{"id":17093,"date":"2026-07-06T05:18:48","date_gmt":"2026-07-06T05:18:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/in-greece.com\/index.php\/2026\/07\/06\/kostas-antetokounmpo-signs-up-with-aris-until-2029\/"},"modified":"2026-07-06T05:18:48","modified_gmt":"2026-07-06T05:18:48","slug":"kostas-antetokounmpo-signs-up-with-aris-until-2029","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/in-greece.com\/index.php\/2026\/07\/06\/kostas-antetokounmpo-signs-up-with-aris-until-2029\/","title":{"rendered":"Kostas Antetokounmpo Signs Up with Aris until 2029"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div data-first=\"K\" itemprop=\"articleBody\">\n<h3>Kostas Antetokounmpo will continue his career with Aris after completing a permanent transfer following the expiration of his contract with Olympiacos Basketball Club.<\/h3>\n<p>The Greek international centre signed a contract with Aris that will keep him at the club until the summer of 2029.<\/p>\n<p>Aris had prioritised retaining the 29-year-old after his impressive performances during the second half of last season. Playing on loan from Olympiacos, Antetokounmpo averaged 6.7 points, 4.6 rebounds and three blocks in nine appearances in the Greek Basketball League (GBL).<\/p>\n<p>The club officially announced the agreement, confirming a new chapter for Antetokounmpo, who brings extensive experience from both European basketball and the United States.<\/p>\n<p>His career highlights include winning the NBA championship with the Los Angeles Lakers in 2020, the French league title with ASVEL Basket in 2022, and both the EuroLeague title and the Greek league championship with Panathinaikos B.C. in 2024.<\/p>\n<p>At international level, Antetokounmpo won a bronze medal with Greece&#8217;s Under-20 national team in 2016 and was part of the senior Greek national team that claimed bronze at EuroBasket 2025.<\/p>\n<p>By completing the transfer, Aris retained a player with experience at the highest level and significantly strengthened its frontcourt ahead of the new season.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<footer class=\"article-tags entry-footer\">\n<\/footer><\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/greekcitytimes.com\/2026\/07\/06\/kostas-antetokounmpo-signs-up-with-aris-until-2029\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kostas Antetokounmpo will continue his career with Aris after completing a permanent transfer following the expiration of his contract with Olympiacos Basketball Club. The Greek international centre signed a contract with Aris that will keep him at the club until the summer of 2029. Aris had prioritised retaining the 29-year-old after his impressive performances during &#8230; <\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more-container\"><a title=\"Kostas Antetokounmpo Signs Up with Aris until 2029\" class=\"read-more button\" href=\"https:\/\/in-greece.com\/index.php\/2026\/07\/06\/kostas-antetokounmpo-signs-up-with-aris-until-2029\/#more-17093\" aria-label=\"Read more about Kostas Antetokounmpo Signs Up with Aris until 2029\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":17094,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"iawp_total_views":0,"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/greekcitytimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/kosta.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-17093","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","no-featured-image-padding"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/in-greece.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17093","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/in-greece.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/in-greece.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/in-greece.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/in-greece.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17093"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/in-greece.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17093\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/in-greece.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/17094"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/in-greece.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17093"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/in-greece.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17093"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/in-greece.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17093"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}