Sam Hoskin

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Sam Hoskin
Personal information
Born (1979-12-29) December 29, 1979 (age 44)
Detroit, Michigan
NationalityAmerican / Lebanese
Listed height6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)
Listed weight224.4 lb (102 kg)
Career information
High school Bishop Borgess (Detroit, Michigan)
College Eastern Kentucky (1999–2000)
Schoolcraft JC (2000–2001)
DePaul (2001–2003)
NBA draft 2003: undrafted
Playing career2003–2017
Position Power forward / center
Career history
2003–2004 Hapoel Galil Elyon
2004–2005 Ural Great Perm
2005–2006 Dynamo Moscow Region
2006–2007Ural Great Perm
2007 Olympiacos
2007–2008 Cibona Zagreb
2008–2009 Zhejiang Whirlwinds
2010 Bnei HaSharon
2011 Shahrdari Gorgan
2011–2012 Champville
2012–2013 Jilin Northeast Tigers
2014 Marinos de Anzoátegui
2014–2015Zamalek
2015Shahrdari Gorgan
2015–2016 Club Malvín
2016 Club Atlético Lanús
Career highlights and awards

Samuel Lonzo Hoskin (born December 29, 1979) is an American-Lebanese former professional basketball player.

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Career

Hoskin was born in Detroit, Michigan. He played his high school basketball at Bishop Borgess High School in Detroit. Hoskin played collegiately at Eastern Kentucky University and at De Paul University located in Chicago, Illinois and was voted second team All-USA in 2003.

In the 2003–04 season Hoskin was the last cut by the Seattle SuperSonics. Afterward he played in Israel and became one of the top scores and rebounders in the Israel Basketball League. He later played in Russia for clubs Ural Great Perm and Dynamo Moscow Region and became one of the top scorers and rebounders in the Russian league as well. Hoskin also played for Olympiacos and Cibona both Euroleague teams located in Athens, Greece and Zagreb, Croatia respectively.

Hoskin won a championship with club Champville SC in Lebanon.

In August 2012, Hoskin signed with Jilin Northeast Tigers for the 2012–13 CBA season. [1]

In June 2017, Hoskin retired from professional basketball and become an assistant coach and coach of player development in China at the Zhejiang Golden Bulls. [2]

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