BIO: Julius Hodge was born in Harlem, New York (US).
Julius Hodge made his NBL debut with the Adelaide 36ers at 24 years of age. He scored six points in his first game.
Julius Hodge played three seasons in the NBL, playing for both the Adelaide 36ers and the Melbourne Tigers. He averaged 21.6 points, 7 rebounds, and 5.9 assists in 40 NBL games.
CAREER RANKINGS:
– 27th in assists per game.
Dan Boyce is a die-hard Sydney Kings fan who grew up in Melbourne during the roaring 90's of Australian Basketball and spent far too much time collecting Futera NBL Basketball cards.
SEASON | AGE | TEAM | TEAM RECORD | GP | MINS | PTS | REB | AST | OR | DR | STL | BLK | TO | PF | FGM | FGA | FG% | 3PM | 3PA | 3P% | FTM | FTA | FT% | TS% | EFG% | HS |
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2009-10 | 26 | Melbourne | 11-17 (6) | 19 | 673.0 | 332 | 100 | 113 | 38 | 62 | 23 | 17 | 87 | 61 | 133 | 275 | 48% | 0 | 5 | 0% | 66 | 112 | 59% | 51% | 48% | 26 |
2008-09 | 25 | Adelaide | 15-15 (5) | 9 | 361.0 | 237 | 72 | 54 | 35 | 37 | 15 | 10 | 36 | 31 | 99 | 188 | 53% | 1 | 6 | 17% | 38 | 64 | 59% | 54% | 53% | 31 |
2007-08 | 24 | Adelaide | 14-16 (9) | 12 | 431.0 | 295 | 109 | 71 | 48 | 61 | 18 | 4 | 49 | 40 | 109 | 205 | 53% | 4 | 8 | 50% | 73 | 114 | 64% | 57% | 54% | 39 | Totals | 40 | 1465 | 864 | 281 | 238 | 121 | 160 | 56 | 31 | 172 | 132 | 341 | 668 | 51.0% | 5 | 19 | 26.3% | 177 | 290 | 61.0% | 54% | 51% | 39 |
SEASON | AGE | TEAM | TEAM RECORD | GP | MINS | PTS | REB | AST | OR | DR | STL | BLK | TO | PF | FGM | FGA | FG% | 3PM | 3PA | 3P% | FTM | FTA | FT% | TS% | EFG% | HS |
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2009-10 | 26 | Melbourne | 11-17 (6) | 19 | 35.4 | 17.5 | 5.3 | 5.9 | 2.0 | 3.3 | 1.2 | 0.9 | 4.6 | 3.2 | 7.0 | 14.5 | 48% | 0.0 | 0.3 | 0% | 3.5 | 5.9 | 59% | 51% | 48% | 26 |
2008-09 | 25 | Adelaide | 15-15 (5) | 9 | 40.1 | 26.3 | 8.0 | 6.0 | 3.9 | 4.1 | 1.7 | 1.1 | 4.0 | 3.4 | 11.0 | 20.9 | 53% | 0.1 | 0.7 | 17% | 4.2 | 7.1 | 59% | 54% | 53% | 31 |
2007-08 | 24 | Adelaide | 14-16 (9) | 12 | 35.9 | 24.6 | 9.1 | 5.9 | 4.0 | 5.1 | 1.5 | 0.3 | 4.1 | 3.3 | 9.1 | 17.1 | 53% | 0.3 | 0.7 | 50% | 6.1 | 9.5 | 64% | 57% | 54% | 39 | Total | 40 | 36.6 | 21.6 | 7.0 | 6.0 | 3.0 | 4.0 | 1.4 | 0.8 | 4.3 | 3.3 | 8.5 | 16.7 | 51.0% | 0.0 | 0.0 | 26.3% | 0.1 | 0.5 | 61.0% | 54% | 51% | 39 |
POINTS | REBOUNDS | ASSISTS | STEALS | BLOCKS | TURNOVERS | TRIPLE DOUBLES | 39 | 14 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 0 |
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Julius Hodge was drafted by the Denver Nuggets with pick #20 in the 2005 NBA Draft.
