Gerald Ellis "Dusty" Hannahs III (born September 2, 1993) is an American-Israeli professional basketball player for Hapoel Yossi Avrahami Eilat of the Liga Leumit. He played college basketball for Texas Tech and Arkansas, with whom in his senior season he led the Southeastern Conference with a 90.8% free throw percentage.
Early life and high school
Hannahs was born and raised in Little Rock, Arkansas and attended high school at
Pulaski Academy. He was a three-time All-District selection, and was named first team 4A All-State in his junior and senior seasons with the Bruins.
He committed to Texas Tech University after his junior season after averaging 26.2 points per game and shooting 51 percent from three.
In his senior season, Hannahs averaged 20 points per game, and led PA to the 4A state championship game and scored 43 points in a loss to Clarksville High School.
College career
Texas Tech
Hannahs began his collegiate career at Texas Tech. He averaged 6.9 points as a freshman and 7.7 points per game as a sophomore, while appearing mostly as a three-point specialist and
sixth man off the bench.
He set the Texas Tech season record for free throw percentage with 92.3 in his sophomore season. Following the end of the season, Hannahs announced that he would be transferring to the University of Arkansas.
Arkansas
Hannahs played for the Arkansas Razorbacks for the final two seasons of his eligibility after sitting out one year due to
NCAA transfer rules. In his first season with the team, Hannahs led the Razorbacks with 16.5 points per game (8th in the SEC), had a .458 field goal percentage (8th), and led the Southeastern Conference (SEC) with 81 three pointers made, and .870 free throw percentage, and a .433 three-point percentage.
He was named to the Jerry West Award watchlist going into his redshirt senior season.
Hannahs again led Arkansas in scoring in his final season with 14.4 points per game and led the Southeastern Conference (SEC) with a 90.8% free throw percentage (10th-best in the nation) and was named second team All-SEC by NBC Sports.
Professional career
Memphis Hustle / Grizzlies (2017–2020)
Hannahs originally committed to play overseas for
AZS Koszalin of the Polish Basketball League, but ultimately opted to sign with the
Memphis Hustle of the NBA G League on October 6, 2017.
In his first professional season, Hannahs appeared mostly as the Hustle's sixth man and averaged 9.2 points per game while shooting 44.1 percent on three point shots and 90.5 percent from the free throw line.
Hannahs returned to the Hustle for a second season and was the only player on from the previous year's team on the roster.
On March 30, 2019, the Memphis Grizzlies signed Hannahs to a 10-day contract.
Hannahs was named to the NBA G League Elite Team for the G League International Challenge in Montevideo, Uruguay. He averaged 14 points per game in the tournament, including a 21-point performance off the bench in the quarterfinals against the Urugayan League Elite team, as the G League Elite eventually fell in the final to Bayern Munich of the EuroLeague.
Hannahs was re-signed by the Grizzlies on October 14, 2019, but was waived the next day.
On October 27, 2019, Hannahs returned to the Hustle for a third season.
Hannahs was signed to a second 10-day contract on February 21, 2020.
Kolossos Rodou (2020)
On November 27, 2020, Hannahs signed with Kolossos Rodou of the Greek Basket League.
On December 22, 2020, Hannahs parted ways with the Greek club citing family matters overseas.
Santa Cruz Warriors (2021)
On January 11, 2021, the
Memphis Hustle announced that they had acquired the returning rights to
David Stockton from the South Bay Lakers in exchange for the returning rights to Hannahs'.
His returning rights was later traded to the Santa Cruz Warriors for a 2022 first round pick.
The next day, Hannahs was included in the roster of the Warriors.
Adelaide 36ers (2021–2022)
On July 20, 2021, Hannahs signed with the Adelaide 36ers for the 2021–22 NBL season.
He averaged 13.5 points per game and shot 94% from the free throw line.
Return to Santa Cruz (2022–2023)
On October 24, 2022, Hannahs rejoined the Santa Cruz Warriors roster for training camp.
Ironi Hai Motors Nes Ziona (2023–2024)
In July, 2023, Hannahs signed with Ironi Nes Ziona of the Israeli Basketball Premier League.
During the
Gaza war, Hannahs has refused to return to Israel and continue to play for Ness Ziona.
Hapoel Tel Aviv (2024)
In February 2024, Hannahs signed with Hapoel Tel Aviv of the Israeli Basketball Premier League.
Mexico City Capitanes (2024)
On December 20, 2024, Hannahs joined the Mexico City Capitanes of the NBA G League,
but was waived six days later.
Hapoel Yossi Avrahami Eilat (2025–present)
On January 7, 2025, Hannahs signed with Hapoel Yossi Avrahami Eilat of the Israeli Premier League.
Personal life
Hannahs is the son of former Arkansas and MLB pitcher
Gerry Hannahs. Hannahs' father nicknamed him "Dusty" after former Los Angeles Dodgers teammate
Dusty Baker.
Career statistics
NBA
Regular season
|-
| style="text-align:left;"|
| style="text-align:left;"| Memphis
|
2|| 0 ||
13.0 || .250 || .000 ||
1.000 ||
.5 ||
2.5 ||
.5 || .0 || 4.0
|-
| style="text-align:left;"|
| style="text-align:left;"| Memphis
|
2 || 0 || 6.5 ||
.444 ||
.667 ||
1.000 ||
.5 || .0 || .0 || .0 ||
6.0
|- class="sortbottom"
| style="text-align:center;" colspan="2"| Career
| 4 || 0 || 9.8 || .333 || .250 || 1.000 || .5 || 1.3 || .3 || .0 || 5.0
College
|-
| style="text-align:left;"|2012–13
| style="text-align:left;"|Texas Tech
| 31 || 17 || 22.4|| .393 || .374 || .806 || 1.1 || .4|| .5 || 0.0 || 6.9
|-
| style="text-align:left;"|2013–14
| style="text-align:left;"|Texas Tech
| 32 || 10 || 22.1 || .378 || .369 || .923 || 1.3 || 1.4|| .4|| 0.0 || 7.7
|-
|-
| style="text-align:left;"|2014–15
| style="text-align:left;"|Arkansas
| style="text-align:center;" colspan="11"|Did not play – transfer
|-
| style="text-align:left;"|2015–16
| style="text-align:left;"|Arkansas
| 32 || 20 || 27.1 || .458|| .433 || .870 || 2.4 || .9 || .6 || 0.0 || 16.5
|-
| style="text-align:left;"|2016–17
| style="text-align:left;"|Arkansas
| 37 || 23 || 24.7 || .439 || .387|| .908 || 1.7 || 1.2 || .4 || .1 || 14.4
|-
| style="text-align:center;" colspan="2"|Career
| 131 || 70 || 24.1|| .428 || .395 || .888 || 1.7 || .9 || .5 || 0.0 || 11.5
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