{{Short description|American basketball player (born 1988)}} {{for|the rugby league footballer of the 1940s, and 1950s|Dennis Horner (rugby league)}} {{Use mdy dates|date=July 2024}} {{Infobox basketball biography | name = Dennis Horner | image = Dennis Horner.jpg | caption = | height_ft = 6 | height_in = 9 | weight_lb = 230 | birth_date = {{birth date and age|mf=yes|1988|2|5}} | birth_place = Linwood, New Jersey, U.S. | high_school = Holy Spirit (Absecon, New Jersey) | college = NC State (2006–2010) | draft_year = 2010 | career_start = 2010 | career_end = 2018 | career_number = 31 | career_position = Power forward | years1 = 2010–2011 | team1 = Omonia BC | years2 = 2011–2012 | team2 = Springfield Armor | years3 = {{nbay|2011|full=y}} | team3 = New Jersey Nets | years4 = 2012 | team4= Artland Dragons | years5 = 2013–2014 | team5 = Springfield Armor | years6 = 2014 | team6 = Bakersfield Jam | years7 = 2014–2015 | team7= Artland Dragons | years8 = 2015–2016 | team8 = Obras Sanitarias | years9 = 2018 | team9 = Instituto de Córdoba | highlights = * All-NBA D-League Third Team (2012) }} '''Dennis Horner''' (born February 5, 1988) is an American professional basketball player for Instituto de Córdoba of the Argentine Liga Nacional de Básquet.
==Early life and college== Horner grew up in Linwood, New Jersey, and attended Holy Spirit High School in Absecon, New Jersey, where he was named the co-basketball player of the year in 2006 by ''The Press of Atlantic City''.<ref>[http://www.pressofatlanticcity.com/communities/northfield_linwood_somers-point/holy-spirit-graduate-dennis-horner-makes-the-new-jersey-nets/article_5443abc8-2da7-11e1-8fd1-001871e3ce6c.html Holy Spirit graduate Dennis Horner makes the New Jersey Nets regular-season roster] by SUSAN LULGJURAJ, staff writer, press of Atlantic City. Saturday, December 24, 2011</ref> He is an alumnus of the North Carolina State University men's basketball team. In his final season (2009–10), Horner averaged 11.9 points and 4.9 rebounds per game.<ref>[http://northcarolina.rivals.com/bviewplayer.asp?Player=65132 player page at rivals.com]</ref>
==Professional== After college, Horner started the 2010–11 season with RBC Verviers-Pepinster but after not appearing in a game for them, he signed a contract in Cyprus for club Omonia BC where he played 13 games averaging 11.6 points in 29.3 minutes. Before the 2011–12 season, he made himself eligible for the NBA Development League draft, where he was picked 47th overall by the Springfield Armor, which was in the process of becoming affiliated solely with the NBA's New Jersey Nets.<ref>[http://www.nba.com/dleague/draft2011/index.html 2011 NBA D-League Draft Results] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111207031237/http://www.nba.com/dleague/draft2011/index.html |date=December 7, 2011 }}</ref> In December, it was announced Horner was one of three players on the Armor invited to Nets' training camp following the 2011 NBA lockout. At that point he had been averaging 15.0 points, 7.7 rebounds and 1.2 assists for Springfield.<ref>[http://www.nba.com/dleague/springfield/armor_players_invited__nba_t_2011_12_20.html Armor Players Invited to NBA Training Camps] NBA D-League website</ref> On December 23, the Nets announced that Horner had made the team, and would start the season on the Nets' roster.<ref>[http://www.nj.com/nets/index.ssf/2011/12/nets_finalize_roster_by_waivin.html Nets finalize roster by waiving Ime Udoka, keeping Linwood native Dennis Horner] By Jorge Castillo, The Star-Ledger of Newark, December 23, 2011</ref> Horner was waived by the Nets on January 18, 2012.<ref>[http://www.nj.com/nets/index.ssf/2012/01/nets_send_jordan_williams_to_d.html Nets send Jordan Williams to D-League; waive Dennis Horner, sign Larry Owens]</ref> Horner then returned to the Springfield Armor.
On March 30, 2012, Horner was re-signed by the Nets on a 10-day contract.<ref>[http://www.nba.com/nets/news/nets_sign_dennis_horner_to_10_day_contract_120330.html NETS Sign Dennis Horner to 10-Day Contract]</ref>
In October 2012, he signed with the Artland Dragons of Germany.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.eurocupbasketball.com/eurocup/home/transactions/eurocup-2012-13/i/100889/7363/artland-dragons-inks-horner-at-forward |title=ARTLAND DRAGONS inks Horner at forward |access-date=2014-08-01 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140808055911/http://www.eurocupbasketball.com/eurocup/home/transactions/eurocup-2012-13/i/100889/7363/artland-dragons-inks-horner-at-forward |archive-date=2014-08-08 |url-status=dead }}</ref> He left in November 2012.
On January 3, 2013, Horner was re-acquired by the Springfield Armor.<ref>[http://www.nba.com/dleague/springfield/armor_reacquire_dennis_horner_2013_01_03.html Armor Re-acquire Dennis Horner]</ref> On November 1, 2013, he was re-acquired by the Armor for their 2013 training camp.<ref>{{cite web|title=Returning Players Highlight Initial Training Camp Invites |url=http://www.nba.com/dleague/springfield/returning_players_for_2013201_2013_11_01.html |work=NBA.com |date=November 1, 2013 |accessdate=November 1, 2013 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20131204005917/http://www.nba.com/dleague/springfield/returning_players_for_2013201_2013_11_01.html |archivedate=December 4, 2013 }}</ref> On February 20, 2014, he was traded to the Bakersfield Jam.<ref>[http://www.nba.com/dleague/news/nba_dleague_trade_armor_jam_legends_2014_02_20.html Five Former NBA Players Traded in Three-Team Deal] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140301184717/http://www.nba.com/dleague/news/nba_dleague_trade_armor_jam_legends_2014_02_20.html |date=2014-03-01 }}</ref>
On August 1, 2014, he signed a one-year deal with Artland Dragons, returning for second stint.<ref>{{cite news|title=Artland Dragons brings back Horner|url=http://www.eurocupbasketball.com/eurocup/news/i/139951|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140808055924/http://www.eurocupbasketball.com/eurocup/news/i/139951|url-status=dead|archive-date=August 8, 2014|accessdate=August 1, 2014|work=Eurocupbasketball.com|date=August 1, 2014}}</ref>
==Career statistics== {{NBA player statistics legend}}
===NBA=== {{NBA player statistics start}} |- | align="left" | {{nbay|2011}} | align="left" | New Jersey | 8 || 0 || 2.8 || .250 || .000 || .750 || .6 || .0 || .0 || .0 || .6 |- class="sortbottom" | style="text-align:center;" colspan="2" | Career | 8 || 0 || 2.8 || .250 || .000 || .750 || .6 || .0 || .0 || .0 || .6 {{s-end}}
==References== {{reflist|30em}}
==External links== {{basketballstats|nba=202862|bbr=h/hornede01}} * [http://www.nmnathletics.com/ViewArticle.dbml?SPSID=41964&SPID=3731&DB_OEM_ID=9200&ATCLID=517765 NC State Wolfpack bio] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130923033524/https://www.nmnathletics.com/ViewArticle.dbml?SPSID=41964&SPID=3731&DB_OEM_ID=9200&ATCLID=517765 |date=2013-09-23 }} * [https://web.archive.org/web/20140327185206/http://www.nba.com/dleague/playerfile/dennis_horner/ NBA D-League Profile] * [https://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/6527/dennis-horner Dennis Horner] at ESPN.com
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