Loukas Mavrokefalidis
Lietuvos Rytas Vilnius | |
2018–2019 | Ionikos Nikaias |
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2019–2020 | Promitheas Patras |
2020 | Peristeri |
2020–2021 | Ionikos Nikaias |
2021–2022 | Tritonas Sepolion |
2022–2023 | Ionikos Nikaias |
Career highlights and awards | |
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Stats at Basketball-Reference.com | |
Medals |
Loukas Mavrokefalidis (alternate spelling: Mavrokefalides) (
Professional career
Europe
Mavrokefalidis started his professional career with
Mavrokefalidis played for PAOK in the
During the summer of 2006, Mavrokefalidis was signed by Virtus Roma of the Italian League and EuroLeague, but he was not established as a key member of the team, averaging just 2 points and 1 rebound per game. In February 2007, he was transferred from Roma to Pamesa Valencia of the Spanish ACB League, in exchange for Roberto Chiacig and Jon Stefánsson. On July 12, 2007, Mavrokefalidis joined Olympiacos.[2][3] In 2008, Mavrokefalidis moved to Maroussi.[4] In 2009, he re-signed with Olympiacos through the 2010–11 season.[5]
In 2011, Mavrokefalidis was signed by the Russian League club Spartak Saint Petersburg[6] to a 2-year contract worth €2.4 million euros net income.[7] He was named to the All-EuroCup Second Team in 2013.[8] He signed with the Spanish League club FC Barcelona in May 2013.[9]
On 10 July 2013, even though the Greek media were saying that Mavrokefalidis was very close to signing with Olympiacos, he was instead announced as a signing of Panathinaikos.[10][11] In the 2015 Greek Basket League playoffs, he was the best player for Panathinaikos, averaging 18.4 points, 8.1 rebounds (5.8 offensive rebounds), and 2.2 assists per game.
On August 10, 2015, he signed a one-year deal with AEK Athens.[12] Mavrokefalidis was the top scorer of AEK Athens in the 2015–16 Greek Basket League season, averaging 14.5 points per game.[13]
China
In December 2016, Mavrokefalidis joined the
Back to Europe
On February 20, 2017, Mavrokefalidis returned to the Greek club
In 2018, he joined the Greek A2 League club Ionikos Nikaias. On December 23, 2019, after a very productive and successful stint with Ionikos, Mavrokefalidis transferred to the Greek EuroCup club Promitheas Patras, in order to replace Georgios Bogris on the club's roster.
Mavrokefalidis signed with Peristeri on July 3, 2020.[19] On December 8, 2020, he returned to Ionikos, after a fallout with newly appointed Peristeri coach (and his former Panathinaikos boss), Argyris Pedoulakis.
Mavrokefalidis started the 2021-22 campaign with 2nd division club Tritonas Sepolion, bringing them to the brink of Greek Basket League promotion, before returning once again to Ionikos Nikaias and helping them avoid relegation. In 6 games with Ionikos, he averaged 19.3 points, 7.8 rebounds and 2.5 assists, playing around 30 minutes per contest.
On September 1, 2022, Mavrokefalidis renewed his contract with Ionikos. In 17 games during the 2022–23 season, he averaged 21.1 points, 7.7 rebounds and 2.9 assists per contest.
National team career
Greek junior national team
Mavrokefalidis helped Greece win the bronze medal at the
Greek men's national team
A year later, in 2006, the Greece men's national basketball team head coach Panagiotis Giannakis was impressed by the Mavrokefalidis' abilities and called him to participate in the Greek men's basketball training camp, one month before the 2006 FIBA World Championship took place in Japan. However, as he was selected in the 2006 NBA draft by the Minnesota Timberwolves, Mavrokefalidis informed the coach shortly before the outset of the World Championship that he had decided to go back to Minnesota and participate in performance improvement training camps, and thus he lost the team's 12th man roster place to Sofoklis Schortsanitis.
In 2011, Mavrokefalidis was given a 2-month suspension from all competitions by the Hellenic Basketball Federation, for refusing to play for Greece's national team for the second consecutive summer.[20] However, two years later, he played with the Greek senior men's national team at the EuroBasket 2013.
Career statistics
Domestic leagues
Regular season
Legend | |||||
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GP | Games played | 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 | Led the league |
Note: Only games in the primary domestic competitions are included. Therefore, games in cup or European competitions are left out.
