Ricky Hickman
Richard Marciano Hickman, Jr. (born September 1, 1985) is an American-Georgian professional basketball player for Pallacanestro Trieste of the Italian Lega Basket Serie A (LBA). He represents the Georgian national basketball team in international competitions. Standing at 6 ft 2.5 in (1.89 m), he plays 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.
No. 9 – Pallacanestro Trieste | |
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Position | Shooting guard / Point guard |
League | Lega Basket Serie A |
Personal information | |
Born | Winston-Salem, North Carolina | September 1, 1985
Nationality | American / Georgian |
Listed height | 1.89 m (6 ft 2 in) |
Listed weight | 88 kg (194 lb) |
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 |
2014–2016 | Fenerbahçe |
2016–2017 | Emporio Armani Milano |
2017–2019 | Brose Bamberg |
2020–present | Pallacanestro Trieste |
Career highlights and awards | |
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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
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 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 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 club EA7 Emporio Armani Milano.[11][12]
On July 14, 2017, Hickman signed a two-year contract with German club Brose Bamberg.[13]
He starts the 2019-20 season as free agent until when, at the beginning of 2020, on 6th January, Pallacanestro Trieste signs him for the remaining second half of the season.[14]
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
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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 |
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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 | 11.9 | .423 | .310 | .793 | 1.3 | 1.3 | .4 | .0 | 4.6 | 4.7 | |
2016–17 | Milano | 30 | 20 | 25.0 | .419 | .349 | .802 | 2.6 | 3.3 | .8 | .1 | 10.1 | 10.4 |
Career | 94 | 60 | 24.0 | .423 | .339 | .776 | 2.3 | 2.4 | .9 | .1 | 10.4 | 10.2 |
References
- "Ricky Hickman". Yahoo!. Retrieved April 21, 2013.
- "Ricky Hickman signs for Casale". Sportando.com. April 27, 2010. Retrieved September 30, 2014.
- "Scavolini Pesaro lands Ricky Hickman". Sportando.com. July 2, 2011. Retrieved September 30, 2014.
- Amy Samin (June 17, 2012). "Ricky Hickman Agrees to Two Year Deal with Maccabi". Talkbasket.net. Retrieved July 15, 2012.
- "Ricky Hickman Agrees to Two Year Deal with Maccabi". maccabi.co.il. June 16, 2012. Retrieved September 30, 2014.
- "2013–14 All-Euroleague First and Second Teams announced". Euroleague.net. Retrieved May 9, 2014.
- "Fenerbahce lands All-Euroleague guard Hickman". Euroleague.net. Retrieved July 1, 2014.
- "Fenerbahce loses Hickman for season". euroleague.net. Retrieved March 27, 2015.
- "Fenerbahce for the first time in the Final Four". eurohoops.net. April 20, 2015. Archived from the original on May 18, 2015. Retrieved May 15, 2015.
- "Real Madrid heads to third straight final after beating Fenerbahce". euroleague.net. May 15, 2015. Retrieved May 15, 2015.
- Olimpia Milano announced Ricky Hickman
- Olimpia Milano signs Ricky Hickman
- "Bamberg plugs former champ Hickman into backcourt". Euroleague.net. July 14, 2017. Retrieved July 14, 2017.
- "UN ALTRO COLPO PER L'ALLIANZ TRIESTE: FIRMATO RICKY HICKMAN" (in Italian). pallacanestrotrieste.it. January 6, 2019.
External links
- Ricky Hickman at eurobasket.com
- Ricky Hickman at euroleague.net
- Ricky Hickman at archive.fiba.com
- Ricky Hickman at fiba.com
- Ricky Hickman at legabasket.it (in Italian)
- Ricky Hickman at sports-reference.com
- Ricky Hickman at tblstat.net
- Ricky Hickman on Twitter