{"id":123939,"date":"2026-06-25T12:31:21","date_gmt":"2026-06-25T10:31:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.olimpiamilano.com\/?p=123939"},"modified":"2026-06-25T12:31:27","modified_gmt":"2026-06-25T10:31:27","slug":"alec-peters-there-are-big-things-ahead-for-olimpia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.olimpiamilano.com\/en\/alec-peters-there-are-big-things-ahead-for-olimpia\/","title":{"rendered":"Alec Peters: &#8220;There are big things ahead for Olimpia&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong><em>Olimpia Milano has reached a multi-year agreement with Alec Peters, a 2.06 mt power forward, born on April 13, 1995, in Washington, Illinois, coming from Olympiacos Piraeus.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em>ALEC PETERS<\/em><\/strong> &#8211; &#8220;It feels amazing to join an organization like Olimpia Milano. It\u2019s not just the name but the people inside the club who make it a team that my family is excited to be a part of. I will come ready to set a standard of hard work, consistency, and toughness. I hope the supporters know that we will give everything we have because I know they will give us everything they have. There are big things ahead for Olimpia and I want to say thank you to the club for wanting me to be a part of it&#8221;.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em>HIS CAREER<\/em><\/strong> \u2013 Alec Peters grew up in Washington, Illinois, where he attended the local high school. Recruited by Valparaiso, Indiana, he played there for four years. In 2015, he was the MVP of the conference tournament and in 2017, the Horizon League Player of the Year (averaging 23.0 points and 10.1 rebounds per game for the season). He was a three-time All-Horizon League first team. In 2017, he was selected 54th overall in the NBA draft by Phoenix, where he remained for one year, also playing in the G-League with the Northern Arizona Suns. The following season, he moved to CSKA Moscow, making his EuroLeague debut, winning the title and the VTB League. In 2019\/20, he played for Anadolu Efes Istanbul; from 2020 to 2022, he played for Vitoria, Spain. From 2022 to 2026, he played for Olympiacos Piraeus, making four Final Four appearances, including the 2026 championship won in Athens. He also won the Greek title in 2023, 2025 and 2026, and the Greek Cup in 2024 and 2025.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em>NOTES<\/em><\/strong> \u2013 In 2023\/24, he led the EuroLeague in three-point shooting (53.5 percent). At the 2026 Final Four, he scored 33 points over two games, shooting 88.9 percent from two and 100.0 percent from three.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/55354725205_ca9c77788b_k.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Peters won the EuroLeague as a rookie in 2019<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/55354307856_4429f9a06d_k.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">And then he won again the EuroLeague in Piraeus last May<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Olimpia Milano has reached a multi-year agreement with Alec Peters, a 2.06 mt power forward, born on April 13, 1995, in Washington, Illinois, coming from Olympiacos Piraeus. ALEC PETERS &#8211; &#8220;It feels amazing to join an organization like Olimpia Milano. It\u2019s not just the name but the people inside the club who make it a [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":195,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[144],"tags":[505],"tipo_news":[198,18],"class_list":["post-123939","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-alec-peters","tipo_news-news_generali-en","tipo_news-news_generali"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Alec Peters: &quot;There are big things ahead for Olimpia&quot; - Pallacanestro Olimpia Milano<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Olimpia Milano has reached a multi-year agreement with Alec Peters, a 2.06 mt power forward, born on April 13, 1995, in Washington, Illinois, coming from Olympia\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.olimpiamilano.com\/en\/alec-peters-there-are-big-things-ahead-for-olimpia\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Alec Peters: &quot;There are big things ahead for Olimpia&quot; - Pallacanestro Olimpia Milano\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Olimpia Milano has reached a multi-year agreement with Alec Peters, a 2.06 mt power forward, born on April 13, 1995, in Washington, Illinois, coming from Olympiacos Piraeus. ALEC PETERS &#8211; &#8220;It feels amazing to join an organization like Olimpia Milano. It\u2019s not just the name but the people inside the club who make it a [&hellip;]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.olimpiamilano.com\/en\/alec-peters-there-are-big-things-ahead-for-olimpia\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Pallacanestro Olimpia Milano\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2026-06-25T10:31:21+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2026-06-25T10:31:27+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/55354725205_ca9c77788b_k.jpg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Claudio Limardi\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Claudio