- Lucious Harris
Infobox NBA Player
league = NBA
position =Shooting guard
height_ft = 6
height_in = 5
weight_lb = 205
nationality = USA
birth_date = birth date and age|1970|12|18
birth_place =Los Angeles, California
college =Long Beach State
draft = 2nd round, 28th overall
draft_year = 1993
draft_team =Dallas Mavericks
career_start = 1993
career_end = 2005
former_teams = Dallas Mavericks (1993–96)Philadelphia 76ers (1996–97)New Jersey Nets (1997–2004)
Cleveland Cavaliers (2004–05)Lucious H. Harris (born
December 18 1970 , inLos Angeles, California ) is an American former professionalbasketball player who was selected by the Dallas Mavericks in the 2nd round (28th overall) of the1993 NBA Draft . Harris has played for the Mavericks, Philadelphia 76ers, New Jersey Nets and Cleveland Cavaliers in 12 NBA seasons. He played in the 2002 and2003 NBA Finals as a member of the Nets.Harris has played in 800 games and has scored a total of 5,784 points in his NBA career.
Harris was selected as Eastern Conference Player of the Week for the week of December 23-29, 2003.
Harris played seven seasons for the New Jersey Nets before being released during the off-season of 2004 due to the teams salary cap problems. He went on to play for the
Cleveland Cavaliers during the 2004-05 season, however Harris shot 40 percent from the field and 32 from 3 point land while averaging a career low 4.3 points per game. Following that season, Harris was released by the Cavaliers in an attempt to get under the salary cap.On
February 3 ,2007 , Harris's #30 jersey was retired by Long Beach State during halftime of the 49ers' game versus the University of the Pacific. Harris was the school's All-Time leading scorer, scoring 2312 points throughout his career. In addition, Harris was the school's Single-Season leading scorer, scoring 739 points in the 1992-1993 season. Lucious was also known for his defense.External links
* [http://www.nba.com/playerfile/lucious_harris/index.html NBA.com Profile]
* [http://www.basketball-reference.com/players/h/harrilu01.html Lucious Harris's stats @ Basketball-reference.com]
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