Nikos Galis - Revision history

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Did you know?: Referal to the games.

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2018-08-10T08:34:32Z

Said about Galis

Sporting at 08:33, August 10, 2018

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Dutch Eagle: His caps and scored points for Greece added (including his stats according to the Greek Basketball Federation as an external link)

2018-01-19T16:42:54Z

His caps and scored points for Greece added (including his stats according to the Greek Basketball Federation as an external link)

Sporting at 14:10, September 12, 2017

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Spelling of Ruud Harrewijn

Irlandos at 08:55, September 10, 2017

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 ==Did you know?==
-*At the [[Athens 2004]] Olympic Games, Nikos Galis entered the stadium as the first torch bearer. He went to pass the torch on, to Greek football legend [[Mimis Domazos]]
+*At the [[2004 Summer Olympics|Olympic Games in Athens 2004]], Nikos Galis entered the stadium as the first torch bearer. He went to pass the torch on, to Greek football legend [[Mimis Domazos]]
 ==External Links==

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 Today, he has a basketball camp in [[Chalkidiki prefecture|Chalkidiki]], where he teaches the children how to play the game. He never tried to become a coach and has been rather quiet about his life. For years after he retired there were rumors he would could come back and save Aris but he never did.
-On [[June 18]], [[2007]], Nikos Galis was inducted into the [http://www.halloffame.fiba.com/pages/eng/hof/indu/play/2007/p/lid_17904_newsid/19959/bio.html FIBA Hall of Fame]. He will be enshrined as a player in the FIBA Hall of Fame on [[September 12|12th September]] 2007.
+On [[June 18]], [[2007]], Nikos Galis was inducted into the [http://www.halloffame.fiba.com/pages/eng/hof/indu/play/2007/p/lid_17904_newsid/19959/bio.html FIBA Hall of Fame]. He will be enshrined as a player in the FIBA Hall of Fame on [[September 12]], [[2007]].
 On [[September 8]], [[2017]], he was inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame.

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 [[Image:Galissm.jpg|thumb|250px|[[Nikos Galis]] was adored by the fans.]]
-'''Nikos Galis''' (real name '''Nikos Georgalis''', known to Seton Hall basketball aficionados as Nick Galis), often referred to as the ''Michael Jordan of Greece'',  is a [[Greek-American]] former [[basketball]] player, born in Union City, New Jersey, USA, on the [[July 23|23rd July]] [[1957]]. The child of a poor immigrant family from [[Rhodes]], Galis was the fourth and last child, but was destined to become the best!
+'''Nikos Galis''' (real name '''Nikos Georgalis''', known to Seton Hall basketball aficionados as Nick Galis), often referred to as the ''Michael Jordan of Greece'',  is a [[Greek-American]] former [[basketball]] player, born in Union City, New Jersey, USA, on [[July 23]], [[1957]]. The child of a poor immigrant family from [[Rhodes]], Galis was the fourth and last child, but was destined to become the best!
 ==Boxing becomes basketball...==

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 ==Said about Galis==
-[[Image:Panathinaikos BC 1994 - Nikos Galis - Panagiotis Giannakis.jpg|thumb|250px|[[Nikos Galis]] with Panagiotis Giannakis]]
+[[Image:Panathinaikos BC 1994 - Nikos Galis - Panagiotis Giannakis.jpg|thumb|250px|Nikos Galis with Panagiotis Giannakis in 1994]]
 *'''Michael Jordan:''' "I did not expect to find such a good offensive player in Europe, especially in your country." (October 1983, National team of Greece Vs University of North Carolina for the "Dimitria" Tournament).
 *'''Drazen Petrovic:''' "I'd love to play in the same team with him so I can pass the ball to him to score!"

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 ==Said about Galis==
 *'''Michael Jordan:''' "I did not expect to find such a good offensive player in Europe, especially in your country." (October 1983, National team of Greece Vs University of North Carolina for the "Dimitria" Tournament).
 *'''Drazen Petrovic:''' "I'd love to play in the same team with him so I can pass the ball to him to score!"

