Derek_Hood_(basketball)

Derek Hood (basketball)

Derek Hood (basketball)

American basketball player

Derek Dwayne Hood (born December 22, 1976) is an American former professional basketball player.[1] He played college basketball for the Arkansas Razorbacks. In the NBA, Hood played for the Charlotte Hornets.

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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.[2]

Hood also played in the CBA with the Quad City Thunder[3] and Yakima Sun Kings,[4] in Italy with Snaidero Udine,[5] in the ABA with the Kansas City Knights,[6] in the NBDL with the Mobile Revelers,[7] and in France with ASVEL Villeurbanne.[5] He was selected to the CBA All-Rookie Team in 2000.[8]

After basketball

In 2015 Hood was inducted into the Arkansas Sports Hall of Honor.[9]

Currently Hood is a math and boys athletics teacher at Utley Middle School in Rockwall, Texas [10]

References

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    Derek Dwayne Hood Archived January 21, 2011, at the Wayback Machine. NBA Development League. Retrieved on December 21, 2009.
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    Derek Hood. NBA.com. Retrieved on December 21, 2009.
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    CBA Recap (Quad City-Idaho)". CNN/SI. March 8, 2000. Retrieved on December 21, 2009.
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    Dave Thomas. "CBA - Sun Kings' Hood a coaches' player". Yakima Herald-Republic. January 28, 2005. Retrieved on December 21, 2009.
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    Jonathan Woog. "What ever happenedd 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.
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    David Boyce. "A serious player; Knights' Hood always ready for work". Kansas City Star. December 18, 2000. Retrieved on December 21, 2009.
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    Derek Hood D-League Statistics. basketball-reference.com. Retrieved on December 21, 2009.
  8. [8]
    "Derek Hood minor league basketball statistics". Stats Crew. Retrieved July 13, 2021.
  9. [9]
    "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.
  10. [10]
    "Liberty Junior High / Homepage".
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