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Nikos Rogkavopoulos

Nikolaos Agapitos "Nikos" Rogkavopoulos (alternate spelling: Rogavopoulos; Greek: Νικόλαος Αγαπητός "Νίκος" Ρογκαβόπουλος; born June 27, 2001) is a Greek professional basketball player for Saski Baskonia of the Spanish Liga ACB and the EuroLeague. He is a 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in)[1] tall small forward.

Nikos Rogkavopoulos
No. 17 – Saski Baskonia
PositionSmall forward / shooting guard
LeagueLiga ACB
EuroLeague
Personal information
Born (2001-06-27) June 27, 2001 (age 23)
Maroussi, Athens, Greece
Listed height6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)
Listed weight200 lb (91 kg)
Career information
Playing career2016–present
Career history
2016–2017Doukas
2017–2021AEK Athens
2021–2022Promitheas Patras
2022–2023Merkezefendi
2023–presentSaski Baskonia
Career highlights and awards
Medals
Men's Basketball
Representing  Greece
FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship Division B
Gold medal – first place 2017 Bulgaria Under-16

Youth career

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Rogkavopoulos played from a young age with the youth teams of Doukas, before he started his pro career. In 2016, the Spanish club Real Madrid offered Rogkavopoulos an amateur contract, but he decided to stay in Greece, rather than move to Spain. He played at the Jordan Brand Classic's International Game in 2017.[2]

Professional career

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Rogkavopoulos made his professional debut with the Greek 2nd Division club Doukas, in a game against Ethnikos Piraeus, in the Greek Cup in 2016.[3] On July 13, 2017, Rogkavopoulos moved to AEK Athens, after he signed a six-year contract with the club,[4] through the 2022–23 season.[5] He spent the 2017–18 season playing with AEK's junior teams, and on the senior team's practice squad.

For the following season, Rogkavopoulos moved up to AEK's senior team, and he made his debut in Greece's top-tier level Greek Basket League (GBL), during the GBL 2018–19 season. He also made his debut in one of the two European-wide secondary level competitions, FIBA's Basketball Champions League (BCL), in the BCL 2018–19 season. With AEK, he won the 2019 edition of the FIBA Intercontinental Cup, and the Greek Cup title, in 2020.

During the 2020–2021 season, Rogkavopoulos had a falling-out with the club due to playing time concerns as well as withheld contract payments, which ended in his suspension from the team for the rest of the season. In the 2021 offseason, all players under contract with AEK were released in order to be renegotiated under new terms, resulting in Rogkavopoulos's free agency.

In April 2020, Rogkavopoulos declared for the 2020 NBA draft.[6][7]

On July 28, 2021, Rogkavopoulos signed a three-year deal with Promitheas Patras of the Greek Basket League and the EuroCup. In 16 league games, he averaged 6.5 points, 4.3 rebounds and 1.1 assists, playing around 20 minutes per contest. He was quietly suspended for disciplinary reasons in the latter stretch of the season.

Rogkavopoulos spent the 2022–2023 season with Turkish club Merkezefendi, averaging 15.4 points, 4.5 rebounds and 1.8 assists per contest, in 28 domestic league matches.

On July 3, 2023, Rogkavopoulos signed a three-year contract with Basque powerhouse Saski Baskonia, making the jump to the Liga ACB and the EuroLeague.

National team career

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Greek junior national team

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Rogkavopoulos has been a member of the junior national teams of Greece. With Greece's junior national teams, he played at the 2017 FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship Division B, where he won a gold medal, and was named the MVP of the tournament.[8] During the tournament, he averaged 18.0 points, 6.9 rebounds, 2.4 assists, 1.4 steals, and 0.5 blocks per game.[9]

He also played at the 2018 FIBA Europe Under-18 Championship, where he averaged 19.7 points, 6.6 rebounds, 2.1 assists, 1.4 steals, and 0.1 blocks per game,[10] and at the 2019 FIBA Under-19 World Cup, where he averaged 13.7 points, 4.6 rebounds, 2.4 assists, 0.7 steals, and 0.7 blocks per game.[11] At the 2019 FIBA Europe Under-18 Championship, he made the All-Tournament Team,[12] after averaging 11.7 points, 8.4 rebounds, 2.0 assists, 1.1 steals, and 0.6 blocks per game, during the tournament.[13]

Greek senior national team

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In June 2021, Rogkavopoulos was selected by the Greek senior national team's head coach Rick Pitino, to the final 12-man squad for the 2020 FIBA Olympic Qualifying Tournament that took place in Victoria, Canada.

