Christopoulos's coaching premier
The Round 7 opener between Promitheas Patras (4-2) and London Lions (3-3) will also serve as the head coaching debut for Yannis Christopoulos in the EuroCup after he took over at Promitheas last week. Christopoulos stepped into the shoes of Coach Makis Giatras, who stepped down due to health reasons. Christopoulos has not coached in Europe for almost a decade, though he has experienced the EuroCup as an assistant to Dirk Bauermann on the FC Bayern Munich bench for six EuroCup games during the 2011-12 season. It will be interesting to see what - if anything - will change in Promitheas's philosophy and how will the coaching change will influence an offense that ranks fourth with 85.5 points per game led by the EuroCup's top scorer, Joe Young, who leads the competition with 24.5 points per game.