Wilbur Holland
Personal information | |
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Born | Columbus, Georgia | November 8, 1951
Nationality | American |
Listed height | 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) |
Listed weight | 175 lb (79 kg) |
Career information | |
College |
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NBA draft | 1975: 5th round, 75th overall pick |
Selected by the Atlanta Hawks | |
Playing career | 1975–1983 |
Position | Point guard |
Number | 20, 12 |
Career history | |
1975–1976 | Atlanta Hawks |
1976–1979 | Chicago Bulls |
1980–1981 | Scavolini Pesaro |
1981–1983 | Tours BC |
Career NBA statistics | |
Points | 3,760 (13.6 ppg) |
Rebounds | 842 (3.1 rpg) |
Assists | 922 (3.3 apg) |
Stats at NBA.com | |
Stats at Basketball Reference |
Wilbur Holland (born November 8, 1951) is a retired American basketball player.
A 6'0" guard from Columbus, Georgia, Holland played college basketball at Morristown College and the University of New Orleans, where he led his team in scoring for two seasons (1973–75). During his senior year, he earned Second Team All-America honors from the National Association of Basketball Coaches.[1]
Upon graduating from college, Holland was selected by the Atlanta Hawks in the fifth round of the 1975 NBA Draft. After one season with the Hawks, during which he averaged 5.8 points per game, he signed with the Chicago Bulls, and he remained with the Bulls until 1979. In the 1977 NBA Playoffs, Holland got into a fight with the Portland Trail Blazers Herm Gilliam. Holland's statistically strongest NBA season occurred in 1977-78, during which he averaged 16.6 points, 3.8 assists, 2.0 steals, and 3.6 rebounds. He ranked among the NBA's top ten in total steals twice in his career (in 1976-77 and 1977–78).[2]
In 2002, Holland was inducted into the Louisiana Basketball Hall of Fame.[3]
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- 1951 births
- Living people
- African-American basketball players
- American expatriate basketball people in France
- American expatriate basketball people in Italy
- American men's basketball players
- Atlanta Hawks draft picks
- Atlanta Hawks players
- Basketball players from Georgia (U.S. state)
- Chicago Bulls players
- Junior college men's basketball players in the United States
- New Orleans Privateers men's basketball players
- Point guards
- Sportspeople from Columbus, Georgia
- Union Tours Basket Métropole players
- Victoria Libertas Pesaro players
- American basketball biography, 1950s birth stubs