luther

Remember him? The Wolves drafted Loukas Mavrokefalidis in the 2nd round of the 2006 draft. Thought I'd post on his current situation.

Loukas, 23 years old unless he had a birthday in the past 20 days, is in his first season playing for legendary Greek team Olympiakos. He is one of at least four true pivots on the team: Marc Jackson, Jake Tsakalidis and Ionannis Bourousis the other three. In Euroleague play, Mavrokefalidis is playing the third-most minutes of the four (more than Tsakalidis) at about 10 mpg. He is averaging 3.5 ppg (50% shooting) and 3.8 rpg.

He seems to be playing and producing even less in the Greek league, although the site's English function doesn't appear to work and I don't know Greek, so... But from what I could tell, he's at just over 2 ppg and at 2 rpg in 7 domestic league games.

While he's a big body that we desperately need, it seems difficult to imagine the Wolves going out of their way to bring him over anytime soon unless he's got more potential than his production shows.

Avalanche

Thanks for the info dude, but its almost a forgone conclusion loukas wont make the nba

luther

Loukas upped his production slightly, including a decent contribution in Olimpiakos' Top 16 games--or at least in those in which he played. In the three (of six) Top 16 games in which he saw action, he averaged 5 ppg and 5 rpg. Marc Jackson (Temple and various NBA teams) was the featured post in those games, at around 12 ppg but not as many rebounds as Loukas.

Overall for the season so far, Mavrokefalidis is averaging 4.9 ppg and 4 rpg.