Rondae Hollis-Jefferson: A Brief Biography
Rondae Jaquan is an American professional basketball player who plays for the Minnesota Timberwolves in the NBA. He played his college basketball for Arizona Wildcats.
He attended Chester High School where he began an outstanding basketball career under head coach Larry Yarbray.He was also instrumental in Chester's first-ever undefeated season. He won two state titles in high school. He finished his career with more than 1,000 points and a school-record 780 rebounds.
In his freshman season with Arizona, Hollis-Jefferson became known as a fierce scorer, rebounder, and shot-blocker despite his relatively small size. He broke out as a sophomore. increased his averages to 11.3 points and 6.9 rebounds per game. He improved in his leadership and offense. As a sophomore, he was voted first-team All-Pac-12, and was named to the Pac-12 All-Defensive Team.
Hollis-Jefferson was selected by the Portland Trail Blazers with the 23rd overall pick in the 2015 NBA draft. He is quite injury prone and has major portions of the season with injuries. He is a defensive anchor and is good at getting his own shot.
Rondae Hollis-Jefferson Stats
Year | Team | GP | Min | Pts | FG% | Reb | Ast | FT% | STL |
2019 | TOR | 60 | 18.7 | 7.0 | 47.1 | 4.7 | 1.8 | 73.4 | 0.8 |
2018 | BKN | 59 | 20.9 | 8.9 | 41.1 | 5.3 | 1.6 | 64.5 | 0.7 |
2017 | BKN | 68 | 28.2 | 13.9 | 47.2 | 6.8 | 2.5 | 78.8 | 1.0 |
2016 | BKN | 78 | 22.6 | 8.7 | 43.4 | 5.8 | 2.0 | 75.1 | 1.1 |
2015 | BKN | 29 | 21.2 | 5.8 | 45.7 | 5.3 | 1.5 | 71.2 | 1.3 |
Career | 294 | 22.6 | 9.3 | 44.8 | 5.6 | 1.9 | 73.8 | 0.9 |