Hollis Alphonso Copeland (born December 20, 1955) is an American former professional basketball player.
Biography Born in Trenton, New Jersey, he was a and small forward who grew up in Ewing Township, New Jersey and played high school basketball at Ewing High SchoolEmanski, Joe. "Catching up with the Copelands" , Ewing Observer, March 2004. Accessed June 20, 2007. and college basketball at Rutgers University.
Copeland was selected with the second pick of the third round in the 1978 NBA draft by the Denver Nuggets, but was cut during camp. He signed on with the New York Knicks and appeared in two seasons with them (in 1979–80 and 1981–82), but his career was hampered in his second Knicks season, after he dislocated several bones in his foot during practice.Catching Up With Hollis Copeland posted May 9, 2003 Copeland played for the Albany Patroons of the Continental Basketball Association (CBA) during the 1982–83 season.
After his basketball career, he became a hospital-care investigator, a sales representative and a stockbroker.
Career statistics
NBA Source
Regular season
| style="text-align:left;"| | style="text-align:left;"|New York | 75 || || 15.2 || .495 || .000 || .733 || 2.1 || 1.1 || .8 || .3 || 5.7 |- | style="text-align:left;"| | style="text-align:left;"|New York | 18 || 0 || 6.6 || .421 || – || .833 || .3 || .5 || .2 || .1 || 2.1 |- class="sortbottom" | style="text-align:center;" colspan="2"|Career | 93 || 0 || 13.5 || .488 || .000 || .739 || 1.7 || 1.0 || .7 || .3 || 5.0
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