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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 ATeam Armani Jeans Milano Born May 17, 1981
Hempstead, New York, USANationality 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- REDIRECT Target page name
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.
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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.
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Awards and achievements Preceded by
Charles Smith
Alphonso Ford Trophy
2006Succeeded by
Igor Rakočević
Maryland Terrapins Men's Basketball 2001–02 NCAA Champions 1 Byron Mouton | 3 Juan Dixon (MOP) | 12 Drew Nicholas | 25 Steve Blake | 33 Ryan Randle | 35 Lonny Baxter | 45 Tahj Holden | 54 Chris Wilcox
Coach Gary Williams
Assistant Coaches: Jimmy Patsos | Dave DickersonPanathinaikos BC 2008–09 Euroleague Champions 4 Alvertis | 5 Kecman | 6 Spanoulis (Final4 MVP) | 7 Perperoglou | 8 Batiste | 9 Fotsis | 10 Hatzivrettas | 11 Nicholas | 12 Tsartsaris | 13 Diamantidis | 14 Peković | 15 Šakota | 16 Shermadini | 17 Verginis | 19 Jasikevičius | Coach Obradović
Panathinaikos BC 2010–11 Euroleague Champions 5 Tepić | 6 Marić | 7 Perperoglou | 8 Batiste | 9 Fotsis | 10 Sato | 11 Nicholas | 12 Tsartsaris | 13 Diamantidis (Final4 MVP) | 14 Vougioukas | 15 Calathes | 17 Bogris | 18 Kaimakoglou | Coach Obradović
Categories:- 1981 births
- Living people
- African American basketball players
- American expatriate basketball people in Greece
- American expatriate basketball people in Italy
- American expatriate basketball people in Spain
- American expatriate basketball people in Turkey
- Shooting guards
- Point guards
- Basketball players from New York
- People from Hempstead (town), New York
- Anadolu Efes SK players
- Saski Baskonia players
- Panathinaikos BC players
- Maryland Terrapins men's basketball players
- Pallacanestro Treviso players
- Olimpia Milano players
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