Ricky Franklin

Ricky Lenmond Franklin (born January 17, 1987) is an American basketball player who last played for CAB Madeira in the LCB.

Career Born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Franklin began his basketball career at Riverside University High School. In his senior senior year, Franklin logged averages of 21ppg, 10rbp and 5apg. Franklins impact led Riverside University to its highest city ranking and win totals since the 1970s. Franklin was a unanimous selection for the Wisconsin AP All State Team (2005).

Franklin was pursued by numerous D1 basketball programs, including Wisconsin but ultimately accepted a Division I NCAA scholarship at the University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee.

He ended his college career in 2009–10, with an average 14.7 points per game, a team best, earning All-Horizon League second-team selection, as one of the highest ranked players among Horizon League's active career players in 2010. He was third among active players in points (1,260) and is also third in three-pointers (189) and assists (321). He also ranked fourth in steals (111) and fifth in rebounds (475). He doubled his points per game since his freshman year, when he finished with an average of 7.2. In June 2010, he trained with the Milwaukee Bucks in the preseason, hoping to get a selection for the 2010 NBA Summer League in Las Vegas, which he later did.

Since he was not drafted by the NBA, Franklin moved to Europe, spending one year in Poland, at the SKK Kotwica Kołobrzeg, spending the year mainly as a squad player, dropping his average to 6.3 points per game, but winning four titles over the season. At Madeiran club, he regained starter status and help them reach the Portuguese Basketball League Cup final, losing it to his former team. In the league, he averaged 21.7 points per game over 17 games and was the competition top scorer, gaining him accolades by Eurobasket.com as All-Portuguese League Honorable Mention. He spent the next 18 months in France, returning to CAB Madeira for a second spell on 31 December 2016.

Honours Individual LPB leading scorer: 2014

Benfica Portuguese Basketball League (LCB): 2012–13 Portuguese Basketball SuperCup: 2012 Portuguese Basketball League Cup: 2012–13 António Pratas Trophy: 2013