Ryan Hollins
Hollins with the Los Angeles Clippers in 2013
Personal information
Born (1984-10-10) October 10, 1984
Pasadena, California, U.S.
Listed height7 ft 0 in (2.13 m)
Listed weight240 lb (109 kg)
Career information
High schoolJohn Muir (Pasadena, California)
CollegeUCLA (2002–2006)
NBA draft2006: 2nd round, 50th overall pick
Selected by the Charlotte Bobcats
Playing career2006–2017
PositionCenter / power forward
Number1, 15, 5, 50, 20
Career history
2006–2009Charlotte Bobcats
2006→Fort Worth Flyers
2009Dallas Mavericks
2009–2010Minnesota Timberwolves
2010–2012Cleveland Cavaliers
2012Boston Celtics
2012–2014Los Angeles Clippers
2014–2015Sacramento Kings
2015Washington Wizards
2015–2016Memphis Grizzlies
2016–2017Herbalife Gran Canaria
2017Auxilium Torino
Career NBA statistics
Points1913 (3.7 ppg)
Rebounds1140 (2.2 rpg)
Assists151 (0.3 apg)
Stats  at NBA.com
Stats  at Basketball-Reference.com
Medals
Men’s Basketball
Representing the  United States
Pan American Games
Bronze medal – third place2015 Toronto National team

Ryan Kenwood Hollins[1] (born October 10, 1984) is an American former professional basketball player who is a color commentator for the Houston Rockets of the National Basketball Association (NBA).[2] He played college basketball for the UCLA Bruins. He was a 7-foot (2.1 m) center who was a journeyman in the NBA, playing for nine teams in 10 seasons.[3] He played briefly in Europe before ending his career.

Following his playing career, he pursued work in broadcasting, working as a game analyst for CBS and as a studio analyst for Los Angeles Clippers games. He also worked as an analyst for ESPN and appeared on various programming for them, including SportsCenter and First Take, and has co-hosted “The Opinionated 7-Footers” podcast for the past year. He joined the Houston Rockets' broadcasting team on AT&T SportsNet as a color commentator.[4]

High school and college career

Hollins attended John Muir High School in Pasadena, California. He had signed with St. Louis University, but was allowed to withdraw his letter of intent after St. Louis head coach Lorenzo Romar left to become the head coach at the University of Washington.[5] After declining St. Louis, Hollins committed to and enrolled at UCLA.[6]

Hollins played significant minutes all four years of his career at UCLA. He had career averages of 5.5 points and 4 rebounds. He had a then career-high 11 points, 11 rebounds and seven blocks in a career-high 34 minutes[7] against Oregon on January 30, 2003,[8] and bettered his career high with 21 points in a loss to USC on January 28, 2004.[9] He was named the Oakland Regional's Most Outstanding Player after registering 14 points and 9 rebounds in a 50–45 victory against the Memphis Tigers.[10]

Hollins was also an accomplished high jumper, clearing 6'10" at the Pac-10 championships. In 2003, Hollins placed ninth in the high jump at the NCAA Regionals and sixth at the Pac-10 Championships.

Professional career

Hollins with Cleveland dunking against Yi Jianlian of the Washington Wizards.

NBA (2006–2016)

Hollins was drafted in the second round (50th pick overall) of the 2006 NBA draft by the Charlotte Bobcats. He was the 100th UCLA player to be selected in the NBA draft. He played in 27 games and averaged 2.6 points per game during his rookie season.[11]

During 2008 off season, Bobcats extended him a qualifying offer and he became a restricted free agent.[12] On July 25, 2008, he signed this qualifying offer to stay one more year with the Bobcats.[13]

On January 16, 2009, Hollins was traded to the Dallas Mavericks along with Matt Carroll in exchange for DeSagana Diop.[14]

On August 3, 2009, he was signed by the Minnesota Timberwolves to a three-year, $7 million offer sheet.[15] The Mavericks did not match the offer.[16]

On July 26, 2010, Hollins was traded to the Cleveland Cavaliers along with guard Ramon Sessions and a second round pick in 2013 in exchange for Delonte West and Sebastian Telfair.[17]

He was released by the Cavaliers on March 20, 2012.[18] He was then signed by the Boston Celtics on March 23, 2012.[19] Signed primarily to add size to the Celtic bench, Hollins played sparingly through 15 regular season games. Hollins played in 17 of the 20 postseason games, providing quality energy and rebounding at times when rookie Greg Stiemsma was in foul trouble.[20]

On July 23, 2012, Hollins signed with the Los Angeles Clippers.[21] On July 10, 2013, he re-signed with the Clippers.[22]

On September 18, 2014, Hollins signed with the Sacramento Kings.[23]

On September 28, 2015, Hollins signed with the Memphis Grizzlies.[24] However, he was later waived by the Grizzlies on October 26 after appearing in seven preseason games.[25] On November 30, he signed with the Washington Wizards.[26] On December 23, he was waived by the Wizards after appearing in five games.[27] On December 29, he re-signed with the Grizzlies.[28] On January 7, 2016, he was waived by the Grizzlies after appearing in four games.[29] On January 21, he returned to the Grizzlies for a second time, signing a 10-day contract with the team.[30] On February 1, he signed a second 10-day contract with the Grizzlies,[31] and on March 2, he signed with the team for the rest of the season.[32] On April 7, he was waived by the Grizzlies for a third time.[33]

Herbalife Gran Canaria (2016–2017)

On December 5, 2016, Hollins signed with Herbalife Gran Canaria for the rest of the 2016–17 ACB season.[34]

On March 15, 2017, he was released from Gran Canaria due to disciplinary reasons, for having traveled to the United States, without permission and with the negative expression of the club.[35]

Auxilium Torino (2017)

