Eddie Hughes (basketball)

{{Infobox basketball biography

| name = Eddie Hughes

| image =

| width =

| caption =

| height_ft = 5

| height_in = 10

| weight_lb = 165

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1960|05|26}}

| birth_place = Greenville, Mississippi

| nationality = American

| high_school = Austin (Chicago, Illinois)

| college = Colorado State (1978–1982)

| draft_year = 1982

| draft_round = 7

| draft_pick = 140

| draft_team = San Diego Clippers

| career_start = 1982

| career_end = 1994

| career_number = 25, 15, 1

| career_position = Point guard

| years1 = 1982–1983

| team1 = Wyoming Wildcatters

| years2 = 1982–1983

| team2 = Maine Lumberjacks

| years3 = 1983–1984

| team3 = Bay State Bombardiers

| years4 = 1983–1985

| team4 = Albuquerque Silvers

| years5 = 1985–1986

| team5 = La Crosse Catbirds

| years6 = 1986–1987

| team6 = Pensacola Tornados

| years7 = {{nbay|1987|end}}

| team7 = Utah Jazz

| years8 = {{nbay|1988|end}}

| team8 = Denver Nuggets

| years9 = 1989

| team9 = La Crosse Catbirds

| years10 = {{nbay|1989|full=y}}

| team10 = Denver Nuggets

| years11 = 1990–1991,
1993–1994

| team11 = La Crosse Catbirds

| years12 = 1994

| team12 = Grand Rapids Hoops

| highlights =

CBA All-Defensive First Team (1984)
First-team All-WAC (1979)

}}

Eddie Hughes (born May 26, 1960) is an American former professional basketball player who played three years in the National Basketball Association (NBA).

Basketball career

A {{convert|5|ft|10|in|cm|adj=on}} point guard born in Greenville, Mississippi, Hughes played collegiately at Colorado State University from 1978 to 1982. He was selected in the seventh round of the 1982 NBA draft by the San Diego Clippers.

Hughes' NBA playing career began in 1987 with the Utah Jazz, for whom he played 11 games, averaging 1.5 points and 0.7 assists per game. He then played a total of 86 games with the Denver Nuggets in his second and third seasons, his last year being in 1989–90.

Hughes played in the Continental Basketball Association (CBA) from 1982 to 1987, 1990–91 and 1993–94. He was selected to the CBA All-Defensive First Team in 1984.{{cite web |title=Eddie Hughes minor league basketball statistics |url=https://www.statscrew.com/minorbasketball/stats/p-hugheedd001 |website=Stats Crew |access-date=February 21, 2025}}