Education
Hardin attended the University of California, Berkeley, where he played all of his four collegiate seasons for the Golden Bears and majored in social welfare.
Hardin attended the University of California, Berkeley, where he played all of his four collegiate seasons for the Golden Bears and majored in social welfare.
A 6 ft 11 in (211 m), 235 lb (107 kg. 168 st) forward-center, Hardin was selected in the 2008 National Basketball Association Draft as the 50th overall pick by the Seattle SuperSonics. Hardin played at Newark Memorial High School in Newark, California.
He averaged 12.9 ppg, 11.4 rpg and 4.4 bpg as a senior, earning first-team All-Metro honors from the San Francisco Chronicle.
Considered a three-star recruit by Rivals.com, Hendrix was listed as the Number. 23 power forward and the Number.
89 player in the nation in 2004. He declared for the 2007 National Basketball Association Draft, but withdrew his name shortly before the event.
Hardin was selected 50th overall in the 2008 National Basketball Association Draft by the Seattle SuperSonics, but suffered a stress fracture in his left tibia and was unable to participate in training camp.
In January 2009, he joined Greek first division club Egaleo Association for the Study of Internal Fixation, as a replacement for Andrae Patterson. Hardin had recently been released by Turkish team Mersin BlackBerry, after failing to properly recover from the stress fracture. Hardin"s draft rights, along with Chris Wilcox and Joe Smith, were traded to the New Orleans Hornets for Tyson Chandler on February 17, 2009.
However, the trade was rescinded a day later, after Chandler failed his physical with the Thunder.
He played for the Philadelphia 76ers in the Orlando Pro Summer League in 2010. On August 1, 2010 Hardin signed with Elitzur Yavne in the second division in Israel.
Foreign the 2011 season he began with Minsk 2006 in Belarus, then he signed with Marinos in Puerto Louisiana Cruz Venezuela. On October 20, 2014 he was signed by Brazilian club Paulistano.
June 26, 2008: Selected by the Seattle SuperSonics/Oklahoma City Thunder in the second round (50th overall) of the 2008 National Basketball Association Draft.
August 6, 2008: Signed by Mersin Büyükşehir Belediyesi South.K. (Turkish Basketball League). September 12, 2008: Released by Mersin. January 18, 2009: Signed by Egaleo British Columbia (B Ethniki).
December 1, 2009: Signed by Tulsa 66ers (National Basketball Association Development League).
December 18, 2009: Waived by Tulsa due to injury. December 19, 2009: Re-acquired by Tulsa.
September 15, 2010: Signed by Elitzur Yavne (Liga Leumit). March 1, 2011: Signed by Gaziantep BlackBerry (Turkish Basketball League) from Elitzur Yavne.
October 4, 2011: Signed by British Columbia Minsk-2006 (Belarusian Premier League) from Gaziantep.
December 24, 2011: Released by British Columbia Minsk-2006. December 28, 2011: Signed by Ciclista Olímpico (LNB Argentina). January 24, 2012: Released by Olimpico.
January 25, 2012: Signed by Marinos de Anzoátegui (LPB Venezuela).
March 8, 2012: Released by Marinos. March 22, 2012: Signed by First Rate (at Lloyd's) Rayyan (Qatari Basketball League).
April 25, 2012: Signed by Hong Kong Bulls (NBL China). June 15, 2012: Released by Hong Kong.
November 2, 2012: Selected in the second round (23rd overall) of the 2012 National Basketball Association Development League Draft by the Rio Grande Valley Vipers.
January 2013: Waived by Rio Grande Valley Vipers
August, 2013: Signed by Basquete Cearense (NBB Brazil). October, 2014: Signed by Paulistano (NBB Brazil).