Jason Collier

Jason Jeffrey Collier ( born September 8, 1977 in Springfield, Ohio, † October 15, 2005 in Atlanta, Georgia ) was an American professional basketball player.

His father Jeff played basketball at the Georgia Institute of Technology ( Georgia Tech ) By 1973 until 1976. Jason had a brother (Jared ) and a sister (Julie ).

Collier, in 1996 the Catholic Central High School his hometown of Springfield (Ohio ) and Ohio State Basketball Championship.

He studied and played basketball also at Georgia Tech. He was wearing the same jersey number as his father. In 97 college games Jason made ​​an average of 13.9 points and 7.1 rebounds per game fetched.

Jason was active five years in the U.S. professional league NBA after being selected in the NBA Draft in 2000 to 15 out of the Milwaukee Bucks. On June 28, 2000, his draft rights were issued along with a future first-round draft pick in exchange for the rights to Joel Przybilla to the Houston Rockets. He played three years ( 2001 to 2003) for the Rockets. On 30 September 2003 he signed a contract with the Minnesota Timberwolves, but was not used.

2003-04 he first played in the NBA Development League ( NBDL ) in the Fayetteville Patriots. For the Patriots, he completed 30 games until the first of two ten-day contracts with the Atlanta Hawks got on 8 March 2004, which then took him on March 28 for the rest of the season under contract. For the Hawks, he played up to his sudden death.

In a total of 151 games in the NBA, he scored an average of 5.6 points and 2.9 rebounds. He had in 2003-04 when the Hawks His best season. In 20 games, he reached an average of 11.3 points and 5.6 rebounds. His Career High of 22 points he scored on 12 March 2004 against the Washington Wizards.

Collier died on 15 October 2005, probably due to a sudden cardiac death. He left behind his wife and his daughter Katie ( Elezan ).

Honor

• His jersey number 40 was retired by the Atlanta Hawks on 2 December 2005, ie it is no longer assigned to other players.