Nick Collison

[ElNono]

Just ran into him at the American Airlines ticketing desk in Newark...

Had a Thunder backpack with him. Is he from Jersey?

[Thread]

Just ran into him at the American Airlines ticketing desk in Newark...

Had a Thunder backpack with him. Is he from Jersey?

You probably had a raincoat on & lured him into the men's room.

[urunobili]

:ttiwwp:

[lefty]

Just ran into him at the American Airlines ticketing desk in Newark...

Had a Thunder backpack with him. Is he from Jersey?






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Nick Collison
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Nick_Collison.jpg/220px-Nick_Collison.jpg (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Nick_Collison.jpg)Collison with the Thunder



No. 4 – Oklahoma City Thunder (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oklahoma_City_Thunder)


Position
Power forward (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Power_forward_(basketball)) / Center (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Center_(basketball))


League
NBA (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NBA)


Personal information


Born
October 26, 1980 (age 33)
Orange City, Iowa (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orange_City,_Iowa)


Nationality
American


Listed height
6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)


Listed weight
255 lb (116 kg)


Career information


High school
Iowa Falls (Iowa Falls, Iowa (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iowa_Falls,_Iowa))


College
Kansas (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kansas_Jayhawks_men%27s_basketball) (1999–2003)


NBA draft (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NBA_draft)
2003 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2003_NBA_draft) / Round: 1 / Pick: 12th overall


Selected by the Seattle SuperSonics (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seattle_SuperSonics)


Pro career
2003–present


Career history


2003 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2003%E2%80%9304_NBA_season)–present
Seattle SuperSonics (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seattle_SuperSonics) / Oklahoma City Thunder (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oklahoma_City_Thunder)


Career highlights and awards




NABC Player of the Year (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NABC_Player_of_the_Year) (2003)
Consensus first team All-American (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NCAA_Men%27s_Basketball_All-Americans) (2003 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2003_NCAA_Men%27s_Basketball_All-Americans))
Big 12 Player of the Year (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Big_12_Conference_Men%27s_Basketball_Player_of_the _Year) (2003)




Stats (http://www.nba.com/playerfile/nick_collison) at NBA.com


Medals[hide] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nick_Collison#)


Men’s basketball (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Basketball)


Competitor for http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png United States (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States)


FIBA Americas Championship (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FIBA_Americas_Championship)


Gold
2003 San Juan (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FIBA_Americas_Championship_2003)
Team competition (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_national_team)


FIBA Americas U18 Championship (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FIBA_Americas_Under-18_Championship)


Gold
1998 Puerto Plata (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FIBA_Americas_Under-18_Championship)
Team competition (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_national_basketball_team)


FIBA U19 World Championship (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FIBA_Under-19_World_Championship)


Silver
1999 Lisbon (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FIBA_Under-19_World_Championship)
Team competition (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_national_team)


FIBA U21 World Championship (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FIBA_Under-21_World_Championship)


Gold
2001 Saitama (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FIBA_Under-21_World_Championship)
Team competition (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_national_team)







Nicholas John "Nick" Collison (born October 26, 1980) is an American professional basketball (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Basketball) player who currently plays for the Oklahoma City Thunder (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oklahoma_City_Thunder) of the National Basketball Association (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Basketball_Association) (NBA). As a college player, he went to two Final Fours (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NCAA_Division_I_Men%27s_Basketball_Tournament) with the Kansas Jayhawks (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kansas_Jayhawks_men%27s_basketball).

