Thomas Ryan Walkup is an American-Greek professional basketball player. He is a naturalized Greek player for Olympiacos of the Greek Basket League (GBL), the EuroLeague, and for the Greek national team. He played college basketball for Stephen F. Austin State University, before being named Southland Conference Player of the Year for two consecutive seasons. Walkup is a native of Texas.
Walkup with Olympiacos in 2022
Greece men's national basketball team
The Greece men's national basketball team represents Greece in international basketball. They are controlled by the Hellenic Basketball Federation, the governing body for basketball in Greece. Greece is currently ranked 14th in the FIBA World Ranking.
Greece national basketball team of 1987 logo
Greece won the silver medal at the 2006 FIBA World Cup after their memorable 101–95 win against USA.
Greek basketball legend, Vassilis Spanoulis; since 2023, he is the head coach of Greece's national team
Greek basketball legend Panagiotis Giannakis is the only person to have won the EuroBasket both as a player (EuroBasket 1987) and as a head coach (EuroBasket 2005). He also led Greece to the final of the 2006 FIBA World Cup.