The legend of Greek basketball

Nikos Galis is a former Greek-American basketball player and one of the greatest European players. He is considered the most important figure in the history of the sport in Greece and the greatest Greek athlete of all time. 

In 2017, he became the first Greek basketball player to join the Hall of Fame, thus joining the “pantheon” of international basketball. He was born on July 23, 1957, in New Jersey, USA, to immigrant parents from Rhodes and Istanbul, and grew up in the United States. In his student years, he wanted to be a boxer like his father, but his mother, unable to bear to face him in the post-match situation, actuate him to basketball. In 1975, he was admitted to the Catholic University of Sithon Hall, whose basketball team is famous for its distinctions. 

 

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