Rick Hughes
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Rick Hughes (born August 22, 1973, in Cincinnati, Ohio) is an American professional basketball player.
He attended Thomas More College, in Kentucky.
Hughes went undrafted in the National Basketball Association but played 21 games for the Dallas Mavericks in 1999, averaging 3.9 points and 2.3 rebounds per game.
Hughes was the Eurobasket All-French Pro A Player of the Year in 2004. He also played in the French Pro A All-Star game the same year. The next season, he moved to Teramo in the Italian Serie A league. He started the season strong, but had some problems with his Achilles tendon and returned to the USA to fully recover. He played for Murcia (2005-06) in the Spanish LEB to show he was back in good shape.
In the 2006-07 season Hughes played in Spain for Baloncesto León of the LEB, where for the second year in a row, he took his team to the championship game, ultimately elevating both teams (Murcia and Leon) to the ACB.[1] He returned again to Baloncesto León in 2009-10.
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- NBA stats @ basketballreference.com
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