Scotty Hopson

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Scotty Hopson
Scotty Hopson.jpg
Hopson playing for Tennessee in March 2011
No. 32 – Oklahoma City Blue
PositionShooting guard / Small forward
LeagueNBA G League
Personal information
Born (1989-08-08) August 8, 1989 (age 32)
Hopkinsville, Kentucky
NationalityAmerican
Listed height6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)
Listed weight204 lb (93 kg)
Career information
High schoolUniversity Heights Academy
(Hopkinsville, Kentucky)
CollegeTennessee (2008–2011)
NBA draft2011 / Undrafted
Playing career2011–present
Career history
2011–2012Kolossos Rodou
2012–2013Hapoel Eilat
2013–2014Anadolu Efes
2014Cleveland Cavaliers
2014→Canton Charge
2014–2015Sioux Falls Skyforce
2015Laboral Kutxa
2015Foshan Long Lions
2016–2017Cedevita
2017Ironi Nahariya
2017–2018Galatasaray
2018Dallas Mavericks
2018–2019Oklahoma City Blue
2019Hapoel Holon
2019–2020New Zealand Breakers
2020Oklahoma City Blue
2020–2021Melbourne United
2021–presentOklahoma City Blue
Career highlights and awards
Stats Edit this at Wikidata at NBA.com
Stats Edit this at Wikidata at Basketball-Reference.com

Brian Scott "Scotty" Hopson (born August 8, 1989) is an American professional basketball player for the Oklahoma City Blue of the NBA G League. He played college basketball for the Tennessee Volunteers before playing professionally in Greece, Israel, Turkey, Spain, China, Croatia, New Zealand and Australia. He has also played in the NBA G League and had short stints in the National Basketball Association (NBA) with the Cleveland Cavaliers (2014) and Dallas Mavericks (2018).

High school and college career[]

Considered a five-star recruit by the Rivals.com recruiting network, Hopson was listed as the No. 2 shooting guard and the No. 5 player in the nation in 2008.[1] He played three seasons of college basketball for the University of Tennessee under head coach Bruce Pearl from 2008 to 2011.[2][3][4]

Professional career[]

Hopson went undrafted in the 2011 NBA draft. In August 2011, he signed with Kolossos Rodou of the Greek Basket League for the 2011–12 season.[5]

In July 2012, Hopson signed with Hapoel Eilat of the Israeli Basketball Super League for the 2012–13 season.[6] In 33 games, he averaged 17.7 points and 5.2 rebounds per game.

In July 2013, Hopson signed with Anadolu Efes of the Turkish Basketball League for the 2013–14 season.[7] His final game for Anadolu Efes came on January 13, 2014.[8]

On March 31, 2014, Hopson signed with the Cleveland Cavaliers.[9] He had two assignments with the Canton Charge of the NBA Development League during April 2014.[10][11]

On July 12, 2014, Hopson was traded, along with cash considerations, to the Charlotte Hornets in exchange for Brendan Haywood and the draft rights to Dwight Powell.[12] The next day, the Hornets traded him to the New Orleans Pelicans in exchange for cash considerations.[13] Two days later, he was traded again, this time to the Houston Rockets.[14] On September 17, 2014, he was traded, along with Alonzo Gee, to the Sacramento Kings in exchange for Jason Terry and two future second-round draft picks.[15] On September 24, 2014, he was waived by the Kings.[16]

On December 7, 2014, Hopson was acquired by the Sioux Falls Skyforce of the NBA Development League.[17] On February 24, 2015, Hopson set two Skyforce single-game records, scoring 52 points and making 21 field goals in a win over the Reno Bighorns.[18] On April 21, 2015, he signed with Laboral Kutxa of Spain for the rest of the 2014–15 ACB season.[19]

In September 2015, Hopson signed with the Foshan Long Lions of China for the 2015–16 CBA season.[20] He played seven games for Foshan in November 2015, before leaving the team.[8]

On July 24, 2016, Hopson signed with Croatian club Cedevita Zagreb.[21] On February 11, 2017, he signed with Israeli club Ironi Nahariya for the rest of the 2016–17 season.[22][23]

On July 20, 2017, Hopson signed with Turkish club Galatasaray for the 2017–18 season.[24] He left Galatasaray in January 2018.[25]

On February 26, 2018, Hopson signed a 10-day contract with the Dallas Mavericks.[26] After appearing in one game, he was not offered a second 10-day contract.[27]

