Scotty Hopson

Brian Scott "Scotty" Hopson (born August 8, 1989) is an American professional basketball player who plays for Melbourne United of the National Basketball League (NBL). He played college basketball for the Tennessee Volunteers before playing professionally in Greece, Israel, Turkey, Spain, China and Croatia. Hopson also had a short stint in the National Basketball Association (NBA) with the Cleveland Cavaliers in 2014 and the Dallas Mavericks in 2018.[1][2]

Scotty Hopson
Hopson playing for Tennessee in March 2011
No. 32 – Melbourne United
PositionShooting guard / Small forward
LeagueNBL
Personal information
Born (1989-08-08) August 8, 1989
Hopkinsville, Kentucky
NationalityAmerican
Listed height6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)
Listed weight230 lb (104 kg)
Career information
High schoolUniversity Heights Academy
(Hopkinsville, Kentucky)
CollegeTennessee (2008–2011)
NBA draft2011 / Undrafted
Playing career2011–present
Career history
2011–2012Kolossos Rodou
2012–2013Hapoel Eilat
2013–2014Anadolu Efes
2014Cleveland Cavaliers
2014→Canton Charge
2014–2015Sioux Falls Skyforce
2015Laboral Kutxa
2015–2016Foshan Long Lions
2016–2017Cedevita
2017Ironi Nahariya
2017–2018Galatasaray
2018Dallas Mavericks
2018–2019Oklahoma City Blue
2019Hapoel Holon
2019–2020New Zealand Breakers
2020Oklahoma City Blue
2020–presentMelbourne United
Career highlights and awards
Stats  at NBA.com
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com

High school and college career

Considered a five-star recruit by the Rivals.com recruiting network, Hopson was listed as the No. 2 shooting guard and the No. 5 player in the nation in 2008.[3] He played three seasons of college basketball for the University of Tennessee under head coach Bruce Pearl from 2008 to 2011.[4]

Professional career

Hopson went undrafted in the 2011 NBA draft. In August 2011, he signed with Kolossos Rodou of the Greek Basket League for the 2011–12 season.[5]

In July 2012, he signed with Hapoel Eilat of the Israeli Basketball Super League for the 2012–13 season.[6] In 33 games, he averaged 17.7 points and 5.2 rebounds per game.

In July 2013, he signed with Anadolu Efes of the Turkish Basketball League for the 2013–14 season.[7] In January 2014, he left Turkey and returned to the United States.

On March 31, 2014, he signed with the Cleveland Cavaliers.[8] On April 6, 2014, he was assigned to the Canton Charge of the NBA D-League.[9] On April 9, 2014, he was recalled by the Cavaliers. The next day, he was reassigned to the Charge. On April 15, 2014, he was recalled by the Cavaliers.

On July 12, 2014, Hopson was traded, along with cash considerations, to the Charlotte Hornets in exchange for Brendan Haywood and the draft rights to Dwight Powell.[10] The next day, the Hornets traded him to the New Orleans Pelicans in exchange for cash considerations.[11] Two days later, he was again traded, this time to the Houston Rockets.[12] On September 17, 2014, he was traded, along with Alonzo Gee, to the Sacramento Kings in exchange for Jason Terry and two future second-round draft picks.[13] On September 24, 2014, he was waived by the Kings.[14]

On December 7, 2014, Hopson was acquired by the Sioux Falls Skyforce of the NBA Development League.[15] On February 24, 2015, Hopson set two Skyforce single-game records, scoring 52 points and making 21 field goals in a win over the Reno Bighorns.[16] On April 21, 2015, he signed with Laboral Kutxa of Spain for the rest of the 2014–15 ACB season.[17]

In September 2015, Hopson signed with the Foshan Long Lions of China for the 2015–16 CBA season.[18]

On July 24, 2016, Hopson signed with Croatian club Cedevita Zagreb.[19] On February 11, 2017, Hopson signed with Israeli club Ironi Nahariya for the rest of the 2016–17 season.[20][21]

On July 20, 2017, Hopson signed with Turkish club Galatasaray for the 2017–18 season.[22] On January 19, 2018, Hopson was reported to have left Galatasaray.[23]

On February 26, 2018, Hopson signed a 10-day contract with the Dallas Mavericks.[24] After appearing in one game, he was not offered a second 10-day contract.[25]

On October 10, 2018, Hopson joined the Oklahoma City Thunder's training camp roster.[26] He was waived on October 12.[27] He then joined the Thunder's G League affiliate, the Oklahoma City Blue.[28] On February 14, 2019, he signed a 10-day contract with the Oklahoma City Thunder.[29] Hopson later was not offered a second 10-day contract and thus returned to the Oklahoma City Blue.[30][31]

On April 18, 2019, Hopson returned to Israel for a third stint, signing with Hapoel Holon.[32] On April 28, 2019, Hopson suffered a foot injury in his first game with Holon. He was later ruled out for the rest of the season.[33]

On July 31, 2019, Hopson signed with the New Zealand Breakers for the 2019–20 NBL season.[34] Early in the season, he split a ligament in his knee.[35] He returned to action in December after missing most of November.[36] He was named to the All-NBL Second Team.[37]

In February 2020, Hopson re-joined the Oklahoma City Blue of the NBA G League.[38]

On November 30, 2020, Hopson signed with Melbourne United for the 2020–21 NBL season.[39]

Career statistics
Legend
  GP Games played   GS  Games started  MPG  Minutes per game
 FG%  Field-goal percentage  3P%  3-point field-goal percentage  FT%  Free-throw percentage
 RPG  Rebounds per game  APG  Assists per game  SPG  Steals per game
 BPG  Blocks per game  PPG  Points per game  PIR  Performance Index Rating
 Bold  Career high

Note: The EuroLeague is not the only competition in which the player participated for the team during the season. He also played in domestic competition, and regional competition if applicable.

