Andy Panko

Andy Panko

Panko, playing for Unicaja Málaga.
No. 9 – SLUC Nancy
Position Small forward / Power forward
League LNB Pro A
Personal information
Born (1977-11-29) November 29, 1977
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania
Nationality American
Listed height 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)
Listed weight 245 lb (111 kg)
Career information
High school Bishop McDevitt
(Harrisburg, Pennsylvania)
College Lebanon Valley (1995–1999)
NBA draft 1999 / Undrafted
Playing career 1999–present
Career history
1999–2001 New Mexico Slam
2001 Atlanta Hawks
2001–2002 Basket Napoli
2002–2003 Dakota Wizards
2003 Casademont Girona
2003 Gigantes de Carolina
2003–2004 Casademont Girona
2004–2005 Caja San Fernando
2005–2006 Bilbao Basket
2006 PAOK Thessaloniki
2007 Bilbao Basket
2007–2012 San Sebastián Gipuzkoa
2012 Panathinaikos Athens
2012–2013 Unicaja Málaga
2013–2015 Baloncesto Fuenlabrada
2015 Vaqueros de Bayamón
2015–present SLUC Nancy
Career highlights and awards

Andrew John "Andy" Panko III (born November 29, 1977) is an American professional basketball player who plays for SLUC Nancy of the LNB Pro A. He is a 6'9" (2.06 m) tall small forward-power forward.[1]

College career

After playing high school basketball at Bishop McDevitt in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, Panko played college basketball at Lebanon Valley College.

Professional career

Panko began his professional career in 1999 with the New Mexico Slam of the International Basketball League. He made his NBA debut with the Atlanta Hawks in 2001. He was named the Spanish ACB League MVP in 2012, while playing with San Sebastián Gipuzkoa.[2]

In July 2012, he signed with the Greek Basket League / Euroleague club Panathinaikos.[3] In December 2012, he was traded to Unicaja Malaga for James Gist.[4] At the end of the season he left Unicaja.[5]

On August 14, 2013, Panko signed with Baloncesto Fuenlabrada for the 2013–14 season.[6] On July 29, 2014, he agreed with Fuenlabrada to play one more season.[7] On May 30, 2015, he signed with Vaqueros de Bayamón of Puerto Rico for the rest of the 2015 BSN season.[8]

Euroleague statistics

Legend
  GP Games played   GS  Games started  MPG  Minutes per game
 FG%  Field-goal percentage  3P%  3-point field-goal percentage  FT%  Free-throw percentage
 RPG  Rebounds per game  APG  Assists per game  SPG  Steals per game
 BPG  Blocks per game  PPG  Points per game  PIR  Performance Index Rating
 Bold  Career high

Note: The Euroleague is not the only competition in which the player participated for the team during the season, he also played in domestic competition.

Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG PIR
2012–13 Panathinaikos 9 6 24.4 .473 .250 .563 4.8 1.7 .2 .1 9.2 8.9
2012–13 Unicaja Málaga 13 3 23.4 .275 .208 .667 3.2 .8 .3 .1 4.7 1.9
Career 22 9 23.8 .370 .225 .618 3.8 1.1 .3 .1 6.5 4.8

Awards and accomplishments

College career

Pro career

References

  1. ↑ Eurobasket.com Andy Panko basketball profile.
  2. ↑ ACB.com Andy Panko, MVP Orange 2011-12 (Spanish).
  3. ↑ Greens sign veteran big man Panko
  4. ↑ Malaga trade James Gist to Panathinaikos for Andy Panko
  5. ↑ Unicaja Malaga part ways with Andy Panko and Marcus Williams
  6. ↑ "Fuenlabrada signs Andy Panko". Sportando.net. Retrieved 15 August 2013.
  7. ↑ Andy Panko returns to Fuenlabrada
  8. ↑ Andy Panko signs with Vaqueros de Bayamon

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