Hodge was chosen in the first round (20th overall) of the 2005 NBA Draft by the Denver Nuggets.
He appeared in 14 games for the Nuggets in the 2005/06 season while averaging only 0.9 points in 2.4 minutes. On January 5, 2007, Hodge started in his first career NBA game, against the Los Angeles Lakers.
Six days later he was traded to the Milwaukee Bucks along with Earl Boykins for Steve Blake.
On February 7 of that year, Hodge was waived by the Bucks.
Later that year, he played for the 2007 Seattle SuperSonics summer league team.
Hodge played 23 games in the NBA. He averaged 1.2 points, 0.7 rebounds, and 0.8 assists per game over his NBA career.
NBA TRANSACTIONS:
- August 1, 2001: Traded by the Washington Wizards (as a future 2005 1st round draft pick) with Laron Profit to the Orlando Magic for Brendan Haywood.
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June 24, 2004: Traded by the Orlando Magic (as a future 2005 1st round draft pick) to the Denver Nuggets for Jameer Nelson.
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June 28, 2005: Drafted by the Denver Nuggets in the 1st round (20th pick) of the 2005 NBA Draft.
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January 11, 2007: Traded by the Denver Nuggets with Earl Boykins and cash to the Milwaukee Bucks for Steve Blake.
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February 7, 2007: Waived by the Milwaukee Bucks.
Season | Team | PTS | AST | STL | BLK | FGM | FGA | FG% | 3PM | 3PA | 3P% |
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1 | 0 | 95% | 99% | 92% | 89% | ||||||
2 | 2 | 39 | 13 | 4 | 3 | ||||||
Total | 341 | 668 | 51.0% | 5 | 19 | 26.3% |
YEAR | AGE | TEAM | POS | GP | GS | MINS | PTS | TRB | AST | ORB | DRB | STL | BLK | TOV | PF | FG | FGA | FG% | 3P | 3PA | 3P% | FT | FTA | FT% | TS% | EFG% |
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2005-06 | 22 | Denver | SG | 14 | 0 | 33 | 13 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 13 | 38% | 0 | 0 | 0% | 3 | 8 | 38% | 39% | 39% |
2006-07 | 23 | Denver | SG | 4 | 1 | 37 | 6 | 3 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 40% | 0 | 0 | 0% | 2 | 2 | 100% | 51% | 40% |
2006-07 | 23 | Milwaukee | SG | 5 | 0 | 28 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 57% | 0 | 0 | 0% | 1 | 2 | 50% | 57% | 57% | Total | 23 | 1 | 98 | 28 | 15 | 18 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 11 | 13 | 11 | 25 | 44% | 0 | 0 | 6 | 12 | 50% |
YEAR | AGE | TEAM | POS | GP | GS | MINS | PTS | TRB | AST | ORB | DRB | STL | BLK | TOV | PF | FG | FGA | FG% | 3P | 3PA | 3P% | FT | FTA | FT% | TS% | EFG% |
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2005-06 | 22 | Denver | SG | 14 | 0 | 2.4 | 0.9 | 0.5 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.6 | 0.5 | 0.4 | 0.9 | 38% | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0% | 0.2 | 0.6 | 38% | 39% | 39% |
2006-07 | 23 | Denver | SG | 4 | 1 | 9.3 | 1.5 | 0.8 | 2.5 | 0.3 | 0.5 | 0.8 | 0.0 | 0.3 | 0.8 | 0.5 | 1.3 | 40% | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0% | 0.5 | 0.5 | 100% | 51% | 40% |
2006-07 | 23 | Milwaukee | SG | 5 | 0 | 5.6 | 1.8 | 1.0 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 0.8 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.4 | 0.6 | 0.8 | 1.4 | 57% | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0% | 0.2 | 0.4 | 50% | 57% | 57% | Total | 23 | 1 | 4.3 | 1.2 | 0.7 | 0.8 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.5 | 0.6 | 0.5 | 1.1 | 44% | 0.3 | 0.5 | 50% |
- 2x All-NBL Third Team
- 2x NBL Assists Leader
- McDonald's All-American (2001)
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