Nikos Rogkavopoulos
Greek basketball player
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| No. 17 – Saski Baskonia | |||||||||||||||
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| Position | Small forward / Shooting guard | ||||||||||||||
| League | Liga ACB EuroLeague | ||||||||||||||
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| Born | (2001-06-27) June 27, 2001 (age 22) Maroussi, Athens, Greece | ||||||||||||||
| Nationality | Greek | ||||||||||||||
| Listed height | 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) | ||||||||||||||
| Listed weight | 200 lb (91 kg) | ||||||||||||||
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| Playing career | 2016–present | ||||||||||||||
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| 2016–2017 | Doukas | ||||||||||||||
| 2017–2021 | AEK Athens | ||||||||||||||
| 2021–2022 | Promitheas Patras | ||||||||||||||
| 2022–2023 | Merkezefendi | ||||||||||||||
| 2023–present | Saski Baskonia | ||||||||||||||
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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.
Youth career
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
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
Greek junior national team
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
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
Domestic Leagues
| Legend | |||||
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| GP | Games played | 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 | Bold | Career high | Led the league | |
Note: Only games in the primary domestic competitions are included. Therefore, games in cup or European competitions are left out.
| Year | Team | League | GP | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018–19[14] | AEK Athens | GBL | 20 | 4.4 | .440 | .250 | .333 | .7 | .2 | .1 | .1 | 1.4 |
| 2019–20[15] | AEK Athens | GBL | 9 | 6.3 | .500 | .250 | 1.000 | 1.7 | .9 | .3 | .1 | 2.1 |
FIBA Champions League
| Year | Team | GP | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018–19[16] | A.E.K. | 2 | .8 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Honors and awards
Youth club level
- Jordan Brand Classic International Game: (2017)
Pro career
- FIBA Intercontinental Cup Champion: (2019)
- Greek Cup Winner: (2020)
Greek junior national team
- 2017 FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship Division B:
Gold - 2017 FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship Division B: All-Tournament Team & MVP
- 2019 FIBA Europe Under-18 Championship: All-Tournament Team
References
- ^ NIKOLAOS ROGKAVOPOULOS basketball profile Height: 203cm / 6'8".
- ^ "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.
- ^ Ρογκαβόπουλος: Το βάπτισμα του πυρός (in Greek).
- ^ Ρογκαβόπουλος έως το 2023 (in Greek).
- ^ AEK Athens signs prospect Nikos Rogkavopoulos to a six-year contract Nikos Rogkavopoulos inks till 2023.
- ^ Nikos Rogkavopoulos: Declares for 2020 NBA Draft.
- ^ Nikos Rogkavopoulos declares for the NBA Draft.
- ^ Greece captain Rogkavopoulos headlines All-Star Five after snatching up MVP honors.
- ^ 2017 FIBA U16 European Championship Greece 8 - Nikolaos Rogkavopoulos.
- ^ Nikolaos ROGKAVOPOULOS 2018 FIBA U18 EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIP STATISTICS.
- ^ Nikolaos ROGKAVOPOULOS 2019 FIBA U19 BASKETBALL WORLD CUP STATISTICS.
- ^ Unstoppable Aldama headlines the All-Star Five of the FIBA U18 European Championship.
- ^ Nikolaos ROGKAVOPOULOS 2019 FIBA U18 EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIP STATISTICS.
- ^ ΡΟΓΚΑΒΟΠΟΥΛΟΣ Νίκος | BETSHOP BASKET LEAGUE 2018-19
- ^ ΡΟΓΚΑΒΟΠΟΥΛΟΣ Νίκος | Basket League 2019-2020
- ^ Nikolaos ROGKAVOPOULOS STATISTICS.
External links
- FIBA Profile (archive)
- Eurobasket.com Profile
- NBAdraft.net Profile
- Draftexpress.com Profile
- Realgm.com Profile
- Greek Basket League Profile (in English)
- Greek Basket League Profile (in Greek)
- Hellenic Basketball Federation Profile (in Greek)
- TBLStat.net Profile
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Cazoo Baskonia current roster
- 0 Howard
- 1 Mannion
- 2 Raieste
- 3 Chiozza
- 8 Sedekerskis (C)
- 9 Marinković
- 10 Miller-McIntyre
- 11 Díez
- 17 Rogkavopoulos
- 18 Diop
- 21 Kotsar
- 24 Costello
- 25 Theodore
- 95 Moneke
- Head coach: Ivanović
