Alexandros Nikolaidis (basketball)
Alexandros Nikolaidis is a Greek professional basketball player for Olympiacos B of the Greek 2nd Division. He is a 1.90 m tall point guard-shooting guard.Professional career
After playing in the Greek minor leagues with Mandoulides, Nikolaidis began his pro career in 2019, during the 2019–20 season, with the Greek 2nd Division club Olympiacos B Development Team, which is the reserve team of the Greek EuroLeague club Olympiacos Piraeus. Nikolaidis made his EuroLeague debut, with Olympiacos Piraeus, on 4 February 2020, in a EuroLeague 2019–20 season game versus the Lithuanian League club Žalgiris Kaunas. He replaced Georgios Printezis, as the youngest Greek born Olympiacos player to ever play in a EuroLeague game, and the second youngest Olympiacos player to ever play in a EuroLeague game overall, after Aleksej Pokuševski.Nikolaidis was a member of the junior national teams of Greece. With Greece's junior national teams, he played at the 2018 FIBA Under-16 European Championship, and the 2019 FIBA Under-18 European Championship.Personal life
Nikolaidis' father, Sotos, is a former professional basketball player and a coach. During his club playing career, Nikolaidis' father played five seasons in Europe's top level EuroLeague competition, with the Greek clubs PAOK Thessaloniki and AEK Athens. As a youth, Nikolaidis' basketball idol was Vassilis Spanoulis.
