Errick McCollum

Errick McCollum
No. 3 – Galatasaray
Position Point guard / Shooting guard
League Turkish Basketball Super League
Eurocup
Personal information
Born (1988-01-22) January 22, 1988
Canton, Ohio
Nationality American
Listed height 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
Listed weight 170 lb (77 kg)
Career information
High school GlenOak (Canton, Ohio)
College Goshen (2006–2010)
NBA draft 2010 / Undrafted
Playing career 2010–present
Career history
2010–2011 Elitzur Netanya
2011–2012 Hapoel Kfar Saba
2012–2013 Apollon Patras
2013–2014 Panionios
2014–2015 Zhejiang Golden Bulls
2015–present Galatasaray
Career highlights and awards

Errick "E" McCollum II (born January 22, 1988) is an American professional basketball player who plays for Galatasaray of the Turkish Basketball Super League (BSL). He is a 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) tall guard.

High school

McCollum attended GlenOak High School, in Canton, Ohio, from 2002 to 2006, where he played with current NBA center, and former Ohio State Buckeye, Kosta Koufos. In 2006, McCollum was joined on the team's varsity squad by his younger brother, then a freshman, C.J. McCollum.

College career

McCollum played college basketball at Goshen College from 2006 to 2010. He graduated as the school's all-time leading scorer with 2,789 points.[1] 4 times named D2 All-American in his 4 years at Goshen College. He was also named a first team NAIA Division II All-American in his senior season.[2]

Professional career

McCollum started his pro career in 2010 with the Israeli Premier League club Elitzur Netanya.[3] He spent the 2011–12 season with the Israel 2nd Division club Hapoel Kfar Saba. He played with the Greek League club Apollon Patras during the 2012–13 season. He joined the Greek club Panionios for the 2013–14 season.[4] During the 2013–14 season, he led both the Greek League and the 2nd tier European competition, the Eurocup, in scoring.

In July 2014, he joined the Denver Nuggets for the 2014 NBA Summer League.[5] Later that month he signed a one-year deal with the Zhejiang Golden Bulls of the Chinese Basketball Association.[6] On January 30, 2015, he set the new single game scoring record in the Chinese Basketball Association, with 82 points scored. McCollum also added 10 rebounds and 4 assists in the same game, but his team, the Zhejiang Golden Bulls, lost the game to the Guangdong Southern Tigers, by a score of 129-119.[7]

McCollum competes for Overseas Elite in The Basketball Tournament. He was a point guard on the 2015 team who won TBT's $1 million prize.[8]

On September 5, 2015, he signed a one-year deal with the Turkish club Galatasaray.[9] In the 2015–16 Eurocup season, he was named to the All-Eurocup First Team and selected the Eurocup MVP.[10][11] Galatasaray later won the Eurocup.

Personal

McCollum's younger brother, C. J. McCollum, is a professional basketball player for the Portland Trail Blazers of the NBA

College awards

References

  1. ↑ Goshen College Athletics men's basketball record book
  2. ↑ 2009-10 NAIA Division II Men's Basketball All-America Teams Announced
  3. ↑ CantonRep.com GlenOak's McCollum heads to Israel for basketball career.
  4. ↑ Sportando.net Errick McCollum moves to Panionios.
  5. ↑ NBA.com 2014 Nuggets Summer League Roster.
  6. ↑ GoshenNews.com Former GC basketball star signs deal in China.
  7. ↑ Errick McCollum's 82 point game in China, new scoring record in CBA
  8. ↑ "Individual payouts for Overseas Elite | The Basketball Tournament". www.thetournament.com. Retrieved 2016-04-28.
  9. ↑ Errick McCollum Galatasaray’da (Turkish)
  10. ↑ 2015-16 All-Eurocup First, Second teams announced
  11. ↑ 2015-16 Eurocup MVP: Errick McCollum, Galatasaray Odeabank Istanbul

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