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Nickolas Neal

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Nickolas Neal
Free agent
PositionPoint guard
Personal information
Born (1988-11-17) November 17, 1988 (age 36)
Detroit, Michigan
NationalityAmerican
Listed height6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
Career information
High schoolSt. Petersburg HS
(St. Petersburg, Florida)
CollegePurdue North Central (2010–2012)
NBA draft2012: undrafted
Playing career2013–present
Career history
2013–2017Sunshine Vieste
2017–2018Tskhum-Abkhazeti
2018–2019Cactus Tbilisi
2019–2020Alkar
2020HydroTruck Radom
2020–2021Legia Warszawa
2021–2022Vojvodina
Career highlights and awards

Nickolas Ralpheal Neal (born November 17, 1988) is an American professional basketball player who last played for Vojvodina of the Basketball League of Serbia. He played college basketball at Purdue North Central from 2010 to 2012.

College career

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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

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He started his professional career with BK Team Vieste (Serie C Silver) in Italy.[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 of the Georgian Superliga.[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] Neal averaged 8.9 points, 3.1 assists, and 2.0 rebounds per game. On October 10, 2021, he signed with Vojvodina of the Basketball League of Serbia.[8]

References

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  1. ^ a b "PNW Pride Athletics – Nickolas Neal". pnwathletics.com. Retrieved 9 December 2020.
  2. ^ 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.
  3. ^ a b c "RealGM Profile". realgm.com. Retrieved 2 November 2020.
  4. ^ "HydroTruck lands Nickolas Neal, ex Alkar". eurobasket.com. Retrieved 29 May 2020.
  5. ^ "Nickolas Neal profile at plk.pl". plk.pl. Retrieved 9 December 2020.
  6. ^ "Nickolas Neal MVP 5. tygodnia EBL" (in Polish). PLK. December 29, 2020. Retrieved September 29, 2020.
  7. ^ "Nickolas Neal moves to Legia". Eurobasket. December 18, 2020. Retrieved December 9, 2020.
  8. ^ Obradovic, Igor (October 10, 2021). "KK Vojvodina Novi Sad signs Nickolas Neal, ex Legia". Eurobasket. Retrieved October 10, 2021.
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