Kostas Papanikolaou

Olympiacos • Olympiacos • SF • 2 years of NBA experience

Also listed under: Signed in Greece

Height6'8
Weight225 lbs
Born30th July 1990 (age 36)
Nationality🇬🇷Greece
Pre-draft teamOlympiacos (Greece)
HandLeft
AgentGeorge Sferopoulos (Sfera Sports Association)
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Representative Teams
EuroBasket 2025 roster
Greece
Olympics 2024 roster
Greece
FIBA World Cup 2023 roster
Greece
EuroBasket 2022 roster
Greece
FIBA World Cup 2019 roster
Greece

Stats
Year League Team GMPGPTS/GFGFGAFG% 3P3PA3P% FTFTAFT%ORBDRB TRBASTSTLBLKTOVPF
2008-09 EuroCup Aris Thessaloniki 2 2.0 1.0 0.5 1.5 33.3% 0.0 1.0 0.0% 0.0 0.0 0.0% 0.0 0.0 2.1 0.0 0.0 0.5 0.0 0.0
2009-10 EuroLeague Olympiacos 6 6.4 0.8 0.3 1.3 25.0% 0.0 0.7 0.0% 0.2 0.3 50.0% 0.5 0.7 1.2 0.8 0.5 0.0 0.0 0.7
2010-11 EuroLeague Olympiacos 16 13.7 3.9 1.3 2.9 42.6% 0.6 1.4 43.5% 0.7 1.1 64.7% 1.1 2.0 3.1 0.3 0.6 0.1 0.5 2.1
2011-12 EuroLeague Olympiacos 22 19.8 6.1 2.2 4.5 49.0% 0.6 1.9 33.3% 1.0 1.5 68.8% 1.0 2.4 3.4 0.6 0.5 0.3 0.5 1.5
2011-12 Greece Olympiacos 32 20.8 7.8 2.7 5.3 49.7% 0.8 2.2 34.8% 1.7 2.5 68.4% 1.3 3.3 4.6 0.7 1.1 0.3 0.7 2.1
2012-13 EuroLeague Olympiacos 31 23.8 8.7 3.0 6.0 49.7% 1.6 3.1 52.1% 1.1 1.5 72.3% 1.1 3.3 4.4 1.4 0.9 0.7 0.9 1.6
2012-13 Greece Olympiacos 34 22.3 9.2 3.5 6.1 56.9% 1.1 2.6 40.0% 1.2 1.9 63.5% 1.1 3.1 4.1 1.7 1.1 0.6 1.2 1.9
2013-14 EuroLeague Barcelona 28 25.0 6.9 2.8 5.4 50.7% 0.8 2.2 36.1% 0.6 1.3 50.0% 0.9 2.6 3.4 2.2 0.8 0.5 1.4 1.9
2013-14 Spain Barcelona 40 23.7 6.6 2.5 5.5 44.8% 0.8 2.3 33.3% 0.9 1.2 78.7% 0.9 3.2 4.0 1.1 0.9 0.4 1.4 2.0
2014-15 NBA Houston Rockets 43 18.5 4.2 1.6 4.6 35.0% 0.7 2.5 29.2% 0.3 0.4 72.2% 0.9 1.8 2.7 2.0 0.7 0.3 1.3 1.7
2015-16 EuroLeague Olympiacos 7 18.9 5.9 2.3 5.6 41.0% 0.3 2.4 11.8% 1.0 1.7 58.3% 1.3 3.0 4.3 1.0 0.6 0.4 0.7 2.7
2015-16 Greece Olympiacos 19 20.0 9.4 3.5 6.6 52.4% 1.0 2.9 34.5% 1.5 2.2 68.3% 1.1 3.2 4.3 1.6 1.1 0.2 1.1 1.9
2015-16 NBA Denver Nuggets 26 11.3 2.6 0.9 2.5 36.4% 0.4 1.2 31.3% 0.3 0.5 64.3% 0.3 1.2 1.5 0.6 0.5 0.2 0.8 0.9
2016-17 EuroLeague Olympiacos 37 23.3 8.1 2.8 6.6 42.2% 1.0 3.2 31.6% 1.5 1.9 82.6% 1.5 3.3 4.8 1.5 1.2 0.4 1.2 2.4
2016-17 Greece Olympiacos 29 21.7 9.3 3.3 6.7 48.7% 1.2 3.3 37.1% 1.6 2.0 76.3% 1.1 3.5 4.6 1.3 0.9 0.2 1.2 1.9
2017-18 EuroLeague Olympiacos 28 24.1 8.3 2.5 5.3 46.9% 0.9 2.4 37.3% 2.5 3.2 77.5% 1.0 3.3 4.3 2.1 1.0 0.4 1.5 2.1
2017-18 Greece Olympiacos 30 22.8 8.3 3.0 5.9 50.6% 0.8 2.5 31.6% 1.5 2.0 73.8% 1.2 3.7 4.9 2.0 0.8 0.5 1.5 1.9
2018-19 EuroLeague Olympiacos 30 23.4 6.9 2.3 5.3 43.1% 1.3 3.5 37.1% 1.0 1.4 73.8% 0.6 3.3 3.9 1.6 0.8 0.3 1.5 1.7
2018-19 Greece Olympiacos 22 23.4 7.3 2.5 5.7 44.4% 1.0 2.9 32.8% 1.2 1.7 73.0% 0.3 2.9 3.1 2.4 1.1 0.2 1.4 1.7
2019-20 EuroLeague Olympiacos 26 23.9 8.5 2.9 6.1 48.1% 1.4 3.5 39.1% 1.3 1.8 70.8% 0.4 3.2 3.6 1.5 1.4 0.3 1.9 1.8
2020-21 EuroLeague Olympiacos 14 21.7 5.7 1.6 4.5 36.5% 1.2 3.3 37.0% 1.2 1.4 89.5% 0.3 1.9 2.2 1.9 0.6 0.5 1.1 2.1
2021-22 EuroLeague Olympiacos 37 23.5 6.6 2.3 5.7 40.8% 1.2 3.8 33.1% 0.7 0.9 75.8% 0.5 2.5 3.0 1.6 0.9 0.2 1.1 2.0
2021-22 Greece Olympiacos 29 21.6 7.0 2.4 5.1 47.7% 1.3 3.3 40.0% 0.8 1.1 68.8% 0.6 2.6 3.1 2.3 1.0 0.2 1.6 1.3
2022-23 EuroLeague Olympiacos 38 25.3 8.7 3.2 6.0 52.6% 1.4 3.3 42.9% 0.9 1.3 72.9% 0.7 3.0 3.8 1.9 0.7 0.2 1.4 1.6
2022-23 Greece Olympiacos 28 22.3 7.8 2.8 5.9 47.0% 1.2 3.5 34.7% 1.0 1.5 66.7% 0.3 2.7 3.0 3.2 0.8 0.4 1.5 1.5
2023-24 EuroLeague Olympiacos 38 25.1 7.4 2.6 6.1 43.5% 1.3 3.7 36.2% 0.8 1.2 65.2% 0.8 2.9 3.6 2.7 0.8 0.1 1.2 1.7
2023-24 Greece Olympiacos 33 23.3 8.4 3.1 6.5 47.4% 1.2 3.3 36.7% 1.0 1.5 69.4% 0.9 3.1 4.0 2.8 0.7 0.2 1.6 1.7
2024-25 EuroLeague Olympiacos 38 18.8 4.8 1.6 3.9 41.5% 0.9 2.6 34.0% 0.7 1.0 69.2% 0.6 2.2 2.8 2.1 0.6 0.3 0.8 1.9
2025-26 EuroLeague Olympiacos 36 14.3 2.9 1.0 2.9 35.6% 0.8 2.5 31.1% 0.1 0.2 28.6% 0.3 1.4 1.8 1.6 0.4 0.1 1.0 1.7
2025-26 Greece Olympiacos 29 20.0 5.9 2.2 4.1 52.5% 1.2 3.1 40.4% 0.3 0.7 47.4% 0.4 1.8 2.2 2.7 0.6 0.1 1.2 1.4

