Nikos Persidis
Nikolaos Persidis (Greek: Νικόλαος "Νίκος" Περσίδης; born September 8, 1995) is a Greek professional basketball player for Lavrio of the Greek Basket League and the Basketball Champions League. He is a 2.00 m (6'6 ") tall small forward. Professional career. Persidis began his club career, while still being a student, in 2011, with the Greek club AGE Chalkida. In 2013, Ikaros Chalkidas's head coach Georgios Kalafatakis, picked him to join the team that year. In that season, the club played in Chalkida, instead of its regular home of Kallithea. Persidis then spent a season with the Greek club  Psychiko. After that, he played with the Greek clubs Pagrati and Ionikos Nikaias. With Ionikos Nikaias, he started to receive major playing time. For the 2017–18 season, Persidis moved to Ethnikos Piraeus, which he helped to lead to the Greek 2nd division's playoffs. During that season, he appeared in 32 games, and he averaged 5.6 points and 4.3 rebounds, in 18 minutes played per game. In the following season, Persidis played with the Greek 2nd division club Diagoras Dryopideon. With Diagoras, he appeared in 29 games, and averaged 6.2 points and 4 rebounds, in 16.5 minutes played per game . Persidis' performance with Diagoras was noticed by the coaching and scouting staff of the Greek EuroLeague club Panathinaikos. Eventually, Persidis joined the "Greens" team in the summer of 2019. He was primarily signed by the team to be used as an ancillary practice squad player, along with Kostas Papadakis, who would also have a similar role on the team. On December 26, 2020, Persidis moved to Lavrio for the rest of the season. National team career. Persidis was selected to the Greek national 3x3 team for the 2018 Mediterranean Games, which took place in Tarragona, Spain.