Contents


1 Early life and high school career (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nick_Collison#Early_life_and_high_school_career)
2 College career (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nick_Collison#College_career)
3 NBA career (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nick_Collison#NBA_career)
4 Personal life (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nick_Collison#Personal_life)
5 NBA career statistics (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nick_Collison#NBA_career_statistics)

5.1 Regular season (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nick_Collison#Regular_season)
5.2 Playoffs (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nick_Collison#Playoffs)


6 See also (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nick_Collison#See_also)
7 References (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nick_Collison#References)
8 External links (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nick_Collison#External_links)


Early life and high school career[edit (http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Nick_Collison&action=edit&section=1&editintro=Template:BLP_editintro)]Collison was born in Orange City, Iowa (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orange_City,_Iowa) and grew up in Fort Dodge, Iowa (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fort_Dodge,_Iowa), and Iowa Falls, Iowa (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iowa_Falls,_Iowa). He attended Iowa Falls High School and was a McDonald's All-American (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/McDonald%27s_All-American) in 1999.
College career[edit (http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Nick_Collison&action=edit&section=2&editintro=Template:BLP_editintro)]Teaming with fellow Iowan Kirk Hinrich (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kirk_Hinrich) to form one of the best duos in college basketball, Collison helped KU reach two consecutive Final Fours (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Final_Four_(college_basketball)) (2002, 2003). Collison finished his college career as the leading scorer in the history of the Big 12 Conference (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Big_12_Conference) (since passed by Andre Emmett (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andre_Emmett)). In 2003, his Jayhawks lost to the Carmelo Anthony (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carmelo_Anthony) led Syracuse University (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Syracuse_University)Orangemen in the National Championship game, 81–78. He played for the US national team (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_men%27s_national_basketball_team) in the 2002 FIBA World Championship (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2002_FIBA_World_Championship).[1] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nick_Collison#cite_note-1)
Collison's #4 jersey was retired by the Kansas Jayhawks at halftime of a 2004 game between Kansas (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University_of_Kansas) and Michigan State University (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michigan_State_University),[2] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nick_Collison#cite_note-2) in recognition of his achievements (2002–03 Player of the Year, consensus First-Team All-America, Big 12 Player of the Year).[3] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nick_Collison#cite_note-3) Like Hinrich, Collison played all four years in college.
NBA career[edit (http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Nick_Collison&action=edit&section=3&editintro=Template:BLP_editintro)]Collison was selected by the Seattle SuperSonics (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seattle_SuperSonics) with the 12th pick of the 2003 NBA Draft (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2003_NBA_Draft) but missed the 2003–04 season (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2003%E2%80%9304_NBA_season) with injuries to both shoulders. He made his regular season NBA (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Basketball_Association) debut on November 3, 2004 against the Los Angeles Clippers (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Los_Angeles_Clippers), scoring 3 points in a 114–84 loss. He still plays for the same franchise, now the Oklahoma City Thunder since relocating in 2008. He and Kevin Durant (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kevin_Durant) are the only two players remaining from the Seattle SuperSonics era (Russell Westbrook (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russell_Westbrook) and Serge Ibaka (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Serge_Ibaka) were drafted by the Sonics but the team relocated before their rookie seasons).
Since his rookie season, Collison made the power forward position his own, emerging as a valuable and solid player during2006–07 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2006%E2%80%9307_NBA_season), averaging nearly double figures in points (9.6) and adding 8 rebounds per game. The following season (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2007%E2%80%9308_NBA_season), with slightly fewer minutes, Collison pulled down more rebounds (9.4) and points (9.8) per game.
Collison is well known for his savvy and quick defense, most notably having been among the league leaders in charges drawn several seasons in a row.
Personal life[edit (http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Nick_Collison&action=edit&section=4&editintro=Template:BLP_editintro)]After the decision by the owners of the team to relocate to Oklahoma City (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oklahoma_City,_Oklahoma), Collison continued to make his home in Seattle (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seattle,_Washington).[4] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nick_Collison#cite_note-4)[5] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nick_Collison#cite_note-5)
He married Robbie Harriford in 2007[6] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nick_Collison#cite_note-6) and they have a daughter, Emma Collison. His younger brother Michael played at Briar Cliff University (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Briar_Cliff_University) in Sioux City, Iowa.
NBA career statistics[edit (http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Nick_Collison&action=edit&section=5&editintro=Template:BLP_editintro)]

