Nikos Pettas


Nikolaos "Nikos" Pettas is a Greek professional basketball player. He is a 6 ft 4 in tall shooting guard-small forward.

Professional career

Pettas began playing basketball with the junior teams of Olympiacos. With the senior men's team of Olympiacos, he played in the 1997 McDonald's Championship Final, against the Chicago Bulls. The first season of his pro career, was in the Greek League, during the 1998–99 season. He played in the European-wide 3rd-tier level FIBA EuroChallenge, during the 2007–08 season, with Olympias Patras.

National team career

Pettas was a member of the junior national teams of Greece. With Greece's junior national teams, he played at the following tournaments: the 1997 FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship, the 1998 FIBA Europe Under-18 Championship, where he won a bronze medal, the 1999 FIBA Under-19 World Championship, and the 2000 FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship.