Career

Club career

Greek national team

Politis also played with the senior men"s Greek national basketball team at the EuroBasket 1961, the EuroBasket 1965, the EuroBasket 1967, and at the 1967 Mediterranean Games. Club coaching career

He was also a 2 time Greek Cup finalist, in 1989 and 1990, while coaching PAOK. In the 1993-1994 season, when he was coaching Panathinaikos, he was a International Basketball Federation European League semifinalist, and his team finished in 3rd place at the 1994 International Basketball Federation European League Final Four at Tel Aviv. In 1999, Politis was a Greek Cup finalist, while coaching AEK Athens.

National team coaching career

He also coached the Greek national at the EuroBasket 1983, and the 1986 International Basketball Federation World Championship.

Achievements

• Politis played with Panathinaikos, and with them he won 3 Greek League championships, in the years 1967, 1969, and 1971. In the 1968-1969 season, he was a International Basketball Federation European Cup Winner"s Cup semifinalist. Politis was the head coach of Panathinaikos, and with them he won 3 Greek League championships, in the years 1980, 1981, and 1982, and 2 Greek Cups, in the years 1979 and 1982. Politis was the head coach of the senior men"s Greek national basketball team that won the gold medal at the EuroBasket 1987.