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Coleman Alexander Collins (born July 22, 1986) is a retired American professional basketball player who last played for BCM Gravelines of the LNB Pro A.

Coleman Collins

Collins playing in the French Pro A, in 2012.
Personal information
Born	(1986-07-22) July 22, 1986 (age 36) Princeton, New Jersey
Nationality	American
Listed height	6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)
Listed weight	240 lb (109 kg)
Career information
High school	Chamblee (Chamblee, Georgia)
College	Virginia Tech (2003–2007), University of California, Los Angeles
NBA draft	2007 / Undrafted
Playing career	2007–2015
Position	Power forward / Center
Career history
2007–2008	EnBW Ludwigsburg
2008–2009	Fort Wayne Mad Ants
2009–2011	Ratiopharm Ulm
2011–2012	HKK Široki
2012–2013	Chorale Roanne
2013–2014	Azovmash
2014	Manama Club
2014–2015	BCM Gravelines
Career highlights and awards
Bosnian League champion (2012)

Early life

Collins attended Chamblee High School in Chamblee, Georgia, where he played basketball and ran track. He was selected to the all-Atlanta Metro team as a senior, and was MVP of the Florida-Georgia All-Star Game. He also placed 3rd in the state finals in the 400m.[1] He went on to play college basketball at Virginia Tech, where he scored 1144 points, averaging 10.5 points and 5.6 rebounds for his career.[1]

Professional career

Collins went undrafted in the 2007 NBA draft. In August 2007, he signed with EnBW Ludwigsburg in Germany.[2] In May 2008, he left the team. He went on to sign a contract with the Phoenix Suns. After participating in training camp, he was released before the regular season began.[3] He spent the 2008–09 season with the Fort Wayne Mad Ants of the NBDL.[4] In July 2009, he signed with ratiopharm Ulm.[5] He stayed with the German team for two seasons, leaving in May 2011.

In September 2011, he signed with HKK Široki in Bosnia.[6] In the spring of 2012, he won both the Bosnian Cup and the league championship.

In July 2012, he signed a two-year contract with Chorale Roanne in France.[7] In a breakout year, he averaged 10.6 points and 7 rebounds during the regular season, and increased his production by averaging 18.3 points and 7 rebounds in the playoffs.[8] In June 2013, he activated a release clause in his contract and left the team, paying the buyout himself.[9]

In July 2013, he signed a one-year deal with Azovmash of Ukraine.[10] Following the events of the 2014 Ukrainian Revolution, amid the onset of the War in Donbass, he left Azovmash on March 1, 2014.[11] Three days later, he signed with Manama Club of Bahrain.[12] In May 2014, he won the Bahrani Championship.[13]

On July 22, 2014, he signed a two-year deal with BCM Gravelines of the French LNB Pro A.[14] On October 21, 2015, he parted ways with Gravelines after averaging 4.7 points and 2.7 rebounds per game.[15]

Personal life

Collins is also a freelance writer and artist.[16][17] While at Virginia Tech he wrote a column for the student newspaper, The Collegiate Times.[18] His writing has been published in various venues, including BOMB Magazine,[19] ESPN.com,[20] and the Huffington Post.[21] Collins received a Master of Fine Arts from UCLA.[22] In 2021, he showed artworks in museum exhibitions at the Kunsthalle Wien[23][24] and the Carré d'Art, Nîmes.[25]

He speaks several languages, including German,[26][27] French[28] and Spanish.

References

External links

• Eurobasket.com profile
• FIBA.com profile
• Collins' 2012-2013 Highlights
• Collins' 2013-2014 Highlights

На других языках

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[de] Coleman Collins

Coleman Collins (* 22. Juli 1986 in Princeton, New Jersey) ist ein US-amerikanischer Basketballspieler. Nach seinem Studium in seinem Heimatland spielte Burns als Profi vor allem in Europa, unter anderem auch drei Spielzeiten in der deutschen Basketball-Bundesliga für die württembergischen Erstligisten EnBW Ludwigsburg und ratiopharm Ulm. 2012 gewann er mit HKK Široki das Double aus bosnischer Meisterschaft und Pokalwettbewerb. Über seine Erfahrungen in verschiedenen Ländern berichtet Collins als Kolumnist in Online-Portalen, insbesondere im Sportnachrichten-Netzwerk ESPN.[1]

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