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Born: Sep 4, 1984
Height: 6-8 /  2,03
Weight: 218  lbs. / 98,9  kg.
College: Syracuse
Years Pro: 2

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Career Transactions: Drafted by the Portland Trail Blazers in the second round (53rd overall) of NBA Draft 2007 … draft rights acquired by New York on Draft Night in exchange for a second-round 2008 selection (06/28/07) … signed to a contract by New York (10/01/07) … waived by New York (10/25/07) ... signed by Cleveland (10/29/07) … waived by Cleveland (12/05/07) … claimed on waivers by Chicago (12/07/07) … re-signed by Chicago (07/24/08).

2007-08 (New York/Cleveland/CHICAGO): Spent his rookie season with three different teams, including New York, Cleveland and Chicago after being drafted by Portland … played in a total of 14 games and averaged 1.1 ppg in 3.1 mpg … saw action in three games with Cleveland and later appeared in 11 games in a Chicago uniform where he averaged 1.2 ppg in 2.7 mpg with the Bulls … also played in 14 games with the Iowa Energy of the D-League, where he averaged 19.3 ppg, 4.2 rpg, 2.9 apg, 1.14 spg and 1.00 bpg in 37.6 mpg … also shot .419 from the floor, including .333 from three-point range, and .778 from the free throw line while on assignment with the Energy.

College Career: Posted career averages of 10.9 ppg, 4.1 rpg and .423 career shooting over 123 games (93 starts) in four years at Syracuse … scored a team-and-career-high 18.9 ppg, adding 5.4 rpg with a career-best .447 shooting over 34.8 mpg in 35 games (all starts) …went 100-240 (.417) from three-point range; 100 3FGM were a career high and the fourth-best single-season mark in school history … went 205-573 (.358) from three-point range … finished his college career third on the all-time Syracuse career list with 205 3FGM, tied for 28th with 1,344 career points … had 25 career 20+ scoring games, two 30+ efforts and five double-doubles … named Big East All-First Team and honorable mention AP All-American his senior year of 2006-07 … bridged junior and senior seasons by connecting from downtown in 40 consecutive games … capped four-year career at Syracuse by earning Big East All-First Team and honorable mention AP All-America honors … his junior season, he increased his scoring average from 3.9 ppg as a sophomore to 13.3 ppg in his junior campaign (sixth-best scoring improvement in school history) in helping lead Syracuse to Big East title … he averaged 13.3 ppg (second on the team) and a career-high 5.8 rpg, with .428 shooting, and started all 35 games … finished second on the team in scoring and third in rebounding … averaged 13.0 ppg in the Big East Tournament and earned a spot on the All-Tournament Team … as a sophomore, he appeared in 27 games (eight starts), and averaged 3.9 ppg, and shot .379 from the field … a back injury forced him to miss three games … notched 4.2 ppg and 2.2 rpg as a freshman and started 15 of his 26 games.


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Personal: Full name is Demetris Tiaunt Nichols … son of Janice and Dana Mallory and has nine siblings … majored in Speech Communication while at Syracuse …. finished second in the 19th Annual State Farm College Slam Dunk & Three-Point Championship following his senior season at Syracuse … was a three-time Street & Smith’s Honorable Mention All-American in high school and named to the Third-Team Parade All-American squad as a senior in 2003 … participated in the Field Museum’s George Washington Carver exhibit with students from the James Jordan Boys & Girls Club in honor of Black History Month in February of 2008.


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