Randy Alfred Holcomb Jr. (born August 8, 1979), also known as Raed Farid Elhamali, is an American-Libyan businessman and former professional

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player. After being drafted by the

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in the

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, 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

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before transferring to

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. 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

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, being taken by the

in the 2nd round (57th pick) of the

. After being drafted his draft rights were traded to the

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with Mark Bryant and

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in exchange for

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, on June 26, 2002. Holcomb signed a 10-day contract with the

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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 14, 2006. On that day, Chicago would lose a game 89–91 to the

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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

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of the

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(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

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in 2009 under the name Raed Farid Elhamali. In a celebrated game, Libya beat their adversary,

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75–73.

References

External links

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Alfred's House
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