Art Harris Explained

Art Harris
Number:12, 23
Position:Guard
Height Ft:6
Height In:4
Weight Lb:185
Birth Date:13 January 1947
Death Place:San Francisco, California
Nationality:American
High School:Jordan (Los Angeles, California)
College:Stanford (1965–1968)
Draft Year:1968
Draft Round:2
Draft Pick:16
Draft Team:Seattle SuperSonics
Career Start:1968
Career End:1975
Years1:
Team1:Seattle SuperSonics
Years2:
Team2:Phoenix Suns
Years3:1975
Team3:Belgium Lions
Highlights:
Stats League:NBA
Stat1label:Points
Stat1value:2,171 (9.1 ppg)
Stat2label:Rebounds
Stat2value:575 (2.4 rpg)
Stat3label:Assists
Stat3value:639 (2.7 apg)
Bbr:harriar01

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.[1]

In 1975 he played for the Belgium Lions in the European Professional Basketball League.[2]

Death

Harris died October 13, 2007, in San Francisco, California.[3]

Career statistics

NBA

Source[4]

Regular season

YearTeamGPMPGFG%FT%RPGAPGPPG
Seattle80 32.0 .395 .641 3.8 3.2 12.4
Seattle5 35.6 .384 .444 3.8 4.0 12.0
Phoenix76 18.1 .395 .656 1.9 2.8 7.8
Phoenix56 17.0 .411 .611 1.8 2.4 8.3
Phoenix21 6.9 .329 .429 .6 .9 2.6
Career238 21.9 .396 .626 2.4 2.7 9.1

Playoffs

External links

Notes and References

  1. Book: The Official NBA Basketball Encyclopedia . Villard Books . 1994 . 379 . 0-679-43293-0.
  2. Maleval . Jean-Jacques . March 1975 . Steveniers – premier pro européen . Steveniers – first European pro . French . L'Équipe Basket Magazine . Gallica.BNF.fr . 38 . 28–29 . 11 November 2017.
  3. Web site: Supersonicsoul – the Sonics Blog!.
  4. Web site: Art Harris NBA stats. Basketball Reference. Sports Reference LLC. 7 August 2024.