Georgios Printezis
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Printezis as a member of Olympiacos Piraeus
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| No. 15 – Olympiacos Piraeus | |||||||||||||
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| Position | Power forward | ||||||||||||
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Greek Basket League EuroLeague |
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| Born |
February 22, 1985 Syros, Greece |
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| Nationality | Greek | ||||||||||||
| Listed height | 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) | ||||||||||||
| Listed weight | 240 lb (109 kg) | ||||||||||||
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| NBA draft | 2007 / Round: 2 / Pick: 58th overall | ||||||||||||
| Selected by the San Antonio Spurs | |||||||||||||
| Playing career | 2002–present | ||||||||||||
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| 2002–2009 | Olympiacos | ||||||||||||
| 2006–2007 | →Olympia Larissa | ||||||||||||
| 2009–2011 | Unicaja Málaga | ||||||||||||
| 2011–present | Olympiacos | ||||||||||||
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Georgios Printezis (alternate spelling: Giorgos) (Greek: Γιώργος Πρίντεζης; born February 22, 1985) is a Greek professional basketball player of Olympiacos Piraeus. He is 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) tall and plays at the power forward position. Nicknamed "The Greek Lightning", "Saint Georgios Printezis", or simply "The Saint", he earned an All-EuroLeague First Team selection in 2017. Printezis' game-winning shot, off a Vassilis Spanoulis assist, against CSKA Moscow at the end of the EuroLeague 2011–12 season Final, is a EuroLeague history highlight.
In the 2006–07 season, Printezis was loaned by Olympiacos to Olympia Larissa in the Greek League, where he averaged 11.5 points and 3.9 rebounds per game. At the Greek All-Star Game weekend that season, he won the slam dunk competition. At the end of that season, he was also voted the Greek League Best Young Player. Following that success, he returned to Olympiacos.
In 2009, he signed a 3-year contract with an NBA escape clause after the second year, worth €3.6 million euros with the Spanish ACB League club Unicaja Málaga.
On April 27, 2011, Printezis returned to his previous club, Olympiacos, after being transferred from Málaga. In the EuroLeague 2011–12 season's Final, he hit a game-winning shot, off an assist from Vassilis Spanoulis, with .7 seconds remaining on the game clock, to give Olympiacos the EuroLeague championship, with a victory over CSKA Moscow.
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