Ricky Hickman

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Ricky Hickman
File:Ricky Hickman. Haifa. 4.10.2012.jpg
Hickman, in 2012.
Personal information
Born (1985-09-01) September 1, 1985 (age 40)
Winston-Salem, North Carolina
NationalityAmerican / Georgian
Listed height1.89 m (6 ft 2 in)
Listed weight88 kg (194 lb)
Career information
High schoolEast Forsyth
(Kernersville, North Carolina)
CollegeUNC Greensboro (2003–2007)
NBA draft2007: undrafted
Playing career2007–2020
PositionShooting guard / point guard
Career history
2007–2008CS Otopeni
2008–2009Gießen 46ers
2009–2010Namika Lahti
2010–2011Fastweb Casale Monferrato
2011–2012Scavolini Pesaro
2012–2014Maccabi Tel Aviv
2014–2016Fenerbahçe
2016–2017Emporio Armani Milano
2017–2019Brose Bamberg
2020Pallacanestro Trieste
Career highlights
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Women's Basketball Hall of Fame

Richard Marciano Hickman, Jr. (born September 1, 1985) is an American-born naturalized Georgian former professional basketball player. He represented the Georgian national basketball team in international competitions. Standing at 6 ft 2.5 in (1.89 m), he played at the shooting guard and point guard positions. Hickman helped lead Maccabi Tel Aviv to a EuroLeague title in 2014, earning an All-EuroLeague Second Team selection in the process.

High school

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Hickman attended East Forsyth High School,[1] where he played high school basketball, from 1999 to 2003.

College career

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After high school, Hickman attended UNC-Greensboro, where he played varsity school college basketball for four years. He played with the school's UNC Greensboro Spartans, from 2003 to 2007.

Professional career

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Hickman played with the professional basketball teams Otopeni in Romania, Gießen 46ers in Germany, and Namika Lahti in Finland, before joining the Italian 2nd Division team Junior Casale in 2010.[2] In July 2011, he signed with Scavolini Pesaro for the 2011–12 season.[3]

Hickman signed a two-year contract with the Israeli Super League team Maccabi Tel Aviv in 2012.[4][5] In May 2014, he was named to the All-EuroLeague Second Team.[6] Hickman helped Maccabi to win the EuroLeague title that season, along with teammates Tyrese Rice, Sofoklis Schortsanitis, and David Blu.

On July 1, 2014, he signed a two-year contract with the Turkish Super League club Fenerbahçe.[7] On March 26, 2015, he suffered the Achilles tendon rupture injury in his right leg, which sidelined him off the court for the rest of season.[8] Over 17 EuroLeague games, he averaged 9 points, 2.5 rebounds, and 2 assists per game, while also averaging 8 points and 2.6 assists over 15 Turkish League games. His team eventually advanced to the EuroLeague Final Four for the first time in team's history.[9] On May 15, 2015, however, they lost in the semi-final game to Real Madrid, by a score of 87–96.[10]

On July 26, 2016, Hickman signed a 1+1 deal with Italian League club EA7 Emporio Armani Milano.[11][12] On July 14, 2017, Hickman signed a two-year contract with German League club Brose Bamberg.[13]

Hickman began the 2019–20 season as a free agent. On 6 January 2020, he signed with the Italian club Pallacanestro Trieste, for the second half remainder of the season.[14]

National team career

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Hickman represented the senior Georgian national team in national team competitions. With Georgia, he played at the 2013 EuroBasket, where he averaged 11.8 points, 4.4 rebounds, and 1.6 assists per game, over 5 group stage games.

Career statistics

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Legend
  GP Games played   GS  Games started  MPG  Minutes per game
 FG%  Field-goal percentage  3P%  3-point field-goal percentage  FT%  Free-throw percentage
 RPG  Rebounds per game  APG  Assists per game  SPG  Steals per game
 BPG  Blocks per game  PPG  Points per game  PIR  Performance index rating
 Bold  Career high

EuroLeague

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† Denotes seasons in which Hickman won the EuroLeague
Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG PIR
2012–13 Maccabi 27 27 28.9 .448 .356 .784 2.7 3.1 1.4 .2 13.5 14.9
2013–14† 30 26 28.7 .440 .326 .752 2.6 2.7 .8 .1 12.2 11.2
2014–15 Fenerbahçe 17 4 22.1 .333 .328 .800 2.5 2.0 1.1 .1 9.0 7.7
2015–16 20 3 11.8 .423 .310 .793 1.3 1.3 .4 .0 4.6 4.7
2016–17 Milano 30 20 24.9 .419 .349 .802 2.6 3.3 .8 .1 10.1 10.4
2017–18 Bamberg 28 21 23.9 .385 .326 .818 2.3 2.2 1.1 .1 11.7 9.7
Career 152 101 24.1 .408 .336 .778 2.4 2.6 1.0 .1 10.6 10.2

References

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