- Adam Haluska
Infobox Euroleague Player
name = Adam Haluska
nickname =
height_ft = 6
height_in = 5
weight_lbs = 210
league = Israeli Ligat
team = Hapoel Jerusalem
position =Shooting guard
nationality =USA
birth_date = birth date and age|1983|11|16
birth_place = Carroll,Iowa
death_date =
death_place =
highschool = Carroll High School
college = Iowa State University of Iowa
draft = 2nd round, 43rd overall
draft_team =New Orleans Hornets
draft_year = 2007
career_start = 2007
career_end =
former_teams =New Orleans Hornets (2007-2008)Houston Rockets (2008)Iowa Energy (2008)
awards =Adam Haluska (born
November 16 ,1983 inCarroll, Iowa ) is an American professionalbasketball player. He is a 6'5" (1.96 m) tallshooting guard and currently plays forHapoel Jerusalem B.C. .College career
Haluska played
college basketball with the Iowa Hawkeyes, and scored 1,847 points in his collegiate career. He was named to the 2007 All-Big Ten Conference First Team just weeks after being named the 2007Academic All-American of the Year.Haluska originally started his college career at Iowa State University, before transferring to the University of Iowa after his freshman year. He was named to the
Big 12 Conference 's All-Freshman Team in his lone year in the conference. Due to the intense rivalry amongst the two colleges, the transfer was deemed quite controversial amongst sports fans at the time. Furthering the controversy, Haluska publicly denied the rumor that he was considering a transfer just one week before officially transferring to Iowa City. [cite web |url=http://media.www.iowastatedaily.com/media/storage/paper818/news/2003/08/23/Sports/Roller.Coaster.Summer.For.Mens.Basketball-1096110.shtml|title=IowaStateDaily.com: Roller coaster summer for men's basketball |accessdate=2008-05-21]Following his senior year at Iowa, Haluska competed in the three-point shooting competition at the 19th Annual State Farm Slam Dunk and Three Point Championships. Also in the competition were All-Americans
Acie Law of Texas A&M,Colin Falls of Notre Dame,Jarius Jackson of Texas Tech,Demetris Nichols of Syracuse andKammron Taylor of Wisconsin. [ [http://nau.newtier.com/index.php?module=pnNews&tid=1&sid=1528 Men's basketball's Sir among elite three-point shootout field] ]Pro career
NBA
Haluska was selected by the
New Orleans Hornets in the second round of the2007 NBA Draft with the 43rd overall pick. OnFebruary 21 ,2008 , he was traded to theHouston Rockets in a three-team deal that also sentBobby Jackson and a draft pick to Houston, in exchange forBonzi Wells andMike James . [cite web |url=http://www.nba.com/transactions/current_month_transactions.html |title=NBA.com: February 2008 Transactions |accessdate=2008-02-21] The Rockets announced, onFebruary 26 , that they had released Haluska as the team had signed Bobby Jones to a 10-day contract.Although Haluska spent time with both the Hornets and the Rockets, he never actually played in an official NBA game with either team. After being released by the Rockets, Haluska played for the
Iowa Energy of the D-League in 2008. [ [http://www.nba.com/dleague/iowa/ NBA Development League: Iowa Energy] ]Europe
In August 2008, Haluska joined
Hapoel Jerusalem B.C. of the Israeli League. [Ashley Schable, [http://www.carrollspaper.com/main.asp?SectionID=25&SubSectionID=136&ArticleID=6600 Adam Haluska to play for Hapoel Jerusalem] , August 27, 2008.]Personal
Haluska's younger brother, Sean, played basketball at Iowa State University in 2007-08 and 2008-09.
References
External links
*NBA-profile
* [http://sports.espn.go.com/ncb/player/profile?playerId=11882 ESPN.com profile]
* [http://hawkeyesports.cstv.com/sports/m-baskbl/mtt/haluska_adam00.html University of Iowa player bio]
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