Efthimios Rentzias
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Efthimios "Efthimis" Rentzias (alternate spellings: Efthymios, Efthymis;
Professional career
Europe
Rentzias played his first club basketball with the amateur youth teams of Danaos Trikalon, a local team from
He later transferred to the Spanish ACB League club Barcelona Bàsquet, for the 1997–98 season. With Barcelona, Rentzias won his second FIBA Korać Cup championship, in the 1998–99 season. With Barcelona, he also won 2 Spanish League championships, in the 1998–99 and 2000–01 seasons. In his last year with Barcelona (2001–02), Rentzias averaged 9.2 points and 3.5 rebounds, in 17.3 minutes per game, in 51 games played, in both the Spanish League (ACB) and in Europe's premier club basketball competition, the EuroLeague. He shot 61.6 percent from the field, 36.3 percent from three-point range, and 71.4 percent from the foul line.
NBA
Rentzias was selected with the 23rd overall pick by the Denver Nuggets, in the 1996 NBA draft, while still under contract with PAOK. Rentzias opted not to play in the NBA at that time. On 29 September 1997, Rentzias' player draft rights were traded by the Denver Nuggets, along with a future 2000 2nd-round draft pick (Hanno Möttölä was later selected), to the Atlanta Hawks, in exchange for Priest Lauderdale. On 26 June 2002, Rentzias was traded by the Atlanta Hawks, to the Philadelphia 76ers, in exchange for a future 2004 2nd-round draft pick (Royal Ivey was later selected), and a future 2006 2nd-round draft pick (Daniel Gibson was later selected).
Rentzias then played in the NBA, with the 76ers, during the 2002–03 season. He played in 35 regular season games, and averaged 1.5 points per game. At that time, he was just the second Greek-born basketball player to have played for an NBA team. On 8 August 2003, Renztias was waived by the 76ers.[2]
Return to Europe
After leaving the
National team career
Greek junior national team
Rentzias was a part of the Greek junior national basketball teams. With Greece's junior national teams, he won the silver medal at the
Greek senior national team
Rentzias was also a member of the senior men's
He also played with Greece at the following major
NBA career statistics
GP | Games played | GS | Games started | MPG | Minutes per game |
FG% | Field goal percentage | 3P% | 3-point field goal percentage | FT% | Free throw percentage |
RPG | Rebounds per game | APG | Assists per game | SPG | Steals per game |
BPG | Blocks per game | PPG | Points per game | Bold | Career high |
† | Won an NBA championship | * | Led the league |
Regular season
Year | Team | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG |
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2002–03 | Philadelphia
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35 | 0 | 4.1 | 33.9 | 50.0 | 88.9 | 0.7 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 1.5 |
Career | 35 | 0 | 4.1 | 33.9 | 50.0 | 88.9 | 0.7 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 1.5 |
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Awards and accomplishments
Pro career
- 2× FIBA Korać Cup Champion: (1994, 1999)
- Greek Cup Winner: (1995)
- 2× Greek League All-Star(1996 I, 1996 II)
- 2× Spanish League Champion: (1999, 2001)
- Spanish CupWinner: (2001)
- Turkish SupercupWinner: (2003)
- Turkish Cup Winner: (2004)
- Italian Supercup Winner: (2004)
- Greek Basket League Hall of Fame: (2022)
Greek junior national team
- 1991 FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship: Silver
- 1993 FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship: Gold
- 1995 FIBA Under-19 World Cup: Gold
- 1995 FIBA Under-19 World Cup: All-Tournament Team
- MVP
References
External links
- NBA.com profile
- Basketball-reference.com profile
- Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Efthymios Rentzias". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2013-12-06.
- FIBA.com profile
- Euroleague.net profile
- Italian League profile (in Italian)
- Spanish League profile Archived 2010-09-13 at the Wayback Machine (in Spanish)
- Hellenic Basketball Federation profile (in Greek)