Rodney Hood

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Basketball player
Rodney Hood
Rodney Hood Western Conference Finals 2019 (cropped) .jpg
Player information
Full name Rodney Michael Hood
birthday 20th October 1992 (age 27)
place of birth Meridian , Mississippi , USA
size 203 cm
position Shooting Guard / Small Forward
college Mississippi State /
Duke
NBA draft 2014 , 23rd Pick, Utah Jazz
Club information
society Portland Trail Blazers
league NBA
Jersey number 5
Clubs as active
2014-2018 United StatesUnited States Utah Jazz
2018-2019 United StatesUnited States Cleveland Cavaliers
2019–0000 United StatesUnited States Portland Trail Blazers

Rodney Michael Hood (born October 20, 1992 in Meridian , Mississippi ) is an American basketball player who has been under contract with the Portland Trail Blazers of the National Basketball Association (NBA) since 2019 .

college

Hood initially played for Mississippi State University , but moved to Duke University after his freshman season . He had to skip his second year due to the college change. Hood also only played for the Duke Blue Devils for a year before signing up for the NBA draft . In his only season for Duke, he scored 16.1 points, 3.9 rebounds and 2.1 assists.

NBA

In the run-up to the draft, Hood was considered a potential lottery pick (Top 14). However, he was selected in the NBA Draft 2014 only 23rd by the Utah Jazz . Hood only played 50 of 82 games due to recurring injury problems, scoring 8.7 points, 2.3 rebounds and 1.7 assists per game. In his second NBA year, Hood established himself as a starter and was called up to the NBA All-Star Weekend Rookie Challenge . He finished the 2015/16 season greatly improved with 14.5 points, 3.4 rebounds and 2.7 assists per game in 79 games.

After two more seasons with the Jazz, Hood was transferred from the Jazz to the Cleveland Cavaliers in a three-team transfer in February 2018 . In return, Jae Crowder moved to Utah. A year later, Hood was passed on to the Portland Trail Blazers for Nik Stauskas and Wade Baldwin . At the Blazers he suffered a serious injury to the Achilles tendon in the game against the Los Angeles Lakers on December 6, 2019 , so that he is out for the remainder of the 2019/20 season.

statistics

Regular season

season team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
2014/15 Utah 50 21st 21.3 .414 .365 .763 2.3 1.7 0.6 0.2 8.7
2015/16 Utah 79 79 32.2 .420 .359 .860 3.4 2.7 0.9 0.2 14.5
total 129 100 27.9 .418 .360 .832 3.0 2.3 0.8 0.2 12.3

Individual evidence

  1. ^ After waiting a year, Duke's Rodney Hood is ready to lead
  2. ↑ Welcome to Utah, Dante Exum and Rodney Hood
  3. ^ Cavaliers Acquire George Hill and Rodney Hood in Three-Team Trade

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personal data
SURNAME Hood, Rodney
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Hood, Rodney Michael (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American basketball player
DATE OF BIRTH October 20, 1992
PLACE OF BIRTH Meridian , Mississippi