Teams
DateTeam
2007 - August 2009 Aris Thessaloniki (Greece)
August 2009 - July 2013 Olympiacos (Greece)
July 2013 - August 2014 Barcelona (Spain)
September 2014 - July 2015 Houston Rockets (NBA)
July 2015 - January 2016 Denver Nuggets (NBA)
January 2016 - present Olympiacos (Greece)

Transactions
DateLeagueTransaction
27th August 2009 Greece Signed a five-year contract with Olympiacos.
2012 NBA Draft NBA Drafted 48th overall by New York Knicks.
16th July 2012 NBA Draft rights traded by New York Knicks, along with Dan Gadzuric, a signed-and-traded Jared Jeffries, a 2016 second-round pick (#37, Chinanu Onuaku), cash and the draft rights to Giorgos Printezis (#58, 2007), to Portland Trail Blazers in exchange for Kurt Thomas and a signed-and-traded Raymond Felton.
10th July 2013 NBA Draft rights traded by Portland Trail Blazers, along with a 2015 second-round pick (#37, Richaun Holmes), a 2017 second-round pick (#45, Dillon Brooks) and the draft rights to Marko Todorovic (#45, 2013) to Houston Rockets in exchange for Thomas Robinson.
20th July 2013 Greece Left Olympiacos.
20th July 2013 Spain Signed a three-year contract with Barcelona.
24th August 2014 Spain Left Barcelona.
29th September 2014 NBA Signed a partially guaranteed two-year, $9,599,328 contract with Houston Rockets.
20th July 2015 NBA Traded by Houston Rockets, along with Nick Johnson, Joey Dorsey, Pablo Prigioni, a protected 2016 first-round pick (#15, Juancho Hernangomez and cash, to Denver Nuggets in exchange for Ty Lawson and a 2017 second-round pick (#43, Isaiah Hartenstein).
25th September 2015 NBA Waived by Denver Nuggets.
5th November 2015 NBA Signed an unguaranteed minimum salary contract for the remainder of the season and through 2017 with Denver Nuggets.
7th January 2016 NBA Waived by Denver Nuggets.
20th January 2016 Greece Signed for the remainder of the season and through 2019 with Olympiacos.

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An Unnecessarily Exhaustive Guide To The Euroleague Final Eight

Alongside that incoming duo, the incumbent Giannis Bourousis remains, intimidating any opposing guard who dare drive at him, throwing his weight around on the class, rebounding prolifically, making layups, and sticking his threes. Challenge him at your peril. Behind him, former Timberwolves draft pick Loukas Mavrokefalidis provides some smooth, fluid, unspectacular scoring ability, as does 7 footer (and another former NBA draft pick) Andreas Glyniadakis, who has moves, touch, finesse, and absolutely no speed. Marko Keselj was bought from the financially destitute Crvena Zvezda, and serves as the young thin athletic combo forward option, demonstrating a greatly improved jumpshot this season to go along with his athleticism and all the opportunities that having it opens up. And small forward prospect Kostas Papanikolaou is maturing quickly. From being nothing more than a garbage time player last season, Papanikolaou has become a valued and regular contributor to the team, demonstrating good athleticism, rebounding, extra passing, spot-up shooting and occasionally very effective defense, all while making few mistakes for one so experienced being exposed to such a high standard of play. He has certainly been well schooled.
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