Answer the following question: Michael Holton - Michael (Mike) David Holton (born August 4 1961 in Seattle Washington) is a retired American professional basketball player and current television studio analyst for the Portland Trail Blazers of the NBA. He played college basketball at UCLA from 1979 to 1983 and was selected in the third round of the 1983 NBA Draft by the Golden State Warriors but began his NBA career with the Phoenix Suns in 198485. Given a choice of categories company, educational institution, artist, athlete, office holder, mean of transportation, building, natural place, village, animal, plant, album, film or written work, the text refers to which one?
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Athlete