Limardi\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"3 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.olimpiamilano.com\\\/en\\\/alec-peters-there-are-big-things-ahead-for-olimpia\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.olimpiamilano.com\\\/en\\\/alec-peters-there-are-big-things-ahead-for-olimpia\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Claudio Limardi\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.olimpiamilano.com\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/873e15ff68f8b90125436c9436e171fc\"},\"headline\":\"Alec Peters: &#8220;There are big things ahead for Olimpia&#8221;\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-06-25T10:31:21+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-06-25T10:31:27+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.olimpiamilano.com\\\/en\\\/alec-peters-there-are-big-things-ahead-for-olimpia\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":336,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.olimpiamilano.com\\\/en\\\/alec-peters-there-are-big-things-ahead-for-olimpia\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/live.staticflickr.com\\\/65535\\\/55354725205_ca9c77788b_k.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Alec Peters\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.olimpiamilano.com\\\/en\\\/alec-peters-there-are-big-things-ahead-for-olimpia\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.olimpiamilano.com\\\/en\\\/alec-peters-there-are-big-things-ahead-for-olimpia\\\/\",\"name\":\"Alec Peters: \\\"There are big things ahead for Olimpia\\\" - Pallacanestro Olimpia Milano\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.olimpiamilano.com\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.olimpiamilano.com\\\/en\\\/alec-peters-there-are-big-things-ahead-for-olimpia\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.olimpiamilano.com\\\/en\\\/alec-peters-there-are-big-things-ahead-for-olimpia\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/live.staticflickr.com\\\/65535\\\/55354725205_ca9c77788b_k.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-06-25T10:31:21+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-06-25T10:31:27+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.olimpiamilano.com\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/873e15ff68f8b90125436c9436e171fc\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.olimpiamilano.com\\\/en\\\/alec-peters-there-are-big-things-ahead-for-olimpia\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.olimpiamilano.com\\\/en\\\/alec-peters-there-are-big-things-ahead-for-olimpia\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.olimpiamilano.com\\\/en\\\/alec-peters-there-are-big-things-ahead-for-olimpia\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/live.staticflickr.com\\\/65535\\\/55354725205_ca9c77788b_k.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/live.staticflickr.com\\\/65535\\\/55354725205_ca9c77788b_k.jpg\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.olimpiamilano.com\\\/en\\\/alec-peters-there-are-big-things-ahead-for-olimpia\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.olimpiamilano.com\\\/en\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Alec Peters: \\\"There are big things ahead for Olimpia\\\"\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.olimpiamilano.com\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.olimpiamilano.com\\\/\",\"name\":\"Pallacanestro Olimpia Milano\",\"description\":\"\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.olimpiamilano.com\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.olimpiamilano.com\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/873e15ff68f8b90125436c9436e171fc\",\"name\":\"Claudio Limardi\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/6869104113a02ca55cb231715cbcb13368ea54a5c57c58849efdf3697f76ff7c?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/6869104113a02ca55cb231715cbcb13368ea54a5c57c58849efdf3697f76ff7c?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/6869104113a02ca55cb231715cbcb13368ea54a5c57c58849efdf3697f76ff7c?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Claudio Limardi\"}}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Alec Peters: \"There are big things ahead for Olimpia\" - Pallacanestro Olimpia Milano","description":"Olimpia Milano has reached a multi-year agreement with Alec Peters, a 2.06 mt power forward, born on April 13, 1995, in Washington, Illinois, coming from Olympia","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.olimpiamilano.com\/en\/alec-peters-there-are-big-things-ahead-for-olimpia\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Alec Peters: \"There are big things ahead for Olimpia\" - Pallacanestro Olimpia Milano","og_description":"Olimpia Milano has reached a multi-year agreement with Alec Peters, a 2.06 mt power forward, born on April 13, 1995, in Washington, Illinois, coming from Olympiacos Piraeus. ALEC PETERS &#8211; &#8220;It feels amazing to join an organization like Olimpia Milano. It\u2019s not just the name but the people inside the club who make it a [&hellip;]","og_url":"https:\/\/www.olimpiamilano.com\/en\/alec-peters-there-are-big-things-ahead-for-olimpia\/","og_site_name":"Pallacanestro Olimpia