Posted: Thursday, June 25, 2009, 9:30 PM | 5 comments |

Sixers pick Holiday at No. 17

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The Sixers selected UCLA's Jrue Holiday tonight with the 17th pick in the NBA draft.

Holiday is a 6-3, 180-pound freshman who played out of position at UCLA last season. Darren Collison was the Bruins' point guard and Holiday played shooting guard. His future is at the point. He was named to the All-Pac 10 freshman team. He averaged 8.5 points, 3.8 rebounds, 3.7 assists, 1.6 steals and 0.5 blocks in 27.1 minutes per game.

Hoilday was the 2008 Gatorade High School Player of the Year. He played high school ball at Campbell Hall High, in California. According to NBA.com, he collects shoes as a hobby.

He is the first UCLA player ever drafted by the Sixers.

Posted by Daily News staff @ 9:30 PM Permalink | 5 comments

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0 like this / 0 don't • Posted 9:37 PM, 06/25/2009

hot dog!

— dipdabear

0 like this / 0 don't • Posted 10:50 PM, 06/25/2009

The Sixers got the best pg available, so another good draft by our beloved Sixers. Holliday's physical gifts are similar to Andre Miller's- size, strength, hesitation moves, not a great leaper, and excellent ball skills. They could form an interesting 1-2 pg tandem as retaining Miller is now the teams' major priority. I was hoping Brandon Jennings would slide but I guess I'll be following the Bucks a little bit more than usual next season. Good job Sixers and Welcome to Philadelphia to Jrue!

— incog69

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