DeVon Hardin
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| Position | Center |
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| Height | 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) |
| Weight | 250 lb (110 kg) |
| League | Liga Leumit |
| Team | Elitzur Yavne |
| Born | September 7, 1986 Long Beach, California |
| Nationality | American |
| College | California |
| Draft | 2nd round, 50th overall, 2008 Seattle SuperSonics |
| Pro career | 2008–present |
| Career history | Egaleo AO (2009) Mersin BB (2009) Tulsa 66ers (2009-2010) Elitzur Yavne (2010) |
DeVon Michael Hardin (born September 7, 1986 in Long Beach, California) is an American professional basketball player. A 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m), 250 lb (110 kg; 18 st) center, he currently plays with Elitzur Yavne.
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[edit] High school career
Hardin played at Newark Memorial High School in Newark, CA. He averaged 12.9 ppg, 11.4 rpg and 4.4 bpg as a senior at Newark Memorial HS, earning first-team All-Metro honors from the San Francisco Chronicle
[edit] College career
Hardin attended the University of California, Berkeley, where he played all of his four collegiate seasons for the Golden Bears and majored in social welfare.[1] He declared for the 2007 NBA Draft, but withdrew his name shortly before the event.[2]
[edit] Pro career
Hardin was selected 50th overall in the 2008 NBA Draft by the Seattle SuperSonics,[3] but did not make the team. In January 2009, he joined Greek first division club Egaleo AO, as a replacement for Andrae Patterson.[4] Hardin had recently been released by Turkish team Mersin BB, after failing to properly recover from a stress fracture on his right foot.[5]
Hardin's draft rights, along with Chris Wilcox and Joe Smith, were traded to the New Orleans Hornets for Tyson Chandler on February 17, 2009.[6] However, the trade was rescinded a day later, after Chandler failed his physical with the Thunder.[7]
He played for the Philadelphia 76ers in the Orlando Pro Summer League in 2010.[8] On August 1, 2010 Hardin signed with Elitzur Yavne in the second division in Israel.
[edit] References
- ^ CalBears player bio
- ^ DeVon Hardin withdraws from NBA Draft, CalBears.com, June 18, 2007.
- ^ Bob McClellan, Draft Diary III: Cal center DeVon Hardin, Rivals.com, May 23, 2008.
- ^ Devon Hardin to replace Patterson in Egaleo BC
- ^ Mersin released DeVon Hardin
- ^ Thunder get Chandler from Hornets
- ^ Thunder reject Chandler; trade off
- ^ 76ers' Summer League Roster Philadelphia Inquirer, June 30, 2010
[edit] External links
- NBA.com profile
- NBA.com Draft profile
- Player info @ DraftExpress.com
- Official website
- Player page at Calbears
- College player profile
- 1986 births
- Living people
- African American basketball players
- American expatriate basketball people in Greece
- American expatriate basketball people in Israel
- American expatriate basketball people in Turkey
- Basketball players from California
- California Golden Bears men's basketball players
- Centers (basketball)
- People from Long Beach, California
- Seattle SuperSonics draft picks
- Tulsa 66ers players
