Efthimios Rentzias
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Born |
January 11, 1976 Trikala, Greece |
| Nationality | Greek |
| Listed height | 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) |
| Listed weight | 260 lb (118 kg) |
| Career information | |
| NBA draft | 1996 / Round: 1 / Pick: 23rd overall |
| Selected by the Denver Nuggets | |
| Playing career | 1993–2005 |
| Position | Center |
| Number | 14 |
| Career history | |
| 1993–1997 | P.A.O.K. Thessaloniki |
| 1997–2002 | Barcelona Basquet |
| 2002–2003 | Philadelphia 76ers |
| 2003–2004 | Ülkerspor |
| 2004–2005 | Montepaschi Siena |
| 2005 | Forum Filatélico Valladolid |
| Career highlights and awards | |
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| Stats at Basketball-Reference.com | |
Efthimios "Efthimis" Rentzias (alternate spellings: Efthymios, Efthymis) (Greek: Ευθύμιος "Ευθύμης" Ρεντζιάς; born January 11, 1976) is a retired Greek professional basketball player. He was most notably a member of the NBA's Philadelphia 76ers. At 2.12 m (6 ft 11 in) in height, he played at the center position.
Rentzias played his first basketball for the amateur team Danaos, a local team of Trikala. He began his professional career at the age of 17 with PAOK Thessaloniki of the Greek League in the 1993-94 season. With PAOK, he won the Korać Cup championship in the 1993-94 season, and the Greek Cup title in the 1994-95 season. He was named the MVP of the 1995 FIBA Under-19 World Championship, helping Greece to win the tournament's gold medal. In the process, Greece beat (by a score of 98-78) a U.S. team that featured future NBA players like Vince Carter, Trajan Langdon, Stephon Marbury, and Samaki Walker. During that period, Rentzias was considered to be one of the most talented young European basketball players.
Originally selected with the 23rd overall pick by the Denver Nuggets in the 1996 NBA Draft, while under contract with PAOK, Rentzias opted not to play in the NBA at that time.
He later transferred to the Spanish club Barcelona Basquet for the 1997-98 season. In his last year with Barcelona (2001–02), Rentzias averaged 9.2 points per game and 3.5 rebounds per game, in 17.3 minutes per contest, in 51 games played, in both the Spanish League (ACB) and 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. With Barcelona, Rentzias won his second Korać Cup championship in the 1998-99 season, and he also won 2 Spanish League championships in the 1998-99 and 2000-01 seasons.
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