Legend


GP
Games played
GS
Games started
MPG
Minutes per game


FG%
Field goal (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Field_goal_(basketball)) percentage
3P%
3-point field goal (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Three-point_field_goal) percentage
FT%
Free throw (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Free_throw) percentage


RPG
Rebounds (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rebound_(basketball)) per game
APG
Assists (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assist_(basketball)) per game
SPG
Steals (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steal_(basketball)) per game


BPG
Blocks (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Block_(basketball)) per game
PPG
Points per game
Bold
Career high


Playoffs[edit (http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Nick_Collison&action=edit&section=7&editintro=Template:BLP_editintro)]












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[gnsf0946]

lefty link references or GTFO with false information spreading

[lefty]

lefty link references or GTFO with false information spreading
I wanted to link references but no, too many characters for Slovenian servers

[ElNono]

http://i57.tinypic.com/29yo8aw.jpg

[lefty]

OKC players and their fucking backpacks


Did you remind him he got his ass handed to him by Timmy ?

[DMC]

EL.. taking down niggas like a plague

[Killakobe81]

Havent read thread but I though Iowa originally (IIRC) ...played at KU for college ...

[ElNono]

Nig is taking my flight to Dallas...

[lefty]

Nig is taking my flight to Dallas...
Selfies with Nick


NOW !!!!!

[baseline bum]

Nig is taking my flight to Dallas...

What the fuck you going to South Oklahoma for son?

[lefty]

What the fuck you going to South Oklahoma for son?
:lol

[Killakobe81]

Nig is taking my flight to Dallas...

Holla at ya boy!!
too bad no game to watch El, you seem like a cool cat to throw down a few with ...

[ElNono]

:lol kid you not he's flying main cabin in the middle of the plane where they have the long legs seats.

Anyways, bout to take off...

[Killakobe81]

:lol kid you not he's flying main cabin in the middle of the plane where they have the long legs seats.

Anyways, bout to take off...

Safe travels.

[lefty]

:lol kid you not he's flying main cabin in the middle of the plane where they have the long legs seats.

Anyways, bout to take off...
When he takes a nap, put a Spurs hat in his hands and snap a pic, then make it viral on social networks

[baseline bum]

:lol kid you not he's flying main cabin in the middle of the plane where they have the long legs seats.

Anyways, bout to take off...

Can you plant a box cutter on him for me? I don't trust that nigga.

[RD2191]

When he takes a nap, put a Spurs hat in his hands and snap a pic, then make it viral on social networks
:lol

[lefty]

Tell TSA to check his backpack, I'm sure he is carrying a durbeta

[JohnnyMax]

Thunder are a shady organization. Wouldn't shock me if Nick was there to pick up Steroids.

[Splits]

Tell TSA to check his backpack, I'm sure he is carrying a durbeta

:lol

[ElNono]

Holla at ya boy!!
too bad no game to watch El, you seem like a cool cat to throw down a few with ...

Anytime killa!

[ElNono]

What the fuck you going to South Oklahoma for son?

Heading down south to ARG for a few weeks...

[ElNono]

Safe travels.

Danke

[Splits]

Heading down south to ARG for a few weeks...

Do they have internet yet in that 3rd world shithole?

[ElNono]

Yeah

[baseline bum]

Heading down south to ARG for a few weeks...

Don't drink the water son.

[Splits]

Let us know if you run into any Eichmanns, errrrrr Klements

[DMC]

Havent read thread but I though Iowa originally (IIRC) ...played at KU for college ...

You thought Iowa played at KU?

[DMC]

Do they have internet yet in that 3rd world shithole?

They put transponders on the chickens.

[apalisoc_9]

Should have worn white pants and took a picture with him...

[Killakobe81]

You thought Iowa played at KU?

Where he was from originally, genius. he was heavily recruited out of college.