| George Papas | |
| Position: | Shooting guard |
| Height Ft: | 6 |
| Height In: | 5 |
| Weight Lb: | 198 |
| League: | Greek Basket League BCL |
| Team: | Peristeri |
| Number: | 5 |
| Nationality: | American / Greek |
| Birth Date: | 15 March 1998 |
| Birth Place: | Jersey City, New Jersey, United States |
| High School: | Union Catholic (Scotch Plains, New Jersey) |
| College: | Monmouth (2017–2022) |
| Draft Year: | 2022 |
| Career Start: | 2022 |
| Years1: | 2022–2024 |
| Team1: | Olympiacos |
| Years2: | 2024 |
| Team2: | Promitheas Patras |
| Years3: | 2024–present |
| Team3: | Peristeri |
| Highlights: | |
George Papas (Greek, Modern (1453-);: Τζωρτζ Πάπας; born March 15, 1998) is a Greek–American professional basketball player for Peristeri of the Greek Basket League and the Basketball Champions League (BCL). Standing at 1.96 m (6'5") tall, he plays at the shooting guard position.
Papas was born in Jersey City, New Jersey, to Alexis Maloney and Greek-born Stefanos Papathanasiou.He has a brother years his elder named Tommy, currently a player for Mykonos in the Greek B Basket League and formerly for William & Mary.[1]
He reached the 1,000-point plateau for the Hawks in February against Marist.He also competed in the Dos Equis 3X3U 3-on-3 competition at the 2022 Final Four, the first Hawk ever selected to the event.[2]
On August 14, 2022, he signed a two-year deal, his first professional contract, with Olympiacos of the Greek Basket League and the EuroLeague.[3]
In October 2022, he celebrated the first title of his professional career, which was the Greek Super Cup, in the Final 4 of Rhodes.[4]
On October 10, 2022, he made his debut in the Greek Basket League, in the away match against Apollon Patras. He contributed 6 points, one rebound and one assist in 10 minutes of action in his team's 61–87 victory.
In December 12, 2022, Papas made his EuroLeague debut in the home game win against Fenerbahçe, playing 2:51 minutes and scoring 2 points.
In February 2023, he won another title with Olympiakos, that of the Greek Cup in the Final 8 of Crete.[5] [6]
On January 16, 2024, Papas was released from Olympiacos and joined Promitheas Patras.
On November 7, 2022, Papas was called up for the first time by Greece for the 2023 World Cup qualifiers against Latvia and Belgium, without making an appearance. He was called up again for the last two qualifiers on February. He made his debut against Serbia on February 24, 2023, using his full surname on his jersey (Papathanasiou).Three days later against Latvia he scored his first points. A three-point shot.[7]
|-| style="text-align:left;"| 2022–23| style="text-align:left;" rowspan="2"| Olympiacos| 2 || 0 || 3.0 || .500 || 1.000 || 1.000 || .5 || || || || 3.5 || 3.0|-| style="text-align:left;"| 2023–24| 2 || 0 || 3.0 || .333 || .000 || || || || || || 1.0 || 0.0|- class="sortbottom"| style="text-align:center;" colspan="2"|Career| 4 || 0 || 3.0 || .429 || .333 || 1.000 || .3 || || || || 2.3 || 1.5