How Years of Pro Basketball Prepared Neoklis Avdalas for UNC

Posted Jul 28, 2026
Still three years away from getting his driver's license in Greece, Neoklis Avdalas was suiting up for Panathinaikos in the EuroLeague, launching a basketball career that has already taken him across Europe and into the United States. Now, five years later, the 6-foot-9 combo guard is entering his second collegiate season, and his first at North Carolina. (TarHeel247)

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