David Gregory Hawkins (born October 28, 1982) is an American professional

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player. He is a 1.95 m (6 ft 4¾ in) tall

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College career

Hawkins played college basketball at

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for John Chaney's

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. He became the team's leader after being reinstated to it from a suspension due to bad grades. He was named to the 2002–03 Atlantic 10 Conference All-Atlantic 10 Conference Second Team and to the 2003–04 Atlantic 10 Conference All-Atlantic 10 Conference First Team, averaging 16.9 and 24.4 points per game respectively.

Professional career

Hawkins was signed to the Houston Rockets for a brief period of time. He was later released from the team and signed with Sebastiani Rieti, then in the Italian second division. He currently plays for

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which is an American men's

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team that plays in the

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. Trilogy won the inaugural season of the BIG 3 in 2017, completing a

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Virtus Roma

He agreed to play for

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powerhouse

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in March 2005. Hawkins finished the season with an average of 17.1 points per game. During the next season, he shined in ULEB's Eurocup, averaging 18.5 points per game, but also showing great versatility and leading the competition in steals with 2.9 per game. Roma reached the quarter-final and Hawkins showed he was ready for Europe's highest stage, the Euroleague. Spending two more seasons in

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, Hawkins helped the team regain something of its past glory by qualifying twice to the Euroleague's Top 16. During those two Euroleague seasons, he averaged 13.6 and 10.9 points per game. Nevertheless, at the end of the 2007–08 season, team manager

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decided not to renew his contract.

Armani Jeans Milano

After that, Hawkins signed with another

Euroleague team,

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, leading it up to the finals, lost against

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. On February 15, 2009 he scored a career-high 35 points against Montegranaro, also adding 10 rebounds.

Montepaschi Siena

In 2009, he moved to

where he played with former

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rival

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. In July 2010 he returned to play for

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Beşiktaş Milangaz

On August 19, 2011, Hawkins signed a one-year contract with the Turkish team

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. On February 18, 2012, Hawkins led the team to their first

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win averaging 9.8 points, 3.3 assists and 29.3 minutes. On April 29, 2012, he won the

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Cup with Beşiktaş Milangaz scoring 13 points and 4 assists in the final. In June 2012, he won the Turkish League Champions with Beşiktaş Milangaz.

Galatasaray Medical Park

On August 16, 2012, Hawkins signed a three-year contract with the Turkish team Galatasaray Medical Park. However, Hawkins failed a doping test after the Gaziantep Büyükşehir Belediyespor game in December 2012 and was banned from professional basketball for four years by the Turkish Basketball Federation. The substance detected in his blood was Methylecgonine, a common metabolite of cocaine. After the decision, Hawkins’ contract with Galatasaray was cancelled.

The Basketball Tournament (TBT)

In the summer of 2015, Hawkins competed in

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for the City of Gods. Alongside former NBA players

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and

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, Hawkins helped guide the City of Gods to the 2015 TBT Championship Game where they lost 84–71 to Overseas Elite. In their 2017 first-round matchup against Gael Nation, a team composed of

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basketball alum, Hawkins scored 17 points and grabbed 4 rebounds in the City of Gods' 88–86 loss.

References

External links

Italian League Profile

Turkish League Profile

Euroleague Profile

TBLStat.net Profile
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