Milano","article_published_time":"2026-06-25T10:31:21+00:00","article_modified_time":"2026-06-25T10:31:27+00:00","og_image":[{"url":"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/55354725205_ca9c77788b_k.jpg","type":"","width":"","height":""}],"author":"Claudio Limardi","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Claudio Limardi","Est. reading time":"3 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.olimpiamilano.com\/en\/alec-peters-there-are-big-things-ahead-for-olimpia\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.olimpiamilano.com\/en\/alec-peters-there-are-big-things-ahead-for-olimpia\/"},"author":{"name":"Claudio Limardi","@id":"https:\/\/www.olimpiamilano.com\/#\/schema\/person\/873e15ff68f8b90125436c9436e171fc"},"headline":"Alec Peters: &#8220;There are big things ahead for Olimpia&#8221;","datePublished":"2026-06-25T10:31:21+00:00","dateModified":"2026-06-25T10:31:27+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.olimpiamilano.com\/en\/alec-peters-there-are-big-things-ahead-for-olimpia\/"},"wordCount":336,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.olimpiamilano.com\/en\/alec-peters-there-are-big-things-ahead-for-olimpia\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/55354725205_ca9c77788b_k.jpg","keywords":["Alec Peters"],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.olimpiamilano.com\/en\/alec-peters-there-are-big-things-ahead-for-olimpia\/","url":"https:\/\/www.olimpiamilano.com\/en\/alec-peters-there-are-big-things-ahead-for-olimpia\/","name":"Alec Peters: \"There are big things ahead for Olimpia\" - Pallacanestro Olimpia Milano","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.olimpiamilano.com\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.olimpiamilano.com\/en\/alec-peters-there-are-big-things-ahead-for-olimpia\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.olimpiamilano.com\/en\/alec-peters-there-are-big-things-ahead-for-olimpia\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/55354725205_ca9c77788b_k.jpg","datePublished":"2026-06-25T10:31:21+00:00","dateModified":"2026-06-25T10:31:27+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.olimpiamilano.com\/#\/schema\/person\/873e15ff68f8b90125436c9436e171fc"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.olimpiamilano.com\/en\/alec-peters-there-are-big-things-ahead-for-olimpia\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.olimpiamilano.com\/en\/alec-peters-there-are-big-things-ahead-for-olimpia\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.olimpiamilano.com\/en\/alec-peters-there-are-big-things-ahead-for-olimpia\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/55354725205_ca9c77788b_k.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/55354725205_ca9c77788b_k.jpg"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.olimpiamilano.com\/en\/alec-peters-there-are-big-things-ahead-for-olimpia\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.olimpiamilano.com\/en\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Alec Peters: \"There are big things ahead for Olimpia\""}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.olimpiamilano.com\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.olimpiamilano.com\/","name":"Pallacanestro Olimpia Milano","description":"","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.olimpiamilano.com\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.olimpiamilano.com\/#\/schema\/person\/873e15ff68f8b90125436c9436e171fc","name":"Claudio Limardi","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/6869104113a02ca55cb231715cbcb13368ea54a5c57c58849efdf3697f76ff7c?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/6869104113a02ca55cb231715cbcb13368ea54a5c57c58849efdf3697f76ff7c?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/6869104113a02ca55cb231715cbcb13368ea54a5c57c58849efdf3697f76ff7c?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Claudio Limardi"}}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.olimpiamilano.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/123939","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.olimpiamilano.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.olimpiamilano.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.olimpiamilano.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/195"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.olimpiamilano.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=123939"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.olimpiamilano.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/123939\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":123942,"href":"https:\/\/www.olimpiamilano.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/123939\/revisions\/123942"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.olimpiamilano.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=123939"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.olimpiamilano.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=123939"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.olimpiamilano.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=123939"},{"taxonomy":"tipo_news","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.olimpiamilano.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tipo_news?post=123939"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}