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  • Nikoloz Tskitishvili
  • #55
  • Forward

2006-07 Statistics

PPG
0.7
RPG
1.70
APG
0.7
EFF
+ 1.67
Born: Apr 14, 1983
Height: 7-0 /  2,13
Weight: 225  lbs. / 102,1  kg.
From : Georgia (Europe)
Years Pro: 4

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Background

2003-04:
Played in 39 games, averaging 2.7 points and 1.6 rebounds in 7.9 minutes a game … DNP-CD 34 times and spent nine games on the injured list with a sprained left ankle … Had a career-high 10 rebounds at San Antonio on 4/14 … Scored a season-high 14 points in a season-high 22 minutes at Minnesota on 11/18 … 12 of his 14 points came in the fourth quarter … His five field goals at Minnesota tied a career high … Led the team in scoring for the second time in his career.

2002-03:
Appeared in 81 games, starting 16 times … Averaged 3.9 ppg and 2.2 rpg in 16.3 minutes … Averaged 5.1 ppg and 3.1 rpg as a starter … Scored in double figures eight times … Led the team in scoring once, rebounding once and assists three times … Scoring average increased in each of the last four months of the season (3.0 to 4.1 to 4.8 to 5.3) … Nailed 37 three-pointers, the third-most by a rookie in Nuggets history … Scored 11 points, dished out five assists and grabbed three rebounds in a career-high 36 minutes at the Lakers on 4/15 … Had a career-high seven rebounds and tied a career high with three blocks vs. Washington on 3/30 … Scored 11 points and handed out a career-high six assists vs. Toronto on 3/11 … Scored a career-high 17 points vs. the Lakers on 2/12 … Scored 15 points at Dallas on 2/1 … Blocked a career-high three shots vs. Portland on 1/10 … DNP-CD for the only time this season vs. Indiana on 12/7 … Had a season-high four steals at New Jersey on 11/18 … Made his first career start at Detroit on 11/16 … Scored nine points (3-4 3FG), dished out three assists and had two blocks in 29 minutes in his NBA debut at Minnesota on 10/30 … Averaged 7.3 ppg and 2.7 rpg in 23.3 minutes during six contests at the Rocky Mountain Revue … Shot .467 (7-15) from three-point range and .917 (11-12) from the free-throw line … An early entry candidate for the 2002 NBA Draft.

2001-02 (Italy):
With Benetton Treviso, played 12.7 minutes per game after beginning play in January … Coached by former Nuggets head coach Mike D’Antoni … In 11 games, averaged 6.6 ppg, 1.8 rpg and shot over 73 percent on two-point field goals, over 83 percent from free throw line and shot 40 percent from three-point range … Scored season-high 14 points vs. Fabriano, making six of seven shots, including a pair of three-pointers … In season-high 25 minutes against Wurth Roma, contributed 13 points and season-highs of four rebounds and three assists … Played the 1999-2000 and 2000-01 seasons for KK Slovan in Slovenia … Prior to that, as a young teenager, played for Sokhumi in his native Republic of Georgia … Was a member of the Georgian National Team at the 1999 European Junior Championship and at the 2000 European Junior Championship qualifying round … Participated in the 2000 Slovenian All-Star Game … In 2000-01, averaged 8.1 ppg and 3.6 rpg in 20 minutes per game for KK Slovan.


Personal

  • Can speak Georgian, Russian, Slovenian, Italian and Serbian and taught himself English in five months while in Slovenia.
  • First came to the United States for the draft in June 2002.
  • Was a classically trained dancer and became a professional dancer on the national team at the age of 9.
  • Performed the Georgia National Dance – a warrior dance with knives.
  • At the age of 12, he grew three inches in a month and decided to take up basketball.
  • Favorite new food is a burrito.
  • Has a younger brother, George, and an older sister, Nino, who is married to Vakhtang “Vato” Nadzishvili, who plays in Portugal for Oliveirense and played collegiately at Boston College.
  • First dunked at the age of 14.
  • Is the second player from the Republic of Georgia to play in the NBA, joining Miami’s Vladimir Stepania.