Drew Nicholas
Nicholas with Efes Pilsen
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| Personal information | |
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| Born |
May 17, 1981 Hempstead, New York |
| Nationality | American |
| Listed height | 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) |
| Listed weight | 180 lb (82 kg) |
| Career information | |
| High school |
Long Island Lutheran (Brookville, New York) |
| College | Maryland (1999–2003) |
| NBA draft | 2003 / Undrafted |
| Playing career | 2003–2012 |
| Position | Shooting guard |
| Career history | |
| 2003–2004 | Fabriano Basket |
| 2004–2005 | Basket Livorno |
| 2005 | TAU Ceramica |
| 2005–2006 | Benetton Treviso |
| 2006–2008 | Efes Pilsen |
| 2008–2011 | Panathinaikos |
| 2011–2012 | Emporio Armani Milano |
| 2012 | CSKA Moscow |
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Andrew Lawrence "Drew" Nicholas (born May 17, 1981) is an American retired professional basketball player. A 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) tall shooting guard, Nicholas led the Euroleague 2005–06 season in scoring, averaging 18.4 points per game and thus won the Alphonso Ford Trophy. He also won the EuroLeague twice in 2009 and 2011.
Born in Hempstead, New York, Nicholas played high school basketball at Long Island Lutheran, in New York, from 1995 to 1999.
Nicholas played college basketball at the University of Maryland, College Park with the Maryland Terrapins from 1999 to 2003. In 2002, Nicholas helped Maryland win its first National Championship. 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. He also hit a three-pointer at the buzzer to give coach Gary Williams his 500th career coaching victory against NC State.
Nicholas was selected in the 2003 USBL Draft by the Texas Rim Rockers (59th overall). He then moved to Italy for the 2003–04 season, signed by Fabriano Basket, in the Italian LegADue (Italy's 2nd-tier level league). He led Legadue in scoring with 27.1 points per game that season. He was signed for the 2004–05 season by Basket Livorno. He led Italy's top-tier level Serie A in scoring with 22.8 points per game. At the end of the Italian League's regular season, he moved to Spain, signed for the remainder of the season by TAU Ceramica. He then went back to Italy for the 2005–06 season, signed by Benetton Treviso. He led the EuroLeague in scoring with 18.4 points per game. He moved to Turkey for the 2006–07 season, signed by Efes Pilsen. In March 2008, he briefly negotiated with the Israeli Super League club Maccabi Tel Aviv, on a three-year contract offer, but he was unable to reach a final contractual agreement with the club.
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