Name: Ryan Hollins

Height:  7’0”          

Weight: 240                           

Born: Pasadena, California                                                                       

High School: John Muir                                                                    

College: UCLA

Drafted: 2006, 2^nd Round, 50^th overall by the Charlotte Bobcats

Previous Teams: Charlotte Bobcats, Dallas Mavericks, Minnesota Timberwolves, Cleveland Cavaliers

Misc: Cleared 6’10” at the Pac-10 Championships his sophomore year in the high jump, finished 9^th in NCAA regionals and 6^th in the Pac-10 championship

Career Stats

Year	Team	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
2006–07	Charlotte	27	0	6.9	.556	.000	.600	1.1	.0	.2	.3	2.4
2007–08	Charlotte	60	1	8.9	.489	.000	.671	1.8	.2	.2	.5	2.5
2008–09	Charlotte	18	1	10.2	.543	.000	.667	2.0	.2	.2	.9	3.6
2008–09	Dallas	27	2	9.6	.525	.000	.515	2.3	.1	.2	.6	2.9
2009-10	Minnesota	73	27	16.8	.558	.000	.690	2.8	.7	.3	.5	6.1
2010-11	Cleveland	70	16	16.9	.598	.000	.681	2.7	.4	.3	.6	5.3
2011-12	Cleveland	24	7	15.1	.500	.000	.600	2.3	.3	.2	.5	3.7
Career		299	54	13.1	.554	.000	.658	2.3	.4	.2	.5	4.2

Career Highs:

Points – 19                          Rebounds – 12                                  Assists – 3

Steals – 3                             Blocks – 4

Analysis:

Hollins is obviously a poor offensive player, relying on his athleticism for most of his baskets. But he is a good defensive player who plays hard. The Cavaliers were almost ten points better per 100 defensive possessions when he was on the floor.  Even with his subpar offense, his defense made such a difference that they were a net 6 points better per 100 possessions on offense and defense when he was out there.

According to John Hollinger’s scouting report Hollins is a

• Lean athletic big man who can run the floor and make spectacular dunks
• Poor shooter with no post game. Can make short runners. Loses cool easily
• Amazingly bad rebounder. Capable pick and roll defender. Lacks strength

Hollinger goes on to say that Hollins was outrebounded by every single player in the league except for Andrea Bargnani and Brian Cardinal.

He worked out all summer with Kevin Garnett and KG is a big fan of Hollins. KG talks about his work ethic and the way he approaches the game. Also apparently KG had a hard time making friends and Hollins seems to be there for him in that respect. “Summertime’s the time when you’re working on things, but for me, I don’t make a lot of friends, and I can say that I made one in him. I like the way the kid approaches the game. He wants to be more than good. You see it in his face; you see it in his work ethic. I’m a big fan of his, so I’m glad he’s here.” KG’s not the kind of guy who throws around praise about people he’s played against. I’m sure Danny Ainge factored that in when he was looking for big men to sign.

Hollins is an interesting player because he’s a high flying 7 footer who can’t rebound. He looks good running the floor, especially with Rondo running the point. He will definitely help the Celtics on the defensive end and give KG’s knees a break from banging in the post for 40 minutes every night. If he could develop some sort of offensive game or rebound a little more. He could be extremely useful to the Celtics. He sometimes needs to keep his head, he got a technical in the first two minutes of his time with the Celtics, but there nothing new for a team with Rondo and KG.

Not a bad move by the Celtics, personally I was really hoping for Fesenko, but Danny Ainge could do a hell of a lot worse.