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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 Merkezefendi Bld. Denizli Basket of the Turkish Basketball Super League (BSL). He is a 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in)[1] tall swingman.

Nikos Rogkavopoulos

No. 8 – Merkezefendi Belediyesi Denizli Basket
Position	Small forward / Shooting guard
League	Basketbol Süper Ligi
Personal information
Born	(2001-06-27) June 27, 2001 (age 21) Maroussi, Athens, Greece
Nationality	Greek
Listed height	6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)
Listed weight	200 lb (91 kg)
Career information
Playing career	2016–present
Career history
2016–2017	Doukas
2017–2021	AEK Athens
2021–2022	Promitheas Patras
2022–present	Merkezefendi Bld. Denizli Basket
Career highlights and awards
FIBA Intercontinental Cup champion (2019) Greek Cup winner (2020) FIBA Europe U-16 Championship B MVP (2017)
Medals Men’s Basketball Representing  Greece FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship Division B 2017 Bulgaria Under-16

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.

National team career

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]

In June 2021, Rogkavopoulos was picked by the senior national team boss Rick Pitino in the final 12-man squad for the Olympic Qualifying Tournament taking place in Victoria, Canada against China, the Czech Republic, Turkey, Uruguay, and the hosting Canada.

Career statistics

Domestic Leagues

Legend
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

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)

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