Nigel Spikes

Nigel Spikes (born October 18, 1989) is an American professional basketball player who plays for Ehime Orange Vikings of the Japanese B.League.^[1] He played college basketball for the Marshall Thundering Herd before playing professionally in Venezuela, Mexico, Canada, New Zealand and Japan. He has also played in the Florida Basketball Association and the NBA Development League.

Nigel Spikes

Spikes in 2018
No. 6 – Ehime Orange Vikings
Position	Power forward / center
League	B.League
Personal information
Born	(1989-10-18) October 18, 1989 (age 35) Fort Lauderdale, Florida
Nationality	American
Listed height	6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)
Listed weight	229 lb (104 kg)
Career information
High school	Dillard (Fort Lauderdale, Florida )
College	Marshall (2009–2013)
NBA draft	2013: undrafted
Playing career	2013–present
Career history
2014	Miami Midnites
2014	Piratas de Vargas
2015	Manzaneros de Cuauhtemoc
2015	Halifax Rainmen
2015–2016	Sioux Falls Skyforce
2016	Wellington Saints
2016–2017	Fukushima Firebonds
2017–2018	Akita Northern Happinets
2018–2019	Earthfriends Tokyo Z
2019–2020	Tryhoop Okayama
2020–2021	Rizing Zephyr Fukuoka
2021–2022	Aisin Areions
2022	Al-Hala SC
2023	Toyama Grouses
2023	Kagawa Five Arrows
2023	Soles de Santo Domingo Este
2023–2024	Kobe Storks
2024–present	Ehime Orange Vikings
Career highlights
NBA D-League champion (2016) 2× FBA champion (2014, 2015)

Spikes survived a heart attack in 2013.^[2]

Gallery

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College statistics

Year	Team	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
2009–10	Marshall	29	1	8.4	.575	.000	.515	2.3	0.2	0.2	0.3	2.2
2010–11	Marshall	32	32	20.3	.554	.000	.505	5.9	0.3	0.4	1.0	5.1
2011–12	Marshall	29	0	16.7	.523	.000	.549	4.8	0.2	0.7	0.8	4.1
2012–13	Marshall	32	31	24.8	.468	.000	.520	7.3	0.6	0.7	1.9	5.7
Career		122	64	17.8	.518	.000	.519	5.2	0.3	0.5	1.0	4.3

Career statistics

Legend

GP	Games played	GS	Games started	MPG	Minutes per game
FG%	Field goal percentage	3P%	3-point field goal percentage	FT%	Free throw percentage
RPG	Rebounds per game	APG	Assists per game	SPG	Steals per game
BPG	Blocks per game	PPG	Points per game	Bold	Career high

†	Denotes seasons in which Spikes won an championship

Regular season

Year	Team	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
2014–15	Halifax Rainmen	18	2	16.1	.560	.000	.639	5.00	0.28	0.50	1.56	7.78
2015–16†	Sioux Falls Skyforce	39	0	11.1	.604	.500	.467	3.08	0.51	0.28	1.08	4.54
2015–16	Wellington Saints	1	0	11.5	.000	.000	.000	2.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
2016–17	Fukushima Firebonds	56	56	22.9	.505	.231	.556	9.9	1.1	1.4	1.8	12.6
2017–18	Akita Happinets	58	21	17.9	.600	.333	.409	7.0	1.1	1.2	0.8	8.6
2018–19	Tokyo Z	37	37	29.42	.524	.500	.572	11.6	2.2	1.62	1.97	14.1
2019–20	Okayama	19	19	33.5	.570	.286	.572	13.2	2.3	1.7	1.8	21.2

Playoffs

Year	Team	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
2014–15	Halifax	9		15.3	.500	.000	.667	5.0	0.3	0.6	1.3	7.1
2015–16	Sioux Falls	3		6.3	.500	.000	.000	0.7	0.3	0.0	0.7	1.3
2017–18	Akita	5	2	15.37	.579	.000	.846	5.8	0.8	0.6	1.0	6.6

Early cup games

Year	Team	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
2017	Akita	2	1	17.23	.750	.000	.286	7.5	0.5	1.5	1.5	10.0
2018	Tokyo Z	2	1	27.01	.455	.000	.600	13.0	1.0	0.5	1	13.0