Jordan Hill (basketball)

Jordan Craig Hill ( born July 27, 1987 in Atlanta, Georgia ) is an American professional basketball player.

College

Jordan Hill played at the Patterson High School ( North Carolina), where he made in his senior year with 16.4 points, 10.3 rebounds and 4.2 blocks per game attention. The leaders of the University of Arizona were aware of Hill and were able to convince him then of their program. In the first season, the power forward was not yet properly to train and was only 4.7 points and 4.1 rebounds per game posted on the stats sheet for themselves. In the second season, Hill started as a sophomore and came right by 13.2 points and 7.9 rebounds per encounter. He reported then to the NBA Draft 2009.

The small forward Chase Budinger, who for the Houston Rockets plays like Hill in the NBA, at this time was his teammate and was also drafted in 44th position in the NBA Draft 2009.

NBA

Hill was selected in the 2009 NBA Draft by the New York Knicks at 8th position. In his first two years in the NBA deserves the now 24 -year-old 4,300,000 U.S. dollars per season. The 2009/10 season was rather disappointing for Hill, he could not really prevail and not too impress with his performances in the rotation of the New York Knicks. After half in New York, the Knicks sent him to the Houston Rockets in exchange changed included former NBA all-star Tracy McGrady to New York. In Houston it was then something better for the forward and at the end of the year he came to an average of 5.6 points and 3.7 rebounds in 47 season games.

His first full year taught the Rockets Hill not only 72 bets and thus a guaranteed spot in the rotation but also a recognition of his excellent performance as a backup of Luis Scola. In just under 15 minutes of playing time per game Hill scored 5.6 points per game and 4.3 rebounds per game could chalk up.

On March 15, 2012 Hill was transferred in exchange for Derek Fisher and a first round draft pick to the Los Angeles Lakers.