DeeAndre Hulett (born December 29, 1980) is an American retired professional
basketball
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player.
Hulett averaged 24.2 points, 13.1 rebounds and 4 blocks per game in his senior year of high school at Arthur Hill, and received all-state honors. After playing collegiately at
College of the Sequoias
College of the Sequoias (COS) is a public two-year community college in Visalia, California. The college is named for the Giant Sequoia trees native to the nearby Sierra Nevada mountain range.
History
College of the Sequoias was originally esta ...
from 1998–99, he signed with the
Las Vegas Silver Bandits
The Las Vegas Silver Bandits were a team in the International Basketball League (IBL). They played at the Thomas and Mack Center in Paradise, Nevada in 1999.
The team president was Michael A. Olsen. The V.P. of Basketball Operations was Cindy Ha ...
of the
International Basketball League
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. He was selected by the
Toronto Raptors
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in the second round (46th overall) of the
2000 NBA Draft. However, Hulett never played in an NBA game, making him 1 of 8 players from the 2000 NBA Draft to never play in the league.
Listed at and , he primarily played
small forward
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. Hulett attended
Arthur Hill High School
Arthur Hill High School is a public high school in Saginaw, Michigan, United States. It serves students in grades 9-12 as one of three high schools in the Saginaw Public School District.
History
The school was named after a successful lumb ...
and was the second runner-up for
Mr. Basketball of Michigan
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in 1998.
On March 23, 2001, Hulett signed with the
St. Louis Swarm
The St. Louis Swarm was a professional basketball team based in St. Charles, Missouri from 1999 to 2001. They were members of the International Basketball League and won the league's only two championship series in 2000 and 2001. The Swarm played ...
of the International Basketball League. Later that day, he scored a game-high 28 points in a 106–100
overtime
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*by custom (what is considered healthy or reasonable by society) ...
victory against the
Gary Steelheads
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.
Hulett was drafted in the third round (19th overall) by the
Greenville Groove
The Greenville Groove were a National Basketball Development League (NBDL) team based in Greenville, South Carolina. Playing their home games at the Bon Secours Wellness Arena, the Groove was a charter franchise of the league, which had four team ...
in the inaugural
National Basketball Developmental League
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draft in 2001. He played 34 games with 27 starts and averaged 11.1
points
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Places
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and 3.9
rebounds per game
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for Greenville during the 2001–02 season. On February 22, 2002, Hulett was released for "repeated violations of league policy".
He played for Santiago's Los Pepines basketball club in the Dominican Republic.
Notes
External links
DeeAndre Hulettat latinbasket.com
1980 births
Living people
African-American basketball players
American expatriate basketball people in Germany
American expatriate basketball people in Mexico
American expatriate basketball people in the Dominican Republic
American men's basketball players
Basketball players from Michigan
College of the Sequoias alumni
Greenville Groove players
Junior college men's basketball players in the United States
Las Vegas Silver Bandits players
Potros ITSON de Obregón players
Shooting guards
Sportspeople from Saginaw, Michigan
St. Louis Swarm players
Toronto Raptors draft picks
21st-century African-American sportspeople
20th-century African-American people
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