21 Facts About Craig Hodges

Craig Hodges played in the NBA for 10 seasons and led the league in 3-point shooting percentage three times.

Craig Hodges won two NBA championships with the Chicago Bulls and, along with Larry Bird, is one of only two players to win three consecutive Three Point Contests at the National Basketball Association All-Star Weekend, winning the competition in 1990,1991, and 1992.

Craig Hodges was later a head coach at Chicago State University, an assistant coach for the Los Angeles Lakers and head coach of the Halifax Rainmen of the National Basketball League of Canada.

Craig Hodges played under Tex Winter, who later coached him again as an assistant to Phil Jackson with the Chicago Bulls.

That postseason, Craig Hodges played a key role in the Bucks advancing past the Philadelphia 76ers in the Eastern Conference Semifinals, averaging 14.1 points, 4.6 assists, and 3.3 steals per game during the seven-game series, which included 24 points and the game-winning basket in game seven.

Craig Hodges then played for the Bulls from 1988 to 1992, and helped them win two NBA Championships in 1991 and 1992.

Craig Hodges appeared in the first eight NBA All-Star Three Point Contests from 1986 to 1993, and won the contest three times, in 1990,1991, and 1992.

Craig Hodges reached the final round on two other occasions, in 1986 when he lost to Larry Bird, and in 1989, when he lost to Dale Ellis.

Craig Hodges holds the Three Point Contest records for the most consecutive shots made with 19 and is tied with Jason Kapono for most points scored in a single round at 25.

Craig Hodges is tied with Hubert Davis for the highest score in the semifinal round at 24 and with six other players for the most bonus balls made with five.

Craig Hodges has the second highest three-round combined score with 61.

Craig Hodges was eliminated after the semifinal, finishing behind eventual winner Mark Price and Terry Porter.

In September 2005, Craig Hodges joined the Los Angeles Lakers as a special assistant coach under his former Bulls coach, Phil Jackson.

Craig Hodges worked with individual players on offensive skills, primarily shooting.

Craig Hodges is currently head coach of Rich East High School in his hometown of Park Forest, Illinois.

The book The Jordan Rules related how Craig Hodges had opposed the Gulf War but mainly discussed his issues with teammates and coaches who mostly disagreed with him but didn't shun him for his views.

Craig Hodges criticized his Bulls teammate Michael Jordan for not using his fame to draw attention to social and political issues, and said Jordan was "bailing out" for not being politically outspoken.

Jordan ignored the former call and bluntly told Craig Hodges that the boycott idea was a non-starter.

In 2014, Craig Hodges was named to a team assembled by Dennis Rodman as part of his "basketball diplomacy" effort in North Korea with the job of playing an exhibition match against the North Korea men's national basketball team to celebrate the birthday of Kim Jong-Un.

Craig Hodges failed to make it into the country as his flight from Canada to Beijing was delayed, causing him to miss the connecting flight to Pyongyang and prompting the Chinese government to send him immediately back to Canada.

Craig Hodges is the father of Jamaal, Noah and Jibril.