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 Galis continued playing competitive basketball until his late thirties. He turned [[Aris BC|Aris]] [[Thessaloniki]] into the "Emperor" of Greek Basketball leading them to one title after another in the Greek [[A1 Division]]. Later on he would ply his trade with [[Panathinaikos BC|Panathinaikos]] before retiring on account of a fight with his coach.
 Today, he has a basketball camp in [[Chalkidiki prefecture|Chalkidiki]], where he teaches the children how to play the game. He never tried to become a coach and has been rather quiet about his life. For years after he retired there were rumors he would could come back and save Aris but he never did.
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 ==External Links==

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 *'''[[Yiannis Ioannidis]]''' (1986): "I warn you! When Galis won’t be able to fly as now, he will be the best play maker in Europe!"
 *'''Sergei Belov''': "I admire him. When he plays one on one there is no way to stop him. I never thought there could be a player who could on his own give nightmares to and beat the Soviet Union."
-*'''Ruudd Harevaain''' (Holland coach): "I found a way to stop Nick. We will lock him in a hotel so that he cannot come on the court."
+*'''Ruud Harrewijn''' (Holland coach): "I found a way to stop Nick. We will lock him in a hotel so that he cannot come on the court."
 *'''Aleksandr Gomelsky''' (former Soviet Union head coach): "Galis is the player of the 21st century."
 *An opposing team's head coach, during a pre-game press conference: "I found the way to stop Galis. I'll shoot him".

