Julius Hodge

Nationality: USA/ISV
Date of Birth: 18/11/83
Place of Birth: Harlem, New York (US)
Position: G/F
Height (CM): 201
Weight (KG): 95
Junior Assoc: None
College: North Carolina State (2001–2005)

NBL DEBUT: 26/12/07
AGE AT DEBUT: 24
LAST NBL GAME: 13/02/10
AGE AT LAST GAME: 26
NBL History: Adelaide 2007, 2009 | Melbourne 2009-10
Championships: 0
None

BIO: Julius Hodge was born in Harlem, New York (US).

NBL EXPERIENCE

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:
– 26th in assists per game.

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NBL TOTAL STATISTICS

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
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

NBL PER GAME STATISTICS

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
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

CAREER HIGHS

POINTS	REBOUNDS	ASSISTS	STEALS	BLOCKS	TURNOVERS	TRIPLE DOUBLES
39	14	13	4	3	8	0

NBA EXPERIENCE

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.
- June 24, 2004: Traded by the Orlando Magic (as a future 2005 1st round draft pick) to the Denver Nuggets for Jameer Nelson.
- June 28, 2005: Drafted by the Denver Nuggets in the 1st round (20th pick) of the 2005 NBA Draft.
- January 11, 2007: Traded by the Denver Nuggets with Earl Boykins and cash to the Milwaukee Bucks for Steve Blake.
- February 7, 2007: Waived by the Milwaukee Bucks.

Season	Team	PTS	AST	STL	BLK	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%
1	0	95%	99%	92%	89%
2	2	39	13	4	3
Total						341	668	51.0%	5	19	26.3%

NBA TOTAL STATISTICS

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%
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%
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%
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%
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%
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
Total				23	1	98	28	15	18	7	8	6	0	11	13	11	25	44%	0	0		6	12	50%

NBA PER GAME STATISTICS

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%
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%

INTERNATIONAL EXPERIENCE

NBDL - ??? 49 GM, 18.8 PPG, 6.7 RPG, 5.8 APG

AWARDS

- 2x All-NBL Third Team
- 2x NBL Assists Leader
- McDonald's All-American (2001)

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