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Wayne Monte "Tree" Rollins (born June 16, 1955) is an American former professional basketball player who played 18 seasons in the National Basketball Association (NBA) for the Atlanta Hawks, Cleveland Cavaliers, Detroit Pistons, Houston Rockets, and Orlando Magic.
The 7 ft 1 in (2.16 m), 275 pounds (125 kg) Clemson University graduate played center, and gained high esteem for his defense, particularly his rebounding and shot-blocking ability. On February 21, 1979, while playing for the Atlanta Hawks, Rollins blocked a career high 12 shots in a 106–83 win over the Portland Trail Blazers. In all, he finished in the top three in blocked shots six times, including leading the league during the 1982–83 NBA season, during which he would finish second in NBA Defensive Player of the Year Award voting. At the time of his retirement in 1995, he was fourth all-time in career blocked shots, behind only Hakeem Olajuwon, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and Mark Eaton, with a total of 2,542. He currently holds the ninth highest total of career blocked shots, having been passed on the list by Dikembe Mutombo, David Robinson, Patrick Ewing, Tim Duncan, and Shaquille O'Neal. During his playing career, Rollins was given the nickname "The Intimidator".
In 1983, as a member of the Atlanta Hawks, playing in Game 3 of the first round, he got into a fight with Danny Ainge of the Boston Celtics. In retaliation for allegedly being called a "sissy", Rollins elbowed Ainge in the face. Ainge subsequently tackled Rollins to the ground and the two began to wrestle. Rollins then bit Ainge's middle finger so badly that it required a couple of stitches. After the fight, Ainge was ejected and Rollins was not. However, the Celtics went on to win the series 2–1. The incident inspired opposing fans to occasionally hold up signs referring to the incident with sayings like "If you can't beat 'em, eat 'em" during some of his subsequent games.
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The most expensive item with a signature of Tree Rollins (1986-87 FLEER BASKETBALL 94 TREE ROLLINS JERSEY FUSION NBA LOGO BGS 10 Autograph) was sold in May 2026 for $808.00 while the cheapest item (2017-18 Panini Donruss Optic Signature Series Purple Prizm Tree Rollins Auto) found a new owner for $0.01 in August 2021. The month with the most items sold (17) was September 2025 with an average selling price of $13.25 for an autographed item of Tree Rollins. Sold items reached their highest average selling price in June 2021 with $92.00 and the month that saw the lowest prices with $0.99 was June 2009. In average, an autographed item from Tree Rollins is worth $8.95.
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