The Cleveland Cavaliers may have not addressed their current hole at the center position via the recently held NBA Draft, but Ryan Hollins has picked up his player option for the 2011-12 season, a source tells WFNY.
At 26-years of age, the athletic Hollins continues to be extremely raw on both ends of the floor, but showed flashes of brilliance during latter periods of the 2010-11 season. A recent nominee for WFNY Performance of the Year, Hollins averaged a mere 5.3 points and 2.7 rebounds per game over the course of the season but put up averages of 10.3 points and 1.4 blocks per game over his final eight contests.
Per the source, Hollins decided to pick up his option approximately two weeks ago, choosing to delay free agency and play for the Cavaliers regardless of the team potentially adding peer-based competition via Thursday’s draft. With the current NBA collective bargaining agreement in limbo, the seven-footer did not want to risk getting offered substantially less tha...
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