JR Holden

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Basketball player
JR Holden
Player information
Full name Jon Robert Holden
birthday August 10, 1976
place of birth Pittsburgh , United States
size 185 cm
position Point guard
college Bucknell University
Clubs as active
1998–1999 ASK Brocēni-LMT Rīga 1999–2001 Telindus Oostende 2001–2002 AEK Athens 2002–2011 CSKA MoscowLatviaLatvia
BelgiumBelgium
GreeceGreece
RussiaRussia
National team
Russia

Jon Robert Holden ( Russian Джон Роберт Холден ; born August 10, 1976 in Pittsburgh , Pennsylvania ) is a former Russian - American basketball player. In 2011 he ended his career.

career

In his home country, the United States, he studied and played at Bucknell University in the state of Pennsylvania between 1994 and 1998 . With 1327 points he was in 1998 on the ninth place of the eternal basket hunter list of the university team. He was later overtaken by the German Christopher McNaughton , who scored 1529 points for Bucknell. In the game years 1996/97 (17.8 points / game) and 1997/98 (18.2 points / game) Holden was the team's leading scorer.

Through the mediation of a Finnish players' agent, Holden came to ASK Brocēni-LMT Rīga ( Latvia ) in 1998 , where he received a salary of 1,600 US dollars per month. His compatriot Larry Daniels, who also played in Riga, made it easier for him to get used to it. There the American, known for his accuracy in throwing from distance, won the national championship as well as 2001 in Belgium with Telindus Oostende and the following year in Greece with AEK Athens . His year in Athens was seen as a big step in his career, as he played with significantly better teammates at AEK ( Dimosthenis Dikoudis , Jim Bilba , Nikolaos Zisis and others) than before and because he won the title with AEK on a European scale Top teams belonging to Panathinaikos Athens and Olympiacos Piraeus cheated. He then moved to the Russian top team CSKA Moscow . With the team he won the Russian championship in 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010 and 2011 as well as the Russian Cup in 2005, 2006, 2007 and 2010. At the international level he won the ULEB Euroleague in 2006 and 2008 , and in 2007 and 2009 he reached the final there with ZSKA.

CSKA applied for Russian citizenship for Holden and referred to a legal regulation according to which this can be issued "for special merit for the country". He received Russian citizenship in October 2003 by order of Vladimir Putin . The background was a new foreigner regulation in the Superleague Russia , which only allowed two US-Americans per team, as well as the lack of a good development player in the Russian national team. At that time, Holden hardly spoke a word of Russian, and Holden said he still felt himself to be a US citizen. With the Russian national team he took part in the European Championships in 2005 and 2007 , with 2007 winning the title and Holden making the decisive two-point throw in the final 2.1 seconds before the end. He also represented Russia in the 2008 Olympic Players .

After his playing career, he worked  as a player judge for the NBA team Philadelphia 76ers . In September 2019 he moved to the Brooklyn Nets , where he was responsible for player matters in a senior position.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ JR Holden throws in towel in basketball career
  2. ↑ 2019-20 Bucknell Men's Basketball. In: BUCKNELL UNIVERSITY Brille. Retrieved August 24, 2020 .
  3. ↑ a b c HOLDEN, JR - Welcome to EUROLEAGUE BASKETBALL. Retrieved August 24, 2020 .
  4. ↑ La Libre.be: Ostend remporte un premier trophée. April 17, 2001, accessed August 24, 2020 (French).
  5. ↑ DIW: Basketball player Holden: pioneer in the service of Russia . In: THE WORLD . September 16, 2005 ( welt.de [accessed August 24, 2020]).
  6. ↑ Schreck, Carl (2003): Former Bison Hoops Star JR Holden Thriving in Russia ( Memento of the original from November 3, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / bucknellbison.cstv.com
  7. ↑ Sheridan, Chris (2007): Meet JR Holden, Russia's leading US import
  8. ↑ Hein, David (2007): CHAMPIONS OF EUROPE! ( Memento of the original from December 29, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.eurobasket2007.org
  9. ↑ https://www.nba.com/sixers/front-office-directory
  10. ^ JR Holden named Brooklyn Nets Director of Player Personnel. September 24, 2019, accessed on August 24, 2020 .

Web links

  • JR Holden in the database of Sports-Reference (English; archived from the original )
personal data
SURNAME Holden, JR
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Holden, Jon Robert; Холден, Джон Роберт (Russian)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Russian-American basketball player
DATE OF BIRTH August 10, 1976
PLACE OF BIRTH Pittsburgh , Pennsylvania