Nick Wiggins

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Basketball player
Nick Wiggins
Player information
birthday February 4, 1991 (29 years 210 days)
place of birth Toronto , Ontario , Canada
size 195 cm
Weight 89 kg
position Shooting Guard / Small Forward
college Wichita State University
Club information
society KK Rabotnički Skopje
league Prva Liga
Clubs as active
2014–2015 Walter Tigers Tübingen 2015 Idaho Stampede 2015 Raptors 905 2016 Mackay Meteors Since 2016 KK Rabotnički SkopjeGermanyGermany
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Nick Wiggins (born February 4, 1991 in Toronto , Ontario ) is a Canadian basketball player . The swingman has been playing in North Macedonia since 2016 and is currently active in the Prva Liga for KK Rabotnički Skopje .

Career

High school and college

The athletic career of athletic Wiggins began at Vinciennes University and Wabasha University in Indiana . Most recently he played for Wichita State University , which is based in the Missouri Valley Conference . In 2014 he and his team won 35 games in a row up to the NCAA Division I Basketball Championship called March Madness . In an average of 15 minutes, Wiggins got 5.1 points and 2.3 rebounds.

Professional career

Basketball Bundesliga

The first station as a basketball professional for the Swingman is the Club am Neckar, the Walter Tigers Tübingen , which Wiggins offered a one-year contract in the summer of 2014. The contact came about at the NBA Summer League in Las Vegas . At the beginning of December, his contract in Tübingen was terminated by mutual agreement.

NBA D-League

On January 9, 2015, Wiggins joined the Idaho Stampede in the D-League . In the 2014/15 season he was able to achieve an average of 9.8 points and 2.0 rebounds.

In July 2015, he participated in the Utah Summer League for the Utah Jazz and in the Las Vegas Summer League for the Minnesota Timberwolves . On September 18, 2015, he received a contract with the Minnesota Timberwolves, but this was dissolved after four friendly matches on October 24, 2015.

He then returned to the Idaho Stampede on November 1, 2015, but the contract was terminated after only eleven days. Two days later, on November 13, 2015, he also joined the Raptors 905, who were active in the D-League . After ten games, in which he was able to achieve an average of 4.0 points and 1.7 rebounds, the contract was dissolved again.

New Zealand, Australia and Macedonia

After the two failed attempts to gain a foothold in the D-League, Wiggins moved to New Zealand for the Canterbury Rams in late January 2016 . A few days before the start of the season, however, Wiggins was fired by the Rams.

A day later, Wiggins signed with the Mackay Meteors, who are active in the second-rate Queensland Basketball League in Australia. After eight games in which Wiggins averaged 21.4 points, 2.9 assists and 5.8 rebounds, the Mackay Meteors dismissed Wiggins.

In October 2016, Nick Wiggins signed a contract with the Macedonian first division club KK Rabotnički Skopje .

Personal

Nick is the older brother of Andrew Wiggins , the first pick in the 2014 NBA draft . Wiggins also has another brother and three sisters. The Wiggins brothers got their passion for basketball from their father Mitchell Wiggins, who was a professional player in the NBA for the Chicago Bulls . But her mother, Marita Payne, was a successful Canadian sprinter , who won two silver medals at the 1984 Olympic Games in Los Angeles with the 4 × 100 meter and the 4 × 400 meter relay of the Canadian team.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Nick Wiggins succeeds Michael Cuffee. In: walter-tigers.de. Retrieved October 28, 2016 .
  2. ^ Stampede Acquires Nick Wiggins, Activates Jack Cooley. In: oursportscentral.com. Retrieved October 28, 2016 .
  3. ^ Nick Wiggins D-League Stats. In: basketball-reference.com. Retrieved October 28, 2016 .
  4. ^ Timberwolves Sign Kleon Penn and Nick Wiggins. In: nba.com. Retrieved October 28, 2016 .
  5. ↑ Timberwolves Waive Three Players. In: nba.com. Retrieved October 28, 2016 .
  6. ↑ Stampede Waive Nick Wiggins and Mychal Ammons. In: nba.com. Retrieved October 28, 2016 .
  7. ^ Raptors 905 Acquires Canadian Nick Wiggins. In: raptors905.dleague.nba.com. Retrieved October 28, 2016 .
  8. ↑ Raptors 905 Waive Nick Wiggins; Walter Pitchford Retires. In: raptors905.dleague.nba.com. Retrieved October 28, 2016 .
  9. ↑ NBA star Andrew Wiggins' brother Nick to play for Rams. In: stuff.co.nz. Retrieved October 28, 2016 .
  10. ↑ Canterbury Rams replace import prior to start of National Basketball League. In: stuff.co.nz. Retrieved October 28, 2016 .
  11. ^ Taller in more ways. In: dailymercury.com.au. Retrieved October 28, 2016 .
  12. ↑ Mackay Meteors release player Nick Wiggins. (No longer available online.) In: star1019.com.au. Archived from the original on October 27, 2016 ; accessed on October 28, 2016 (English). Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.star1019.com.au
  13. ↑ Rabotnicki lands Nicholas Wiggins. In: eurobasket.com. Retrieved October 28, 2016 .
personal data
SURNAME Wiggins, Nick
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Canadian basketball player
DATE OF BIRTH 4th February 1991
PLACE OF BIRTH Toronto , Canada