David Harrison (basketball)

David Harrison

Tianjin Ronggang
Center
Personal information
Date of birth	August 15, 1982 (1982-08-15) (age 29)
Place of birth	Nashville, Tennessee
Nationality	American
High school	Brentwood Academy
Listed height	7 ft 0 in (2.13 m)
Listed weight	280 lb (127 kg)
Career information
College	Colorado
NBA Draft	2004 / 29th overall
Selected by the Indiana Pacers
Pro career	2004–present
Career history
Indiana Pacers (2004-08) Beijing Ducks (2008-09) Guangdong Southern Tigers (2009-11) Tianjin Ronggang (2011-present)
Stats at NBA.com

David Joshua Harrison (born August 15, 1982, in Nashville, Tennessee) is an American professional basketball player. A former NBA player, he was a member of the Beijing Ducks for the 2008-09 season^[1] and played with the Guangdong Southern Tigers^[2] for the next two years. He is now a member of Tianjin Ronggang.^[3] At Brentwood Academy, Harrison received TSSAA Division 2 Mr. Basketball in 2000 and 2001. He was drafted by the Indiana Pacers out of the University of Colorado at Boulder with the 29th pick of the 2004 NBA Draft. He is 7 feet (2.1 m) tall and weighs 280 pounds (127 kg).

College career

In college he was named First Team All-Big 12 and earned Honorable Mention All-America honors by the Associated Press as a junior. He finished his college career as Colorado's all-time leading shot-blocker with 225 blocks.

Professional career

Harrison was expected to be the #2 or maybe even #3 center in the Pacers' depth chart for his rookie year of 2004-05, behind Jeff Foster and Scot Pollard. However, due to injuries to Pollard and the suspensions of Jermaine O'Neal, Stephen Jackson and Ron Artest, he became a starter at a much earlier part of his career than most people anticipated. He ended up starting 14 of the 43 games he played in his rookie season, before missing the final two months due to injury.

Harrison was charged with one count of assault and battery for his involvement in the Pacers–Pistons brawl at The Palace of Auburn Hills on November 19, 2004, though he was not penalized by the league for the incident.

In his sophomore season of 2005-06 with the Pacers, Harrison played in 67 games, starting 17 of them, playing an average of 15.4 minutes and contributing 5.7 points and 3.8 rebounds per game.

In 2008, the Pacers suspended Harrison for one game following an incident in which Harrison expressed his frustration inside the San Antonio Spurs' locker room after Spurs forward Matt Bonner hit him in the face (Bonner was called for an offensive foul).^[4] In Harrison's first game back from the suspension he had 4 points, 6 rebounds and a career high 6 blocks in just 20 minutes of play.

The Indiana Pacers chose not to re-sign Harrison after his contract expired at the end of the 2007-08 season. The Minnesota Timberwolves signed him to their practice squad for the preseason, but he was waived before the 2008-09 regular season began.

Personal life

Harrison made an appearance on MTV's The Real World: Philadelphia as he and cast member MJ Garrett were buddies from back home.

On January 11, 2008, Harrison received a five-game suspension for violating the league's anti-drug policy.^[5]

The Indianapolis Star reported that Harrison was sorry for the way the suspension made the team look bad.^[6]

"I didn't like seeing that," Harrison said. "I want to apologize to Larry (Bird), Donnie Walsh, my teammates and the fans for letting them down."^[6]

Harrison reportedly stated that he did not feel that the NBA should be able to look into his off-the-court behavior except in the case of performance-enhancing drugs.^[7]

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
2004–05	Indiana	43	14	17.7	.576	.000	.571	3.1	.3	.4	1.3	6.1
2005–06	Indiana	67	17	15.4	.503	.000	.511	3.8	.2	.3	.9	5.7
2006–07	Indiana	24	2	7.9	.517	.000	.500	1.8	.3	.2	.5	3.0
2007–08	Indiana	55	0	12.8	.529	.000	.510	2.1	.3	.4	1.1	4.2
Career		189	33	14.2	.530	.000	.525	2.9	.2	.3	.9	5.0

Playoffs

Year	Team	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
2005–06	Indiana	6	0	5.2	.333	.000	.583	.8	.0	.2	.2	2.2
Career		6	0	5.2	.333	.000	.583	.8	.0	.2	.2	2.2

CBA career statistics

Year	Team	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
2008–09	Beijing	45	N/A	42.3	.632	.000	.578	11.2	1.2	1.3	2.4	22.0
2009–10	Guangdong	41	N/A	26.3	.705	.000	.532	8.8	.7	.6	1.2	16.7
2010–11	Guangdong
Career

References

1. ^ Nashville exports hoops stars to China
2. ^ Imports Info. updated
3. ^ TIANJIN RONGCHENG basketball team
4. ^ The Morning Journal - Pacers' Harrison suspended for today
5. ^ Wells, Mike (2008-01-11). "Pacers' Harrison suspended 5 games". Indianapolis Star. http://www.indystar.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080111/SPORTS04/80111039/0/LOCAL040206. Retrieved 2008-01-11. ^{[dead link]}
6. ^ ^{a b} Wells, Mike (2008-01-14.). "Harrison's suspension takes team by surprise". Indianapolis Star. Archived from the original on 2008-01-17. http://web.archive.org/web/20080117082607/http://www.indystar.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080114/SPORTS04/801140367. Retrieved 2008-01-26. 
7. ^ Blog discussing Harrison's radio appearance in which he discusses marijuana and the tobacco industry. Accessed January 26, 2008.

External links

• David Harrison at NBA.com
• David Harrison at Basketball-Reference.com

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Name	Harrison, David
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Date of birth	August 15, 1982
Place of birth	Nashville, Tennessee
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