Hollis Copeland

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Hollis Alphonso Copeland (born December 20, 1955, in Trenton, New Jersey, USA) is a retired American professional basketball player. He was a 6'6" 180 lb small forward and played high school basketball at Ewing High School[1] and college basketball at Rutgers University.

Copeland was selected with the 2nd pick of the third round in the 1978 NBA Draft by the Denver Nuggets, but was cut during camp. He signed on with the New York Knicks and after two alternate seasons with the (in 1979-80 and 1981-82), and a stint playing in Spain with Zaragoza, Copeland's playing career was cut short in his second Knicks season, after dislocating several bones in his foot during practice.[2]

After his NBA career, he became a hospital-care investigator, a sales rep. and a stockbroker.[2]

[edit] References

  1. ^ Emanski, Joe. "Catching up with the Copelands", Ewing Observer, March 2004. Accessed June 20, 2007.
  2. ^ a b Catching Up With Hollis Copeland posted May 9, 2003

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