1. Loukas Mavrokefalidis is a Greek professional basketball player who last played for Ionikos Nikaias of the Greek Basket League.
15 Facts About Loukas Mavrokefalidis
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Loukas Mavrokefalidis was selected by the Minnesota Timberwolves in the 2nd round of the 2006 NBA draft.
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Loukas Mavrokefalidis played in the Greek All-Star Game and he won the Greek League's Most Improved Player Award that year.
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Loukas Mavrokefalidis was named to the All-EuroCup Second Team in 2013.
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Loukas Mavrokefalidis signed with the Spanish League club FC Barcelona in May 2013.
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On 10 July 2013, even though the Greek media were saying that Loukas Mavrokefalidis was very close to signing with Olympiacos, he was instead announced as a signing of Panathinaikos.
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Loukas Mavrokefalidis became the first Greek player to ever play in China.
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Loukas Mavrokefalidis averaged 19.2 points, 8.8 rebounds, 2.3 assists, and 1.5 steals per game.
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On 20 February 2017 Loukas Mavrokefalidis returned to the Greek club AEK Athens, signing a contract with them for the rest of the season.
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On 23 December 2019 after a very productive and successful stint with Ionikos, Loukas Mavrokefalidis transferred to the Greek EuroCup club Promitheas Patras, in order to replace Georgios Bogris on the club's roster.
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On 1 September 2022 Loukas Mavrokefalidis renewed his contract with Ionikos.
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Loukas Mavrokefalidis helped Greece win the bronze medal at the 2003 FIBA Under-19 World Cup.
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Loukas Mavrokefalidis played at the 2004 FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship.
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However, as he was selected in the 2006 NBA draft by the Minnesota Timberwolves, Loukas Mavrokefalidis informed the coach shortly before the outset of the World Championship that he had decided to go back to Minnesota and participate in performance improvement training camps, and thus he lost the team's 12th man roster place to Sofoklis Schortsanitis.
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In 2011, Loukas Mavrokefalidis was given a 2-month suspension from all competitions by the Hellenic Basketball Federation, for refusing to play for Greece's national team for the second consecutive summer.