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American basketball player (1947–2007)

Art Harris
Personal information
Born(1947-01-13)January 13, 1947
DiedOctober 13, 2007(2007-10-13) (aged 60)
San Francisco, California
NationalityAmerican
Listed height6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)
Listed weight185 lb (84 kg)
Career information
High schoolJordan (Los Angeles, California)
CollegeStanford (1965–1968)
NBA draft1968: 2nd round, 16th overall pick
Selected by the Seattle SuperSonics
Playing career1968–1975
PositionGuard
Number12, 23
Career history
1968–1969Seattle SuperSonics
1969–1972Phoenix Suns
1975Belgium Lions
Career highlights and awards
Career NBA statistics
Points2,171 (9.1 ppg)
Rebounds575 (2.4 rpg)
Assists639 (2.7 apg)
Stats at NBA.com Edit this at Wikidata
Stats at Basketball Reference

Arthur Carlos Harris Jr. (January 13, 1947 – October 13, 2007) was an American professional basketball player.

Career

After graduating from Jordan High School, in Watts, Los Angeles, Harris joined Stanford University The 6'4" guard received first-team All-AAWU honors as a sophomore and averaged 20.7 ppg as a senior in 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 was selected by the Seattle SuperSonics in the second round of the 1968 NBA draft and by the Oakland Oaks in the 1969 ABA Draft. He played four seasons (1968–1972) in the National Basketball Association (NBA), starting with the Seattle SuperSonics. He was named to the NBA All-Rookie Team in 1968 after averaging 12.4 points per game. Harris appeared in only 5 games for the Sonics in the 1969–70 season before being traded to the Phoenix Suns for Dick Snyder. Harris remained in Phoenix for the next three seasons before being waived in January 1972. During the 1968–69 season, Harris led the NBA in disqualifications with 14.

In 1975 he played for the Belgium Lions in the European Professional Basketball League.

Death

Harris died October 13, 2007, in San Francisco, California.

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

NBA

Source

Regular season

Year Team GP MPG FG% FT% RPG APG PPG
1968–69 Seattle 80 32.0 .395 .641 3.8 3.2 12.4
1969–70 Seattle 5 35.6 .384 .444 3.8 4.0 12.0
1969–70 Phoenix 76 18.1 .395 .656 1.9 2.8 7.8
1970–71 Phoenix 56 17.0 .411 .611 1.8 2.4 8.3
1971–72 Phoenix 21 6.9 .329 .429 .6 .9 2.6
Career 238 21.9 .396 .626 2.4 2.7 9.1

Playoffs

Year Team GP MPG FG% FT% RPG APG PPG
1970 Phoenix 7 12.7 .357 .000 1.9 1.7 4.3

References

  1. ^ "Supersonicsoul – the Sonics Blog!".
  2. The Official NBA Basketball Encyclopedia. Villard Books. 1994. p. 379. ISBN 0-679-43293-0.
  3. Maleval, Jean-Jacques (March 1975). "Steveniers – premier pro européen" [Steveniers – first European pro]. L'Équipe Basket Magazine (in French). No. 38. pp. 28–29. Retrieved November 11, 2017 – via Gallica.BNF.fr.
  4. "Art Harris NBA stats". Basketball Reference. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved August 7, 2024.

External links

1968 NBA draft
First round
Second round


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