Nikos Diplaros

Nikos Diplaros
No. 3 – Machites Doxas Pefkon
Position Point guard / Shooting guard
League Greek A2 Basket League
Personal information
Born (1997-06-28) June 28, 1997
Patras, Greece
Listed height 6 ft 2.75 in (1.90 m)
Listed weight 180 lb (82 kg)
Career information
Playing career 2015–present
Career history
2015–present Aris Thessaloniki
2016–2017 → Machites Doxas Pefkon
Medals
Representing  Greece
Men's Basketball
FIBA Europe Under-18 Championship
2015 Greece National Team
FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship B
2016 Greece National Team

Nikolaos "Nikos" Diplaros (Greek: Νικόλαος "Νίκος" Δίπλαρος; born June 28, 1997) is a Greek professional basketball player with Machites Doxas Pefkon of the Greek A2 Basket League. He is a 1.90 m (6 ft 2¾ in) tall[1] point guard, that can also play as a shooting guard.

Professional career

Diplaros spent the 2014–15 season with the Greek club Esperos Patras, playing in the amateur level 4th tier division of Greek basketball, the Greek C League. In 2015, he signed a 5-year contract with the Greek 1st Division club AEK.[2] However, he was then released by AEK, before he played any games with them, after he told the press that he wanted to play for a bigger club than AEK Athens.[3][4]

A few days after, Aris Thessaloniki approached the player and signed him to a 3-year contract.[5] He then began his professional career with Aris in 2015. In September 2016, Aris loaned him to Machites Doxas Pefkon.[6]

Greek national team

Diplaros has been a member of the Greek junior national teams. With the junior national teams of Greece, Diplaros played at the 2014 FIBA Under-17 World Championship, the 2015 FIBA Europe Under-18 Championship, where he won a gold medal, and at the 2nd division 2016 FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship Division B, where he won a bronze medal.

References

  1. ↑ Eurobasket.com Nikos Diplaros Height: 190cm / 6'2¾".
  2. ↑ AEK Athens lands Diplaros long term.
  3. ↑ ΑΕΚ RELEASED DIPLAROS.
  4. ↑ Aris close to signing talent Nikos Diplaros.
  5. ↑ A1Basket.gr Aris signed Nikos Diplaros.
  6. ↑ A1Basket.gr Diplaros on loan to Machites Doxas Pefkon.


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