Year | Team | League | GP | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG |
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2001–02 | PAOK
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2 | 3.4 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 1.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | |
2002–03 | PAOK | GBL
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6 | 4.3 | .636 | .000 | 1.000 | 0.8 | 0.1 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 3.0 |
2003–04 | PAOK | GBL
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19 | 11.3 | .535 | .500 | .861 | 3.6 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 4.9 |
2004–05 | PAOK | GBL
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14 | 7.0 | .423 | .000 | .562 | 1.7 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 2.2 |
2005–06 | PAOK | GBL
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26 | 31.5 | .553 | .276 | .796 | 8.1 | 1.0 | 0.7 | 0.5 | 16.5 |
2007–08 | Olympiacos | GBL
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17 | 9.4 | .534 | .000 | .800 | 2.3 | 0.8 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 3.1 |
2008–09 | Maroussi | GBL
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26 | 24.2 | .485 | .280 | .811 | 5.7 | 1.1 | 0.6 | 0.5 | 12.0 |
2009–10 | Olympiacos | GBL
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20 | 15.0 | .644 | .400 | .851 | 2.9 | 0.9 | 0.6 | 0.3 | 7.9 |
2010–11 | Olympiacos | GBL
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24 | 17.2 | .548 | 1.000 | .790 | 4.2 | 0.7 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 9.0 |
2013–14 | Panathinaikos | GBL
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25 | 13.3 | .579 | .400 | .756 | 3.7 | 1.2 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 6.8 |
2014–15 | Panathinaikos | GBL
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19 | 12.2 | .441 | .400 | .678 | 3.2 | 0.9 | 0.7 | 0.3 | 5.2 |
2015–16 | AEK Athens | GBL
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26 | 25.3 | .459 | .431 | .810 | 6.7 | 2.0 | 0.7 | 0.4 | 14.5 |
Playoffs
Year | Team | League | GP | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG |
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2001–02 | PAOK
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2 | 1.3 | 1.000 | .000 | .000 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2.0 | |
2003–04 | PAOK | GBL
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2 | 5.1 | 1.000 | .000 | .500 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.5 |
2005–06 | PAOK | GBL
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3 | 28.1 | .434 | .000 | .500 | 4.6 | 1.0 | 0.3 | 1.0 | 7.0 |
2007–08 | Olympiacos | GBL
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7 | 13.1 | .700 | .500 | 1.000 | 2.4 | 0.2 | 0.4 | 0.0 | 3.1 |
2008–09 | Maroussi | GBL
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10 | 23.2 | .476 | .166 | .862 | 5.0 | 1.6 | 0.7 | 0.3 | 10.7 |
2009–10 | Olympiacos | GBL
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9 | 8.4 | .551 | 1.000 | .888 | 1.5 | 0.1 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 4.5 |
2010–11 | Olympiacos | GBL
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9 | 21.3 | .571 | .000 | .772 | 3.2 | 1.4 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 11.6 |
2013–14 | Panathinaikos | GBL
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10 | 15.2 | .465 | .500 | .823 | 3.6 | 0.7 | 0.5 | 0.7 | 10.9 |
2014–15 | Panathinaikos | GBL
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9 | 26.0 | .548 | .384 | .678 | 8.1 | 2.2 | 0.7 | 0.3 | 18.4 |
FIBA Champions League
Year | Team | GP | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG |
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2016–17 | A.E.K. | 2 | 21.3 | .312 | - | .857 | 9.0 | 1.0 | 1.5 | 0 | 11.0 |
Awards and accomplishments
Greek junior national team
- 2003 FIBA Under-19 World Cup: Bronze
- 2005 FIBA Under-21 World Cup: Silver
Pro clubs
- 6× Greek League All-Star: 2006, 2009, 2011, 2014, 2020, 2022
- Greek League Most Improved Player: 2006
- Greek League rebounding leader: (2006)
- 4× Greek Cup winner: 2010, 2011, 2014, 2015
- All-EuroCup Second Team: 2013
- Greek League champion: 2014
- Greek Cup MVP: 2015
- 2× Greek League Best Five: 2015, 2016
- 2× EuroCup MVP of the Round: 2015–16 (Regular Season Round 1 & 2)
- 2015–16 EuroCup Highest Index Rating in a game: 55
- 2015–16 EuroCup Most points in a game: 42
- Greek 2nd Division Champion: 2019
- Greek 2nd Division Top Scorer: (2019)
- Greek 2nd Division rebounding leader: (2019)
References
- ^ Eurocupbasketball.com Article.
- ^ Mavrokefalidis Olympiacos BC's latest addition. Archived 2007-08-11 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Reds add Vasiliadis, Roberts, Mavrokefalidis
- ^ Maroussi adds size with Loukas Mavrokefalidis.
- ^ Euroleague.net OLYMPIACOS locks Mavrokefalides up till '11.
- ^ Eurocupbasketball.com Spartak St. Petersburg lands Mavrokefalidis.
- ^ Redplanet.gr Υπέγραψε στην Σπαρτάκ ο Μαυροκεφαλίδης (in Greek). Archived 2011-08-12 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Eurocupbasketball.com Star power fills 2012-13 All-Eurocup teams!
- ^ Eurohoops.net Mavrokefalidis is signing with Barcelona. Archived 2013-06-13 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Mavrokefalidis: “Adaptation and assistance”
- ^ "Panathinaikos announced Loukas Mavrokefalides". Sportando. Retrieved 16 July 2013.
- ^ "AEK Athens lands center Mavrokefalidis". Eurocupbasketball.com. August 10, 2015. Archived from the original on September 19, 2015. Retrieved August 10, 2015.
- ^ A1Basket.gr Basket League Greece 2015-2016 All Teams' Top 3 Scorers
- ^ Qingdao Eagles welcomed Loukas Mavrokefalidis.
- ^ 卢卡斯·M资料 (in Chinese).
- ^ Loukas Mavrokefalidis is back in AEK.
- ^ "Vilniaus "Lietuvos ryto" komandoje – graikų aukštaūgis Loukas Mavrokefalidis". bcvilnius.lt (in Lithuanian). September 25, 2017. Retrieved September 26, 2017.
- ^ Loukas Mavrokefalidis signs with Lietuvos Rytas
- ^ Lupo, Nicola (July 3, 2020). "Loukas Mavrokefalidis signs with Peristeri". Sportando. Retrieved July 3, 2020.
- ^ Talkbasket.net Mavrokefalides banned for two months.
- ^ All Phases AVERAGE STATISTICS.
External links
- Euroleague.net Profile
- FIBA Archive Profile
- FIBA Europe Profile
- Eurobasket.com Profile
- Greek Basket League Profile (in English)
- Greek Basket League Profile (in Greek)
- Hellenic Federation Profile (in Greek)
- Italian League Profile (in Italian)
- Spanish League Profile (in Spanish)
- EuroCup Loukas Mavrokefalidis Article