Coleman Alexander Collins (born July 22, 1986) is a retired American professional

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player who last played for

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of the

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Early life

Collins attended

Chamblee High School Chamblee High School, formerly known as Chamblee Charter High School, is a public secondary school located in Chamblee, Georgia, United States. As of 2010, it serves 1512 students in grades 9–12. It is the second oldest high school of the DeKalb ...

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, 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. He went on to play college basketball at

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, where he scored 1144 points, averaging 10.5 points and 5.6 rebounds for his career.

Professional career

Collins went undrafted in the 2007 NBA draft. In August 2007, he signed with

EnBW Ludwigsburg Riesen Ludwigsburg ( en, Giants Ludwigsburg), for sponsorship reasons MHP Riesen Ludwigsburg, is a professional basketball club that is based in Ludwigsburg, Germany. The club currently plays in the Basketball Bundesliga (BBL), the first tier of ...

in Germany. In May 2008, he left the team. He went on to sign a contract with the

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. After participating in training camp, he was released before the regular season began. He spent the 2008–09 season with the

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of the

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. In July 2009, he signed with

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. He stayed with the German team for two seasons, leaving in May 2011. In September 2011, he signed with

HKK Široki Hrvatski košarkaški klub Široki (), commonly referred to as HKK Široki or simply Široki, is a men's professional basketball Sports club, club based in Široki Brijeg, Bosnia and Herzegovina. The team currently competes in the Basketball Champ ...

in Bosnia. 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. 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. In June 2013, he activated a release clause in his contract and left the team, paying the buyout himself. In July 2013, he signed a one-year deal with Azovmash of Ukraine. Following the events of the 2014 Ukrainian Revolution, amid the onset of the

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, he left Azovmash on March 1, 2014. Three days later, he signed with

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of Bahrain. In May 2014, he won the Bahrani Championship. On July 22, 2014, he signed a two-year deal with

of the French

. On October 21, 2015, he parted ways with Gravelines after averaging 4.7 points and 2.7 rebounds per game.

Personal life

Collins is also a freelance writer and artist. While at Virginia Tech he wrote a column for the student newspaper, The Collegiate Times. His writing has been published in various venues, including

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, and the

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. Collins received a Master of Fine Arts from UCLA. In 2021, he showed artworks in museum exhibitions at the

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and the Carré d'Art, Nîmes. He speaks several languages, including German, French and Spanish.

References

External links

Eurobasket.com profile

Collins' 2012-2013 Highlights

Collins' 2013-2014 Highlights
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