After lifting the EuroLeague trophy in 2024 and earning Final Four MVP honors in the process, Sloukas became just the second player in history to win the competition with three different teams, alongside Sarunas Jasikevicius.
Sloukas played in his third straight EuroLeague Finals with Fenerbahçe, as the club also made it to the 2018 EuroLeague Finals, where they eventually lost to Real Madrid, by a score of 85–80.[12] During the 2017–18 EuroLeague season, Sloukas averaged career-highs of 10 points, 2.5 rebounds, and 5.4 assists per game, in 35 games played.[13]
As a member of Fenerbahçe, Sloukas also won three Turkish Super League championships (2016, 2017, 2018), the Turkish Cup (2016), and two Turkish President's Super Cups (2016, 2017). On 25 April 2019, Sloukas, was the star yet again for the Turkish side as he finished the game with a double-double of 25 points, 10 assists, 5 rebounds, and 4 steals against BC Žalgiris helping his club to win the series with an aggregate 3-1 to secure a place in the Final-4 for a fifth consecutive season. Sloukas has qualified for seven Final-4's in his career, with all seven appearances coming in the last eight seasons. On July 23, 2020 Sloukas and the Turkish club officially parted ways after five successful seasons.[14]
Return to Olympiacos
On July 24, 2020, Sloukas signed a three-year contract with Olympiacos.[15]
On 12 August 2020, it was announced by the Euroleague that he was a member of the top10 (team) of Olympiacos in the decade 2010-2020, being fifth in the public vote with a percentage of 79.33%. On 16 August 2020, it was announced by the Euroleague that he was a member of the top ten (team) and Fenerbahce in the decade 2010-2020, being fourth in the public vote with 84.78%.
On 18 December 2020, he became the eighth player in Euroleague history to exceed 1,000 assists.
In the 2020-2021 season, he finished with Olympiakos in twelfth place.
In the 2021-2022, he became the youngest player (31 years and 342 days old) in Euroleague history with 200+ wins. On 27 January 2022, he completed 300 Euroleague appearances, becoming the tenth athlete to achieve this feat. On January 29, against AEK for the Greek Championship, he set three individual career records. He had 23 points (4/6 two points, 4/7 three points, 3/4 shots) which constitute his top performance in A1. He also had 11 assists (individual record draw) and 37 points in the rating system which is also an individual record. On February 20, he won the Greek Cup, defeating Panathinaikos 81-73 in the final.
In addition Olympiacos achieved to qualify to the Play-Off Round of EuroLeague by Finising 2nd in the Regular Season. After facing Monaco in a best-of-five series, Olympiacos qualified to the Final Four with 3-2 wins , 5 years after team's last participate.
On July 6, 2023, after a week of heavy negotiating, Sloukas informed Olympiacos that he would not be renewing his contract with the club, becoming a free agent once more.
Sloukas was mainly concerned about the tactical playing style of the team and had clashed with coach Georgios Bartzokas throughout their shared tenure.
Panathinaikos
On July 8, 2023, in a move echoing the historically controversial transfer of Vassilis Spanoulis in the summer of 2010, Sloukas agreed upon a lucrative three-year deal with Panathinaikos, signing with the arch-nemesis of Olympiacos and changing the power dynamics of Greek basketball, as well as the EuroLeague, once again.[16] Sloukas was also named team captain before the start of the season by coach Ergin Ataman.
In just his first season with Panathinaikos, Sloukas lifted the Euroleague Title also winning the Final Four MVP and the Greek Championship, having a high-standards performance.
Sloukas at a national team game against France in 2017.
Sloukas is nicknamed, "Slouky Luke" (pronounced Slucky Luke)[19][20] or the "man who shoots and passes faster than his shadow", which is a word play on his name and the Lucky Luke character.[21][22] Since June 2021, Sloukas has been married to his wife Maria Darsinou and they have a daughter named Valeria and a newborn son.
