Aris Basketball Club known in European competitions as Aris Thessaloniki, is the professional basketball team of the major Thessaloniki-based Greek multi-sport club A.C. Aris Thessaloniki. Aris BC was founded in 1922, eight years after the founding of the multi-sport club and the football team. Their traditional home arena is Alexandreio Melathron.
Faidon Matthaiou, player and later head coach of the team, considered the Patriarch of Greek basketball
Panagiotis Giannakis, "The Dragon", one of the greatest point guards in European basketball history
Zvi Sherf, head coach of the team (1992–93)
Will Solomon
The Greek Basket League (GBL), often also referred to as the Greek A1 Basketball League, or Greek Basketball Championship, is the first tier level professional basketball league in Greece. It is run by HEBA, under the legal authority of the Hellenic Basketball Federation (E.O.K.).
Dimitris Diamantidis, 9× Greek League Champion, 6× Greek League MVP, and 4× Greek League Finals MVP.
Vassilis Spanoulis, 7× Greek League Champion, 4× Greek League MVP, and 4× Greek League Finals MVP.
2012–2013