Tony Harris (basketball, born 1967)

Tony Dwayne Harris (born May 13, 1967) is a retired American professional basketball player. After spending high school at Roosevelt in East Chicago, he later went to University of New Orleans.

For the deceased basketball player, see Tony Harris (basketball, born 1970).
Tony Harris
Personal information
Born (1967-05-13) May 13, 1967
Monroe, Louisiana, U.S.
Listed height6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)
Listed weight190 lb (86 kg)
Career information
High schoolTheodore Roosevelt
(East Chicago, Indiana)
College
NBA draft1990: undrafted
Playing career1990–1999
PositionShooting guard
Number3, 43
Career history
1990–1991Quad City Thunder
1991Philadelphia 76ers
1991–1992Quad City Thunder
1992Grand Rapids Hoops
1992–1993Swift Mighty Meaties
1993La Crosse Catbirds
1993–1994Oklahoma City Cavalry
1994–1995Boston Celtics
1995Sioux Falls Skyforce
1995Cocodrilos de Caracas
1995–1996APOEL
1996–1997Sioux Falls Skyforce
1997Cáceres CB
1997–1998Papagou
1998Pop Cola 800s
1998Sioux Falls Skyforce
1999APOEL
1999San Diego Stingrays
Career highlights and awards
Stats  at NBA.com
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com

Professional career

Harris debuted in the NBA in February 1991 for the Philadelphia 76ers in the 1990–91 season, averaging 1.7 points on 25.0% field goal shooting and 50.0% free throw shooting in 6.8 minutes a game in 6 contests.

In 1994, Tony Harris played for the Boston Celtics for two seasons. In March 1994, he had his best season with averages of 8.8 points, 2.0 rebounds, 1.6 assists and 1.2 turnovers on 17.6 minutes in 5 games. He finished his NBA career with an average of 4.9 points on 10.5 minutes in fourteen contests.

Tony Harris scored 105 points in a game on October 10, 1992, in the Philippine Basketball Association, against Ginebra in a game that was played in Iloilo City. To this day his record still stands.[1] Fans gave him the moniker "Hurricane" in the Philippine Basketball Association.

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
1990–91 Philadelphia 606.8.250.000.500.2.0.2.01.7
1993–94 Boston 5017.6.290.333.920 2.0 .0.8.08.8
1994–95 Boston 306.0.375.000.889.0.0.0.04.7
Career 14010.5.291.250.868.8.6.4.04.9

References
  1. Hardcourt: The 2001 Official PBA Annual. Philippines: The Philippine Basketball Association. 2001. p. 146.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.