Giannis Kalampokis is a Greek former professional basketball player and current basketball coach. At a height of 6'5" tall, he mainly played as a swingman. He last played with AEK Athens of the Greek League.

PAOK BC, commonly known in European competitions as PAOK, is the professional basketball department of the major Greek multi-sports club A.C. PAOK, which was founded in 1926, and is based in Thessaloniki. The club's basketball section was founded in 1928. The club's home arena is the PAOK Sports Arena, which is an indoor arena with a seating capacity of 8,142 people.