{"id":46080,"date":"2022-07-28T14:28:07","date_gmt":"2022-07-28T12:28:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/web.demo.olimpia.iquii.info\/?p=46080"},"modified":"2022-09-01T14:19:46","modified_gmt":"2022-09-01T12:19:46","slug":"kevin-pangos-is-coming-to-milano-excited-for-the-opportunity-to-play-for-this-club-and-this-city","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.olimpiamilano.com\/en\/kevin-pangos-is-coming-to-milano-excited-for-the-opportunity-to-play-for-this-club-and-this-city\/","title":{"rendered":"Kevin Pangos is coming to Milano: “Excited for the opportunity to play for this club and this city”"},"content":{"rendered":"

Olimpia Milano agreed on a two-year contract with Kevin Pangos<\/strong>, a Holland Landing, Ontario, Canada, native, born on September 2, 1993, 1.88 mt. tall, formerly with the NBA\u2019s Cleveland Cavaliers. \u201cWe strongly believe that Kevin Pangos is coming to Milano at exactly the right time: he has high-level EuroLeague experience, he is a proven winner, with the mental and basketball skills we\u2019re looking for in a point guard. We are delighted to have him on our team,\u201d Olimpia\u2019s general manager, Christos Stavropoulos, said. “I\u2019m very excited for the opportunity to play for such a great organization and to represent this nice city of Milan. I can\u2019t wait to get started, to work with this group of guys and help the team win as much as possible,” Kevin Pangos said.<\/p>\n

WHO\u2019S PANGOS<\/u><\/em><\/strong> \u2013 Kevin Pangos, a Canadian, was raised in Ontario, slightly north of Toronto, gaining exposure while playing for the Canadian Junior National Teams. With the Under 16 team, he won the bronze medal at the Americas Championship in 2009 then again at the Under 17 World Championship in Hamburg, Germany, in 2010. In 2011, he played in the Under 19 World Championship again. In the fall of 2011, he moved to the United States to enroll at Gonzaga, in Spokane, Was., where he stayed four years. He has played 142 games, starting 141 times, the only exception being his career debut. Overall, he averaged 12.8 points and 3.8 assists per game, while shooting 41.5 percent from three-point range. He was West Coast Conference\u2019s newcomer of the year in 2012, a All-WCC first-team member in each of his four seasons. In 2015 he was also player of the year and was named to the All-America third team. Undrafted in 2015, he moved to Europe and signed for Gran Canaria. He was named to the All-Eurocup second team (11.9 points, 4.8 assists per game and 51.2 percent shooting from three), after leading his team to the semifinals stage.<\/p>\n\n\n