Olympiacos Extends Bryant Dunston for Another Month, Two-Time EuroLeague Champion at 40

Bryant Dunston remains in Piraeus, albeit on a month-to-month basis. Olympiacos will extend the contract of the American center for another month, according to specialist Matteo Andreani. The player arrived for thirty days to complete preseason, and his deal continues without the club having decided yet whether to keep him when the season starts.

The 2025/26 numbers that explain everything

Dunston played last season with Olimpia Milano, and his EuroLeague stats were those of a veteran in a reserve role: 2.9 points, 2.1 rebounds and 0.4 assists in 10.9 minutes per game, shooting 61.5 percent from the field, over 17 games.

With those numbers and at 40 years old—born in May 1986—it's clear why Olympiacos isn't offering him a full-season contract but rather a renewable deal. And also why the player accepts it.

The legend behind the name

Because the résumé is enormous. Dunston is a two-time EuroLeague champion with Anadolu Efes (2021 and 2022), two-time Defensive Player of the Year in the competition (2014 and 2015), two-time blocks leader (2014 and 2018) and was named to the All-EuroLeague Second Team in 2017. He also won the Greek league, three Turkish leagues, the Lithuanian league with Zalgiris and the Intercontinental Cup.

His first stint at Olympiacos, between 2013 and 2015, coincided with his breakthrough: 10.3 points and 5.3 rebounds in his EuroLeague debut season, leading the competition in blocks. Then came eight seasons with Efes, followed by Virtus, Zalgiris and Milan. Undrafted in 2008 and a Fordham product, he has built an eighteen-year career on defense, physicality and craftsmanship, never being an offensive star.

Why Olympiacos might be interested

The Greek club's frontcourt has some cracks. Nikola Milutinov has accumulated injuries with increasing frequency, Tyrique Jones had off-court issues last season and Donta Hall's performance was the only clearly positive one. Add to that the fact that their big rival, Panathinaikos, has strengthened with Moustapha Fall.

With the frontcourt market practically dry—several EuroLeague clubs have been searching unsuccessfully for weeks—keeping a veteran of this profile for an affordable price is a reasonable patch to give the rotation some breathing room. It's not the signing that headlines a summer, but it doesn't pretend to be.

The Olympiacos we're talking about, by the way, is the one that has added Jean Montero and Codi Miller-McIntyre, a market with few pieces and big names. Dunston would be the last, and the cheapest.