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Nick (Nicholas) Lewis (born March 24, 1993) is a Canadian professional basketball player for the London Lions of the British Basketball League. He entered the BBL directly from high school, and has played for the London Lions in the last year and the Sheffield Sharks in his first three years, starting at the age of 19. His career, winning the BBl Trophy 2013 championships. Lewis is a British U20 National Team Silver Medalist (2013), Ontario U17 Men’s Team Silver Medalist (2009), and Canadian Cadet Men’s Team Bronze Medalist (2009).

The son of Charmaine, Lewis enjoyed a successful high school basketball career at Pope John Paull II, Scarborough, Ontario and completing at Our Saviour New American, Long Island, New York. On graduating high school, Lewis opted to become a professional and went on to join the Sheffield Sharks, a professional basketball team based in the United Kingdom, which is a member of the British Basketball League. Lewis also attended the Sheffield Hallam University whilst with the Sharks.

At 19 years of age, Lewis became one of the few Canadian players to become a professional player. With a British father he was able to become a British citizen and in turn a member of the BBL.

In 2013, Lewis was a member of the U20 British National Men's team that went on to win Silver in the FIBA competition held in Romania. In 2009, Lewis was also a member of the inaugral Canadian Cadet's Men's team which went on to win a Bronze medal at the FIBA competition held in Argentina.

Early life and education

Lewis was born in Scarborough, Ontario, as the youngest of three children. [1] His parents separated when Lewis was just a year old. [1] Lewis and his father are estranged. Lewis and his two older siblings were raised by his mother Charmaine and step-father Wendell. Lewis started playing basketball when he was 7 years old.[8] Lewis started playing for his elementary school (Wilcaly Public School, Markham, Ontario), his school coach at the time suggested he needed to play with an organized team, for one season he played house league and soon after joined the Scarborough Basketball Association and continued to play with the organization for 8 years, winning several gold and silver medals at the provincial level. Lewis after that time moved to the well know Team Takeover/CIA Bounce team and traveled the United States participating in various high calibre tournaments.