Nikos Zisis

Nikos Zisis

Zisis warming up with the Greek national team.
No. 6 – Brose Bamberg
Position	Point guard / Shooting guard
League	Bundesliga Euroleague
Personal information
Born	(1983-08-16) August 16, 1983 (age 33) Thessaloniki, Greece
Nationality	Greek
Listed height	1.97 m (6 ft 5 1⁄2 in)
Listed weight	98 kg (216 lb)
Career information
NBA draft	2005 / Undrafted
Playing career	2000–present
Career history
2000–2005	AEK Athens
2005–2007	Benetton Treviso
2007–2009	CSKA Moscow
2009–2012	Montepaschi Siena
2012–2013	Bilbao Basket
2013–2014	UNICS Kazan
2015	Fenerbahçe Ülker
2015–present	Brose Bamberg
Career highlights and awards
EuroLeague champion (2008) Greek League Best Young Player (2002) Acropolis Tournament MVP (2013) FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship MVP (2002) FIBA Young Player of The Year (2005)
Medals Men's basketball Representing Greece FIBA World Cup 2006 Japan National Team EuroBasket 2005 Serbia & Montenegro National Team 2009 Poland National Team Mediterranean Games 2001 Tunisia Team FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship 2002 Lithuania Team FIBA Europe Under-18 Championship 2000 Croatia Team FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship 1999 Slovenia Team

Nikolaos "Nikos" Zisis (alternate spelling: Zissis; Greek: Νικόλαος "Νίκος" Ζήσης; born August 16, 1983) is a Greek professional basketball player who plays for Brose Bamberg of the Basketball Bundesliga (BBL).

Zisis is 1.97 m (6 ft 5 ¾ in) tall, and he plays mainly at the point guard and shooting guard positions, although he can also play at the small forward position if necessary. His primary position with his pro club teams is point guard, while his primary position with the Greek national team was shooting guard. Zisis is known as "The Lord of the Rings", because he is the Greek player with the most combined medals won at the cadet, junior, young men's, and senior men's FIBA European and world tournaments.

Zisis started his playing career in the year 1996, playing with ΧΑΝΘ Thessaloniki (English: YMCA Thessaloniki). At the age of 17, he moved to Athens, and to the Greek League team AEK, where he began his professional basketball career. With AEK, he won the Greek Cup in 2001, and also the Greek League championship, in 2002. He also won the Greek League Best Young Player award in 2002.

He then moved to Treviso, Italy, and played on the Italian League team Benetton Treviso. With Treviso, he won the Italian Super Cup and the Italian League championship in the year 2006, and also the Italian Cup in the year 2007. He then left Italy, and moved to Moscow, Russia.