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Rick Rickert (born February 11, 1983) is an American professional basketball player. He is a 2001 graduate of Duluth East High School where he was a basketball star and highly recruited college prospect.〔(Recruiting Rankings ) CNNSI.com〕 He was named 2001 Minnesota Mr. Basketball. ==Career== Rickert played collegiately for the University of Minnesota, where after averaging 15 points and 5 rebounds per game in 2001–02〔(Rickert's college stats ) sportsstats.com〕 he became the first Gopher player ever to win the Big Ten Freshmen of the Year award.〔(Freshman of the year ) hoopshype.com〕 After averaging 16 points and 6 rebounds his sophomore season Rickert declared for the 2003 NBA Draft. Despite his own beliefs that he would be taken in the first round,〔(ESPN.com - 2003 NBA Draft: College seniors score first-round knockout )〕 Rickert was not drafted until the 55th overall selection (26th in the second round) by the Minnesota Timberwolves. Rickert failed to make the team and went to play in Slovenia. Since then, Rickert has played with: Krka Novo Mesto (Adriatic League/Euroleague), Timberwolves (NBA), Asheville Altitude (D-League), Panellinios B.C. Athens (Greece), Lleida Bàsquet (Spain - 2nd Division), Fayetteville Patriots (D-League), Detroit Pistons (NBA), 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.〔(Garnett Punches Player in a Game )〕 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.〔(Player statistics for Rick Rickert )〕 Rick played for the Harbour Heat during the 2010 New Zealand NBL season. Rick was signed to play with the Gold Coast Blaze for 2010–11,〔(Breaker Rickert Blazes on the rebound )〕 however, he did not receive clearance to play as a 'naturalized' player following Rick obtaining New Zealand citizenship (the Blaze also did not sign him as an import either) and he then moved to German basketball club EnBW Ludwigsburg. In 2011, Rickert played for the Bayamon Vaqueros in the Baloncesto Superior Nacional (BSN). On 6 June 2013, the Wellington Saints signed Rickert for the rest of the 2013 season.〔(Saints import Warren axed for former Breaker )〕 In August 2013, he signed with the Wakayama Trians of the Japanese NBL.〔(Rick Rickert joins Wakayama Trians )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Rick Rickert」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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