Nickolas Neal
No. 5 – Legia Warszawa | |
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Position | Point guard |
League | PLK |
Personal information | |
Born | Detroit | November 17, 1988
Nationality | American |
Listed height | 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) |
Career information | |
High school | St. Petersburg HS (St. Petersburg, Florida) |
College | Purdue North Central (2010–2012) |
NBA draft | 2012: undrafted |
Playing career | 2013–present |
Career history | |
2013–2017 | Sunshine Vieste |
2017–2018 | Tskhum-Abkhazeti |
2018–2019 | BC Cactus Tbilisi |
2019–2020 | KK Alkar |
2020 | HydroTruck Radom |
2020–present | Legia Warszawa |
Career highlights and awards | |
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Nickolas Neal (born November 17, 1988) is an American professional basketball player for Legia Warszawa of the Polish Basketball League. He played college basketball at Purdue North Central from 2010 to 2012.
College career
In his junior season (2011), he was a second team All-Conference selection with 16.5 points per game.[1]
In 2016 Neal was inducted in to the Purdue North Central Hall of Fame.[1]
Professional career
He started his professional career with BK Team Vieste (Italy-Serie C Silver).[2] By first four years in Italy he never averaged lower than 24.4 points per game.[2]
On November 2, 2018 he has signed with BC Cactus Tbilisi.[3] During 2018-19 season he averaged 16.1 points, 3.8 rebounds and 4.4 assists per game.[2]
Neal joined the Croatian league's KK Alkar on August 21, 2019.[3] He scored 18.4 points per game, 5.5 assists, 3.8 rebounds and 2.1 steals in 20 games.[3]
On May 29, 2020, he signed with HydroTruck Radom of the Polish Basketball League.[4] He averaged 14.9 points, 4.7 assists and 1.6 steals per game.[5] On September 29, 2020 he was named MVP of the fifth round Polish Basketball League.[6]
On November 18, 2020, he has signed with Legia Warszawa of the Polish Basketball League.[7]
References
- ^ a b "PNW Pride Athletics – Nickolas Neal". pnwathletics.com. Retrieved 9 December 2020.
- ^ a b c "Nick Neal's Neverending Hard Work Has Paid Off As He Has Gone From The NAIA To The Croatian Premijer League MVP". eurobasket.com. Retrieved 22 May 2020.
- ^ a b c "RealGM Profile". realgm.com. Retrieved 2 November 2020.
- ^ "HydroTruck lands Nickolas Neal, ex Alkar". eurobasket.com. Retrieved 29 May 2020.
- ^ "Nickolas Neal profile at plk.pl". plk.pl. Retrieved 9 December 2020.
- ^ "Nickolas Neal MVP 5. tygodnia EBL" (in Polish). PLK. December 29, 2020. Retrieved September 29, 2020.
- ^ "Nickolas Neal moves to Legia". Eurobasket. December 18, 2020. Retrieved December 9, 2020.
External links
- 1988 births
- Living people
- American expatriate basketball people in Poland
- American expatriate basketball people in Croatia
- American expatriate basketball people in Georgia (country)
- American expatriate basketball people in Italy
- American men's basketball players
- Basketball players from Florida
- Rosa Radom players
- Legia Warsaw (basketball) players
- Point guards
- American basketball biography, 1980s birth stubs