34 Facts About Julius Hodge

Julius Melvin Hodge was born on November 18,1983 and is an American-Antiguan former professional basketball player and current assistant coach at Little Rock Trojans.

Originally from Harlem, New York, Hodge played college basketball at NC State and was selected 20th overall in the 2005 NBA draft by the Denver Nuggets.

Julius Hodge was born in the Manhattan neighborhood of Harlem and raised across the Harlem River from Yankee Stadium.

Julius Hodge became smitten with basketball when he was five years old after his father took him to a New York Knicks game against the Los Angeles Lakers at Madison Square Garden where Magic Johnson smiled at him in the crowd.

Julius Hodge scored a total of 684 points his senior season, setting the school record at St Raymond High School, and left rated as the best shooting guard by ESPN and fifth-best nationally.

Julius Hodge averaged 24.5 points, 5 assists and 4 steals per game.

Julius Hodge was named to second-team All-ACC Tournament team, after averaging 12.3 points.

Julius Hodge scored a double-double in his first collegiate game and his first ACC game.

Julius Hodge recorded four career-highs during the three-day run to the finals of the ACC tournament.

Julius Hodge recorded his seventh double-double during the final game of the tournament and ranked seventh in free throw percentage for the season.

Julius Hodge was chosen in the first round of the 2005 NBA Draft by the Denver Nuggets.

On January 5,2007, Julius Hodge started in his first career NBA game, against the Los Angeles Lakers.

On December 21,2007, Julius Hodge signed with the Adelaide 36ers in the Australian NBL as their second import to replace the outgoing Mike Chappell.

Julius Hodge made his debut for the 36ers against the South Dragons helping them to a victory.

On February 2, Julius Hodge became the first 36er since Robert Rose in 1994 to record a triple double.

Julius Hodge became just the second player to win the award three times, and the first player to win it three times consecutively during the season.

On November 15,2008, Julius Hodge re-signed with the Adelaide 36ers replacing outgoing import Mark Tyndale.

In 2011, it was revealed Julius Hodge's recruitment had been paid for out of the $27 million Christopher Wayne Fuss had embezzled from Flinders University.

In November 2009, Julius Hodge signed with the Melbourne Tigers to help bolster an injury-plagued roster missing Chris Anstey.

Julius Hodge returned to Adelaide as a member of the Melbourne Tigers in December 2009.

Julius Hodge was booed every time he touched the ball and after the win Hodge stamped on Brett Maher's signature on center court.

Julius Hodge had to receive a police escort off the court and out of the building.

Julius Hodge returned to the Americas in 2010 after signing a contract with Trotamundos de Carabobo of Venezuela's Liga Profesional de Baloncesto.

Julius Hodge scored 16 points in his debut against Shenyang.

Later in 2010, Julius Hodge received a substantial offer from Petrochimi Bandar Imam BC of the Iranian Basketball Super League.

Julius Hodge returned to China in 2011, this time playing for the Jiangsu Tongxi.

In December 2011, Julius Hodge signed with Vietnam's Saigon Heat of the ASEAN Basketball League.

In November 2012, Hodge was added to the roster of Paris-Levallois Basket in France's LNB Pro A In Paris, he was teammates with Sean May and Jawad Williams, both of whom were Hodge's conference rivals in college and his teenage friends from the youth basketball circuit.

Julius Hodge became just the ninth former NBA player to ever play in the league.

On May 18,2015, Buffalo Bulls head coach Nate Oats announced that Julius Hodge would serve as the Director of Player Development for the State University of New York at Buffalo.

On March 29,2016, Julius Hodge joined his former college coach Herb Sendek as an assistant coach at Santa Clara University.

In July 2021, Julius Hodge became an assistant coach at Arkansas Little Rock.

Julius Hodge was told he came within 5 minutes of bleeding to death.

In 2011, Julius Hodge played for the Antigua and Barbuda national basketball team in the Caribbean Basketball Confederation Championship.