Facts: - draft round: 4 - draft pick: 68 - career end: 1994 - height in: 0 - team: aris -lrb- greece -rrb- panathinaikos -lrb- greece -rrb- - birth date: 23 july 1957 - draft team: boston celtics - weight lb: 180 - caption: nikos galis with aris b.c. - draft year: 1979 - college: seton hall -lrb- 1975 -- 1979 -rrb- - fiba hof player: 19959 - birth place: union city , new jersey - high school: union hill -lrb- union city , new jersey -rrb- - career start: 1979 - image size: 180 - nationality: greek / american - career position: guard - years: 1979 -- 1992 1992 -- 1994 - career number: 6 , 4 - height ft: 6 - image: .jpg Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of nikos galis .
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nikolaos georgalis -lrb- -rrb- , commonly known as either nikos galis -lrb- -rrb- , or nick galis -lrb- alternate spellings include : nikos gallis , nick gallis , nicolaos georgalis , nicolaos georgallis , nikolaos galis , nikolaos gallis -rrb- -lrb- born july 23 , 1957 -rrb- , is a retired greek-american professional basketball player .he was named one of fiba 's 50 greatest players in 1991 , is an inaugural member of the fiba hall of fame and was named one of the 50 greatest euroleague contributors , on february 3 , 2008 .galis played the point guard position during his college years , but turned into a shooting guard as a professional .he spent most of his career in aris , before having a late stint with panathinaikos .he is the euroleague 's all-time leader in both career points scored and points per game -lrb- counting both fiba europe and euroleague basketball -lrb- company -rrb- era games -rrb- , leading the competition in scoring eight times .in the premier european club competition , he reached the euroleague final four on four occasions , three consecutive ones with aris -lrb- 1988 -- 90 -rrb- , and another one with panathinaikos -lrb- 1994 -rrb- .galis is also the greek championship 's all-time leading scorer in both career points scored and points per game -lrb- counting all the formats in league history -rrb- .in addition to that , he holds the fiba world championship scoring records for the highest career points per game average , as well as the most points ever scored at a world championship tournament , which he set at the 1986 fiba world championship .galis led the greek national team to a eurobasket gold medal in 1987 , as well as to a eurobasket silver medal in 1989 , earning the tournament mvp honor in 1987 , and being elected to the all-eurobasket team both times .following the stunning success of the eurobasket title in 1987 , he won the mr. europa player of the year and the euroscar awards the same year .galis is widely regarded as one of europe 's all-time greatest players in...