Larry Hughes was born On January 23, 1979 in St. Louis, Missouri. Louis, MO) is an American professional basketball player who plays as a scoring guard/point guard/small forward for Ghost Ballers in the BIG3 League
Chinese name is Larry Hughes
His foreign name is Larry Hughes
Nationality United States
Birthplace St. Louis, Missouri, USA
Born on January 23, 1979
University of St. Louis
Height 1.96 m / 6 ft 5 in
Weight 84 kg / 185 lbs
Draft The 8th place in the 1st round of the 1998 was selected by the 76ers
At the age of 12, Hughes began playing basketball and soon became a star player at Christian Brothers Academy in St. Louis and led CBC High School to a state championship in '96.
At the age of 17, the Universities of Kansas, Syracuse and Michigan were only willing to offer him a fraction of the scholarships. When it was Hughes' turn, he decided to stay home and play for St. Louis University. This was mainly due to his fears of leaving his mother and brother. After a year at St. Louis University, he joined the NBA
In 1998, Larry Hughes was selected by the Philadelphia 76ers in the 8th place in the first round, and was known as the "big Iverson" with the same style of play and the same "ridge braid".
In the 98-99 season in Philadelphia, he averaged 9.8 minutes per game and scored 9.1 points (10th for rookies, 6th for rookies with 3.8 rebounds, and 9th for rookies with 0.88 steals)
On February 16, 2000, he joined the Golden State Warriors in a three-way trade, averaging 40.8 minutes per game, scoring 22.7 points and making 1.91 steals. And scored a career-high 44 points against the Denver Nuggets on April 9, 2000.
In the summer of 2002, he joined the Washington Wizards as a free agent, where he spent the peak of his career, reaching the Eastern Conference Semifinals in 2005, where Hughes also became the team's top scorer outside of Gilbert Arenas and was named to the NBA's Best Defensive Team, averaging 22.0 points and 2.89 steals per game
Because of Hughes' excellent performance in Washington, the Cleveland Cavaliers took him under a five-year contract of about $70 million in 2005 to support LeBron James.
During Cleveland's time at Cleveland, Hughes's inability to coexist with the "Little Emperor" was never solved, and injuries began to appear, which was also a turning point in Hughes's career, and since then he has been saddled with that "garbage contract"
In February 2008, Larry Hughes was traded to the Chicago Bulls in an 11-man trade between the Cavaliers, Bulls and Supersonics
On February 20, 2009, the Bulls struck a deal with the Knicks before the trade deadline, and Hughes moved to the New York Knicks.
In March 2010, the Charlotte Bobcats signed Larry Hughes to replace the injured Gerald Wallace vacancy
On December 9, 2011, Larry Hughes signed with the Orlando Magic. On January 1, 2012, Hughes, who had played just nine games, was cut by the Magic and subsequently announced his retirement. In 2017, Larry Hughes joined the Ghost Ballers of the League of Retired Players, the BIG3 League in the United States.