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-Nikos Galis (real name '''Nikos Georgalis''', known to Seton Hall basketball aficionados as Nick Galis), often referred to as the ''Michael Jordan of Greece'',  was born in Union City, New Jersey, USA, on the [[July 23|23rd July]] [[1957]]. The child of a poor immigrant family from [[Rhodes]], Galis was the fourth and last child, but was destined to become the best!
+'''Nikos Galis''' (real name '''Nikos Georgalis''', known to Seton Hall basketball aficionados as Nick Galis), often referred to as the ''Michael Jordan of Greece'',  is a [[Greek-American]] former [[basketball]] player, born in Union City, New Jersey, USA, on the [[July 23|23rd July]] [[1957]]. The child of a poor immigrant family from [[Rhodes]], Galis was the fourth and last child, but was destined to become the best!
 ==Boxing becomes basketball...==
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 [[Image:Galis_seton-hall.jpg|thumb|250px|[[Nikos Galis]] at Seton Hall.]]
 ===Galis in the NCAA===
-So, Galis enrolled in Union Hill High School and became a crucial and irreplaceable player. Important New York colleges began to show an interest in him, but Galis finally ended up with the Seton Hall Pirates. There, he got the shirt with number 11 and became a crucial player fairly quickly. But the lack of other good players prevented Galis' team from reaching any NCCA finals in the 4 years that he was playing there. In his fourth and final year, Galis, by now a shooting guard, saw his points average reach 27.5 and his name ranked third among the leading NCCA scorers, behind the great Larry Bird and Balder. When he left Seton Hall, his name was on nearly every record scoring list in the college. He currently ranks 10th all-time on SHU's scoring list with 1,651 points. He was the Haggerty Award winner in [[1979]].
+So, Galis enrolled in Union Hill High School and became a crucial and irreplaceable player. Important New York colleges began to show an interest in him, but Galis finally ended up with the Seton Hall Pirates. There, he got the shirt with number 11 and became a crucial player fairly quickly. But the lack of other good players prevented Galis' team from reaching any NCCA finals in the 4 years that he was playing there. In his fourth and final year, Galis, by now a shooting guard, saw his points average reach 27.5 and his name ranked third among the leading NCCA scorers, behind the great Larry Bird and Balder. When he left Seton Hall, his name was on nearly every record scoring list in the college. He currently ranks 11th all-time on SHU's scoring list with 1,651 points. He was the Haggerty Award winner in [[1979]].
 ===Thanks, Mr. Manon===
-In the spring of [[1979]] Galis realised that the time had come for him to try and play in the NBA. But this big plan was ruined by the whims of his manager, Bill Manon, who may have ruined Galis' career but surely all Greeks are now grateful to him. Bill Manon was the agent of a few basketball players but mostly actors and artists, etc. Among those was the famous Diana Ross who had just launched her solo career away from her band "The Supremes". 'Upside Down' became a big hit and the agent started making money hand over fist, neglecting his then 22 year old Greek basketball player. So, from the first round of drafts, Galis found himself in the fourth with the number 68 and was picked by the Boston Celtics who had already chosen Larry Bird and wanted Galis just to make up the numbers. Galis tried to stay in the NBA but at the worst possible moment an injury left him out for 2 weeks and on his return, he found his place had been taken by Henderson.
+In the spring of [[1979]] Galis realised that the time had come for him to try and play in the NBA. But this big plan was ruined by the whims of his manager, Bill Manon, who may have ruined Galis' career but surely all Greeks are now grateful to him. Bill Manon was the agent of a few basketball players but mostly actors and artists, etc. Among those was the famous Diana Ross who had just launched her solo career away from her band "The Supremes". 'Upside Down' became a big hit and the agent started making money hand over fist, neglecting his then 22 year old Greek basketball player. So, from the first round of drafts, Galis found himself in the fourth, number 68 over all, and was picked by the Boston Celtics who had already chosen Larry Bird and wanted Galis just to make up the numbers. Galis tried to stay in the NBA but at the worst possible moment an injury left him out for 2 weeks and on his return, he found his place had been taken by Henderson.
 [[Image:1987team.jpg|thumb|250px|The [[1987]] national team; Nikos in the middle.]]
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 So he was forced to say goodbye to the NBA, but he would not have believed it if he had been told that soon after he would become famous in the land of his forefathers, where, as he admits now, he didn't even know they played basketball.
-Galis' professional basketball career in Greece became the stuff of legend. In  the 1987 Euro-basket championship, after Greece won Italy at the quarterfinal they asked Galis if this was the greatest moment in his career and he said "the greatest until tomorrow". In the semi-finals, Nikos Galis outscores Yugoslavian '''Drazen Petrovic''' 36 to 31 to put Greece in the finals. In the championship game he scores 40 to lead the Greek team over the USSR (final score 103-101), and set off a celebration that rivals any [[Athens]] has seen in its 3000 year history.
+Galis' professional basketball career in Greece became the stuff of legend. In  the 1987 Euro-basket championship, after Greece defeated Italy in the quarterfinal round, they asked Galis if this was the greatest moment in his career and he said "the greatest until tomorrow". In the semi-finals, Nikos Galis outscores Yugoslavian '''Drazen Petrovic''' 36 to 31 to put Greece in the finals. In the championship game he scores 40 to lead the Greek team over the USSR (final score 103-101), and set off a celebration that rivals any [[Athens]] has seen in its 3000 year history.
 Galis continued playing competitive basketball until his late thirties. He turned [[Aris BC|Aris]] [[Thessaloniki]] into the "Emperor" of Greek Basketball leading them to one title after another in the Greek [[A1 Division]]. Later on he would ply his trade with [[Panathinaikos BC|Panathinaikos]] before retiring on account of a fight with his coach.
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 On [[June 18]], [[2007]], Nikos Galis was inducted into the [http://www.halloffame.fiba.com/pages/eng/hof/indu/play/2007/p/lid_17904_newsid/19959/bio.html FIBA Hall of Fame]. He will be enshrined as a player in the FIBA Hall of Fame on [[September 12|12th September]] 2007.
 ==Said about Galis==