Drew Nicholas

Drew Nicholas

Nicholas with Efes Pilsen S.K.
Position	Shooting guard
Height	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)
Weight	180 lb (82 kg)
League	Euroleague Lega Basket Serie A
Team	Armani Jeans Milano
Born	May 17, 1981 (1981-05-17) (age 30) Hempstead, New York, USA
Nationality	American
College	Maryland
Draft	Undrafted, 2003
Pro career	2003–present
Career history	Fabriano Basket (2003-04) Basket Livorno (2004-05) TAU Vitoria (2005) Benetton Treviso (2005-06) Efes Pilsen (2006-08) Panathinaikos (2008-11) Armani Jeans Milano (2011)
Awards	Italian League Second Division Scoring Leader 2004 Italian League First Division Scoring Leader 2005 Alphonso Ford Trophy 2006

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Andrew "Drew" Lawrence Nicholas (born May 17, 1981, in Hempstead, New York) is an American professional basketball player. He is currently playing for the pro club Armani Jeans Milano of the Italian Basketball League.

Player profile

A 1.93 m (6'4") tall shooting guard-small forward, Nicholas led the Euroleague 2005-06 season in scoring, averaging 18.4 points per game and thus won the Alphonso Ford Trophy.

Basketball career

Amateur career

Nicholas played high school basketball at Long Island Lutheran, New York from 1995-99. He played college basketball at the University of Maryland, College Park with the Maryland Terrapins from 1999-03. He made the All-Atlantic Coast Conference 2nd Team in his senior season in college. His most memorable moment came in the 2003 NCAA Tournament when he hit a three pointer at the buzzer to win a first round game against UNC-Wilmington.

Pro career

Nicholas was selected in the 2003 USBL Draft by the Texas Rim Rockers (#59 overall). He then moved to Italy for the 2003-04 season, signed by Fabriano Basket, in the Italian LegADue. He was signed for the 2004-05 season by Basket Livorno. At the end of the Italian regular season, he moved to Spain, signed for the remainder of the season by Saski Baskonia Vitoria. He then went back to Italy for the 2005-06 season, signed by Benetton Treviso. He moved to Turkey for the 2006-07 season, signed by Efes Pilsen. On June 24, 2008 he signed a 2-year contract with Greek club Panathinaikos.^[1] In July 2011 he signed with Armani Jeans Milano.^[2]

Personal

In February 2008, Nicholas refused to travel with Efes Pilsen for the away match against Partizan Belgrade in Belgrade, due to an advice for U.S. citizens not to visit Serbia related to the tension after the declaration of independence of Kosovo. He was then banned from the club and shortly after that he was released. In March 2008 he shortly negotiated with Israeli side Maccabi Tel Aviv on a three-year contract offer, but came to no final contract agreement with the club. Nicholas has been engaged since August 2011.

References

1. ^ Panathinaikos brings in Drew Nicholas
2. ^ Milano lands Drew Nicholas!

External links

• Euroleague.net Profile
• Basketpedya.com Profile

Awards and achievements
Preceded by Charles Smith	Alphonso Ford Trophy 2006	Succeeded by Igor Rakočević

Persondata
Name	Nicholas, Drew
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Date of birth	May 17, 1981
Place of birth	Hempstead, New York, USA
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