Hersey Hawkins

CTL-E-6829 · Person · other · contemporary

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Combined Graph record U-07701 · provenance: build store (JSON graph), record CTL-E-6829.

Hersey Hawkins is a Chicago-born shooting guard whose path from the city's West Side to national scoring prominence is a study in sustained excellence. Born in Chicago on September 29, 1966, he starred at Westinghouse High School and then at Bradley University (1984–1988), where he started all 125 games and finished with 3,008 points, leading the nation in scoring as a senior. Drafted sixth overall in 1988, his rights were traded to the Philadelphia 76ers, where he became the second scoring option behind Charles Barkley, earned All-Rookie First Team honors and an All-Star selection. According to Basketball-Reference (accessed 2026-11-03), he averaged 14.7 points, 3.6 rebounds and 2.9 assists per game in his NBA career. He later played for Charlotte and Seattle — reaching the 1996 NBA Finals — and for his hometown Chicago Bulls in 1999–2000.

The record

• Also known as: Hersey R. Hawkins Jr., Hawk

Notes

Sports Encyclopedia roster CTL-SPE-0341. ADDITIONAL VERIFIED RELATIONSHIP: sources in this pass also support played_for Chicago Bulls (1999–2000), an allowed endpoint, emitted alongside the Chicago birthplace relationship. Curator's Judgment (DRAFT): Hawkins links Chicago public-league basketball to a mid-major scoring legend at Bradley and a Finals run against his own hometown Bulls — a record of durability and shooting that rewards fuller CTL treatment. Photo: staged as CLEARED by the build lane, moved to HELD by the head at assembly — the staged Commons file does not exist and no verified subject photograph was found; see media layer.

Relationships

• Chicago — from
  Hersey Hawkins was born September 29, 1966 in Chicago, Illinois (Basketball-Reference).
• Chicago Bulls — played for
  Hersey Hawkins played for the Chicago Bulls in 1999–2000 (Wikipedia career history; StatsCrew career teams include the Chicago Bulls).

Sources

• Basketball-Reference.com, "Hersey Hawkins Stats, Height, Weight, Position, Draft Status and more." https://www.basketball-reference.com//players/h/hawkihe01.html?&cf=1987 — accessed 2026-11-03. (primary source · build store)
• "Hersey Hawkins," Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hersey_Hawkins — accessed 2026-11-03. (build store)
• StatsCrew, "Hersey Hawkins basketball statistics." https://www.statscrew.com/basketball/stats/p-hawkihe01 — accessed 2026-11-03. (build store)

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