Florida Flame Acquire Swingman Austin Nichols

Published on November 22, 2005 under NBA G League (G League)
Florida Flame News Release


FORT MYERS, Fla., November 22 - According to an announcement by Head Coach Jeff Malone, the Florida Flame has acquired guard/forward Austin Nichols from the NBA Development League available player pool and released forward Romel Beck.

A veteran D-League player, Nichols was waived by the Albuquerque Thunderbirds in training camp on November 11. Nichols, a 6-6, swingman out of Humboldt State ('04), played in 48 games for Huntsville (now Albuquerque) last season, averaging 23.3 minutes, 10.3 points and 2.5 rebounds. Nichols led the D-League in free throw percentage, shooting a league-best 88 percent from the foul stripe. Nichols also finished the 2004-05 D-League campaign strong, averaging 15.9 points per game in the month of March and 14.0 points per contest in the Flight's final 15 games of the season.

Originally a second round pick of Huntsville in the 2004 D-League Draft (tenth overall), Nichols played collegiately at Division II Humboldt State in Northern California where he earned Division II First Team All-American honors from Basketball Times as a senior and All-West Region Team honors from the NABC and Daktronics his final three years in school. Nichols was named the Great Northwest Athletic Conference Male Athlete of the Year in 2003-04 and was a three-time First Team All-Conference selection. He finished his collegiate career as the all-time leading scorer in Humboldt State and GNAC history with 2,502 career points, also ranking in the GNAC all-time top ten in rebounding (fifth with 705), three-point field goals made (fourth with 193), and steals (seventh with 125). The Oakland, Calif. native led Humboldt State in scoring all four years. As a senior in 2003-04, Nichols averaged 21.4 points (ranked 20th nationally) and 5.2 rebounds.

Nichols is expected to be in uniform when the Flame opens the 2005-06 season this Friday at Germain Arena. He will wear jersey #10.

The Flame tips-off its second season in its home opener, Friday, November 25 at 7 p.m. as they take on the Roanoke Dazzle at Germain Arena. Single-game tickets are now available at the Germain Arena box office and all Ticketmaster outlets, including Specs Music stores. Tickets can be purchased by calling the Germain Arena box office at (239) 948-7825, Ticketmaster at 1-800-4-NBA-TIX or by logging onto ticketmaster.com.

Season ticket packages for all Flame home games at Germain Arena start as low as $50. To order your season or group tickets, call the Flame today at 1-877-FLAME-TIX or visit floridaflame.com.

The Florida Flame is the official D-League affiliate of the NBA's Miami Heat, Boston Celtics, Minnesota Timberwolves, and Orlando Magic. Showcasing the best young talent in professional basketball outside of the NBA, the Flame will play a 48-game schedule during the 2005-06 season with 23 home games at Germain Arena. Led by a group of local investors, the Flame is entering its second season of providing affordable, family entertainment to sports fans throughout Southwest Florida.

For additional information, please visit floridaflame.com or contact Florida Flame Director of Media Relations, Tim Becwar at (239) 561-8130 and tbecwar@nba.com. For additional information on the NBA Development League please visit NBADLEAGUE.com.

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