DeVon Hardin

DeVon Hardin

Position	Center
Height	6 ft 11 in (2.11 m)
Weight	250 lb (110 kg)
League	Liga Leumit
Team	Elitzur Yavne
Born	September 7, 1986 (1986-09-07) (age 25) Long Beach, California
Nationality	American
College	California
Draft	2nd round, 50th overall, 2008 Seattle SuperSonics
Pro career	2008–present
Career history	Egaleo AO (2009) Mersin BB (2009) Tulsa 66ers (2009-2010) Elitzur Yavne (2010)

DeVon Michael Hardin (born September 7, 1986 in Long Beach, California) is an American professional basketball player. A 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m), 250 lb (110 kg; 18 st) center, he currently plays with Elitzur Yavne.

High school career

Hardin played at Newark Memorial High School in Newark, CA. He averaged 12.9 ppg, 11.4 rpg and 4.4 bpg as a senior at Newark Memorial HS, earning first-team All-Metro honors from the San Francisco Chronicle

College career

Hardin attended the University of California, Berkeley, where he played all of his four collegiate seasons for the Golden Bears and majored in social welfare.^[1] He declared for the 2007 NBA Draft, but withdrew his name shortly before the event.^[2]

Pro career

Hardin was selected 50th overall in the 2008 NBA Draft by the Seattle SuperSonics,^[3] but did not make the team. In January 2009, he joined Greek first division club Egaleo AO, as a replacement for Andrae Patterson.^[4] Hardin had recently been released by Turkish team Mersin BB, after failing to properly recover from a stress fracture on his right foot.^[5]

Hardin's draft rights, along with Chris Wilcox and Joe Smith, were traded to the New Orleans Hornets for Tyson Chandler on February 17, 2009.^[6] However, the trade was rescinded a day later, after Chandler failed his physical with the Thunder.^[7]

He played for the Philadelphia 76ers in the Orlando Pro Summer League in 2010.^[8] On August 1, 2010 Hardin signed with Elitzur Yavne in the second division in Israel.

References

1. ^ CalBears player bio
2. ^ DeVon Hardin withdraws from NBA Draft, CalBears.com, June 18, 2007.
3. ^ Bob McClellan, Draft Diary III: Cal center DeVon Hardin, Rivals.com, May 23, 2008.
4. ^ Devon Hardin to replace Patterson in Egaleo BC
5. ^ Mersin released DeVon Hardin
6. ^ Thunder get Chandler from Hornets
7. ^ Thunder reject Chandler; trade off
8. ^ 76ers' Summer League Roster Philadelphia Inquirer, June 30, 2010

External links

• NBA.com profile
• NBA.com Draft profile
• Player info @ DraftExpress.com
• Official website
• Player page at Calbears
• College player profile

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Name	Hardin, Devon
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Date of birth	September 7, 1986
Place of birth	Long Beach, California
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