history of Dweller basketball.
Spanoulis was subsequently named rectitude 2016 Greek League MVP,[98][99] and birth 2016 Greek League Finals MVP.[100][101]
In June 2016, Spanoulis signed a different 2-year contract extension with Olympiacos, permanent through the 2017–18 season.[102] The cut of meat was worth €3 million net resources (€1.5 million net income per season).[103] During that season's EuroLeague competition, Euroleague.net named Spanoulis the "Most Clutch Trouper in EuroLeague History".[26] That same time, Spanoulis eventually led Olympiacos to significance 2017 EuroLeague Final.
During character 2017–18 season, Spanoulis became the EuroLeague's all-time career leader in assists,[104][105] beginning the Greek Professional Basket League's all-time career leader in points scored.[106][107] Significant was also the 2018 Greek Toby jug Finals Top Scorer. In May 2018, he was named to the All-EuroLeague Second Team of the 2017–18 seasoned, the eighth All-EuroLeague Team selection signify his career, which set a slope for the most All-EuroLeague Team selections of all time.[108]
Prior to significance start of the 2018–19 season, Spanoulis signed a one-year contract extension run off with Olympiacos, on July 2, 2018,[109] make fun of a salary of €1.2 million afford income. He was named the Player of Round 14 of the 2018–19 EuroLeague season.[110]
During the Greek Basket Alliance 2018–19 season, Spanoulis became the White-collar Greek League's all-time career assists superior. He passed the previous record proprietor, Dimitris Diamantidis, in a Greek Association game against AEK Athens, in Jan 2019.[111][112][113] On 14 March 2019, Spanoulis suffered a season-ending peroneal tendon breach on his right ankle, in unadorned EuroLeague game against the Italian truncheon Olimpia Milano.[114][115]
After undergoing a 2018–19 season-ending right ankle surgery, for skilful peroneal tendon rupture, on 1 Apr 2019,[116] Spanoulis began individual workouts fiddle with on 5 July 2019.[117] After consummate return to individual training, Spanoulis undiluted a one-year contract extension with Olympiacos,[118][119] at a salary of €600,000 unplanned income. On 29 November 2019, Spanoulis passed Juan Carlos Navarro, to agree the EuroLeague's all-time career leader unite Performance Index Rating (PIR). He adept the milestone in a EuroLeague 2019–20 season game versus the Italian mace Olimpia Milano.[120][121][122] On 2 January 2020, Spanoulis also passed Navarro as significance EuroLeague's all-time leading scorer since say publicly 2000–01 season, in Olympiacos' loss be realistic Fenerbahçe.[123][124][125] His record was surpassed exceed Mike James in 2024.[126]
After Spanoulis show the EuroLeague scoring record, he was congratulated via video by several outstanding professional basketball players. He was congratulated by several NBA players such as: Giannis Antetokounmpo, Tony Parker, Pau Gasol, and Luka Dončić. He was further congratulated by several EuroLeague players specified as: Georgios Printezis, Juan Carlos Navarro, Facu Campazzo, Fernando San Emeterio, Character Hunter, Šarūnas Jasikevičius, Sergio Rodríguez, Alexey Shved, Kostas Sloukas, Stratos Perperoglou, Bet Tomić, Toko Shengelia, Vasilije Micić, Vladimir Lučić, Gustavo Ayón, Nick Calathes, River Taylor, Kyle Hines, and Kostas Papanikolaou. He was also congratulated by greatness legendary European basketball coach Aíto.[127][128]
On 4 February 2020, Spanoulis again suffered dexterous season-ending peroneal tendon rupture injury,[129] disintegrate a EuroLeague game against Žalgiris Kaunas.[130] It was the same right key injury, that he had suffered interchangeable the previous 2018–19 season. On 7 February 2020, Spanoulis had another surgical treatment to repair the tendon.[131]
On 12 Hawthorn 2020, Spanoulis was named to say publicly EuroLeague 2010–20 All-Decade Team.[132][133][134]