Adam Haluska (born November 16, 1983) is an American former professional

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player.

College career

Iowa

2003–2007

Haluska played

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with the

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, and scored 1,847 points in his collegiate career. He was named to the 2007 All-

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First Team just weeks after being named the 2007

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of the Year. Haluska originally started his college career at

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, before transferring to the University of Iowa after his freshman year. He was named to the

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's All-Freshman Team in his lone year in the conference. Due to the intense rivalry amongst the two colleges, the transfer was deemed quite controversial amongst sports fans at the time. Furthering the controversy, Haluska publicly denied the rumor that he was considering a transfer just one week before officially transferring to Iowa City. Following his senior year at Iowa, Haluska competed in the three-point shooting competition at the 19th Annual State Farm Slam Dunk and Three Point Championships. Also in the competition were All-Americans Acie Law of

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of Notre Dame, Jarius Jackson of

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, Demetris Nichols of

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and Kammron Taylor of

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. On December 2, 2006, Haluska scored a career-high 31 points in an 83–67 win over

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in the title game of the Hawkeye Challenge. His performance included scoring 23 in the second half, with 20 in the final 10 minutes. On December 20, he bettered his career-best with 36 points in a 101–59 victory over Georgia State.

Professional career

NBA

New Orleans Hornets, Houston Rockets

2007–2008

Haluska was selected by the

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in the second round of the 2007 NBA Draft with the 43rd overall pick. On February 21, 2008, he was traded to the

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in a three-team deal that also sent

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and a draft pick to Houston, in exchange for Bonzi Wells and Mike James. The Rockets announced, on February 26, that they had released Haluska as the team had signed Bobby Jones to a 10-day contract. Haluska has played in seven NBA preseason games (four with New Orleans and three with Dallas). He averaged 5.6 points per game with a .577 field goal percentage. Although Haluska spent time with both the Hornets and the Rockets, he never actually played in an official NBA game with either team. After being released by the Rockets, Haluska played for the

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of the

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in 2008.

Israel

Hapoel Jerusalem B.C.

In August 2008, Haluska joined

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of the Israeli league where he played the 2008–2009 season, but was injured early on in the season and was subsequently waived by the team.

Personal

Haluska's younger brother, Sean, played basketball at

.Iowa Scene: Former Hawkeye Haluska to see doctor in Ames after foot injury
Retrieved December 5, 2008

References

External links

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ESPN.com profile
{{DEFAULTSORT:Haluska, Adam 1983 births Living people American expatriate basketball people in Israel Basketball players from Iowa Hapoel Jerusalem B.C. players Iowa Energy players Iowa Hawkeyes men's basketball players Iowa State Cyclones men's basketball players Israeli Basketball Premier League players New Orleans Hornets draft picks People from Carroll, Iowa Shooting guards American men's basketball players