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Carl Nicks
Personal information
Born (1958-10-06) October 6, 1958 (age 65)
Chicago, Illinois
NationalityAmerican
Listed height6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
Listed weight175 lb (79 kg)
Career information
High schoolEnglewood Technical Prep Academy
(Chicago, Illinois)
College
NBA draft1980: 1st round, 23rd overall pick
Selected by the Denver Nuggets
Playing career1980–1989
PositionPoint guard / Shooting guard
Number3, 12, 22, 24
Career history
1980Denver Nuggets
1980–1982Utah Jazz
1981–1982Billings Volcanos
1983Cleveland Cavaliers
1983–1984Toronto Tornados
1984–1985Saint-Étienne
1985–1987BC Oostende
1987–1989ASPO Tours
Career highlights and awards
Stats Edit this at Wikidata at NBA.com
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com

Orlando Carl Nicks (born October 6, 1958) is a retired American National Basketball Association (NBA) player. At 6'1" 175 lb, Nicks played guard during his career. A graduate of Chicago's Englewood High School, Nicks finished with NBA career averages of 6.8 ppg, 1.6 apg and 0.8 spg over those three seasons and currently[when?] is the most recent Indiana State University player drafted by the NBA.

College career

In his freshman season at Indiana State, Nicks only averaged 2.2 points in 24 games. Bob King, the head coach, recommended that Nicks leave the Sycamores and go to a junior college to refine his skills and work on his game. He spent the 1977–78 season at Gulf Coast Community College in Panama City, Florida, where he averaged 22.4 points a game, returning the next season to Indiana State. When he returned he was a more mature and more confident player. It was the 1978–79 season that he started improving and that's where he earned his nickname; Mr. Intensity. That year he averaged 19.3 points but it was the 1980 season that he really came out and started scoring, averaging 26.7 points a game. Nicks started with Larry Bird in 1978–79 and helped lead Indiana State to the championship game in the NCAA tournament by averaging 19.3 ppg, 5 apg, 3.5 rpg and 1.8 spg on 46% shooting.[1]

Nicks was twice named to the All-Missouri Valley Conference first team, in both 1979 and 1980. He was also named to the USA Select Team in 1979 for a tour of the People's Republic of China.

Professional career

After being selected by the Denver Nuggets with the 23rd overall pick in the 1980 NBA draft,[2] Nicks played in three seasons with three different teams: the Nuggets (1980), the Utah Jazz (1981-1982), and the Cleveland Cavaliers (1982-1983). Nicks for the Nuggets before being traded to the Utah Jazz on December 22, 1980 for Billy McKinney. He backed up Rickey Green with Utah. He was subsequently released by the Jazz early in the 1982 season and was signed as a free agent by the Cavaliers.

In 156 career NBA games, Nicks averaged 16 minutes, 6.8 points, 1.9 rebouncs and 1.6 assists.[3]

He spent played for the Toronto Tornados of the Continental Basketball Association (CBA) during the 1983–84 season and then spent five seasons in the French professional league following his NBA career, playing for Saint-Étienne in 1984–85 and for ASPO Tours from 1987 to 1989.

Personal

After retiring as a player, Nicks coached alongside Bill Hodges, his former head coach at Indiana State, at Mercer University.

He then settled in Indianapolis, beginning a career at Methodist Hospital.

In 2005, Nicks was hired as a college scout by the Indiana Pacers and in 2014, he was promoted to manager – player relations with the Indiana Pacers.[4]

Honors

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  Bold  Career high

NBA

Regular season

Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
1980–81 Denver 27 0 18.3 .436 .000 .593 1.8 3.0 1.0 .1 6.1
1980–81 Utah 40 0 15.4 .510 .000 .537 1.5 1.7 .8 .0 6.3
1981–82 Utah 80 1 16.5 .454 .000 .567 2.0 1.7 .8 .1 7.4
1982–83 Cleveland 9 2 16.4 .441 .000 .647 2.9 1.2 .7 .0 7.0
Career 156 3 16.5 .462 .000 .570 1.9 1.6 .8 .0 6.8

College

Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
1976–77 Indiana State 24 — 7.0 .370 — .481 1.1 — — — 2.2
1978–79 Indiana State 34 — — .464 — .667 3.5 — — — 19.3
1979–80 Indiana State 27 — — .441 — .775 4.2 — — — 26.8
Career 85 — — .449 — .714 3.0 — — — 16.8

References

  1. ^ Benbow, Dana Hunsinger (January 17, 2019). "Carl Nicks: The forgotten ISU basketball phenom overshadowed by Larry Bird". Indianapolis Star. Retrieved February 17, 2019.
  2. ^ "Nuggets sign Carl Nicks". South Bend Tribune. July 22, 1980. p. 30. Retrieved September 22, 2018 – via Newspapers.com. Open access icon
  3. ^ https://www.basketball-reference.com/players/n/nicksca01.html
  4. ^ Finch, Jackie Sheckler (April 1, 2015). "Carl Nicks, '80: As manager of player relations for the Indiana Pacers, Carl Nicks says his life and career has come full circle". State Magazine. Retrieved February 17, 2019.
  5. ^ Hughes, David (February 16, 2019). "Carl Nicks gets to see No. 22 retired by ISU". Tribune-Star. Retrieved February 16, 2019.

External links

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