Rick Rickert

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Rick Rickert
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Personal information
Born (1983-02-11) February 11, 1983 (age 41)
Duluth, Minnesota, U.S.
Listed height6 ft 11 in (2.11 m)
Listed weight235 lb (107 kg)
Career information
High school East (Duluth, Minnesota)
College Minnesota (2001–2003)
NBA draft 2003: 2nd round, 55th overall pick
Selected by the Minnesota Timberwolves
Playing career2003–2018
Position Power forward / center
Number5
Career history
2003–2004 Krka Novo Mesto
2004–2005 Asheville Altitude
2005 Panellinios
2005 Lleida Bàsquet
2006 Fayetteville Patriots
2006–2007 Colorado 14ers
2007–2010 New Zealand Breakers
2010 Harbour Heat
2010–2011 EnBW Ludwigsburg
2011 Vaqueros de Bayamón
2011–2012 Kyoto Hannaryz
2012–2013 Osaka Evessa
2013 Wellington Saints
2013–2014 Wakayama Trians
2014–2016 Chiba Jets
2016–2018 Cyberdyne Ibaraki Robots
Career highlights and awards
Stats at Basketball Reference  OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg

Rick Rickert (born February 11, 1983) is an American former professional basketball player. He is a 2001 graduate of Duluth East High School where he was a basketball star and highly recruited college prospect. [2] He was named 2001 Minnesota Mr. Basketball. [3]

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Career

Rickert played collegiately for the University of Minnesota, where after averaging 15 points and 5 rebounds per game in 2001–02 [4] he became the first Gopher player ever to win the Big Ten Freshman of the Year award. [5] After averaging 16 points and 6 rebounds his sophomore season Rickert declared for the 2003 NBA draft.

Rickert was drafted 55th overall (26th in the second round) by the Minnesota Timberwolves. Rickert failed to make the team and went to play in Slovenia for Novo Mesto. Rickert has played with: Krka Novo Mesto (Adriatic League/Euroleague), Minnesota Timberwolves (NBA - preseason only), Asheville Altitude (D-League), Panellinios B.C. Athens (Greece), Lleida Bàsquet (Spain - 2nd Division), Fayetteville Patriots (D-League), Detroit Pistons (NBA - preseason only), Colorado 14ers (D-League), the D-League All Star Team that traveled to China, representing the U.S. in the world tournament (D-League), and the New Zealand Breakers (Australasian National Basketball League).

Kevin Garnett punched Rickert during a 2004 pick-up game, leading to stitches and a chipped tooth. [6]

In 2007, Rickert signed to play with the New Zealand Breakers in the Australasian NBL. In June 2008, he re-signed with the New Zealand Breakers. In the 2008–09 season, he averaged 13.6 points and 8.1 rebounds. He played 73 game overall for the Breakers. [7] Rick played for the Harbour Heat during the 2010 New Zealand NBL season.

After Rickert played in the Australian League with the NZ Breakers for 3 seasons, his career took him back to Europe playing for ENBW Ludwigsburg in Germany's BEKO BBL top league. During this season, Rickert broke his nose and cheek during a game going up for a rebound leading to months wearing a face mask during practice and games.

In 2011, Rickert played in Puerto Rico for the Bayamon Vaqueros in the Baloncesto Superior Nacional (BSN). Rickert was a leading scorer and rebounder in this league.

In 2011, Rickert signed with Kyoto, Hannaryz in Japan. His impact in Japan as a player and person was successful and welcomed leading to 7 seasons playing for top teams in Japan's professional leagues. Rickert is one of the few players who have played in all of the Japanese professional leagues. He played in both of the top leagues called The BJ League and The NBL League, as well as the recently developed professional league which combined both leagues, now named the B League. During Rickert's basketball career in Japan, he played for Kyoto Hannaryz, Osaka Evessa, Wakayama Trians, Chiba Jets, and Ibraki Robots.

After Rickert finished his season with Osaka Evessa, he was signed to play for the Wellington Saints. On 6 June 2013, the Wellington Saints signed Rickert for the rest of the 2013 season. [8]

In 2018, Rickert retired after 15 professional basketball seasons. [9]

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References

  1. ↑ St. George III, Louie (9 February 2019). "Jersey no more: Duluth East boys basketball retires Rickert's No. 44". Duluth News Tribune. Retrieved 20 June 2024.
  2. ↑ Recruiting Rankings CNNSI.com
  3. ↑ "Rickert, Calhoun honored". Minneapolis Star-Tribune . NewsBank. April 30, 2001. Retrieved August 18, 2010.
  4. ↑ Rickert's college stats sportsstats.com
  5. ↑ Freshman of the year hoopshype.com
  6. ↑ Garnett Punches Player in a Game
  7. ↑ "Rick Rickert - Player Statistics". GameDay.
  8. ↑ Worthington, Sam (June 5, 2013). "Saints import Warren axed for former Breaker". Stuff.
  9. ↑ "Globetrotting Rick Rickert reaches end of the line after 15 seasons as pro player". 5 July 2018.
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