pass-first play maker with a distinctive style of play. His play making ability and pass first point guard skills at his height, combined with his versatility to play multiple positions on the basketball court on both ends of the floor made him an extraordinary player. Papaloukas was selected to the EuroLeague's 50th anniversary 50 Greatest EuroLeague Contributors list in 2008. Papaloukas is widely known by the nicknames of Teó and Thodoris. As a player, he was also sometimes given other much less used nicknames, such as The Computer, due to his ability to analyze the court, The Thread, because of his unique ability to complete passes through opposing defenses, like threading a needle, and other nicknames like Paps, Pappas, and The Tsar. Post playing career After he retired from playing professional basketball, Papaloukas was named a EuroLeague Legend, and also an official ambassador of the EuroLeague. He also became a member of the EuroLeague's official technical rules committee. EuroLeague career statistics |- | style="text-align:left;"| 2001–02 | style="text-align:left;"| Olympiacos | 19 || 13 || 26.9 || .468 || .333 || .671 || 2.9 || 4.0 || 2.0 || .2 || 8.4 || 10.2 |- | style="text-align:left;"| 2002–03 | style="text-align:left;"| CSKA | 21 || 1 || 16.4 || .453 || .280 || .630 || 2.0 || 3.4 || 1.1 || .0 || 4.7 || 8.0 |- | style="text-align:left;"| 2003–04 | style="text-align:left;"| CSKA | 21 || 0 || 17.4 || .453 || .172 || .782 || 1.7 || 2.7 || 1.5 || .1 || 6.3 || 8.5 |- | style="text-align:left;"| 2004–05 | style="text-align:left;"| CSKA | 23 || 0 || 18.5 || .611 || .412 || .679 || 2.3 || 3.8 || 1.3 || .1 || 7.6 || 11.3 |- | style="text-align:left;background:#AFE6BA;"| 2005–06† | style="text-align:left;"| CSKA | 24 || 0 || 22.7 || .549 || .275 || .736 || 3.1 || 4.0 || 1.8 || .3 || 9.3 || 13.9 |- | style="text-align:left;"| 2006–07 | style="text-align:left;"| CSKA | style="background:#CFECEC;"| 25* || 3 || 24.4 || .578 || .341 || .716 || 3.2 || style="background:#CFECEC;"| 5.4* || 1.7 || .2 || 9.8 || 15.3 |- | style="text-align:left;background:#AFE6BA;"| 2007–08† | style="text-align:left;"| CSKA | 23 || 0 || 21.8 || .500 || .242 || .690 || 2.7 || 4.6 || 1.2 || .0 || 7.7 || 11.2 |- | style="text-align:left;"| 2008–09 | style="text-align:left;"| Olympiacos | 22 || 2 || 25.1 || .612 || .368 || .636 ||