Hersey R. Hawkins Jr. (born September 29, 1966) is an American former professional

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player. After starring at

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's Westinghouse High School, the 6'3" (1.90 m)

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attended

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. Hawkins played for 4 teams throughout his 12-year

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career. Hersey was given his nickname, “The Big Kiss”, by David Gborie.

College

Hersey spent four seasons as the starting shooting guard at Bradley University, starting all 125 games the Braves played and finishing with 3,008 points. At the time of his graduation in 1988, he was the fourth-leading scorer in NCAA Division I history and is currently 10th. In 1986–87, he finished fifth in NCAA Division I in scoring with 27.2 points per game, following that season with a historic campaign, averaging 36.3 points per game in 1987–88. Before being drafted into the NBA, he was a member of the last collegiate

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at the

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coached by John Thompson. They disappointingly finished with the bronze medal after losing to the all-professional

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in the semifinals as Hawkins was injured, depriving the U.S. team of his outside shooting and overall scoring ability.

Career in the NBA

Philadelphia 76ers

He was then drafted 6th overall by the

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in first round of the

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, but his rights were immediately traded to the

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for the draft rights to former 1988 Olympic teammate Charles Smith. On the 76ers, "Hawk" was the second scoring option after

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. Hawkins earned NBA All-Rookie First Team Honors in 1989. In 1991, he averaged 22.1 points and appeared in the

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. In a game against the

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, he had 9 steals. He also scored a career-high 43 points in a game against the

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Charlotte Hornets

In 1993, Hawkins was traded to the

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for

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, Sidney Green and draft picks. In 1994, he grabbed a career-high 14 rebounds against the

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. Hawkins wore #32 with the Hornets during the 1993–94 season since

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wore #33. Next season, he would change his jersey number to #3.

Seattle SuperSonics

After two productive seasons in

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, Hawkins and David Wingate were traded to the

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for

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. In 1996, he played a key role, complementing

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and

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on a Sonics team that made it to the

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but lost 2–4 to his hometown team, the

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. He won the NBA Sportsmanship Award in his final season in Seattle.

Chicago Bulls

On August 12, 1999, Hawkins was traded along with

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to the Bulls for

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, but his one-year tenure in Chicago was marred by injury, and he only averaged 7.9 points per game in 61 games.

Return to Charlotte

He returned to Charlotte as a free agent in 2000 for his final season, and he retired in 2001 with 14,470 career points.

NBA career statistics

Regular season

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Playoffs

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, 4, , 4, , 32.5, , .406, , .308, , .882, , 5.3, , 2.0, , 1.5, , 0.5, , 11.3 , - , style="text-align:left;",

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, 21, , 21, , 34.0, , .452, , .344, , .895, , 3.0, , 2.2, , 1.3, , 0.2, , 12.3 , - , style="text-align:left;",

1997 File:1997 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The movie set of ''Titanic'', the highest-grossing movie in history at the time; ''Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone'', is published; Comet Hale-Bopp passes by Earth and becomes one of t ...

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Post-playing career

Hawkins was named as an assistant by head coach Ty Amundsen for the 2006–2007 season at Estrella Foothills High School varsity basketball in

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. He also came to the Hoopfest in 2009. He is currently the Player Development Director for the

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. Hawkins is married with three sons. His son

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, who holds the Arizona high school record for most points in a career, now plays for the

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of the

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. He played for

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from 2010–11 and

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from 2012–15. His son Brandon played college basketball at University of the Pacific before finishing his career at

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. His son Devon played basketball at

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in Oregon and Clark College in Washington. Former

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offensive lineman

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is Hersey's cousin.

References

External links

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1988 Oscar Robertson Trophy
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