Vlantimir Giankovits

Vladimiros Giankovits

Giankovits with Panathinaikos in 2014
No. 8 – Aris
Position Small forward / Power forward
League Greek Basket League
Champions League
Personal information
Born (1990-03-03) March 3, 1990
Belgrade, SR Serbia, SFR Yugoslavia
Nationality Greek / Serbian
Listed height 6 ft 7.5 in (2.02 m)
Listed weight 222 lb (101 kg)
Career information
NBA draft 2012 / Undrafted
Playing career 2007–present
Career history
2007–2008 Panionios
2008–2009 Mega
2009–2013 Panionios
2013–2016 Panathinaikos
2016–present Valencia
2016–2017 → Aris Thessaloniki
Career highlights and awards
Medals
Men's Basketball
Representing  Greece
Albert Schweitzer Tournament
2008 Germany National Team
FIBA Europe Under-18 Championship
2008 Greece National Team
FIBA Under-19 World Championship
2009 New Zealand National Team
FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship
2009 Greece National Team
2010 Croatia National Team

Vladimir "Vlanto" Giankovits[1] (alternate spelling: Vladimiros) (Greek: Βλαδίμηρος "Βλάντο" Γιάνκοβιτς, Vladimiros "Vlado" Giankovits, Serbian: Владимир "Владо" Јанковић, Vladimir "Vlado" Janković; born March 3, 1990) is a Serbian-born Greek professional basketball player who plays for Aris Thessaloniki on loan from Valencia. Standing at 2.02 m (6 ft 7 ½ in), he is a small forward-power forward. He is the son of the late Serbian professional basketball player, Boban Janković.

Early life

Giankovits was born March 3, 1990, in Belgrade, SR Serbia, SFR Yugoslavia. He is the son of the famous late Serbian professional basketball player Boban Janković, who was tragically paralyzed during a Greek Basket League playoff game between Panionios and Panathinaikos in 1993.[2]

Giankovits moved to Greece with his family at the age of two, when his father, Boban, joined the Greek club Panionios for the 1992–93 season.

Professional career

Giankovits began his professional career with the Greek Basket League club Panionios in 2007. In 2008, he moved to Mega, on loan from Panionios. He then returned to Panionios in 2009.

On 20 June 2013, Giankovits joined the Greek club Panathinaikos. He was announced as a new player of Panathinaikos, for the following three years, along with his Panionios teammate Nikos Pappas.[3] During his second season at the club, he switched his jersey number from 16 to 8.

Giankovits played in the 2016 NBA Summer League, with the Summer League squad of the New Orleans Pelicans.[4]

On August 3, 2016, Giankovits signed with the Spanish Liga ACB club Valencia.[5] On October 31, 2016, he was loaned to the Greek club Aris Thessaloniki, for the rest of the season.[6]

Greek national team

Giankovits won the gold medal at the 2008 FIBA Europe Under-18 Championship, while playing with the junior Greek national basketball team. Giankovits also won the silver medal at the 2009 FIBA Under-19 World Championship and the gold medal at the 2009 FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship. He also won the silver medal at the 2010 FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship with Greece's junior national team.

He became a member of the senior men's Greek national basketball team in 2013, when he was invited to train with the team during its preparation phase before the EuroBasket 2013.

Career statistics

Legend
  GP Games played   GS  Games started  MPG  Minutes per game
 FG%  Field-goal percentage  3P%  3-point field-goal percentage  FT%  Free-throw percentage
 RPG  Rebounds per game  APG  Assists per game  SPG  Steals per game
 BPG  Blocks per game  PPG  Points per game  PIR  Performance Index Rating
 Bold  Career high

Note: The EuroLeague is not the only competition in which the player participated for the team during the season. He also played in domestic competition, and regional competition if applicable.

EuroLeague

Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG PIR
2013–14 Panathinaikos 17 1 3.6 .250 .250 .500 .6 .2 .2 .1 .6 .4
2014–15 Panathinaikos 27 27 26.3 .370 .333 .741 3.7 2.1 1.1 .2 8.3 8.6
2015–16 Panathinaikos 22 7 15.7 .528 .400 .536 2.5 1.4 .5 .1 5.7 6.2
Career 66 35 16.9 .412 .347 .663 2.5 1.4 .7 .1 5.4 5.7

Awards and accomplishments

Pro career

Greek national team

References

  1. ↑ Vladimir GIANKOVITS (GRE) participated in 10 FIBA / FIBA Zones events.
  2. ↑ NYTimes.com Greek Basketball’s Adopted Son Ponders Major Goodbye.
  3. ↑ Euroleague.net PANATHINAIKOS ATHENS adds young guns Pappas, Jankovic.
  4. ↑ PELICANS 2016 SUMMER LEAGUE ROSTER 55 Vladimir Jankovic F 6-8 222 3/3/90 Greece Panathinaikos (Greece).
  5. ↑ Valencia signs Vladimir Jankovic.
  6. ↑ Vladimir Jankovic joins Aris BC on loan until the end of the season.
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