Hudson was drafted by the
Chicago Bulls in the 10th round of the
1976 NBA draft but did not make the opening day roster. In August 1978, he signed with reigning Icelandic champions
KR, becoming one of the first foreign born professional players to play in the
Úrvalsdeild karla. On September 30, he scored 53 points against
ÍS during the pre-season Reykjavík Basketball Tournament. In November, KR participated in an 8-team international tournament in
Ireland which included
English National Cup runner-up
Coventry Team Fiat,
Irish league champions
UCD Marian and Scottis club Paisley that went on to win the
Scottish Basketball Championship that season. KR finished third in the tournament, after beating Scottish champions
Boroughmuir in the Bronze game. Hudson led the tournament in scoring, with 164 points in 5 games for an average of 32.8 points per game. In January, KR participated in another international tournament, this time in England, where it faced
Cincinnati Oaks from the
United States, Scottish champions
Boroughmuir, and the hosts
Team Ziebart, which went on to win the English
National Basketball League that season. KR again finished third with Hudson averaging 28.0 points per game. On March 14, 1979, Hudson was suspended for one game after a confrontation with a referee Guðbrandur Sigurðsson in KR's loss to
Valur. The atmosphere after the game became heated, with fans throwing small objects towards the referees when the exited the court. Despite Hudson absence, KR defeated
ÍS 85–79, behind
Jón Sigurðsson 28 points, and kept their championship hopes alive. On March 25, Hudson won the
Icelandic Cup after KR beat long time nemesis
ÍR, led by
Paul Stewart, in the Cup final. In the game, which had heavy police presence due to violence by supporters in the stands at recent games, Hudson scored a team high 19 points. On March 29, Hudson scored the game winning basket, with 32 seconds remaining, against Valur, securing KR's second consecutive national championship. In the game, he scored a team high 34 points. For the season he was second in scoring with 576 points in 19 games, although he had the highest points per game with 30.3, narrowly beating Mark Christensen's 30.0 points per game. After having played in Greece, Hudson returned to KR in October 1981 to shore up the team's frontcourt while
Stew Johnson was recovering from a finger injury. He left the team in November after averaging 19.5 points in 4 games. ==Coaching career==