Zamal Nixon

Zamal Nixon (born January 7, 1989) is an American professional basketball player for Science City Jena of the German ProA. After a successful four years at the University of Houston, Nixon entered the 2011 NBA draft but was not selected in the draft's two rounds.

Zamal Nixon
No. 5 – Science City Jena
PositionPoint guard
LeagueProA
Personal information
Born (1989-01-07) January 7, 1989
Brooklyn, New York
NationalityAmerican
Listed height6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
Listed weight170 lb (77 kg)
Career information
High schoolBoys & Girls
(Brooklyn, New York)
CollegeHouston (2007–2011)
NBA draft2011 / Undrafted
Playing career2011–present
Career history
2011–2012Hertener Loewen
2012–2013Nürnberger
2013–2014WBC Raiffeisen Wels
2014–2015Phoenix Hagen
2015–2016Lavrio
2016Limoges CSP
2016–2019Lavrio
2019–2020MLP Academics Heidelberg
2020Riesen Ludwigsburg
2020Promitheas Patras
2020–presentScience City Jena
Career highlights and awards
  • C-USA All-Defensive Team (2011)

High school career

Nixon played high school basketball at Boys & Girls High School, in Brooklyn, New York.

College career

Nixon played college basketball for the Houston Cougars from 2007 to 2011. During his senior year, Nixon went on to average 10.3 points, 4.7 assists and 2.6 rebounds per game.

Professional career

After going undrafted in the 2011 NBA draft, Nixon joined Hertener Loewen. The following year, he joined Nürnberg. For the 2013–14 season, he signed for WBC Raiffeisen Wels.[1]

On August 15, 2014, Nixon signed with Phoenix Hagen after a successful tryout.[2][3]

On August 31, 2015, Nixon signed with Greek club Lavrio.[4] He went on to average 9.6 points, 2.1 rebounds, 3.5 assists and 1.5 steals in 21 games for Lavrio.

On June 26, 2016, he signed with Limoges CSP.[5][6] On December 28, 2016, he left Limoges and returned to Lavrio for the rest of the season.[7] On July 3, 2017, he re-signed with Lavrio for one more season.[8]

In 2020, Nixon played seven games for Riesen Ludwigsburg, averaging 4.6 points, 1.6 rebounds and 1.9 assists per game. On September 21, 2020, Nixon signed with Promitheas Patras of the Greek Basket League.[9] After two games, he signed with Science City Jena of the German ProA on October 12.[10]

The Basketball Tournament (TBT)

In the summer of 2017, Nixon, for the second year, competed in The Basketball Tournament on ESPN for Team Fancy. In three games, he averaged 10.0 points, 2.7 rebounds and 2.7 assists to help lead his team to the Super 16 Round where they lost 65-61 to Boeheim's Army; a team composed of Syracuse University basketball alum. Nixon also competed in TBT in 2015 for the Sean Bell All-Star's. In four games that summer, he averaged 13.5 points, 2.8 rebounds and 2.3 assists per game.[11]

References
  1. "Austria - Wels replaces Skyler Bowlin with Zamal Nixon". Mlbb.d11.gr. September 9, 2013. Retrieved June 27, 2016.
  2. "Zamal Nixon heading to Phoenix Hagen for a tryout". Sportando.com. August 15, 2014. Retrieved June 27, 2016.
  3. "Brown, Nixon and Grof move to Phoenix Hagen". Sportando.com. August 15, 2014. Retrieved June 27, 2016.
  4. "Lavrio signs Zamal Nixon, ex Phoenix Hagen". Mlbb.d11.gr. August 31, 2015. Retrieved June 27, 2016.
  5. "Limoges interested in signing in Zamal Nixon from Lavrio (Greece)". Eurobasket.com. June 27, 2016. Retrieved June 27, 2016.
  6. "Limoges CSP lands Zamal Nixon". Sportando.com. June 27, 2016. Retrieved June 27, 2016.
  7. "Zamal Nixon leaves Limoges and signs with Lavrio". Sportando.com. December 28, 2016. Retrieved December 28, 2016.
  8. "Έμεινε και ο Τζαμάλ!". lavrio-bc.gr (in Greek). July 3, 2017. Retrieved July 3, 2017.
  9. Mammides, Chris (September 21, 2020). "Zamal Nixon (ex Ludwigsburg) joins Promitheas". Eurobasket. Retrieved September 21, 2020.
  10. "Zamal Nixon signs with Science City Jena". Sportando. 12 October 2020. Retrieved 12 October 2020.
  11. https://www.mystatsonline.com/basket/visitor/league/card/card_basket.aspx?IDLeague=43627&IDPlayer=332316
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