{"id":2814,"date":"2026-02-04T17:22:20","date_gmt":"2026-02-04T15:22:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/iroes.test\/ambassadors\/neoklis-abdalas\/"},"modified":"2026-05-05T13:12:36","modified_gmt":"2026-05-05T11:12:36","slug":"neoklis-abdalas","status":"publish","type":"ambassador","link":"https:\/\/www.iroes.gr\/en\/ambassadors\/neoklis-abdalas\/","title":{"rendered":"NEOKLIS ABDALAS"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Neoklis Avdalas<\/strong> is a Greek basketball player, born on February 4, 2006, with a height of 1.96 m., who plays as a shooting guard. He is considered one of the most complete prospects of his generation, with experience from the top level of the Greek championship, European competitions and international development scenes. In 2025, he moved to the United States to continue his career in college basketball, having already distinguished himself at both the collegiate and national levels.  <\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>CLUB CAREER<\/strong><\/p>\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Panathinaikos<\/strong><br\/> Academies and professional debut (2021\u201322)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Karditsa City Council<\/strong><br\/> Loan, season 2023\u201324<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Dove<\/strong><br\/> Loan, season 2024\u201325<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Virginia Tech Hokies<\/strong><br\/> NCAA, from 2025<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>CAREER HIGHLIGHTS<\/strong><\/p>\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><\/ul>\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Youngest scorer in EuroLeague history (December 2021)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>2 times <strong>Rookie of the Year<\/strong> at Stoiximan GBL<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Member of the Greek National Teams U16, U18 and U20<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Participations in the European Championships U18 (2023, 2024) and U20 (2025, Heraklion)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>No. 2 among international rookies in the class of 2025 (247Sports) <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>He stood out at the <strong>2025 NBA Draft Combine<\/strong> in Chicago with two strong performances<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":2815,"template":"","sport":[392],"class_list":["post-2814","ambassador","type-ambassador","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","sport-basket"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>NEOKLIS ABDALAS &#8226; Iroes.gr<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.iroes.gr\/en\/ambassadors\/neoklis-abdalas\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"NEOKLIS ABDALAS &#8226; Iroes.gr\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Neoklis Avdalas is a Greek basketball player, born on February 4, 2006, with a height of 1.96 m., who plays as a shooting guard. 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