Kostas Kaimakoglou

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Kostas Kaimakoglou
undrafted
Number12, 15, 18, 21, 88
Coaching career2021–present
Career history
As player:
2002–2004Near East
2004–2010Maroussi
2010–2012Panathinaikos
2012–2021UNICS Kazan
As coach:
2021–presentUNICS Kazan (assistant)
Career highlights and awards
Medals
Men's basketball
Representing  Greece
EuroBasket
Bronze medal – third place 2009 Poland
FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship
Gold medal – first place 2002 Lithuania Under-20

Konstantinos "Kostas" Kaimakoglou (

power forward, but he can also play as a small ball center if needed.[3]

Professional career

Kaimakoglou began his professional career with the

Greek League Best Five in 2010.[4] He joined the Greek club Panathinaikos in July 2010.[5] With Panathinaikos, Kaimakoglou won the EuroLeague and Greek League championships in 2011. He also won the Greek Cup
title with Panathinaikos in 2012.

In July 2012, he signed a two-year contract with the Russian

euros net income.[8] In July 2014, he extended his contract with UNICS for two more years.[9] On June 12, 2016, he re-signed with UNICS for one more season.[10] Kaimakoglu averaged 4.6 points, 3.3 rebounds and 1.5 assists per game during the 2019–20 season. He re-signed with the team on September 19, 2020.[11] On September 10, 2021, Kaimakoglou announced his retirement from professional basketball.[12]

National team career

Kaimakoglou won the gold medal at the

Greek national team
.

He won the bronze medal at the

Career statistics

Legend
  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  PIR  Performance Index Rating
 Bold  Career high

EuroLeague

Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG PIR
2009–10 Marousi 15 12 24.0 .574 .326 .711 2.9 1.5 .5 .2 9.6 8.5
2010–11 Panathinaikos 18 4 10.2 .389 .353 .893 2.4 .6 .6 .1 3.2 4.8
2011–12 23 5 22.4 .460 .441 .723 4.1 1.3 .9 .2 7.9 9.6
2014–15 UNICS 10 10 31.0 .463 .344 .667 5.1 3.6 1.5 .3 7.9 11.4
2016–17 19 17 23.0 .488 .286 .786 3.4 1.5 .5 .2 4.7 4.6
Career 85 48 ? .491 .361 .753 3.5 1.5 .7 .2 6.5 ?

Awards and accomplishments

Kaimakoglou, on UNICS Kazan's bench, in the first game of the 2014 EuroCup Finals.

Pro career

Greek senior national team

References

  1. ^ Konstantinos Kaimakoglou Height: 205 cm. Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine
  2. ^ "Konstantinos Kaimakoglou height: 205 cm". Archived from the original on 2016-03-28. Retrieved 2015-07-30.
  3. ^ KOSTAS KAIMAKOGLOU basketball profile Position: Power forward / Center Height: 205 cm / 6'9".
  4. ^ Esake.gr - Μέλος της COSMOTE Καλύτερης Πεντάδας ο Καϊμακόγλου (in Greek). Archived 2010-06-22 at the Wayback Machine
  5. ^ Euroleague.net Panathinaikos inks Vougioukas, Kaimakoglou.
  6. ^ Euroleague.net Unics signs ex-champ Kaimakoglou.
  7. ^ News.sport-express.ru УНИКС подписал Каймакоглу (in Russian).
  8. ^ Talkbasket.net UNICS officialises Kaimakoglou deal.
  9. ^ Kostas Kaimakoglou extends with Unics Kazan for two years.
  10. ^ Unics Kazan keeps Kostas Kaimakoglou.
  11. ^ "Unics Kazan keeps Kostas Kaimakoglou". Sportando. September 19, 2020. Retrieved September 20, 2020.
  12. ^ "Kostas Kaimakoglou announces his retirement". Sportando. September 10, 2021. Retrieved September 12, 2021.
  13. ^ Kostas KAIMAKOGLOU (GRE).

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