Regular season
Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
2014–15 Cleveland 203.5.000.000.500.0.5.5.0.5
2017–18 Dallas 108.0.000.000.500.01.0.0.01.0
Career 305.0.000.000.500.0.7.3.0.7

EuroLeague
Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG PIR
2013–14 Anadolu Efes 111028.5.625.484.7354.21.11.1.515.515.7
Career 111028.5.625.484.7354.21.11.1.515.515.7

References
  1. "DraftExpress - Scotty Hopson DraftExpress Profile: Stats, Comparisons, and Outlook". DraftExpress. Retrieved November 5, 2020.
  2. "Scotty Hopson College Stats". College Basketball at Sports-Reference.com. Retrieved November 5, 2020.
  3. "Rivals.com". sports.yahoo.com.
  4. "Scotty Hopson Bio". utsports.com. Retrieved March 31, 2014.
  5. "Kolossos Rhodes sign rookie Scotty Hopson". Sportando.com. August 30, 2011. Retrieved March 31, 2014.
  6. "Hapoel Eilat tabs Scotty Hopson". Sportando.com. July 12, 2012. Retrieved March 31, 2014.
  7. "ANADOLU EFES inks swingman Hopson". Euroleague.net. July 25, 2013. Archived from the original on February 27, 2014. Retrieved March 31, 2014.
  8. "Cavs Sign Scotty Hopson". NBA.com. March 31, 2014. Retrieved March 31, 2014.
  9. "Cavs Assign Karasev and Hopson to Charge". NBA.com. April 6, 2014. Retrieved April 6, 2014.
  10. "Hopson Acquired from Cavs - Charlotte Hornets".
  11. "Pelicans Acquire Scotty Hopson - New Orleans Pelicans".
  12. "Rockets Land Ariza & Valuable First Round Pick - Houston Rockets".
  13. "Kings Acquire Gee, Hopson and Trade Exception from Houston in Exchange for Jason Terry and Pair of Second Round Draft Picks". NBA.com. Turner Sports Interactive, Inc. September 17, 2014. Retrieved September 17, 2014.
  14. "Kings Waive Scotty Hopson - Sacramento Kings".
  15. "Skyforce Acquire Scotty Hopson".
  16. "Scotty Hopson sets Skyforce scoring record with 52 points". The Washington Times. February 25, 2015. Retrieved February 25, 2015.
  17. "Scotty Hopson reforzará el perímetro baskonista hasta final de temporada". Saski Baskonia (in Spanish). April 21, 2015. Retrieved April 21, 2015.
  18. "Scotty Hopson joins Foshan Long Lions". court-side.com. September 17, 2015. Retrieved November 4, 2015.
  19. "Scotty Hopson signs with Cedevita Zagreb". Sportando.com. July 24, 2016. Retrieved July 24, 2016.
  20. League, Winner. "Ironi Nahariya signed @Shopson32, replacing injured Gilbert Brown. Hopson played in Hapoel Eilat in 12/13".
  21. "Israeli Basketball, Teams, Scores, Stats, News, Standings - eurobasket News".
  22. "Galatasaray signs small forward Hopson".
  23. "Scotty Hopson parts ways with Galatasaray He left the team because of unpaid salaries". Sportando.com. January 19, 2018. Retrieved January 19, 2018.
  24. "Mavericks sign Scotty Hopson to 10-day contract". NBA Media Ventures, LLC. February 26, 2018. Retrieved February 26, 2018.
  25. "Scotty Hopson: Not re-signed by Dallas". cbssports.com. March 11, 2018. Retrieved March 11, 2018.
  26. "Thunder Signs Grantham, Hopson and Wells". NBA.com. October 10, 2018. Retrieved October 11, 2018.
  27. "Thunder Waives Four". NBA.com. October 12, 2018. Retrieved October 12, 2018.
  28. "Oklahoma City Blue Announces Training Camp Roster". NBA.com. October 23, 2018. Retrieved November 3, 2018.
  29. "Scotty Hopson and Richard Solomon Signed to 10-Day Contracts". NBA.com. February 14, 2019. Retrieved February 14, 2019.
  30. "Thunder do not re-sign Solomon, Hopson at end of 10-day contracts". usatoday.com. February 25, 2019. Retrieved February 25, 2019.
  31. "OKC Thunder: Scotty Hopson picked the wrong time to join the OKC Blue". Thunderous Intentions. April 11, 2020. Retrieved November 5, 2020.
  32. "Hapoel Holon signs Scotty Hopson and Egor Koulechov". Sportando.basketball. April 18, 2019. Retrieved April 18, 2019.
  33. "חסר מזל: הופסון עבר MRI ונקבע כי סיים את העונה". ONE.co.il (in Hebrew). April 29, 2019. Retrieved April 29, 2019.
  34. "Breakers Sign Scotty Hopson, Change Coaching Structure". NBL.com.au. July 31, 2019. Retrieved July 31, 2019.
  35. "Breakers Sign Glen Rice Jr as Injury Replacement". NBL.com.au. November 5, 2019. Retrieved November 5, 2019.
  36. Hinton, Marc (December 9, 2019). "Blinded by the light: NZ Breakers take credibility hit with Glen Rice Jr debacle". Stuff.co.nz. Retrieved December 9, 2019.
  37. Gilhooly, Daniel (February 16, 2020). "NBL award winners announced". ESPN. Retrieved February 21, 2020.
  38. "Oklahoma City Blue Acquires Scotty Hopson". gleague.nba.com. February 21, 2020. Retrieved November 30, 2020.
  39. "Scotty Hopson Signs with Melbourne United". NBL.com.au. November 30, 2020. Retrieved November 30, 2020.
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