| Intro | American-Georgian basketball player |
| Is |
Athlete Basketball player |
| From | United States of America |
| Type | Sports |
| Gender | male |
| Birth | 1 September 1985, Winston-Salem |
| Age: | 34 years |
Richard Marciano “Ricky” Hickman, Jr. (born September 1, 1985) is an American professional basketball player for EA7 Emporio Armani Milano of the Italian LBA and the EuroLeague. He also represents the Georgian national basketball team in international competitions. Standing at 6 ft 2.5 in (1.89 m), he plays at the shooting guard and point guard positions.
Early career
Hickman attended East Forsyth High School, and then attended UNC-Greensboro, where he played varsity college basketball for four years with the UNC Greensboro Spartans, starting in 2003.
Professional career
Hickman played with the professional basketball teams Otopeni in Romania, Gießen 46ers in Germany, and Namika Lahti in Finland, before joining the Italian 2nd Division team Junior Casale in 2010. In July 2011, he signed with Scavolini Pesaro for the 2011–12 season.
Hickman signed a two-year contract with the Israeli Super League team Maccabi Tel Aviv in 2012. In May 2014, he was named to the All-EuroLeague Second Team. Hickman helped Maccabi to win the EuroLeague title that season, along with teammates Tyrese Rice and David Blu.
On July 1, 2014, he signed a two-year contract with the Turkish club Fenerbahçe. On March 26, 2015, he suffered the Achilles tendon rupture injury in his right leg, which sidelined him off the court for the rest of season. Over 17 EuroLeague games, he averaged 9 points, 2.5 rebounds, and 2 assists per game, while also averaging 8 points and 2.6 assists over 15 Turkish League games. His team eventually advanced to the EuroLeague Final Four for the first time in team’s history. On May 15, 2015, however, they lost in the semifinal game to Real Madrid, by a score of 87–96.
On July 26, 2016, Hickman signed a 1+1 deal with Italian club EA7 Emporio Armani Milano.
Georgian national team
Hickman has represented the Georgian national basketball team internationally. He played at the EuroBasket 2013, where he averaged 11.8 points, 4.4 rebounds, and 1.6 assists per game, over 5 group stage games.
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 | PIR | Performance Index Rating | ||
| Bold | Career high | ||||||
Note: The EuroLeague is not the only competition in which the player participated for the team during the season. He also played in domestic competition, and regional competition if applicable.
| † | Denotes seasons in which Hickman won the EuroLeague |
EuroLeague
| Year | Team | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG | PIR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012–13 | Maccabi | 27 | 27 | 28.9 | .448 | .356 | .784 | 2.7 | 3.1 | 1.4 | .2 | 13.5 | 14.9 |
| 2013–14 † | 30 | 26 | 28.7 | .440 | .326 | .752 | 2.6 | 2.7 | .8 | .1 | 12.2 | 11.2 | |
| 2014–15 | Fenerbahçe | 17 | 4 | 22.1 | .333 | .328 | .800 | 2.5 | 2.0 | 1.1 | .1 | 9.0 | 7.7 |
| 2015–16 | 20 | 3 | 11.9 | .423 | .310 | .793 | 1.3 | 1.3 | .4 | .0 | 4.6 | 4.7 | |
| Career | 94 | 60 | 24.0 | .423 | .339 | .776 | 2.3 | 2.4 | .9 | .1 | 10.4 | 10.2 |