- Othella Harrington
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Othella Harrington Harrington attempting a free throw in 2006. No. 24 Power forward-Center Personal information Date of birth January 31, 1974 Place of birth Jackson, Mississippi Nationality American High school Murrah Listed height 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) Listed weight 235 lb (107 kg) Career information College Georgetown (1992–1996) NBA Draft 1996 / 2nd round, 30th overall Selected by the Houston Rockets Pro career 1996–2010 Career history As player: 1996–1999 Houston Rockets 1999–2001 Vancouver Grizzlies 2001–2004 New York Knicks 2004–2006 Chicago Bulls 2006–2008 Charlotte Bobcats 2009 Los Angeles D-Fenders (D-League) 2009–2010 Petrochimi Bandar Imam BC (Iran) As coach: 2011–present Georgetown Hoyas (assistant) Stats at NBA.com Medal record Men’s Basketball Competitor for United States Summer Universiade Gold 1995 Fukuoka National team FIBA U21 World Championship Gold 1993 Valladolid National team Othella Harrington (born January 31, 1974) is a retired American professional basketball player and current coach. After he finished his high school career at Murrah High School, he played in college at Georgetown University where he teamed with NBA superstar Allen Iverson. Harrington was drafted 30th overall (1st pick of the second round) in the 1996 NBA Draft by the Houston Rockets. In 2011, Harrington was hired as an assistant coach at his alma mater Georgetown.[1]
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High school
Playing at basketball powerhouse Murrah, Harrington was ranked number one or two (depending on the publication), along with Jason Kidd, as the best player in the nation. In his senior year, he averaged 28.9 points, 24.9 rebounds, and 5.8 blocked shots a game. After winning Mr. Basketball in the state of Mississippi for the second consecutive year and being named first team All-American by both Parade and USA Today, Harrington was selected MVP of the 1992 McDonald's All American game as he set a game record with 21 rebounds to go along with 19 points.
College
Harrington accepted a scholarship to Georgetown University following fellow "big men" Patrick Ewing, Dikembe Mutombo, and Alonzo Mourning to play for coach John Thompson. He was named Big East Freshman of the Year and was a 2nd Team All-American selection heading into his sophomore year. Harrington would leave Georgetown ranked fifth in all-time scoring, with a career Field Goal percentage of 56%, fifth in blocks, fourth in rebounding overall and actually finished as the school's all time leader in offensive rebounds.
NBA
After three seasons in Houston, Harrington was traded on August 27, 1999 by the Rockets along with Antoine Carr, Brent Price, Michael Dickerson and a future first-round draft choice to the Vancouver Grizzlies as part of a three-way deal in which the Rockets received the draft rights to Steve Francis, Tony Massenburg from the Grizzlies, and Don MacLean and future first-round draft choice from the Orlando Magic, and the Magic received Michael Smith, Rodrick Rhodes, Lee Mayberry and Makhtar N'Diaye from the Grizzlies. During his first year in Vancouver, Othella averaged career highs in points (13.1), rebounds (6.9), assists (1.2), blocks (.71), and minutes (32.6) per game while starting all 82 games of the 1999–2000 regular season.
He was later traded again on January 30, 2001 to the New York Knicks for Erick Strickland and two draft picks. In 2004 he was involved in a trade that sent him, Dikembe Mutombo, Frank Williams, and Cezary Trybanski to the Chicago Bulls in exchange for Jamal Crawford and Jerome Williams.
Harrington signed with the Charlotte Bobcats on July 19, 2006.[2]
In March 2009, Harrington signed with the Los Angeles D-Fenders, the NBA Development League affiliate of the Los Angeles Lakers.[3]
As of 2010, he was playing in Iran.[4]
NBA career statistics
Legend GP Games played GS Games started MPG Minutes per game FG% Field-goal percentage 3P% 3-point field-goal percentage FT% Free-throw percentage RPG Rebounds per game APG Assists per game SPG Steals per game BPG Blocks per game PPG Points per game Bold Career high Regular season
Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG 1996–97 Houston 57 1 15.1 .549 .000 .605 3.5 .3 .2 .4 4.8 1997–98 Houston 58 3 15.6 .485 .000 .754 3.6 .4 .2 .5 6.0 1998–99 Houston 41 10 22.0 .513 .000 .721 6.0 .4 .2 .6 9.8 1999–00 Vancouver 82 82 32.6 .506 .000 .792 6.9 1.2 .4 .7 13.1 2000–01 Vancouver 44 40 28.8 .466 .000 .779 6.6 .8 .4 .6 10.9 2000–01 New York 30 5 18.3 .554 .000 .729 3.3 .7 .5 .6 6.2 2001–02 New York 77 4 20.3 .527 .000 .709 4.5 .5 .4 .5 7.7 2002–03 New York 74 64 25.0 .508 .000 .820 6.4 .8 .2 .3 7.7 2003–04 New York 56 3 15.6 .495 .000 .744 3.2 .5 .2 .2 4.6 2004–05 Chicago 70 28 18.2 .512 .000 .718 4.2 .8 .3 .3 8.0 2005–06 Chicago 72 23 11.4 .495 .000 .626 2.1 .5 .1 .2 4.8 2006–07 Charlotte 26 0 8.5 .446 .000 .773 1.5 .2 .0 .0 2.6 2007–08 Charlotte 22 0 7.5 .429 .000 .625 1.9 .2 .1 .2 2.1 Career 709 263 19.6 .505 .000 .738 4.4 .6 .3 .4 7.4 Playoffs
Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG 1996–97 Houston 7 0 2.1 .500 .000 .700 .6 .0 .0 .0 1.3 1997–98 Houston 3 0 7.7 .500 .000 .800 2.3 .0 .0 .3 5.3 1998–99 Houston 4 0 10.5 .643 .000 .667 3.5 .3 .0 .2 5.5 2000–01 New York 5 1 15.4 .500 .000 .800 3.0 .4 .8 .4 3.6 2000–01 New York 5 1 15.4 .500 .000 .800 3.0 .4 .8 .4 3.6 2004–05 Chicago 6 6 17.2 .500 .000 .545 2.5 .5 .2 .0 8.0 2005–06 Chicago 3 0 5.0 .000 .000 .000 .7 .0 .3 .0 .0 Career 28 7 9.8 .506 .000 .676 2.0 .2 .2 .1 4.0 References
- ^ Othella Harrington back at Georgetown
- ^ http://msn.foxsports.com/nba/story/5799424
- ^ "Grizzled vet joins D-Fenders". Orange County Register. March 30, 2009. http://articles.ocregister.com/2009-03-30/sports/24589039_1_los-angeles-d-fenders-future-nba-players-charlotte-bobcats.
- ^ "The Knicks’ Lost Generation" by Will Leitch Jul 9, 2010 New York Magazine[1]
External links
- Othella Harrington historical page at NBA.com
- Othella Harrington D-League profile
1996 NBA Draft First round Allen Iverson · Marcus Camby · Shareef Abdur-Rahim · Stephon Marbury · Ray Allen · Antoine Walker · Lorenzen Wright · Kerry Kittles · Samaki Walker · Erick Dampier · Todd Fuller · Vitaly Potapenko · Kobe Bryant · Predrag Stojaković · Steve Nash · Tony Delk · Jermaine O'Neal · John Wallace · Walter McCarty · Žydrūnas Ilgauskas · Dontae' Jones · Roy Rogers · Efthimios Rentzias · Derek Fisher · Martin Müürsepp · Jerome Williams · Brian Evans · Priest Lauderdale · Travis KnightSecond round Othella Harrington · Mark Hendrickson · Ryan Minor · Moochie Norris · Shawn Harvey · Joseph Blair · Doron Sheffer · Jeff McInnis · Steve Hamer · Russ Millard · Marcus Mann · Jason Sasser · Randy Livingston · Ben Davis · Malik Rose · Joe Vogel · Marcus Brown · Ron Riley · Jamie Feick · Amal McCaskill · Terrell Bell · Chris Robinson · Mark Pope · Jeff Nordgaard · Shandon Anderson · Ronnie Henderson · Reggie Geary · Drew Barry · Darnell RobinsonMcDonald's All-American Game – Boys' MVP 1979: Darren Daye | 1980: Russell Cross | 1981: Adrian Branch & Aubrey Sherrod | 1982: Efrem Winters | 1983: Winston Bennett | 1985: Walker Lambiotte | 1986: J. R. Reid | 1987: Mark Macon | 1988: Alonzo Mourning & Billy Owens | 1989: Bobby Hurley & Shaquille O'Neal | 1990: Shawn Bradley | 1991: Chris Webber & Rick Brunson | 1992: Othella Harrington | 1993: Jacque Vaughn & Jerry Stackhouse | 1994: Felipe López | 1995: Kevin Garnett | 1996: Shaheen Holloway | 1997: Kenny Gregory | 1998: Ronald Curry | 1999: Jonathan Bender | 2000: Zach Randolph | 2001: Eddy Curry | 2002: J. J. Redick | 2003: LeBron James | 2004: Dwight Howard & J. R. Smith | 2005: Josh McRoberts | 2006: Chase Budinger & Kevin Durant | 2007: Michael Beasley | 2008: Tyreke Evans | 2009: Derrick Favors | 2010: Harrison Barnes & Jared Sullinger | 2011: Michael Gilchrist & James McAdooCategories:- 1974 births
- Living people
- African American basketball players
- American expatriate basketball people in Canada
- Basketball players from Mississippi
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- Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball players
- Houston Rockets draft picks
- Houston Rockets players
- People from Jackson, Mississippi
- New York Knicks players
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- McDonald's High School All-Americans
- Parade High School All-Americans (boys' basketball)
- Centers (basketball)
- Power forwards (basketball)
- Los Angeles D-Fenders players
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