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Navid Niktash

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Navid Niktash
No. 8 – Petrochimi Bandar Imam BC
PositionPower forward / small forward
LeagueIBSL
Personal information
Born (1991-01-17) January 17, 1991 (age 33)[1]
France
NationalityIranian-french
Listed height6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)
Listed weight190 lb (86 kg)
Career information
NBA draft2014: undrafted
Playing career2014–present
Career history
2014-2016Angers Etoile d’Or St-Leonard [fr]
2016Norrköping Dolphins
2016–2017London Lions
2017–PresentPetrochimi Bandar Imam BC
Medals
FIBA Asia Cup
Silver medal – second place 2017 Lebanon

Navid Niktash (born January 17, 1991) is an Iranian-French professional basketball player for the London Lions of the British Basketball League (BBL). Niktash's plays small forward and power forward.[2]

Career

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Angers Etoile d’Or St-Leonard (2014-2016)

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In 2014, Niktash began his professional career in France with Étoile d'Or Saint Léonard Angers [fr] in the LNB Pro B. He remained with them for two years and helped them become champion of Group B of LNB Pro B in 2015.[3]

Norrköping Dolphins (2016)

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Niktash played two games for the Norrköping Dolphins in 2016 before signing with the London Lions. He scored 1.5 points on average and two rebounds in those two games.[3]

London Lions (2016–2017)

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Niktash signed with the London Lions in the British Basketball League – the top level men's basketball league in the United Kingdom. He played 29 games (27 as a starter) and averaged 14.59 points, 6.21 rebounds, 1.37 assists and 45% FG.[4] For three weeks he was named to the All-Star 5 ( 27th, 28th and 30th).[5]

Petrochimi Bandar Imam (since 2017)

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On August 20, 2017, Niktash signed with the Petrochimi Bandar Imam BC.[6] Petrochimi with him reached the fourth place in FIBA Asia Champions Cup.[7]

Iranian national team

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Niktash was invited to play for the Iran national basketball team in China in 2017.[8]

On August 9, 2017, he played his first official match for Iran against India. He recorded 3 points and 6 rebounds and .25 FG% in 12 minutes.[9] He debuted with the Iran national basketball team at the FIBA Asia Cup with averaging 1.5 points, 2.0 rebounds 0.3 steals and 22% ppg.[10]

Personal life

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Navid Niktash was born to an Iranian father and a French mother.[8]

References

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  1. ^ "Navide Niktash Player Profile, le Mans JALT, News, Stats - Eurobasket".
  2. ^ "Navid Niktash Basketball Player Profile, Petrochimi Bandar Imam Harbour, News, Superleague stats, Career, Games Logs, Best, Awards - eurobasket".
  3. ^ a b "Navid Niktash joins London Lightning - Court Side Newspaper". 25 November 2016.
  4. ^ "Players - BBL - British Basketball League". 4 March 2018.
  5. ^ http://bbl.org.uk/all-star-five/ [bare URL]
  6. ^ "نوید نیکتاش هم به پتروشیمی پیوست". 20 August 2017.
  7. ^ "پتروشیمی در مسابقات باشگاه‌های آسیا چهارم شد". Borna.news. Retrieved 2022-08-05.
  8. ^ a b "اولین گفت و گوی بازیکن فرانسوی تیم ملی بسکتبال". ورزش سه (in Persian). Retrieved 2017-11-11.
  9. ^ "Islamic Republic of Iran v India - 9 Aug - FIBA.basketball". FIBA.basketball. Archived from the original on July 21, 2017. Retrieved 2017-11-11.
  10. ^ "Navide NIKTASH at the FIBA Asia Cup 2017 - FIBA.basketball". FIBA.basketball. Retrieved 2017-11-11.
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