User:Andreadis

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Position Center

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            League
            Height 7 ft 6 in (2.29 m) 
            Weight 310 lb (141 kg)
            Team AEK
            Nationality Greece----
            Born September 14, 1990 Georgia
            Pro career 1992 – present 

Early Life

Staros was born in Georgiaand raised in Kavala.He is of Greek nativeancesty.He grew up in a one-bedroom apartment on the outskirts of Kavala, in a low income family.During his early years, Stavros listened and learned as her mother practiced hymns.He started playing basketball when she was two years old by imitating his friend Dionysis,putting his own spin on everything from football to basketball.

Basketball career

Stavros stage name comes from a childhood nickname.After appearing on basketball games Vincent Herbert contacted him to his team.Stavros had only a mediocre preseason, and started off the season much the same.However, he began to turn things around in mid-November.In a game against the Asteras he scored 20 points, making all of his shots (9 field goals and two free throws). This performance led to a memorable televised incident where ANTbasketball analyst Sotirakopoulos having lost a bet in which he stated Stavros would never score 19 points in a game for the season, was supposed to literally kiss the buttocks of his TNT coanalyst pegi zina but was forced to fulfill the bet on a donkey brought onto the TV set by sotirakopoulos Two games later, against the enosi he scored 30 points and grabbed 16 rebounds. Since that game, Yao has started every game game in which he has played.

Personal life

Stavros Andreadis (born September 14, 1990 in georgia)is a greek basketball player and is one of the premiere centers in the National Basketball Association. He is the only son of his father 6-foot-10 (2.08 m) Pavlos Andreadis and his mother 6-foot-2 (1.88 m) Xenia Abdreadou.Both Stavros and Pavlos were greek national team basketball players. At 7'6" (2.29 m)he plays center for the AEK academy in the greek basketball league.Stavros Andreadis is genetically tall. He does not have pituitary gigantism or acromegaly, a condition afflicting his fellow countryman and basketball hopeful Kremmydas Dionysis At 7'6" he is amongst the top 25 tallest basketball players in the world and is amongst the world's tallest men.