On October 10, 2018, Hopson signed with the Oklahoma City Thunder.[28] He was waived two days later[29] and subsequently joined the Thunder's NBA G League affiliate, the Oklahoma City Blue.[30] On February 14, 2019, he signed a 10-day contract with the Thunder.[31] He did not appear in a game for the Thunder during his stint and returned to the Blue after the contract expired.[32][33]

On April 18, 2019, Hopson returned to Israel for a third stint, signing with Hapoel Holon.[34] He suffered a foot injury in his first game with Holon and was later ruled out for the rest of the season.[35]

On July 31, 2019, Hopson signed with the New Zealand Breakers for the 2019–20 NBL season.[36] Early in the season, he split a ligament in his knee.[37] He returned to action in December after missing most of November.[38] He was named to the All-NBL Second Team.[39]

In February 2020, Hopson re-joined the Oklahoma City Blue of the NBA G League.[40]

On November 30, 2020, Hopson signed with Melbourne United for the 2020–21 NBL season.[41] He helped Melbourne win the NBL championship in June 2021.[42]

On October 14, 2021, Hopson signed an Exhibit 10 deal with the Oklahoma City Thunder.[43][44] He was waived a day later.[45] He was acquired by the Oklahoma City Blue on October 26, 2021.[11]

Career statistics[]

Legend
  GP Games played   GS  Games started  MPG  Minutes per game
 FG%  Field-goal percentage  3P%  3-point field-goal percentage  FT%  Free-throw percentage
 RPG  Rebounds per game  APG  Assists per game  SPG  Steals per game
 BPG  Blocks per game  PPG  Points per game  PIR  Performance Index Rating
 Bold  Career high

NBA[]

Regular season[]

Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
2013–14 Cleveland 2 0 3.5 .000 .000 .500 .0 .5 .5 .0 .5
2017–18 Dallas 1 0 8.0 .000 .000 .500 .0 1.0 .0 .0 1.0
Career 3 0 5.0 .000 .000 .500 .0 .7 .3 .0 .7

EuroLeague[]

Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG PIR
2013–14 Anadolu Efes 11 10 28.5 .625 .484 .735 4.2 1.1 1.1 .5 15.5 15.7
Career 11 10 28.5 .625 .484 .735 4.2 1.1 1.1 .5 15.5 15.7

References[]

