Nikos Gikas

Nikos Gikas
Νίκος Γκίκας
Gikas, in 2017.
No. 8 – Promitheas Patras
Position Point guard
League Greek Basket League
Champions League
Personal information
Born (1990-11-22) November 22, 1990
Greece
Nationality Greek
Listed height 6 ft 1.25 in (1.86 m)
Listed weight 178 lb (81 kg)
Career information
NBA draft 2012 / Undrafted
Playing career 2012–present
Career history
2012–2013 Filathlitikos
2013–2015 Aris
2015 Ventspils
2015–2016 Nea Kifissia
2016–present Promitheas Patras
Career highlights and awards

Nikolaos "Nikos" Gikas (alternate spelling: Gkikas) (Greek: Νικόλαος "Νίκος" Γκίκας; born November 22, 1990) is a Greek professional basketball player who currently plays for Promitheas Patras of the Greek Basket League. He is a 6'1 ​1⁄4" (1.86 m) tall point guard.

Professional career

After playing basketball at the Greek minor league and amateur levels with Filathlitikos, from 2008 to 2012, Gikas started his pro career in 2012, with Filathlitikos in the Greek 2nd Division. During the seasons that Gikas played at Filathlitikos, he played with players such as Giannis Antetokoumpo, Thanasis Antetokoumpo, Michalis Kamperidis, and Christos Saloustros, during the club's peak years. During the 2012–13 season, Gikas almost gained a league promotion with Filathlitikos, but at the end of the season, the club finished in 3rd place in the Greek 2nd Division, just missing the league promotion to the Greek 1st Division.

Gikas moved to the Greek 1st Division club Aris, in 2013.[1] During the two years he played at Aris, his numbers dropped, due to the limited playing time he had with the club. On 15 January 2015, after leaving Aris, Gikas signed with the Baltic League club Ventspils.[2] With Ventspils, he led the 2014–15 Baltic Baltic League in assists per game, and was one of the key players of the team.

He spent the 2015–16 season with the Greek club Nea Kifissia. On July 17, 2016, Gikas signed a two-year deal with the Greek club Promitheas Patras.[3] On June 19, 2017, after being one of the best players of Promitheas in the 2016–17 season, he renewed his contract with the club for two more years.[4] He then became the team captain.

National team career

Gikas became a member of the senior men's Greek national basketball team in 2017.[5] He played at the 2019 FIBA World Cup qualification.[6]

References

  1. ↑ Γιάννης Αθηναίου και Νίκος Γκίκας στον ΑΡΗ (in Greek).
  2. ↑ Nikos Gikas signs with Ventspils till June 2016.
  3. ↑ "Promitheas land Mouhammad Faye, Zisis Sarikopoulos and Nikos Gikas". 17 July 2016. Retrieved 17 July 2016.
  4. ↑ "Gikas re-signs at Promitheas". 19 June 2017. Retrieved 20 June 2017.
  5. ↑ Η "πρώτη" της Εθνικής σε φωτογραφίες (in Greek).
  6. ↑ Greece announce preliminary player list for games against Great Britain and Israel.
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