Ricardo "Ricky" Ledo is an American-Puerto Rican professional basketball player for the Reno Bighorns of the National Basketball Association Development League.
Education
Ledo attended Saint Andrew"s School in Barrington, Rhode Island, Notre Dame Preparatory School in Fitchburg, Massachusetts, and South Kent School in South Kent, Connecticut. At Saint Andrew"s, Ledo"s squad finished second in the NEPSAC Class B conference. At Notre Dame, he led the team to the Preparatory National Finals.
And, at South Kent, he was a Second Team All-Conference performer as a senior.
Career
He committed to play for the Providence Friars, but the National Collegiate Athletic Association (National Collegiate Athletic Association) ruled him academically ineligible to play during his freshman season in 2012-2013. Ledo never played a minute for the Friars that season, and at the end of the year he declared he was entering the 2013 National Basketball Association draft. During his high school career, Ledo spent his first two years enrolled at Bishop Hendricken High School in Warwick, Rhode Island.
Ledo was rated the #21 overall college prospect by Entertainment and Sports Programming Network and was a McDonald"s All-American.
He committed to play for Providence College in his home state of Rhode Island. In September of his freshman year, the National Collegiate Athletic Association ruled him academically ineligible due to not having enough credits.
He stayed at school with the hope that he would be eligible during the second semester, but the National Collegiate Athletic Association never reinstated him. After spending one year at Providence without being able to play, Ledo declared for the 2013 National Basketball Association draft.
Despite never playing a single game in his career with Providence, he is still credited by the National Basketball Association as a player that came out of Providence as opposed to high school.
Ledo was selected by the Milwaukee Buckinghamshire with the 43rd overall pick in the 2013 National Basketball Association draft. His draft rights were then traded to the Philadelphia 76ers and finally to the Dallas Mavericks. On July 24, 2013, he signed his rookie scale contract with the Mavericks.
During his rookie and sophomore seasons, he had multiple assignments with the Texas Legends of the National Basketball Association Development League.
In order to make room for the signing of Amar"e Stoudemire, the Mavericks waived Ledo on February 18, 2015 after appearing in just 16 games over two seasons. On March 3, he re-joined the Texas Legends.
On March 19, 2015, Ledo signed a 10-day contract with the New York Knicks. On March 29, he signed a second 10-day contract with the Knicks.
On April 3, he scored a career-high 21 points in an 87-101 loss to the Washington Wizards.
On April 8, he signed with the Knicks for the rest of the season. On July 30, he was waived by the Knicks. On October 30, 2015, he was acquired by the Reno Bighorns of the National Basketball Association Development League.
On February 8, 2016, he was named in the West All-Star team for the 2016 National Basketball Association Doctorate-League All-Star Game as a replacement for Erick Green, who received an National Basketball Association call-up, after averaging 20.1 points, 6.4 rebounds, 2.5 assists and 29.9 minutes in 30 games.