Efthimios Rentzias
Efthimios Rentzias was born in Trikala, Decentralized Administration of Thessaly and Central Greece, Greece on January 11th, 1976 and is the Basketball Player. At the age of 48, Efthimios Rentzias biography, profession, age, height, weight, eye color, hair color, build, measurements, education, career, dating/affair, family, news updates, and networth are available.
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Efthimias Rentzias (born January 11, 1976) is a retired Greek professional basketball player.
He was most well-known as a fan of FC Barcelona and the Philadelphia 76ers.
He was in the middle position at 2.12 meters (6 ft 11 in) in height.
Professional career
Rentzias played his first club basketball with Danaos Trikalon, a Greek team based in Trikala, Greece. He began his professional football career at the age of 17, with PAOK Thessaloniki of the Greek League, in the 1993–94 season. In the 1993–94 season and the Greek Cup Championship in the 1994–95 season, he won the championship of the now defunct European-wide third-level tournament, the FIBA Kora Cup, and the Greek Cup championship in the 1994–95 season.
For the 1997-98 season, he later moved to Barcelona Bàsquet, Spain's ACB League club. Rentzias won his second FIBA Kora Cup championship in Barcelona in the 1998–99 season. He has also won two Spanish League championships with Barcelona in the 1998–99 and 2000–01 seasons. Rentzias averaged 9.2 points and 3.5 rebounds in 17.3 minutes per game in 51 games played in both the Spanish League (ACB) and Europe's top club basketball tournament, the EuroLeague, in his last year with Barcelona (2001-02). He shot 61.6 percent from the field, 36.3 percent from three-point range, and 71.4 percent from the foul line, and 71.4 percent from the foul line.
Rentzias was selected with the Denver Nuggets' 23rd overall pick in the 1996 NBA draft, but PAOK is still under contract. Rentzias preferred not to play in the NBA at the time. Rentzias' player draft rights were traded by the Denver Nuggets, as well as a future 2000 2nd-round draft pick (Hanno Möttölä was later selected), to the Atlanta Hawks in exchange for Priest Lauderdale on September 29, 1997. Rentzias was traded by the Atlanta Hawks to the Philadelphia 76ers in exchange for a future 2nd-round draft pick and a potential 2006 2nd-round draft pick (Daniel Gibson was later selected).
During the 2002-2003 season, Rentzias appeared in the NBA with the 76ers. He appeared in 35 regular season games and averaged 1.5 points per game. At the time, he was only the second Greek-born basketball player to play for an NBA team. Renztias was waived by the 76ers on August 8, 2003.
Rentzias followed him after leaving the NBA to play with Ülkerspor, Montepaschi Siena, and Forum Valladolid of the Spanish ACB League. Rentzias had intended to return to PAOK, where he wanted to finish his playing career. In August 2006, he announced his retirement from playing pro club basketball at the age of 30 due to injury.
National team career
Rentzias was a member of Greece's junior national basketball teams. He earned the silver medal at the 1991 FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship and the gold medal at the 1993 FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship with Greece's junior national teams. Rentzias was named MVP of the 1995 FIBA Under-19 World Cup after he helped Greece win the tournament's gold medal while grabbing 21 rebounds against Australia. Greece defeated (by a score of 98–78) an Under-19 U.S.A. Vince Carter, Trajan Langdon, Stephon Marbury, and Samaki Walker were among the team's future NBA stars on display, including Vince Carter, Trajan Langdon, Stephon Marbury, and Samaki Walker. Rentzias was deemed one of Europe's best young basketball players during this period.
Rentzias was also a member of the senior men's Greek national team, from 1992 to 2003, and with Greece, he competed in the 1996 Atlanta Summer Olympic Games. At the time, it was the second time Greece's senior men's basketball team had competed in a Summer Olympic Games, and the first since the 1952 Helsinki Summer Olympic Games. In 12 minutes per game, he averaged 5.0 points and 4.1 rebounds in 12 minutes per game. In fewer than seven games played in the 1996 Olympic Games tournament, he earned 5.0 points and 4.1 rebounds.
He has represented Greece in the following major FIBA tournaments: the 1994 EuroBasket, the 1995 EuroBasket, the 1997 EuroBasket, the 1998 EuroBasket, and the 2003 Eurobasket.
NBA career statistics
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