About Nikos Stavropoulos
Nikolaos "Nikos" Stavropoulos, a.k.a. Professor Nicholas "Magic" Stavropoulos, is a former Greek professional basketball player and coach. During his club playing career, at a height of 1.96 m tall, Stavropoulos played at the point guard and shooting guard positions. During his playing career, Stavropoulos was known for his dazzling passing skills, and his spectacular play-making ability, which garnered him the nickname "Magic", or "Greek Magic", after NBA player Magic Johnson, who played during the same era, and was also known for his dazzling passes and play-making ability. Stavropoulos is the first player to make a 3-point basket in the Greek League, after the 3-point shot was first introduced into the league, in the 1984–85 season. With PAOK, Stavropoulos won the Greek Cup title in 1984, in which he was the Greek Cup Finals Top Scorer without 25 points. With PAOK, he also won the European-wide secondary level FIBA European Cup Winners' Cup (Saporta Cup) championship in the 1990–91 season, and played in the same competition's final in the 1991–92 season. He also won the Greek League championship with PAOK in 1992.
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