  1. ^ "Rivals.com". sports.yahoo.com.
  2. ^ "Scotty Hopson Bio". utsports.com. Retrieved March 31, 2014.
  3. ^ "DraftExpress - Scotty Hopson DraftExpress Profile: Stats, Comparisons, and Outlook". DraftExpress. Retrieved November 5, 2020.
  4. ^ "Scotty Hopson College Stats". College Basketball at Sports-Reference.com. Retrieved November 5, 2020.
  5. ^ "Kolossos Rhodes sign rookie Scotty Hopson". Sportando.com. August 30, 2011. Retrieved March 31, 2014.
  6. ^ "Hapoel Eilat tabs Scotty Hopson". Sportando.com. July 12, 2012. Retrieved March 31, 2014.
  7. ^ "ANADOLU EFES inks swingman Hopson". Euroleague.net. July 25, 2013. Archived from the original on February 27, 2014. Retrieved March 31, 2014.
  8. ^ a b "Scotty Hopson". australiabasket.com. Retrieved October 15, 2021.
  9. ^ "Cavs Sign Scotty Hopson". NBA.com. March 31, 2014. Retrieved March 31, 2014.
  10. ^ "Cavs Assign Karasev and Hopson to Charge". NBA.com. April 6, 2014. Retrieved April 6, 2014.
  11. ^ a b "Scotty Hopson". realgm.com. Retrieved October 15, 2021.
  12. ^ "Hopson Acquired from Cavs - Charlotte Hornets".
  13. ^ "Pelicans Acquire Scotty Hopson - New Orleans Pelicans".
  14. ^ "Rockets Land Ariza & Valuable First Round Pick - Houston Rockets".
  15. ^ "Kings Acquire Gee, Hopson and Trade Exception from Houston in Exchange for Jason Terry and Pair of Second Round Draft Picks". NBA.com. Turner Sports Interactive, Inc. September 17, 2014. Retrieved September 17, 2014.
  16. ^ "Kings Waive Scotty Hopson - Sacramento Kings".
  17. ^ "Skyforce Acquire Scotty Hopson".
  18. ^ "Scotty Hopson sets Skyforce scoring record with 52 points". The Washington Times. February 25, 2015. Retrieved February 25, 2015.
  19. ^ "Scotty Hopson reforzará el perímetro baskonista hasta final de temporada". Saski Baskonia (in Spanish). April 21, 2015. Retrieved April 21, 2015.
  20. ^ "Scotty Hopson joins Foshan Long Lions". court-side.com. September 17, 2015. Retrieved November 4, 2015.
  21. ^ "Scotty Hopson signs with Cedevita Zagreb". Sportando.com. July 24, 2016. Retrieved July 24, 2016.
  22. ^ League, Winner. "Ironi Nahariya signed @Shopson32, replacing injured Gilbert Brown. Hopson played in Hapoel Eilat in 12/13".
  23. ^ "Israeli Basketball, Teams, Scores, Stats, News, Standings - eurobasket News".
  24. ^ "Galatasaray signs small forward Hopson".
  25. ^ "Scotty Hopson parts ways with Galatasaray". Sportando.com. January 19, 2018. Retrieved January 19, 2018.
  26. ^ "Mavericks sign Scotty Hopson to 10-day contract". NBA Media Ventures, LLC. February 26, 2018. Retrieved February 26, 2018.
  27. ^ "Scotty Hopson: Not re-signed by Dallas". cbssports.com. March 11, 2018. Retrieved March 11, 2018.
  28. ^ "Thunder Signs Grantham, Hopson and Wells". NBA.com. October 10, 2018. Retrieved October 11, 2018.
  29. ^ "Thunder Waives Four". NBA.com. October 12, 2018. Retrieved October 12, 2018.
  30. ^ "Oklahoma City Blue Announces Training Camp Roster". NBA.com. October 23, 2018. Retrieved November 3, 2018.
  31. ^ "Scotty Hopson and Richard Solomon Signed to 10-Day Contracts". NBA.com. February 14, 2019. Retrieved February 14, 2019.
  32. ^ "Thunder do not re-sign Solomon, Hopson at end of 10-day contracts". usatoday.com. February 25, 2019. Retrieved February 25, 2019.
  33. ^ "OKC Thunder: Scotty Hopson picked the wrong time to join the OKC Blue". Thunderous Intentions. April 11, 2020. Retrieved November 5, 2020.
  34. ^ "Hapoel Holon signs Scotty Hopson and Egor Koulechov". Sportando.basketball. April 18, 2019. Retrieved April 18, 2019.
  35. ^ "חסר מזל: הופסון עבר MRI ונקבע כי סיים את העונה". ONE.co.il (in Hebrew). April 29, 2019. Retrieved April 29, 2019.
  36. ^ "Breakers Sign Scotty Hopson, Change Coaching Structure". NBL.com.au. July 31, 2019. Retrieved July 31, 2019.
  37. ^ "Breakers Sign Glen Rice Jr as Injury Replacement". NBL.com.au. November 5, 2019. Retrieved November 5, 2019.
  38. ^ Hinton, Marc (December 9, 2019). "Blinded by the light: NZ Breakers take credibility hit with Glen Rice Jr debacle". Stuff.co.nz. Retrieved December 9, 2019.
  39. ^ Gilhooly, Daniel (February 16, 2020). "NBL award winners announced". ESPN. Retrieved February 21, 2020.
  40. ^ "Oklahoma City Blue Acquires Scotty Hopson". gleague.nba.com. February 21, 2020. Retrieved November 30, 2020.
  41. ^ "Scotty Hopson Signs with Melbourne United". NBL.com.au. November 30, 2020. Retrieved November 30, 2020.
  42. ^ "United secure NBL21 championship on home court". NBL.com.au. June 25, 2021. Retrieved June 25, 2021.
  43. ^ "Knicks Sign Goodwin; Thunder Add Hopson". hoopsrumors.com. October 14, 2021. Retrieved October 15, 2021. The Thunder have signed guard Scotty Hopson to a camp deal, according to the team's PR department.
  44. ^ "In The Post – Friday October 15". NBL.com.au. October 15, 2021. Retrieved October 15, 2021.
  45. ^ "Thunder Release D.J. Wilson, Scotty Hopson". hoopsrumors.com. October 15, 2021. Retrieved October 16, 2021. Hopson looks like a good bet to rejoin the Blues for the upcoming season...

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