Roderick J. Hampton Jr. is an American professional basketball player for the Denver Nuggets of the National Basketball Association. Hampton is the first non-senior to win the Texas Gatorade Player of the Year award since Justise Winslow in 2013. He skipped college basketball because he wanted to ‘live like a pro and to play with grown men and not have to juggle books and basketball’
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Roderick J. Hampton Jr. is an American professional basketball player for the Denver Nuggets of the National Basketball Association. He was a five-star recruit at Little Elm High School in Little Elm, Texas. Hampton was drafted by the Milwaukee Bucks as the 24th pick in the 2020 NBA Draft. He played for the New Zealand Breakers of the NBL. Hampton is the first non-senior to win the Texas Gatorade Player of the Year award since Justise Winslow in 2013. He said he skipped college basketball because he wanted to ‘live like a pro and to play with grown men and not have to juggle books and basketball’ His father denied ever meeting Christian Dawkins, an agent later indicted in the NCAA basketball corruption scandal.
Hampton’s rights were later traded to the New Orleans Pelicans in a four-team trade involving the Nuggets and New Orleans. He returned to the United States on February 4, 2020, to return to the Nuggets to prepare for the 2020NBA draft. The Pelicans traded his rights to Denver Nuggets in a trade involving New Orleans and the New York Knicks on February 5, 2020. Hampton returned to New Orleans on February 6, 2020 to return the Pelicans to the NBA.
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