Nikos Pappas (basketball)

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Nikos Pappas
Basketball match Greece vs France on 02 September 2017 16.jpg
Pappas with Greece during EuroBasket 2017
No. 15 – AEK Athens
PositionShooting guard
LeagueGreek Basket League
Personal information
Born (1990-07-11) July 11, 1990 (age 31)
Maroussi, Attica, Greece
NationalityGreek / Cypriot
Listed height6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)
Listed weight220 lb (100 kg)
Career information
NBA draft2012 / Undrafted
Playing career2006–present
Career history
2006–2008Panellinios
2008–2011Bilbao
2008–2009→Real Madrid B
2009–2011→Kolossos Rodou
2011–2012PAOK Thessaloniki
2012–2013Panionios
2013–2020Panathinaikos
2020Hapoel Jerusalem
2021Stelmet Zielona Góra
2021–presentAEK Athens
Career highlights and awards
Medals
Men's basketball
Representing  Greece
FIBA Under-19 World Cup
Silver medal – second place 2009 New Zealand Under-19
European U-20 Championship
Gold medal – first place 2009 Greece Under-20
Silver medal – second place 2010 Croatia Under-20
European U-18 Championship
Gold medal – first place 2008 Greece Under-18
Silver medal – second place 2007 Spain Under-18

Nikolaos "Nikos" Pappas (Greek: Νικόλαος "Νίκος" Παππάς, born July 11, 1990) is a Greek professional basketball player and the team captain for AEK Athens of the Greek Basket League. [1] He stands at 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) meters of height and mainly plays at the shooting guard position.[2]

Professional career[]

Pappas, while with Panathinaikos, shooting a lay-up against Maccabi Tel Aviv

Pappas made his professional debut in the Greek League with Panellinios, during the 2006–07 season. He made his debut in Europe's continent-wide second-tier level competition, the EuroCup, with Panellinios, during the 2007–08 season. He signed a 5-year contract with the Spanish League club Bilbao Basket in 2008.

He was loaned to the reserve team of Real Madrid, Real Madrid B, of the Spanish 4th Division, for the 2008–09 season. He was loaned to the Greek League club Kolossos Rodou for the 2009–10 and 2010–11 seasons. He was named the 2010 Greek League Best Young Player. In February 2012, he joined PAOK. He moved to Panionios for the 2012–13 season. With Panionios, he was the Greek League Top Scorer, and a member of the Greek League Best Five, in 2013.

Panathinaikos (2013–2020)[]

On 20 June 2013, Pappas joined the Greek club Panathinaikos. He was announced as a new player of Panathinaikos, for the following three seasons, along with his Panionios teammate Vlado Janković.[3] During his second season with Panathinaikos, Pappas switched his jersey number from 15 to 11.

On 22 April 2015, after winning his first EuroLeague MVP of the Round award, after the third week's game of the EuroLeague playoffs, in which he scored 25 points against CSKA Moscow,[4] it was officially announced that Pappas had renewed his contract with Panathinaikos, until 2018.[5] On 16 May 2015, Pappas suffered a torn ACL injury, and a tear of his meniscus, in a Greek League game against Kolossos Rodou, after falling awkwardly, after being fouled on a play by Vassilis Toliopoulos. He was operated on the day after, and his return to playing basketball was scheduled at 5–6 months time, at the earliest.[6] On November 30, 2015, in a Greek League game against Lavrio, Pappas made his first re-appearance in an official game, 6-and-a-half months after his injury. He scored 2 points in the game.[7]

During a press conference on July 3, 2020, it was confirmed by the team's new head coach Georgios Vovoras that Pappas was parting ways with the Athenian club after seven seasons.

