Personal information | |
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Born | (1976-12-22) December 22, 1976 (age 48) Decatur, Illinois |
Nationality | American |
Listed height | 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) |
Listed weight | 222 lb (101 kg) |
Career information | |
High school | Central (Kansas City, Missouri) |
College | Arkansas (1995–1999) |
NBA draft | 1999: undrafted |
Playing career | 1999–2005 |
Position | Power forward |
Number | 55 |
Career history | |
1999 | Charlotte Hornets |
1999–2000 | Quad City Thunder |
2000–2001 | Kansas City Knights |
2001 | Snaidero Udine |
2001–2003 | Mobile Revelers |
2003 | Toros de Aragua |
2003–2004 | ASVEL Villeurbanne |
2004–2005 | Yakima Sun Kings |
Career highlights and awards | |
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Stats at NBA.com | |
Stats at Basketball Reference |
Derek Dwayne Hood (born December 22, 1976) is an American former professional basketball player. He played college basketball for the Arkansas Razorbacks. In the NBA, Hood played for the Charlotte Hornets.
College career
Hood, a 6'8", 222 pound small forward born in Decatur, Illinois, attended the University of Arkansas.
Professional career
Hood played two games for the National Basketball Association's Charlotte Hornets during the 1999-2000 NBA season.
Hood also played in the CBA with the Quad City Thunder and Yakima Sun Kings, in Italy with Snaidero Udine, in the ABA with the Kansas City Knights, in the NBDL with the Mobile Revelers, and in France with ASVEL Villeurbanne. He was selected to the CBA All-Rookie Team in 2000.
After basketball
In 2015 Hood was inducted into the Arkansas Sports Hall of Honor.
Currently Hood is a math teacher at Heath High School in Rockwall, Texas
References
- Derek Dwayne Hood Archived January 21, 2011, at the Wayback Machine. NBA Development League. Retrieved on December 21, 2009.
- Derek Hood. NBA.com. Retrieved on December 21, 2009.
- CBA Recap (Quad City-Idaho)". CNN/SI. March 8, 2000. Retrieved on December 21, 2009.
- Dave Thomas. "CBA - Sun Kings' Hood a coaches' player". Yakima Herald-Republic. January 28, 2005. Retrieved on December 21, 2009.
- ^ Jonathan Woog. "What ever happened to... the 1994 Street & Smith's High School All-America Team Archived 2011-07-16 at the Wayback Machine". Street & Smith's. 2005. Retrieved on December 21, 2009.
- David Boyce. "A serious player; Knights' Hood always ready for work". Kansas City Star. December 18, 2000. Retrieved on December 21, 2009.
- Derek Hood D-League Statistics. basketball-reference.com. Retrieved on December 21, 2009.
- "Derek Hood minor league basketball statistics". Stats Crew. Retrieved July 13, 2021.
- "Nine Razorbacks to be honored at 2015 University of Arkansas Sports Hall of Honor | NashvilleSportsMix". Archived from the original on June 18, 2015. Retrieved June 15, 2015.
- "Liberty Junior High / Homepage".
External links
- NBA D-League profile @ NBA.com
- Derek Hood player profile @ NBA.com
- 1976 births
- Living people
- American expatriate basketball people in France
- American expatriate basketball people in Italy
- American expatriate basketball people in Venezuela
- American men's basketball players
- Arkansas Razorbacks men's basketball players
- ASVEL Basket players
- Basketball players from Illinois
- Charlotte Hornets players
- McDonald's High School All-Americans
- Mobile Revelers players
- Parade High School All-Americans (boys' basketball)
- Sportspeople from Decatur, Illinois
- Small forwards
- Undrafted NBA players
- Yakama Sun Kings players
- 21st-century African-American sportsmen
- 20th-century African-American sportsmen
- Toros de Aragua players