If you follow basketball and watch those debate shows you probably have noticed there’s
a certain guy who from time to time appears on ESPN’s First Take.
His name is Ryan Hollins.
His takes on certain stuff are, well… insane and his arguments are well… insane as well.
But he’s an ex-player.
He played in the NBA for a lot of years, but at only age 31 he was out of the league.
And believe me, there is a reason why.
Hey guys.
PRPLPRNCH here, and this time, we’re gonna do something different.
In honor of Ryan’s awful takes on TV, I present You this video.
Let’s look at How BAD was Ryan Hollins really?
Going into UCLA Ryan Hollins had some great size.
At 7 foot tall and 230 pounds he definitely had the tools to be effective.
In college he was a borderline bench player, but mostly started the games.
In his best season though, Ryan Hollins averaged only 7 points and 4.8 rebounds.
For his whole college tenure Hollins held an averages of 5.7 points, 4 rebounds and
0.9 blocks in 20.2 minutes per.
The extreme success in college bumped up Ryan Hollins into the ranked players of the 2006
NBA Draft.
Back then, it was thought that it was a steal, as Ryan Hollins got drafted with the 50th
pick, in the 2nd round of the 2006 NBA Draft by the Charlotte Bobcats.
Right away he showed his impressive skills in Charlotte by averaging 2.4 points and 1.1
rebounds in 6.9 minutes in 27 games as a rookie.
Next season, he was moved to the power forward position and the move really showed off his
best skills.
He got to start 1 game out of 60 played, and raised his averages to 2.5 points and 1.8
rebounds per game.
After 2 and a half seasons and with tears in Charlotte’s fans eyes, they traded Ryan
Hollins to the Dallas Mavericks, where he would play just 27 games.
By this time Hollins was a polished 10th guy off the bench averaging 3.2 points and 2.2
rebounds.
Hollins then joined the Minnesota Timberwolves for the 2009-2010 season where he went full
insane mode.
He started 27 out of 73 games, played 16.8 minutes per game and averaged 6.1 points and
2.8 rebounds.
He was well ahead his draft position already, but as strong as his success was, he had some
left for the fans of Cleveland.
After 1 season in Minnesota, Ryan Hollins joined the Cleveland Cavaliers, and had another
strong season - being the starting center in 16 out of 70 possible games and averaging
5.3 points and 2.7 rebounds.
Unfortunately, he wasn’t able to lift the reeling Cavaliers team after they lost Lebron,
but he made a strong impression on the organization and started the 2011-2012 basketball season
under their uniform.
For 24 games, until he was traded to the Boston Celtics, who absolutely adored Hollins skill
and professionalism in the organization.
For 15 games, night in and night out, he brought his best playing 10.7 minutes per game and
averaging 2.8 points and 1.7 rebounds.
Boston didn’t have max space so they didn’t sign Hollins to a max contract, but the Clippers
saw the potential of the 27-year old and gave him 2 seasons with the team.
In those 2 seasons with the Clippers, Ryan Hollins didn’t start a game as he was doing
the right thing by giving the opportunity to other, younger, up and coming players.
In 121 games with the Clippers Hollins gave them a major boost averaging 2.9 points and
1.9 rebounds in 9.5 minutes per game.
Unfortunately, it seemed, that at age 30, the father time was starting to catch up with
Ryan.
Sacramento bet on his potential by signing him and he rewarded them with 46 games played,
9 starts, 9.6 minutes per game and averages of 3 points and 2.2 rebounds.
His last season in the NBA was in 2015-2016 when already a 31-year old Ryan Hollins was
still balling.
He spent 5 games with the Washington Wizards and 32 with the Memphis Grizzlies finishing
his career on a high note averaging 3.4 points and 2.6 rebounds in his final season in the
league.
He spent a couple of seasons in Europe but couldn’t really adapt and had to end his
basketball career.
Here are some fun facts about Ryan Hollins for you guys:
- He played for 9 NBA teams and never spent more than 3 seasons with any team and even
then it was 2 and a half seasons with Charlotte, which was the team that drafted him.
- Ryan Hollins scored 1913 points for his NBA career putting him into an elite company
of all the players who have scored more than 1000 points for their careers
- In his best season with Minnesota Ryan Hollins scored a total of 447 points which is 39 points
more than what Michael Jordan scored in his second season with the Bulls in 1985-86.
- Hollins is also to my knowledge the only ex-NBA player who averaged 3.7 points for
his career and later collected at least 3.7 thousand dislikes on a youtube video
- Ryan Hollins is on the same boat as Ben Simmons skill-wise.
Both of them haven’t made a three-pointer in their NBA careers, but Ryan is better as
he has missed his only attempted three pointer in his outburst season with Minnesota.
Thank you Ryan for all the great NBA accomplishments.
Your presence on the TV as an analyst is well rated by your fans and critics.
See you soon!
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