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Carl Nicks

Age 67 · USA · 185 cm (6'1") · 79 kg · Born Oct 6, 1958 · Indiana State

6.7 PPG 1.8 RPG 1.8 APG 223 games 3 seasons

Career snapshot

3seasons
223games
1,487career pts
10.7PER (avg)
Most-played franchise: Utah Jazz · 120 games · 1980-81–1981-82

Position rank · 1981-82

#59PPG rank
#49PER rank
#80WS rank
Among 81 Guard players (min. 41 games)

Career highs (single season)

PPG 7.4 1981-82 · UTA
RPG 2.0 1981-82 · UTA
APG 3.0 1980-81 · DEN
PER 11.7 1980-81 · UTA
WS 0.3 1980-81 · UTA

Draft

1980
Round 1 · Pick 23
from Indiana State

Career by team

Cleveland Cavaliers
1982-83 – 1982-83 · 1 seasons
7.0 PPG 2.9 RPG 1.2 APG
9 games
Utah Jazz
1980-81 – 1981-82 · 2 seasons
7.0 PPG 1.8 RPG 1.3 APG
120 games
Denver Nuggets
1980-81 – 1980-81 · 1 seasons
6.1 PPG 1.8 RPG 3.0 APG
27 games

Stats by season

SeasonTeamGGSMIN PTSREBASTSTLBLK FG%3P%FT%PERWS
1980-81 NBA 67 0 16.6 6.2 1.6 2.2 0.9 0.0 47.9 0.0 56.3 — —
1980-81 DEN 27 0 18.3 6.1 1.8 3.0 1.0 0.1 43.6 0.0 59.3 8.3 -0.4
1980-81 UTA 40 0 15.4 6.3 1.5 1.7 0.8 0.0 51.0 0.0 53.7 11.7 0.3
1981-82 UTA 80 1 16.5 7.4 2.0 1.1 0.8 0.1 45.4 0.0 56.7 10.5 -0.3
1982-83 CLE 9 2 16.4 7.0 2.9 1.2 0.7 0.0 44.1 0.0 64.7 12.1 0.1

Transfers & team changes

Derived from season-by-season team membership.

Date Move
Jul 1982 Utah Jazz Cleveland Cavaliers
Jul 1981 Denver Nuggets Utah Jazz

All entries are season change.

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Born on October 6

Joe Hutton 1928 · Los Angeles Lakers Tommy Kearns 1936 · Philadelphia 76ers Stan McKenzie 1944 · Portland Trail Blazers Ricky Berry 1964 · Sacramento Kings Reggie Hanson 1968 · Boston Celtics DeMarco Johnson 1975 · New York Knicks Radoslav Rancik 1979 Walker Russell 1982 · Detroit Pistons

About Carl Nicks

Orlando Carl Nicks is an American former National Basketball Association (NBA) player. He played college basketball for the Indiana State Sycamores.