Hopson, Dennis

In 1983, Hopson entered Ohio State University , where he played for the Ohio State Buccais basketball team, in which he averaged 5.3 points per game in his first year and 9.8 in his second year. The heyday of his student career came in his third year, when he doubled his performance, gaining an average of 20.9 points per match. In 1986, “Bakays” was headed by Gary Williams , after which a new stage began in Dennis’s game. Williams put into practice a fast offensive pace, which gave Hopson an advantage in the attacking game, which subsequently allowed him to only increase his productivity in the attack. Dennis had a great jump shot, which in the end not only allowed him to become the second sniper in the first division of the NCAA in the 1986/1987 season, but also to become the player of the year of the Big Ten conference . In the fourth year, Hopson, despite his high growth, became the second in transfers (average 3.6 per game) and the best in selection (8.2). According to the results of 1987, he was included in the 2nd All-American National Team of the NCAA ^[1] .

He played as an attacking defender and light forward . In 1990, he was selected by the NBA Draft under number 3 by the New Jersey Nets team. He later played for the Chicago Bulls and Sacramento Kings . In total, the NBA spent 5 seasons. For three years of playing for the Nets, Hopson was constantly harassed by minor injuries and disputes with management over the fulfillment of contractual obligations, which in the end he was tired of and despite the fact that in the 1989/1990 season he became the team's best sniper (1251 points), he changed his residence permit ^[1] . In the 1990/1991 season, Hopson became the NBA champion in the Bulls. In total, during his career in the NBA he played 334 games in which he scored 3633 points (an average of 10.9 per game), made 939 rebounds , 539 assists , 319 interceptions and 159 block shots .

After completing his appearances in the NBA, Hopson moved to Europe, where he first played two seasons in Spain for the team Natouest Zaragoza , and then two years in France for the Cholet Kedex Basket and Le Mans . In 1996, he signed a contract with the Philippine club Purefoods Carne-Norte , but soon left the team due to another injury. Dennis then played one season in Turkey for Galatasaray , after which he moved to Israel , where he played for the teams Hapoel Eilat , Maccabi Rishon Lezion , where he was recognized as one of the best players in the championship and Maccabi Givat- Shmuel . " In 1999, an experienced traveler moved to Venezuela , where he briefly played for the Haiteros del Zulia team. After this, Hopson returned to Israel , where he completed his sports career as a player, playing for Maccabi Kiryat Motzkin and again for Maccabi Givat Shmuel.

After completing his professional career, the player Hopson was invited to the position of head coach in the Toledo Royal Knights team, which played in the ABA , which he led for two seasons, until it ceased to exist (2005-2006). Then he got a job as an assistant to Rolly Massimino in the basketball team of Northwood University , where he worked for three years (2006-2009). Since September 2009 , Hopson has been working as an assistant coach ( Luis Orra ) on the Bowling Green Falcons team, serving on the National University Sports Association (NCAA) ^[2] .

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