James Collins (basketball)

James Collins
Personal information
Born	November 5, 1973 (age 51); Jacksonville, Florida
Nationality	American
Listed height	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)
Listed weight	196 lb (89 kg)
Career information
High school	Andrew Jackson; (Jacksonville, Florida)
College	Florida State (1993–1997)
NBA draft	1997: 2nd round, 36th overall pick
	Selected by the Philadelphia 76ers
Playing career	1997–2007
Position	Shooting guard
Number	32, 4
Career history
1997–1998	Los Angeles Clippers
1998	Jacksonville Barracudas
1998–1999	La Crosse Bobcats
1999	Quad City Thunder
1999	Strasbourg IG
2000	Joventut Badalona
2000–2002	Grand Rapids Hoops
2002	Guaiqueríes de Margarita
2002–2003	Air Avellino
2003–2004	Eurorida Scafati
2004–2005	Cimberio Novara
2006	Vertical Vision Cantù
2006–2007	Indesit Fabriano
Career highlights and awards
	All-CBA First Team (2002); Second-team All-ACC (1997); 2× Third-team All-ACC (1995, 1996); Fourth-team Parade All-American (1993);
	Stats at NBA.com
	Stats at Basketball Reference

James Edgar Collins (born November 5, 1973) is an American former professional basketball player whose last team was Indesit Fabriano of the Italian second division (Serie A2) in 2006–07 season.

Career

He attended Florida State University and was selected 36th overall by the Philadelphia 76ers in the 1997 NBA draft. He played one season in the NBA for the Los Angeles Clippers in 1997–98, who had obtained him from the 76ers by trading the rights to a 1998 second round pick (used to select Jelani McCoy). He has also been briefly signed by the Phoenix Suns in 1999, Washington Wizards in 1999 and Memphis Grizzlies in 2001, but has not played any NBA games for those teams. Collins played for the Grand Rapids Hoops of the Continental Basketball Association (CBA) from 2000 to 2002 and earned All-CBA First Team honors in 2002.^[1]

Before Fabriano, he has played in Spain for Pinturas Bruguer^[2] and Italy in Serie A for Air Avellino (2002–2003) and Vertical Vision Cantù (2006) and Serie A2 for Eurorida Scafati (2003–2004) and Cimberio Novara (2004–2006).

Collins, currently is the Head Boys Basketball Coach at Andrew Jackson High School in Jacksonville, Florida.

References

^ "James Collins minor league basketball statistics". Stats Crew. Retrieved June 27, 2021.
^ "Ficha jugador: Collins , James Echos". Archived from the original on May 7, 2010. Retrieved September 27, 2008.

External links

Career statistics and player information from NBA.com and Basketball-Reference.com
NBA & college stats @ databasebasketball.com

[1] "James Collins minor league basketball statistics". Stats Crew. Retrieved June 27, 2021.

[2] "Ficha jugador: Collins , James Echos". Archived from the original on May 7, 2010. Retrieved September 27, 2008.

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