James Collins (basketball)

Infobox_NBA player
name = James Collins

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imagesize = 150px
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birth_date = birth date and age|1973|11|5|
birth_place = Jacksonville, Florida
nationality = USA
position = Shooting guard
height_ft = 6
height_in = 4
weight_lbs = 196
College = Florida State
draft = 2nd round, 37th overall
draft_year = 1997
draft_team = Philadelphia Sixers
career_start = 1997
career_end =
former_teams = Los Angeles Clippers (1997–1998)
LaCrosse Bobcats, Quad City Thunder (1998–1999)
Strasbourg IG (1999)
Pinturas Bruguer (2000)
Grand Rapids Hoops (2000–2002)
Air Avellino (2002–2003)
Eurorida Scafati (2003–2004)
Cimberio Novara (2004–2006)
Vertical Vision Cantù (2006)
Indesit Fabriano (2006–2007)
awards =

James Edgar Collins (born November 5 1973 in Jacksonville, Florida) is an American professional basketball player whose last team was Indesit Fabriano of the Italian second division (Serie A2) in 2006/07 season.

He attended Florida State University and was selected 36th overall by the Philadelphia 76ers in the 1997 NBA Draft. He played one season in the NBA for the Los Angeles Clippers in 1997-98, who had obtained him from the 76ers by trading the rights to a 1998 second round pick (used to select Jelani McCoy). He has also been briefly signed by the Phoenix Suns in 1999, Washington Wizards in 1999 and Memphis Grizzlies in 2001, but has not played any NBA games for those teams.

Before Fabriano, he has played in Spain for Pinturas Bruguer [ [http://www.acb.com/jugador.php?id=A4U Ficha jugador: Collins , James Echos] ] and Italy in Serie A for Air Avellino (2002-2003) and Vertical Vision Cantù (2006) and Serie A2 for Eurorida Scafati (2003-2004) and Cimberio Novara (2004-2006).

References

External links

*Basketball-reference|James Collins
* [http://www.databasebasketball.com/players/playerpage.htm?ilkid=COLLIJA01 NBA & college stats] @ "databasebasketball.com"