Ricky Hickman

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Ricky Hickman
No. 3 – Fenerbahçe Istanbul
Position Shooting guard / Point guard
League Turkish Basketball League
Euroleague
Personal information
Born (1985-09-01) September 1, 1985 (age 38)
Winston-Salem, North Carolina
Nationality American / Georgian
Listed height 6 ft 2.5 in (1.89 m)
Listed weight 195 lb (88 kg)
Career information
High school East Forsyth
(Kernersville, North Carolina)
College UNC Greensboro (2003–2007)
NBA draft 2007 / Undrafted
Playing career 2007–present
Career history
2007–2008 CS Otopeni
2008–2009 Gießen 46ers
2009–2010 Namika Lahti
2010–2011 Fastweb Casale Monferrato
2011–2012 Scavolini Pesaro
2012–2014 Maccabi Tel Aviv
2014–present Fenerbahçe
Career highlights and awards

Richard Marciano "Ricky" Hickman, Jr. (born September 1, 1985) is an American professional basketball player who plays for Fenerbahçe of the Turkish Basketball League (TBL). He also represents the Georgian national basketball team in the international competitions. Standing at 6 ft 2.5 in (1.89 m), he plays at the shooting guard and point guard positions.

Early career

Hickman attended East Forsyth High School,[1] and then attended UNC-Greensboro, where he played varsity college basketball for four years with the UNC Greensboro Spartans, starting in 2003.

Professional career

He 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 led Maccabi to the Euroleague title that season, along with teammates Tyrese Rice and David Blu.

On July 1, 2014, he signed a two-year contract with the Turkish club Fenerbahçe.[7] On March 26, 2015, he suffered the Achilles tendon rupture injury on 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 semifinal game to Real Madrid with 87–96.[10]

Georgian national team

Hickman has represented the Georgian national basketball team internationally. He played at the EuroBasket 2013, where he averaged 11.8 points, 4.4 rebounds, and 1.6 assists per game, over 5 group stage games.

Career statistics

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

Note: The Euroleague is not the only competition in which the player participated for the team during the season. He also played in domestic competition, and regional competition if applicable.

† Denotes seasons in which Hickman won the Euroleague

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 † Maccabi 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
Career 74 57 27.3 .423 .339 .775 2.6 2.7 1.1 .1 11.9 11.7

References

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