Isaac Holstein Explained

Isaac Holstein
Nationality:Filipino / American
Birth Date:September 7, 1987
Birth Place:West Virginia, U.S.
Height Ft:7
Height In:0
Weight Lbs:210
College:West Virginia State
Draft Year Pba:2013
Draft Round Pba:1
Draft Team Pba:GlobalPort Batang Pier
Career Start:2013
Career End:2015
Career Position:Center
Draft Pick Pba:7
Team1:San Mig Super Coffee Mixers / Purefoods Star Hotshots
Years1:2013–2014
Team2:Barako Bull Energy
Years2:2014–2015
Highlights:

Isaac Jackson Holstein V[1] (born September 7, 1987) is a Filipino-American former professional basketball player. He last played for the Barako Bull Energy of the Philippine Basketball Association. He was drafted with the 7th overall pick by the GlobalPort Batang Pier in the 2013 PBA draft.[2] Two days after the draft, he was traded to San Mig in exchange for fellow rookie Justin Chua and veteran Leo Najorda.[3]

Holstein is a 6-foot 9 stretchman who is good at putbacks and on mid-range shooting. Holstein is a three-time Philippine Basketball Association and member of the 2013 San Mig Super Coffee Mixers roster who captured the very rare Grand Slam.

His entry into the PBA signals the complete reversal of his basketball fortunes. A former NCAA Division II player, he quit basketball and decided to embark on a different path in life. Instead, he saw his hoops career resurrected after moving to Manila to play in the PBA D-League, first with Big Chill before moving to Blackwater.[4]

After spending his rookie season with the grand slam champion Purefoods Star Hotshots, he was traded along with Ronnie Matias midway through the 2014–15 PBA Philippine Cup for Barako Bull Energy veteran center Mick Pennisi. After a couple of months, he was waived by the Energy.

He has since retired and is now a mortgage loan initiator initiator back in the United States.[5]

PBA career statistics

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Season-by-season averages

|-| align=left| | align=left| San Mig Super Coffee| 16 || 5.3 || .312 || .000 || .312 || 1.3 || .1 || .1 || .2 || .9|-| align=left rowspan=2| | align=left| Purefoods Star| rowspan=2|5 || rowspan=2|5.0 || rowspan=2|.444 || rowspan=2|.000 || rowspan=2|.500 || rowspan=2|1.4 || rowspan=2|.0 || rowspan=2|.0 || rowspan=2|.2 || rowspan=2|2.0|-| align=left| Barako Bull|-class=sortbottom| align=center colspan=2 | Career| 21 || 5.2 || .360 || .000 || .350 || 1.3 || .1 || .1 || .2 || 1.2

Notes and References

  1. http://embm.ph/wordpress/work/isaac-holstein Isaac Holstein
  2. http://pba.inquirer.net/33331/complete-2013-pba-draft-results COMPLETE 2013 PBA DRAFT RESULTS | Philippine Basketball Association
  3. Web site: San Mig Coffee, GlobalPort trade rookies Justin Chua, Isaac Holstein; Leo Najorda also in deal | InterAksyon.com | Sports5 . 2014-02-14 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140218185551/http://www.interaksyon.com/interaktv/san-mig-coffee-globalport-trade-rookies-justin-chua-isaac-holstein-leo-najorda-also-in-deal . 2014-02-18 . dead .
  4. Web site: GlobalPort takes center Isaac Holstein with seventh overall pick InterAKTV . www.interaksyon.com . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20131106124516/http://www.interaksyon.com/interaktv/globalport-takes-center-isaac-holstein-with-seventh-overall-pick . 2013-11-06.
  5. Web site: No regrets for Isaac Holstein after putting abrupt, unplanned end to PBA career. November 8, 2017. September 7, 2023. Spin.ph. Karlo. Sacamos.
  6. Web site: Isaac Holstein Player Profile - PBA-Online.net . PBA-Online.net. https://web.archive.org/web/20170214043953/http://www.pba-online.net/profile/Isaac-Holstein/536/ . February 14, 2017 .