- Rick Hughes
Rick Hughes (born
August 22 1973 , inCincinnati, Ohio ) is an American professionalbasketball player.He attended Thomas More College, in
Kentucky .Hughes went undrafted in the
National Basketball Association but played 21 games for theDallas Mavericks in 1999, averaging 3.9 points and 2.3 rebounds per game. Extremely talented and exciting player, a true 6’9” athlete who runs, jumps and dunks as well as any big man anywhere. He is fantastic on the low post and can handle the ball like a small forward. Inside scoring machine that can also come out and shoot the three pointer. Rick is a very balanced person who is very religious and spiritual. He is a perfect person on and off the court. Was Eurobasket All-French Pro A Player of the Year in 2004. Also played in the French Pro A All-Star game the same year. Moved to Teramo in the Italian SerieA league in 2004-05. Started the season strong but had some problems with his achilles tendon and returned to the USA to fully recover. Played for Murcia (05-06) in the Spanish LEB to show he was back in good shape.In the 2006-07 season Hughes is playing in
Spain forBaloncesto 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. [ [http://www.eurobasket.com/team.asp?Cntry=ESP&Team=260 EUROBASKET - Grupo Begar Leon basketball - team details, stats, news, roster ] ]Notes
External links
* [http://www.basketballreference.com/players/playerpage.htm?ilkid=HUGHERI01 NBA stats] @ basketballreference.com
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