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Panathinaikos extends Avdalas long-term – News

Greens' Avdalas becomes youngest EuroLeague scorer ever!

Panathinaikos OPAP Athens and guard Neoklis Avdalas reached a new agreement to keep working together for five more years, the club announced Friday. Avdalas (1.96 meters, 15 years old) already saw playing time in the Turkish Airlines EuroLeague this season, taking part in three games. He was exactly 15 years, 10 months and 6 days old at the moment that he streaked ahead of the pack, took a pass from Kendrick Perry and dunked to finish the Greens’ 82-67 Round 14 home win against ALBA Berlin. He broke a record that had stood almost two decades, since Manuchar Markoishvili scored a basket for Benetton Treviso on October 24, 2002, when he was 15 years, 11 months and 7 days old.

“I feel excited that a team with the history, the jersey and the requirements of Panathinaikos trusted me and gave me this opportunity”, Avdalas said after the agreement. “My joy is very great, but I already feel a strong sense of responsibility because I have to work hard and win my place in the team. I feel…

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