Three days after being released from Herbalife Gran Canaria, Hollins signed with the Italian club Auxilium Torino for the rest of the 2016–17 LBA season.[36]

Killer 3's (2018)

In April 2018, Ryan Hollins was selected by Killer 3's with the ninth overall pick of the 2018 BIG3 draft.[37]

Aliens (2019)

In 2019, Hollins spent the BIG3 season playing for the Aliens.[38]

3's Company (2021)

In July 2021, Hollins joined 3's Company lead by coach Michael Cooper.[39]

Triplets (2022–present)

On May 25, 2022, Hollins was drafted by the Triplets with the sixth pick in the first round of the 2022 Big3 draft.[40]

NBA career statistics

Legend
  GP Games played   GS  Games started  MPG  Minutes per game
 FG%  Field goal percentage  3P%  3-point field goal percentage  FT%  Free throw percentage
 RPG  Rebounds per game  APG  Assists per game  SPG  Steals per game
 BPG  Blocks per game  PPG  Points per game  Bold  Career high

Regular season

Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
2006–07 Charlotte 2706.9.556—.6001.1.0.1.32.4
2007–08 Charlotte 6018.9.489—.6711.8.2.2.52.5
2008–09 Charlotte 18110.2.543—.6672.0.2.2.93.6
2008–09 Dallas 2729.6.525—.5152.3.1.1.62.9
2009–10 Minnesota 732716.8.558.000.6902.8.7.3.56.1
2010–11 Cleveland 701616.9.598—.6812.7.4.3.65.3
2011–12 Cleveland 24715.1.500—.6002.3.3.2.53.7
2011–12 Boston 15110.7.643—.3001.7.2.1.32.8
2012–13 L.A. Clippers 60011.1.614—.7502.3.2.1.63.4
2013–14 L.A. Clippers 6107.9.736—.6251.5.1.1.52.3
2014–15 Sacramento 4699.6.646—.5742.2.3.1.43.0
2015–16 Washington 539.6.571—.0002.2.0.0.21.6
2015–16 Memphis 32912.9.625—.6192.7.3.2.63.6
Career 5187611.8.584.000.6492.2.3.2.53.7

Playoffs

Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
2009 Dallas 909.3.571.000.6002.7.1.1.42.4
2012 Boston 17010.0.423.000.4441.6.5.0.51.5
2013 L.A. Clippers 507.4.556.000.5001.0.4.0.42.2
2014 L.A. Clippers 501.8.250.0001.000.6.0.0.0.6
Career 3608.3.472.000.5451.6.3.0.41.7

National team career

In July 2015, Hollins was a member of the bronze medal winning United States national team at the 2015 Pan American Games.[41]

Personal life

Hollins is the son of Teryl and the late Denier Hollins.[42]

References

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  2. ↑ "Rockets Announce Broadcast Teams". Houston Rockets. Retrieved 2021-10-01.
  3. ↑ Buha, Jovan (March 29, 2016). "The Grizzlies have a PG-13 nickname for journeyman Ryan Hollins". FoxSports.com. Retrieved January 6, 2019.
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  5. ↑ "Hollins Won't Attend Saint Louis". LATiimes.com. May 22, 2002. Retrieved December 5, 2015.
  6. ↑ Pierson, Tracy (June 10, 2002). "Hollins Commits to UCLA". Scout.com. Retrieved December 5, 2015.
  7. ↑ "Ryan Hollins UCLA Player Profile". UCLABruins.cstv.com. Archived from the original on January 1, 2009. Retrieved October 4, 2015.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
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  9. ↑ "USC 76, UCLA 69". ESPN.com. January 28, 2004. Retrieved January 28, 2004.
  10. ↑ "Afflalo, UCLA clamp down on Memphis, stamp Final Four ticket". ESPN.com. March 25, 2006. Retrieved March 25, 2006.
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  12. ↑ "Offers Extended to Okafor and Hollins, Option Picked Up on Davidson". NBA.com. July 1, 2008. Archived from the original on January 16, 2009. Retrieved August 4, 2009.
  13. ↑ "Bobcats Re-sign Ryan Hollins". NBA.com. July 25, 2008. Archived from the original on September 15, 2008. Retrieved August 4, 2009.
  14. ↑ "Mavericks Acquire Carroll and Hollis; Trade Diop". NBA.com. January 16, 2009. Retrieved January 17, 2009.
  15. ↑ "Wolves Sign Restricted Free Agent Ryan Hollins". NBA.com. August 3, 2009. Retrieved August 4, 2009.
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  17. ↑ "Cavaliers Acquire Sessions and Hollins from Minnesota". NBA.com. July 26, 2010. Retrieved July 27, 2010.
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  26. ↑ "WIZARDS WAIVE WEBSTER, SIGN HOLLINS". WizardsToday.MonumentalNetwork.com. November 30, 2015. Archived from the original on November 30, 2015. Retrieved November 30, 2015.
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  36. ↑ "Fiat Torino inks Ryan Hollins". Sportando.com. March 18, 2017. Retrieved March 18, 2017.
  37. ↑ "BIG3 Season 2 Draft Review". BIG3. 2018-04-13. Retrieved 2022-05-29.
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  39. ↑ "Ryan Hollins says he works like, "PB&J" with Mario Chalmers in the pick-and-roll". BIG3. 2021-07-08. Retrieved 2022-05-29.
  40. ↑ "2022 BIG3 Draft Recap". BIG3. 2022-05-26. Retrieved 2022-05-29.
  41. ↑ "OU's Cousins makes first cut for U.S. Pan Am Games team". NewsOK.com. July 9, 2015. Retrieved July 9, 2015.
  42. ↑ "NBA player Ryan Hollins to represent Jamaica". Sportskeeda.com. June 7, 2013. Retrieved June 7, 2013.
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