Randy Alfred Holcomb Jr. (born August 8, 1979), also known as Raed Farid Elhamali, is an American-Libyan businessman and former professional
basketball
Basketball is a team sport in which two teams, most commonly of five players each, opposing one another on a rectangular court, compete with the primary objective of shooting a basketball (approximately in diameter) through the defender's h ...
player. After being drafted by the
San Antonio Spurs
The San Antonio Spurs are an American professional basketball team based in San Antonio. The Spurs compete in the National Basketball Association (NBA) as a member of the league's Western Conference Southwest Division. The team plays its home ...
in the
2002 NBA draft, Holcomb went on to play nine years professionally. He also played for in international competitions.
Business career
Holcomb founded Alfred's House,
a luxury leather goods fashion house inspired by vintage Americana sport.
Holcomb also works on urban development projects that bring national retailers to areas that are blighted.
In 2017, Holcomb started ''The Run Sports'',
a media company geared around giving young athletes exposure. In 2018, Holcomb started ''RUN BC'',
a sports training & AAU team program.
Basketball career
Holcomb graduated from
Lincoln Park High School, where he received All-City and All-State honors.
Holcomb attended
Fresno State
California State University, Fresno (Fresno State) is a public university in Fresno, California. It is one of 23 campuses in the California State University system. The university had a fall 2020 enrollment of 25,341 students. It offers bachelo ...
before transferring to
San Diego State
San Diego State University (SDSU) is a public research university in San Diego, California. Founded in 1897 as San Diego Normal School, it is the third-oldest university and southernmost in the 23-member California State University (CSU) system ...
. Holcomb was named the conference tournament MVP and first team all conference. He was also their first player to be selected in the NBA draft since
Michael Cage
Michael Jerome Cage Sr. (born January 28, 1962) is an American former professional basketball player and current broadcast analyst for the Oklahoma City Thunder.
Basketball career
A 6'9" power forward/center from San Diego State, he is the Aztecs ...
, being taken by the
San Antonio Spurs
The San Antonio Spurs are an American professional basketball team based in San Antonio. The Spurs compete in the National Basketball Association (NBA) as a member of the league's Western Conference Southwest Division. The team plays its home ...
in the 2nd round (57th pick) of the
2002 NBA Draft.
After being drafted his draft rights were traded to the
Philadelphia 76ers with
Mark Bryant and
John Salmons
John Rashall Salmons (born December 12, 1979) is an American former professional basketball player who last played for the New Orleans Pelicans of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He played college basketball for the University of Miami. ...
in exchange for
Speedy Claxton
Craig Elliott "Speedy" Claxton (born May 8, 1978) is an American former professional basketball player and the current head coach of the Hofstra University men's basketball team. Claxton won an NBA championship in 2003 as a member of the San Anto ...
, on June 26, 2002. Holcomb signed a 10-day contract with the
Chicago Bulls
The Chicago Bulls are an American professional basketball team based in Chicago. The Bulls compete in the National Basketball Association (NBA) as a member of the league's Eastern Conference Central Division. The team was founded on January ...
on January 5, 2006, and appeared in four games during
that season. This ended up being Holcomb's only playing time in the NBA as his final game ever in the league was the 4th game he played with Chicago on January 14th, 2006. On that day, Chicago would lose a game 89 - 91 to the
Indiana Pacers where Holcomb only played for 70 seconds (substituting at the end of the 2nd quarter for Luol Deng) and recorded 1 rebound.
Holcomb played for the
Gary Steelheads
The Gary Steelheads were a professional basketball team. They played in the International Basketball League, Continental Basketball Association, and the United States Basketball League. They were based in Gary, Indiana, United States, and played ...
of the
Continental Basketball Association (CBA) during the 2005–06 season. He was selected as an All-Star and earned All-Star Game Most Valuable Player honors. Holcomb was named to the All-CBA Second Team and All-Defensive Team.
Holcomb played with the
Libya national basketball team
The Libyan national basketball team represents Libya in international basketball matches and is controlled by the ''Kurat As-Sallah al-Leebiyyah'' (Libyan Basketball Federation). Libya has been an official affiliate of FIBA since 1961.
They finis ...
in 2009 under the name Raed Farid Elhamali.
In a celebrated game, Libya beat their adversary,
Egypt
Egypt ( ar, مصر , ), officially the Arab Republic of Egypt, is a transcontinental country spanning the northeast corner of Africa and southwest corner of Asia via a land bridge formed by the Sinai Peninsula. It is bordered by the Medit ...
75-73.
References
External links
Alfred's House
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1979 births
Living people
Alaska Aces (PBA) players
American expatriate basketball people in Greece
American expatriate basketball people in Japan
American expatriate basketball people in the Philippines
American expatriate basketball people in Poland
American expatriate basketball people in Spain
American expatriate basketball people in the United Arab Emirates
American expatriate basketball people in Venezuela
American men's basketball players
Apollon Patras B.C. players
Atléticos de San Germán players
Basketball players from Chicago
Chicago Bulls players
Cocodrilos de Caracas players
CBA All-Star Game players
Fresno State Bulldogs men's basketball players
Joventut Badalona players
Kawasaki Brave Thunders players
Liga ACB players
Los Angeles City Cubs men's basketball players
Utsunomiya Brex players
Philippine Basketball Association imports
Power forwards (basketball)
San Antonio Spurs draft picks
San Diego State Aztecs men's basketball players
Śląsk Wrocław basketball players
Small forwards
TNT Tropang Giga players