Vassilis Kavvadas

Vassilis Kavvadas
Vikos Ioanninon
PositionCenter
LeagueGreek A2 Basket League
Personal information
Born (1991-12-28) December 28, 1991 (age 32)
Athens, Greece
NationalityGreek
Listed height6 ft 8.75 in (2.05 m)
Listed weight280 lb (127 kg)
Career information
NBA draft2013: undrafted
Playing career2010–present
Career history
2010–2013Panionios
2013–2016Olympiacos
2015–2016→ Arkadikos
2016–2017Aris Thessaloniki
2017–2019AEK Athens
2019–2021Iraklis Thessaloniki
2021–2022Panathinaikos
2022–2023Aris Thessaloniki
2023–2024Lavrio
2024–presentVikos Ioanninon
Career highlights and awards

Vassilis Kavvadas (alternate spellings: Vasilis, Vasileios) (Greek: Βασίλης Καββαδάς; born December 28, 1991) is a Greek professional basketball player for Vikos Ioanninon of the Greek Elite League. He is 2.05 m (6 ft 9 in) tall [1] 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.[2] He joined the Greek EuroLeague club Olympiacos in 2013.[3] 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.[4]

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.[5] 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.[6] 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. In 20 league games, he averaged 3 points and 1.9 rebounds in 7 minutes per contest. Additionally, in 11 EuroLeague games, he posted an improved 5.3 points and 1.7 rebounds in 11 minutes per contest. His season highlight was a 17 points & 6 rebounds performance at home court against Crvena zvezda on February 25, 2022. On July 19, 2022, Kavvadas amicably parted ways with the historic club.

On August 2, 2022, Kavvadas returned to Aris. In 15 league games, he averaged 5.2 points and 2.5 rebounds in 11 minutes per contest.

On August 16, 2023, Kavvadas signed with Lavrio.

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 Greece men's national basketball team, for the first time. He played with the Greece men's national team at the EuroBasket 2013 and in the 2020 Olympic Qualifying Tournament in Victoria, Canada, under coach Rick Pitino.

Career statistics

Domestic Leagues

Regular season

Legend
  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
2016–17 Aris GBL 18 16.4 .701 – .500 3.7 .1 .1 .9 9.7
2017–18 A.E.K. GBL 19 9.0 .741 – .549 1.9 .2 .1 .5 5.7
2018–19 A.E.K. GBL 2 5.5 .000 – 1.000 2.0 .5 0 .5 1.0

FIBA Champions League

[7] [8] [9]

† Denotes seasons in which Vassilis Kavvadas won the FIBA Champions League
Year Team GP MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
2016–17 Aris 10 14.5 .667 – .559 3.2 .4 .3 1.7 7.9
2017–18† A.E.K. 11 5.2 .500 – .750 1.2 0 .1 .6 1.6
2018–19 A.E.K. 2 12.2 .429 – .500 2.5 0 0 0 5.0

Awards and accomplishments

Youth level

Pro career

References

  1. ^ Vassilis KAVVADAS Height: 206CM / 6'9".
  2. ^ Euroleague.net Maroussi locks up teenage big man Kavvadas.
  3. ^ Euroleague.net OLYMPIACOS adds size with Kavvadas.
  4. ^ "Vasilis Kavvadas signs with Aris BC". 26 July 2016. Retrieved 26 July 2016.
  5. ^ "AEK signed Vassilis Kavvadas". 24 November 2017. Retrieved 24 November 2017.
  6. ^ "Iraklis officially re-signs Vasilis Kavvadas". Sportando. July 29, 2020. Retrieved July 29, 2020.
  7. ^ "Aris at the Basketball Champions League 2016–2017".
  8. ^ "AEK at the Basketball Champions League 2017–2018".
  9. ^ "AEK at the Basketball Champions League 2018–19 2019 – FIBA.basketball".