After his senior season with the Titans, Holman was automatically eligible for the
2012 NBA draft, where he went undrafted. Holman was part of the roster of the
Houston Rockets for the
2012 NBA Summer League in
Las Vegas. After the end of the Summer League Holman was not signed by the Rockets, and he decided to move to
Israel, signing for
Hapoel Eilat of the
Basketball Super League. During the
2012–13 season, his first as a professional, Holman averaged 13 points and 10 rebounds per game (2nd in the league in rebounding, tied with
Jumaine Jones and behind
Frank Hassell) over 26 appearances. He also played 10 playoff games that season, averaging 12.4 points and 7.7 rebounds per game. In the summer of 2013 Holman again took part in the
NBA Summer League: during the
2013 edition he played with the
Boston Celtics, playing 4 games during the Orlando Summer League with averages of 3.5 points and 4.3 rebounds. He then signed with
Uşak Sportif of the
Turkish Basketball League and played the full season with the team, averaging 13.4 points, 9.5 rebounds and 1.1 assists in 28 games; he also appeared in 2 playoff games, where he scored 15 points per game in the series against
Fenerbahçe. In 2014 he participated in two tournaments during the
2014 NBA Summer League: he played the Orlando league with the
Miami Heat (4 games with 5 points and 4.3 rebounds per game) and he played in
Las Vegas with the
Toronto Raptors (4 appearances with averages of 3 points and 3 rebounds). He then joined a
Chinese team for the first time in his career, signing a contract with the
Zhejiang Lions, and he debuted in the
Chinese Basketball Association (CBA): in his first season he averaged 22.9 points, 14.4 rebounds and 1.8 blocks per game while shooting 67.9% from the field. His team qualified for the playoffs, and Holman posted averages of 22.7 points and 15.3 rebounds during the
2015 CBA Playoffs, including a 29-point performance on February 9, 2015; his team was eliminated by the
Liaoning Flying Leopards. He then moved to
Lebanon and played in the
Lebanese Basketball League, earning an All-League Second Team selection with
Sporting Al Riyadi Beirut. He went back to the Zhejiang Lions for the
2015–16 CBA season, and he posted new career-highs with 23.5 points and 15.4 rebounds per game over 37 regular season games: in the
2016 CBA Playoffs Holman recorded 27 points and 9.3 rebounds per game, and his team was eliminated by the
Sichuan Blue Whales (2–1 for the series). In March 2016 Holman signed for
Hapoel Jerusalem, and he played in 9
regular season games and 7 playoff games, averaging 11.6 points and 5.1 rebounds in postseason play. He took part in the
2016 Israeli Basketball Super League Final Four, and played in the final game, scoring 8 points and grabbing a team-high 7 rebounds. Holman returned to the Zhejiang Bulls for his third season with the club: he received less playing time, and in 27.2 minutes per game he averaged 17.5 points and 9.7 rebounds (his only season with less than 10 rebounds per game in the CBA). He participated in the
2017 CBA Playoffs, his third consecutive playoff appearance, and in 4 games he posted averages of 13.8 points and 5 rebounds per game. In July 2017 he left the Bulls for the
Tianjin Gold Lions, and played in 17 games during the
2017–18 CBA season: he started all the games and averaged a career-high 26.7 points per game, along with 14.7 rebounds in 34.5 minutes per game. He then left the team in September 2018. In 2019 Holman participated in the
2019 FIBA Americas League with
Puerto Rican team
Capitanes de Arecibo. He then joined
Anhui Dragons of the
National Basketball League, the second tier of Chinese basketball, in March 2019. In October 2019, Holman signed a contract with the
Jilin Northeast Tigers of the CBA, returning to the Chinese top league. He averaged 15.3 points and 10 rebounds per game in the
2019–20 season before the league was suspended due to the
COVID-19 pandemic in mainland China. == References ==