- Art Harris
Arthur Carlos Harris, Jr. (
January 13 ,1947 –0ctober 2007) is a retired American professionalbasketball player.After graduating from
Jordan High School , the same high school inWatts, Los Angeles , Harris went on to become one ofStanford University 's best players. The 6'4" guard received All Pac 8 honors as a sophomore and averaged 20.7 ppg as a senior from 1967-68. He averaged 17.2 points per game in his collegiate career and was later named to the Stanford Athletic Hall of Fame.Harris played four seasons (1968-1972) in the
National Basketball Association , starting when theSeattle SuperSonics selected him in the second round of the1969 NBA Draft . He was named to theNBA All-Rookie Team in 1968 after averaging 12.4points per game . Harris appeared in only 5 games for the Sonics in the 1969-70 season before being traded to thePhoenix Suns forDick Snyder . Harris remained in Phoenix for the next three seasons.During the 1968-69 season, Harris led the NBA in disqualifications with 14.cite book | title = The Official NBA Basketball Encyclopedia, | publisher = Villard Books | date = 1994 | pages = p. 379 | isbn = 0-679-43293-8]
Harris died October 2007.http://www.supersonicsoul.com/2008/10/where-are-they-now-art-harris.html]
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* [http://www.basketball-reference.com/players/h/harriar01.html Career statistics]
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