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Detroit Pistons | #00 | Forward

Ronald

Holland II

PPG

6.0

RPG

3.0

APG

--

PIE

6.4

HEIGHT

6'8" (2.03m)

WEIGHT

206lb (93kg)

COUNTRY

USA

LAST ATTENDED

NBA G League Ignite

AGE

19 years

BIRTHDATE

July 7, 2005

DRAFT

2024 R1 Pick 5

EXPERIENCE

Rookie

6'8" | 206lb | 19 years

DRAFT

2024 R1 Pick 5

BIRTHDATE

July 7, 2005

COUNTRY

USA

LAST ATTENDED

NBA G League Ignite

EXPERIENCE

Rookie

Player Bio

PROFESSIONAL CAREER

Averaged 19.5 points, 6.7 rebounds, 3.1 assists, 2.4 steals and 0.9 blocks in 31.9 minutes across 29 games for the G League Ignite of the NBA G League...Led the Ignite in scoring and steals with four 30-point performances and 16 games with 20 points...Scored a season-high 32 points in a double-double in the G League Showcase against Stockton (12/1) with 10 rebounds, six assists, six steals and two blocks...Recorded three double-doubles, adding 26 points, 11 rebounds, six assists and three steals against Iowa (1/31) and 21 points, 10 rebounds, eight assists, four steals and three blocks against Stockton (1/15)...Collected multiple steals in 19 of 29 games played with at least four steals seven times...Rejected multiple shots eight times and dished out at least six assists eight times...Selected to participate in the 2024 Panini Rising Stars event but did not play due to a thumb injury.

BEFORE NBA

Ranked as the No. 2 overall recruit by ESPN in the Class of 2023...Named the 2022-23 Gatorade Texas Player of the Year and a 2023 McDonald's High School All-American out of Duncanville High School in Duncanville, Texas...Earned First Team MaxPreps All American honors in his 2022-23 senior season after averaging 20.3 points, 10.1 rebounds, 2.4 assists and 2.0 steals...In his four-year high school career, Duncanville was named four-way state co-champions in the pandemic-shortened 2020 season and won the state title in 2021 and 2022, but was forced to vacate the 2022 title and declared ineligible for postseason play in 2023 due to a player eligibility issue...Competed with USA Basketball and won gold medals at the 2021 FIBA Americas U16 Championship and 2022 FIBA U17 World Cup, where he averaged 11 points...Was originally committed to play at University of Texas before signing with the Ignite.

PERSONAL LIFE

Full name is Ronald Dewayne Holland II...Son of Tarasha and Ronald Holland...Enjoys playing the drums in his spare time...Was high school teammates with Orlando Magic guard Anthony Black and was a freshman in the Dallas area when Cade Cunningham was a senior...Held his first "Hoops and Health" youth camp in the summer of 2023 at Duncanville High School...Grew up idolizing Kevin Garnett and Kevin Durant and appeared on a podcast with Garnett before the draft.