{"id":67,"date":"2016-07-01T04:12:39","date_gmt":"2016-07-01T04:12:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nehsjc.org\/therevolutionary\/?p=67"},"modified":"2016-07-01T22:03:30","modified_gmt":"2016-07-01T22:03:30","slug":"for-the-love-of-sport","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nehsjc.org\/therevolutionary\/for-the-love-of-sport\/","title":{"rendered":"For the Love of Sport"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>By Greg Levinsky<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A relaxed and calm John Holland found his way back to his alma mater, Boston University, after a workout at the Boston Celtics practice facility. While a domineering presence on the court, Holland\u2019s affability belies his disposition.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cGo out and do what you love\u201d the 27 year old Holland said from a cozy booth inside the George Sherman Union. \u201cJust go after your dream, whatever it is. Whatever you are passionate about, just go after it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The 2011 School of Communication graduate enjoyed a decorated four year career at Boston University, leading the Terriers to an NCAA tournament berth in his senior year.<\/p>\n<p>Holland\u2019s five year professional career has taken him to the NBA Summer league two consecutive years, as well as training camp with the San Antonio Spurs. Holland has also spent time playing in the top leagues in Spain, France and Turkey, before deciding to return stateside for the 2015-2016 season to pursue his NBA dream.<\/p>\n<p>As a professional rookie playing for Chorale Roanne in France, Holland was named a league all star. He put up impressive statistics in his seasons overseas, which enabled him to secure a comfortable salary.<\/p>\n<p><iframe frameborder=0 style='width:100%;height:500px;' src='\/\/www.zeemaps.com\/pub?group=2070920'> <\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt was just all my time overseas. I really learned so much about different cultures and stuff, actually it was a blessing\u201d said Holland reflecting on his time abroad. While overseas, the Bronx, NY native collected six figure paychecks.<\/p>\n<p>However, Holland chose to return the U.S. for the 2015-2016 season \u201cto give it one last push,\u201d playing for the Canton Charge, affiliate of the Cleveland Cavaliers. Holland was a second tier player in the D-League, making a modest $19,000, a steep dropoff from previous salaries.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI mean that hurt, but it wasn\u2019t so much about the money as it was the opportunity to be called up.\u201d He added that \u201cwhen you\u2019re in the D-League you\u2019re around, so if they like you they take you.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Luckily for Holland, a team took interest as he received that elusive \u201ccall up.\u201d With two games to go in the regular season, Holland secured a multi-year contract with the Boston Celtics. Holland remained with the team for the remainder of the regular season and throughout the Celtics playoff run, seeing action in one postseason contest.<\/p>\n<p>Although neither Holland\u2019s roster spot nor contract is guaranteed for the upcoming season, he believes that he belongs on the team. Holland thought for a moment and candidly revealed that he has \u201cnot really\u201d fulfilled his dream yet. \u201cI feel like I can play at this level. Not just be on a team, not just be around. I want to play, I want to be successful, and I think I can.\u201d<br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/document\/d\/1BsaMAhnEoNoLqMdla7RGgxetM2xE4MeZ2Sj0a7uHWL4\/pub?embedded=true\" width=\"900\" height=\"300\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>By Greg Levinsky A relaxed and calm John Holland found his way back to his alma mater, Boston University, after a workout at the Boston <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/nehsjc.org\/therevolutionary\/for-the-love-of-sport\/\" title=\"For the Love of Sport\"><span>Read More<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":137,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-67","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p7G3EK-15","jetpack-related-posts":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/nehsjc.org\/therevolutionary\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/pg4_JohnHolland-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nehsjc.org\/therevolutionary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/67","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nehsjc.org\/therevolutionary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nehsjc.org\/therevolutionary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nehsjc.org\/therevolutionary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nehsjc.org\/therevolutionary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=67"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/nehsjc.org\/therevolutionary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/67\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":219,"href":"https:\/\/nehsjc.org\/therevolutionary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/67\/revisions\/219"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nehsjc.org\/therevolutionary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/137"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nehsjc.org\/therevolutionary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=67"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nehsjc.org\/therevolutionary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=67"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nehsjc.org\/therevolutionary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=67"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}