Nigel Spikes (born October 18, 1989) is an American professional

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player who plays for

Ehime Orange Vikings The are a Japanese professional basketball team based in Matsuyama, Ehime Prefecture, that competes in the second division of the B.League. The team was founded in 2005 as the Oita HeatDevils, one of the founding members of the bj league. The tea ...

of the Japanese

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. He played

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before playing professionally in Venezuela, Mexico, Canada, New Zealand and Japan. He has also played in the

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and the

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. Spikes survived a heart attack in 2013.

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College statistics

, - , style="text-align:left;", 2009–10 , style="text-align:left;", Marshall , 29 , , 1 , , 8.4 , , .575 , , .000 , , .515, , 2.3 , , 0.2 , , 0.2 , , 0.3 , , 2.2 , - , style="text-align:left;", 2010–11 , style="text-align:left;", Marshall , 32 , , 32 , , 20.3 , , .554 , , .000 , , .505, , 5.9 , , 0.3 , , 0.4 , , 1.0 , , 5.1 , - , style="text-align:left;", 2011–12 , style="text-align:left;", Marshall , 29 , , 0 , , 16.7 , , .523 , , .000 , , .549, , 4.8 , , 0.2 , , 0.7 , , 0.8 , , 4.1 , - , style="text-align:left;", 2012–13 , style="text-align:left;", Marshall , 32 , , 31 , , 24.8 , , .468 , , .000 , , .520, , 7.3 , , 0.6 , , 0.7 , , 1.9 , , 5.7 , - , - class="sortbottom" , style="text-align:center;" colspan=2, Career , 122 , , 64 , , 17.8 , , .518 , , .000 , , .519 , , 5.2 , , 0.3 , , 0.5 , , 1.0 , , 4.3

Career statistics

Regular season

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Halifax Rainmen The Halifax Rainmen were a professional basketball team based in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. They played in the Atlantic Division of the National Basketball League of Canada (NBL) and their home games took place at the Scotiabank Centre, form ...

, 18 , , 2 , , 16.1 , , .560 , , .000 , , .639 , , 5.00 , , 0.28 , , 0.50 , , 1.56 , , 7.78 , - , align="left" style="background-color:#afe6ba; border: 1px solid gray" , 2015–16† , align="left" ,

Sioux Falls Skyforce The Sioux Falls Skyforce are an American professional basketball team of the NBA G League based in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, and are affiliated with the Miami Heat. The team has played its home games in the Sanford Pentagon since the 2013–14 ...

, 39 , , 0 , , 11.1 , , .604 , , .500 , , .467 , , 3.08 , , 0.51 , , 0.28 , , 1.08 , , 4.54 , - , align="left" , 2015–16 , align="left" ,

Wellington Saints The Wellington Saints are a New Zealand professional men's basketball team based in Wellington. The Saints compete in the National Basketball League (NBL) and play their home games at TSB Bank Arena. For sponsorship reasons, they are known as ...

, 1 , , 0 , , 11.5 , , .000 , , .000 , , .000 , , 2.00 , , 0.00 , , 0.00 , , 0.00 , , 0.00 , - , align="left" , 2016–17 , align="left" ,

Fukushima Firebonds The are a professional basketball team that compete in the second division of the Japanese B.League. History In May 2013 Fukushima Prefecture was announced as the successful bidder for an expansion franchise to enter the 2014-15 season of the b ...

, 56 , , 56 , , 22.9 , , .505 , , .231 , , .556 , , 9.9 , , 1.1 , , 1.4 , , 1.8 , , 12.6 , - , align="left" , 2017–18 , align="left" ,

Akita Happinets The Akita Northern Happinets are a Japanese professional basketball team based in Akita that competes in the Eastern Conference of the First Division of the B.League. The team was formed as an expansion team of the bj league in 2010 and found su ...

, 58 , , 21 , , 17.9 , , .600 , , .333 , , .409 , , 7.0 , , 1.1 , , 1.2 , , 0.8 , , 8.6 , - , align="left" , 2018–19 , align="left" , Tokyo Z , 37 , , 37 , , 29.42 , , .524 , , .500 , , .572 , , 11.6 , , 2.2 , , 1.62, , 1.97 , , 14.1 , - , align="left" , 2019–20 , align="left" ,

Okayama is the prefectural capital, capital Cities of Japan, city of Okayama Prefecture in the Chūgoku region of Japan. The Okayama metropolitan area, centered around the city, has the largest urban employment zone in the Chugoku region of western J ...

, 19 , , 19 , , 33.5 , , .570 , , .286 , , .572 , , 13.2 , , 2.3 , , 1.7, , 1.8 , , 21.2

Playoffs

, - , style="text-align:left;", 2014–15 , style="text-align:left;", Halifax , 9 , , , , 15.3 , , .500 , , .000 , , .667 , , 5.0 , , 0.3 , , 0.6 , , 1.3 , , 7.1 , - , style="text-align:left;", 2015–16 , style="text-align:left;", Sioux Falls , 3 , , , , 6.3 , , .500 , , .000 , , .000 , , 0.7 , , 0.3 , , 0.0 , , 0.7 , , 1.3 , - , style="text-align:left;", 2017–18 , style="text-align:left;", Akita , 5 , , 2 , , 15.37 , , .579 , , .000 , , .846 , , 5.8 , , 0.8 , , 0.6 , , 1.0 , , 6.6 , -

Early cup games

, - , style="text-align:left;", 2017 , style="text-align:left;", Akita , 2 , , 1 , , 17.23 , , .750 , , .000 , , .286 , , 7.5 , , 0.5 , , 1.5 , , 1.5 , , 10.0 , - , style="text-align:left;", 2018 , style="text-align:left;", Tokyo Z , 2 , , 1 , , 27.01 , , .455 , , .000 , , .600 , , 13.0 , , 1.0 , , 0.5 , , 1 , , 13.0 , -

References

External links

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