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My Take
Doug Collins has lived basketball from every angle, and that's what fascinates me about him. He was a four-time NBA All-Star as a player with the Philadelphia 76ers, then reinvented himself as a coach with the Bulls, Pistons, Wizards and 76ers, and later as a sharp television analyst and executive. That full-circle relationship with the game, ending up back in Philadelphia, tells you how deeply it runs in him. I respect people who can switch from competing to teaching to explaining, because each demands a different kind of intelligence. Standing 198 cm out of Illinois State, he's been a thoughtful, durable presence in the league for decades.
Overview
Paul Douglas Collins (born July 28, 1951) is an American basketball executive, former player, coach and television analyst in the National Basketball Association (NBA). He played in the NBA from 1973 to 1981 for the Philadelphia 76ers, earning four NBA All-Star selections. He then became an NBA coach in 1986, and had stints coaching the Chicago Bulls, Detroit Pistons, Washington Wizards and Philadelphia 76ers.
Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Doug Collins
- Name (Japanese)
- ダグ・コリンズ
- Reading
- だぐ・こりんず
- Born
- July 28, 1951 (age 74)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Leo / Rabbit
- Origin
- Christopher, Illinois, United States
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- 198 cm
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- basketball player / basketball coach
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Benton Consolidated High School
- University
- Illinois State University
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
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7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-02
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.