Patrick Hilliman | |
Position: | Power forward / center |
Height M: | 2.06 |
Weight Lb: | 220 |
Career Number: | 14 |
Nationality: | Dutch |
Birth Date: | 1982 4, df=y |
Birth Place: | Sint Maarten |
College: | Livingstone (2001–2002) High Point (2003–2005) |
Draft Year: | 2005 |
Career Start: | 2005 |
Career End: | 2014 |
Team1: | Torrevieja |
Years1: | 2005–2006 |
Team2: | Alaior Opel Jovent |
Years2: | 2006–2007 |
Years3: | 2007–2008 |
Team4: | Promobys Valle de Almanzora |
Years4: | 2008–2009 |
Years5: | 2009–2011 |
Years6: | 2011–2013 |
Years7: | 2013–2014 |
Years8: | 2014 |
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Patrick Silvester Hilliman (born 17 April 1982) is a Dutch retired basketball player. In his career, Hilliman played for Dutch Basketball League (DBL) clubs Rotterdam Challengers and ZZ Leiden.[1] From 2007 till 2011, Hilliman played 30 games for the Dutch national basketball team.[2]
From 2005 till 2009 Patrick played in Spain for several teams in the lower divisions of the country.[3]
In 2009 Hilliman left Spain for Holland to go play for the Rotterdam Challengers. Hilliman had an impressive debut season in the DBL, as he averaged 13.6 points and a league-leading 10.2 rebounds per game.[4] Midway through the 2010–11 season Hilliman made a transfer to Zorg en Zekerheid Leiden, after also Groningen and Den Bosch were looking to acquire him.[5] [6]
During his stand with Leiden Hilliman won two DBL's, a NBB Cup and two Supercups. He was also named a DBL All-Star again in 2011–12.
For the 2013–14 season Hilliman took his talents to Belgium, where he would start playing for Sint-Jan Basket in the Belgian Second Division. Eurobasket.com named him the Defensive Player of the Year and got him a place in the All-Tweede Nationale Team.[3]
For the 2014–15 season Hilliman returned to Holland, when he signed with Port of Den Helder Kings.[7] In December 2014, Den Helder Kings was declared bankrupt and was dissolved.
Hilliman played three more years at amateur level in Belgium with Basics Melsese.