Hapoel Jerusalem (2020)[]

On September 23, 2020, Pappas signed with Hapoel Jerusalem for the duration of the Basketball Champions League Final-8.[8]

Basket Zielona Góra (2021)[]

On February 23, 2021, he signed with Stelmet Zielona Góra of the Polish League.[9]

AEK (2021–present)[]

On August 16, 2021, he has signed with AEK Athens of the Greek Basket League.[10]

National team career[]

Greek junior national team[]

As a member of the junior national basketball teams of Greece, Pappas won the silver medal at the 2007 FIBA Europe Under-18 Championship. He was named the MVP of the 2008 Albert Schweitzer Tournament,[11] where he also helped lead Greece to defeat Team USA Under-18 during the tournament, by scoring 27 points in the game against the USA.[12] He also won the gold medal at the 2008 FIBA Europe Under-18 Championship, where he was also voted to the All-Tournament Team.[13]

Pappas also played at the 2009 Nike Hoop Summit, where he helped the World Select Team to defeat Team USA 97–89.[14] He also won the silver medal at the 2009 FIBA Under-19 World Cup with Greece's junior national team, where he was also voted to the All-Tournament Team.[15] Pappas also won the gold medal at the 2009 FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship and the silver medal at the 2010 FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship, where he was named to the All-Tournament Team after leading the tournament in scoring.[16]

Greek senior national team[]

Pappas first trained with the senior men's Greek national basketball team in 2010. In the summer of 2016, it was reported that Pappas was interested in playing with the senior Cypriot national basketball team, due to his mother's Greek Cypriot origins.[17] However, in 2017, he was re-called to Greece's senior national team.

On 19 August 2017, he scored 22 points (career high with the senior Greek NT) in a friendly game against Great Britain, in London. He then played with Greece at the EuroBasket 2017.

Player profile[]

Pappas began his career playing as a combo guard with the junior national teams of Greece, and in his early club career. After maturing as a player, he became more of a pure shooting guard who can occasionally operate as a swingman.

Career statistics[]

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[]

Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG PIR
2013–14 Panathinaikos 13 2 8.6 .467 .385 .750 .8 .5 .3 .1 4.8 3.5
2014–15 Panathinaikos 22 1 20.3 .487 .387 .909 2.3 1.9 .8 .1 10.8 12.2
2015–16 Panathinaikos 5 0 8.3 .444 .000 .700 .4 .4 .0 .0 3.0 2.6
2016–17 Panathinaikos 29 2 17.2 .426 .260 .764 1.6 1.3 .6 .1 5.5 5.0
2017–18 Panathinaikos 32 1 17.6 .423 .324 .776 1.1 .9 .6 .4 8.2 5.8
2018–19 Panathinaikos 19 5 17.9 .342 .271 .826 1.0 1.2 .8 .0 6.8 4.2
2019–20 Panathinaikos 10 2 11.6 .417 .375 .750 1.3 .9 .4 .1 4.4 3.5
Career 130 13 14.5 .507 .316 .808 1.4 1.1 .6 .1 6.2 5.2

Awards and accomplishments[]

Pro career[]

Greek junior national team[]

References[]

  1. ^ "Στην ΑΕΚ ο Νίκος Παππάς!". sport-fm.gr (in Greek). Online. Retrieved 17 July 2021.
  2. ^ PAPPAS, NIKOS HEIGHT: 1.96.
  3. ^ Euroleague.net PANATHINAIKOS ATHENS adds young guns Pappas, Jankovic.
  4. ^ Playoffs Game 3 bwin MVP: Nikos Pappas, Panathinaikos Athens.
  5. ^ Expansion of cooperation with Pappas.
  6. ^ ΣΟΚ με Παππά! (in Greek).
  7. ^ GAME: LAVRIO 72 – 79 PANATHINAIKOS.
  8. ^ "Nikos Pappas signs with Hapoel Jerusalem". Sportando. September 23, 2020. Retrieved September 23, 2020.
  9. ^ "Zielona Gora announces Nikos Pappas". Sportando. February 23, 2021. Retrieved February 24, 2021.
  10. ^ "Nikos Pappas joins AEK Athens". Sportando. August 16, 2021. Retrieved August 16, 2021.
  11. ^ Draftexpress.com Pappas MVP of 2008 Albert Schweitzer Tournament.
  12. ^ AST-basketball.de USA 79 : 91 GRE.
  13. ^ FIBAEurope.com All Tournament team.
  14. ^ USABasketball.com XII Annual Nike Hoop Summit – 2009.
  15. ^ "FIBA.com NZL- The Best Selected". Archived from the original on 2012-03-07. Retrieved 2012-03-19.
  16. ^ FIBAEurope.com – MVP Albicy Headlines All Tournament Team // 18 July 2010.
  17. ^ Rumours about Pappas' desire to play for Cyprus national team.

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