Career statistics

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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

EuroLeague

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Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG PIR
2023–24 Baskonia 29 6 13.4 .500 .521 .773 1.7 .5 .5 .1 6.1 4.9
Career 29 6 13.4 .500 .521 .773 1.7 .5 .5 .1 6.1 4.9

EuroCup

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Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG PIR
2021–22 Promitheas Patras 16 13 22.5 .432 .397 .846 5.6 1.4 1.4 .1 8.8 12.0
Career 16 13 22.5 .432 .397 .846 5.6 1.4 1.4 .1 8.8 12.0

Basketball Champions League

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Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
2018–19 AEK Athens 2 0 0.8 — — — — — — — 0.0
2019–20 6 0 8.6 .478 .429 .500 1.0 — — — 4.8
2020–21 10 3 11.9 .355 .333 .200 1.6 .3 .8 .1 3.0
Career 18 3 9.4 .407 .371 .286 1.2 .2 .4 .1 3.3

Domestic leagues

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Year Team League GP MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
2018–19   AEK Athens HEBA A1 20 4.4 .440 .250 .333 .7 .1 .1 .0 1.3
2019–20   AEK Athens HEBA A1 9 6.3 .500 .250 1.000 1.7 .9 .3 .1 2.1
2020–21   AEK Athens HEBA A1 17 13.5 .368 .429 .667 2.1 .6 .2 .2 4.3
2021–22   Promitheas Patras HEBA A1 16 20.0 .389 .240 .667 4.3 1.1 .4 .1 6.5
2022–23   M. B. Denizli TBSL 28 32.5 .419 .356 .865 6.2 1.9 1.1 .3 15.5
2023–24   Baskonia ACB 26 16.6 .404 .329 .679 3.2 .7 .6 — 5.1

Honors and awards

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Youth club level

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Pro career

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Greek junior national team

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References

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  1. ^ "Nikolaos Rogkavopoulos, Basketball Player, News, Stats - Eurobasket". Eurobasket LLC.
  2. ^ "Στο Jordan Classic Camp ξανά ο Νικός Ρογκαβόπουλος του Δούκα {{in lang|el}}". Archived from the original on 2017-08-11. Retrieved 2017-07-14.
  3. ^ "Ρογκαβόπουλος: Το βάπτισμα του πυρός". www.sport24.gr.
  4. ^ "Ρογκαβόπουλος έως το 2023" (in Greek).
  5. ^ "AEK Athens signs prospect Nikos Rogkavopoulos to a six-year contract Nikos Rogkavopoulos inks till 2023".
  6. ^ "Nikos Rogkavopoulos: Declares for 2020 NBA Draft". CBSSports.com. April 17, 2020.
  7. ^ "Nikos Rogkavopoulos declares for the NBA Draft". Eurohoops. April 15, 2020.
  8. ^ "Greece captain Rogkavopoulos headlines All-Star Five after snatching up MVP honors". FIBA.basketball.
  9. ^ "Nikolaos Rogkavopoulos profile, FIBA U16 European Championship 2017". FIBA.COM.
  10. ^ "Nikos ROGKAVOPOULOS at the FIBA U18 European Championship 2018". FIBA.basketball.
  11. ^ "Nikos ROGKAVOPOULOS at the FIBA U19 Basketball World Cup 2019". FIBA.basketball.
  12. ^ "Unstoppable Aldama headlines the All-Star Five of the FIBA U18 European Championship". FIBA.basketball.
  13. ^ "Nikos ROGKAVOPOULOS at the FIBA U18 European Championship 2019". FIBA.basketball.
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