| Ricky Lindo | |
| Position: | Forward |
| Height Ft: | 6 |
| Height In: | 8 |
| Weight Lbs: | 220 |
| League: | Israeli Basketball Premier League |
| Team: | Ironi Nes Ziona |
| Number: | 4 |
| Birth Date: | 2000 9, mf=yes |
| Birth Place: | Washington, D.C., U.S. |
| Nationality: | American / Panamanian |
| High School: | Woodrow Wilson (Washington, D.C.) |
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| Draft Year: | 2023 |
| Career Start: | 2023 |
| Years1: | 2023–2024 |
| Team1: | Kouvot |
| Years2: | 2024–present |
Ricardo Lindo Jr. (born September 26, 2000) is an American-Panamanian basketball player who plays the forward position for Ironi Nes Ziona in the Israeli Basketball Premier League. He played college basketball for the University of Maryland and George Washington University. In 2023–24, he played for Kouvot in the Finnish Korisliiga. He has also played for the Panama national basketball team.
Lindo is the son of Ricardo and Erika Lindo who were Panamanian by birth, and has two brothers, Erik and Toby.[1] His hometown is Washington, DC.[1] [2] He is a dual American-Panamanian citizen.[3] He is 6-8 (203 cm) tall, and weighs 220 pounds (99 kg).[4]
He attended Woodrow Wilson High School in Northwest, D.C.[4] [1] Playing for the basketball team, Lindo was All-Metro Honorable Mention.[1] [5] As he graduated, he received over 20 college offers, including from Harvard University, East Carolina University, the University of Saint Louis, La Salle University, and the University of Massachusetts.[6]
Lindo attended the University of Maryland on scholarship, as a 3-star forward.[7] [8] [9] In 2018-19 as a 17-year-old freshman for the Maryland Terrapins he averaged 12.2 minutes, 1.6 points, and 3.5 rebounds per game.[4] [10] He was the seventh man in an eight-player rotation.[11] In 2019-20 as a sophomore he averaged 7.0 minutes, 1.7 points, and 1.9 rebounds per game, shooting 65.5% from the field.[4] [12] [13] [14] In March 2020, he entered the NCAA transfer portal.[15]
He then attended George Washington University.[4] In 2020–21 playing for the George Washington Revolutionaries, Lindo averaged 11.4 points and 10.7 rebounds per game, while shooting 52.4% from the field, in a shortened season of seven games.[4]
In 2021–22 Lindo averaged 7.7 points, 7.8 rebounds (5th in the Atlantic 10 Conference), 1.6 blocks (8th), and 1.5 steals (8th) per game.[4] In 2022–23 he averaged 10.6 points, 7.6 rebounds (5th in the Conference), 1.2 blocks (7th), and 1.2 steals per game, while shooting 56.2% from the field and 69.7% from 2-point range (2nd in the Conference; 15th in the NCAA), while leading the Conference with 111 personal fouls.[4]
Lindo played in the 2024 NBA Summer League for the 2024 Dallas Mavericks NBA2K Summer League team in Las Vegas, Nevada.[3] He played in three games, averaging 4.6 minutes, 1.0 points, and 1.7 rebounds per game.[3]
In 2023–24, he played for Kouvot in the Finnish Korisliiga.[3] [16] Lindo averaged 17.6 points (7th in the league), 10.2 rebounds (5th), 2.0 blocked shots (4th), and 1.6 steals (8th) per game, while shooting 54.1% from the field.[3]
Beginning in 2024, Lindo has played the forward position for Ironi Nes Ziona in the Israeli Basketball Premier League.[3] [17]
Lindo represented Panama in the 2017 Centrobasket U17 Championship, in which the team took third place, as he averaged 22.5 points and 12.3 rebounds per game.[1] [18] He represented Panama's senior team in the 2018 Americas World Cup Qualifier (averaging 5.3 points and 5.0 rebounds per game), and the 2024 AmeriCup Qualifiers (averaging 14.0 points and 7.0 rebounds per game).[3] [2] [19]