Kosta Koufos

Kostas Koufos Κώστας Κουφός
Player information
Full name	Konstantine Demetrios Koufos
birthday	24th February 1989 (age 31)
place of birth	Canton , Ohio , United States
size	213 cm
position	center
High school	GlenOak
college	Ohio State
NBA draft	2008 , 23rd Pick , Utah Jazz
Club information
society	CSKA Moscow
league	EuroLeague
Clubs as active
2008–2010 Utah Jazz 2010–2011 Minnesota Timberwolves 2011–2013 Denver Nuggets 2013–2015 Memphis Grizzlies 2015–2019 Sacramento Kings Since 2019 CSKA Moscow 0
National team 1
Since 02009	Greece	40 games
1 As of September 17, 2011

Konstantine Demetrios "Kosta" Koufos ( Greek Κώστας Κουφός / Kóstas Koufós ; born February 24, 1989 in Canton ) is a Greek - American basketball player who is 2.13 meters tall and plays on the center position. He is currently active at the Russian club CSKA Moscow .

Career

At club level

Koufos, who grew up in the United States as the son of Greek immigrants, played for a year for the college team at Ohio State University . He was selected 23rd in the first round of the 2008 NBA Draft by the Utah Jazz . Koufos made his debut in the NBA on November 1, 2008 in an encounter against the Los Angeles Clippers . On November 11, 2008 he got his first NBA points when playing against the Philadelphia 76ers . In his first two years, however, Koufos switched a lot between jazz and the jazz farm team, the Utah Flash . After two years, he was transferred to the Minnesota Timberwolves in the summer of 2010 along with future draft selection rights for Al Jefferson . After a few games for the Wolves, he played for the Denver Nuggets from February 2011 . With 16 rebounds he achieved his previous career best in the home game against the Memphis Grizzlies on March 15, 2013. In the 2012/13 season he established himself as a regular player and achieved career bests with 8.0 points, 1.3 blocks and 6.9 rebounds .

For the 2013/14 season Koufos was given to the Memphis Grizzlies in exchange for Darrell Arthur from the Nuggets. In Memphis he mostly played as a substitute for the Spanish center Marc Gasol . For the Grizzlies Koufos played until the summer of 2015. After his contract expired, he joined the Sacramento Kings . As in the previous course of his professional career, he was a reliable player with the Californians who, as a board center with a classic character, was particularly noticeable for his defense work and collecting rebounds, but usually only played a subordinate role in the attack.

At the age of 30, he left the NBA during the 2019 summer break and joined the top Russian team CSKA Moscow .

National team

With the Greek U18 national team Koufos took part in the European Championship in Spain in 2007 and dominated the tournament through his performances. In addition to winning the silver medal, Koufos was voted Most Valuable Player (MVP) of the tournament and appointed to the All Tournament Team . In seven of eight games Koufos achieved a double-double and finished the event with an average of 26.5 points, 13 rebounds and 3.5 blocks per game, which were by far the best values ​​in each category.

Achievements and Awards

• Bronze medal at the 2009 European Championships
• NIT Championship: 2008
  • MVP NIT Championship: 2008
• U18 Vice European Champion: 2007
  • MVP of the U18 European Championship: 2007
  • U18 European Championship All Tournament Team: 2007
• Participation in European Championships : 2009, 2011, 2015

Web links

Commons : Kosta Koufos  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Kosta Koufos - player profile on NBA.com
• Kosta Koufos - player profile on basketball-reference.com
• Statistics at the U-18 EM
• Player profile on nbadraft.net

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Several Teams Interested In Kosta Koufos. Retrieved July 19, 2019 (American English). 
2. ↑ CSKA inks veteran center Koufos. In: www.euroleague.net. Retrieved July 20, 2019 .