Vassilis Kavvadas
Vassilis Kavvadas (alternate spellings: Vasilis, Vasileios) (Greek: Βασίλης Καββαδάς; born December 28, 1991) is a Greek professional basketball player for Panathinaikos of the Greek Basket League and the EuroLeague. He is 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) tall and he plays at the center position. Professional career. After playing with Ionikos Nikaias at the youth levels, and in the 3rd-tier level amateur competition Greek C League, Kavvadas began his professional career with the 1st-tier Greek League club Panionios, during the 2010–11 season, after having originally signed with the Greek League club Maroussi. He joined the Greek  EuroLeague club Olympiacos in 2013. In 2015, he was loaned by Olympiacos to Arkadikos, for the 2015–16 season. On July 26, 2016, Kavvadas signed a two-year deal with the Greek team Aris Thessaloniki. On November 24, 2017, Kavvadas signed with the Greek team AEK Athens for the rest of the 2017–18 season, with an option for renewal for another year. With AEK, he won the Greek Cup title, in 2018. On July 28, 2019, Kavvadas moved back to Thessaloniki and signed with Iraklis. He averaged 9.1 points and 6.1 rebounds per game. On July 29, 2020, he renewed his  contract with the team. He proceeded to average 12.3 points, 8.9 rebounds, and 1.1 blocks per game in 2020–21 Greek Basket League. On July 31, 2021, Kavvadas signed a two-year (1+1) deal with Greek Basket League champions Panathinaikos. National team career. Greek junior national team. Kavvadas played at the 2009 FIBA Europe Under-18 Championship, with the Under-18 national team of Greece. Greek senior national team. In 2012, Kavvadas was invited to train with the senior men's Greek national basketball team, for the first time. He played with the senior men's Greek national team at the  EuroBasket 2013. He was member of the national squad once more in the 2020 Olympic Qualifying Tournament in Victoria, Canada, under coach Rick Pitino.