Hollis Price (born October 29, 1979) is an American former professional

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. He is currently an assistant coach for the University of Houston men's basketball program.

College career

Price played college basketball at the

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from 1999 to 2003. He helped to lead the Sooners to the Final Four in

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. He is widely regarded as one of the best basketball players to come out of the

since

Wayman Tisdale Wayman Lawrence Tisdale (June 9, 1964 – May 15, 2009) was an American professional basketball player in the National Basketball Association (NBA) and a smooth jazz bass guitarist. A three-time All American at the University of Oklahoma,

Professional career

He previously played for

BC Lietuvos Rytas Rytas Vilnius is a Lithuanian professional basketball club based in Vilnius, Lithuania. The club was founded in 1997 from another club, Statyba, and has become one of the most successful Lithuanian basketball clubs. Rytas have won two EuroCup Ba ...

of Lithuania's LKL,

ALBA Berlin Alba Berlin is a German professional basketball club that is based in Berlin, Germany. The club was founded in 1991, and is today the largest German national basketball club by membership figures. Alba Berlin hosts its home games at the Mercedes ...

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Le Mans Sarthe Basket Le Mans Sarthe Basket, commonly known as MSB or Le Mans, is a professional basketball club that is from the city of Le Mans, France. The team plays in the French League and internationally in the Basketball Champions League. History The Moder ...

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, and CB Sevilla of ACB. In the Euroleague 2007-2008, Price was the top scorer of the BC Lietuvos Rytas and its main play maker. Price was the first player signed by

Dynamo Moscow MGO VFSO "Dynamo" (russian: МГО ВФСО «Динамо»), commonly known as Dynamo Moscow (russian: Динамо Москва) is a Russian sports club based in Moscow. Founded by Felix Dzerzhinsky on 18 April 1923, Dynamo Moscow was the first ...

following the hiring of coach David Blatt. He joined

Olimpia Milano Pallacanestro Olimpia Milano, commonly known as Olimpia Milano or as EA7 Emporio Armani Milan after its title sponsor, is an LBA Italian professional basketball team, based in Milan, Italy. Its colors are white and red, and the team is sometimes ...

in 2009. In February 2010 Price moved to

Artland Dragons QTSV Quakenbrück, representing its professional team as Artland Dragons, is a basketball club based in Quakenbrück, Germany. Their home arena was the Artland Arena, which has room for 3,000 spectators. From 2003 till 2015 the club played in the B ...

. On August 3, 2010 he returned to

by signing a one-year contract, but was released in February 2011. On May 1, 2014, Price was hired as director of player development for the University of Houston men's basketball program.Oklahoma All-American Hollis Price Joins Men's Hoops Staff
Houston Cougars Men's Basketball, 1 May 2014. Retrieved 2014-05-02.

EuroLeague career statistics

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, 6 , , 4 , , 29.0 , , .444 , , .364 , , .833 , , 2.3 , , 1.8 , , .7 , , .0 , , 9.5 , , 6.0

References

External links

Eurocup Player Profile

Player Profile
@ ACB.com
Basketpedya.com Player Profile

Player Profile
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