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 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 – Yukatel Merkezefendi Basket
PositionSmall forward / Shooting guard
LeagueBasketbol Süper Ligi
Personal information
Born (2001-06-27) June 27, 2001
Maroussi, Athens, Greece
NationalityGreek
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–presentMerkezefendi Bld. Denizli Basket
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

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 204.4.440.250.333.7.2.1.11.4
2019–20[15] AEK Athens GBL 96.3.500.2501.0001.7.9.3.12.1

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

Pro career

Greek junior national team

References
  1. NIKOLAOS ROGKAVOPOULOS basketball profile Height: 203cm / 6'8".
  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 (in Greek).
  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.
  7. Nikos Rogkavopoulos declares for the NBA Draft.
  8. Greece captain Rogkavopoulos headlines All-Star Five after snatching up MVP honors.
  9. 2017 FIBA U16 European Championship Greece 8 - Nikolaos Rogkavopoulos.
  10. Nikolaos ROGKAVOPOULOS 2018 FIBA U18 EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIP STATISTICS.
  11. Nikolaos ROGKAVOPOULOS 2019 FIBA U19 BASKETBALL WORLD CUP STATISTICS.
  12. Unstoppable Aldama headlines the All-Star Five of the FIBA U18 European Championship.
  13. Nikolaos ROGKAVOPOULOS 2019 FIBA U18 EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIP STATISTICS.
  14. ΡΟΓΚΑΒΟΠΟΥΛΟΣ Νίκος | BETSHOP BASKET LEAGUE 2018-19
  15. ΡΟΓΚΑΒΟΠΟΥΛΟΣ Νίκος | Basket League 2019-2020
  16. Nikolaos ROGKAVOPOULOS STATISTICS.
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