Tony Harris (basketball, born 1967)

For the deceased basketball player, see Tony Harris (basketball, born 1970).
Tony Harris
Personal information
Born (1967-05-13) May 13, 1967
Monroe, Louisiana
Nationality American
Listed height 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)
Listed weight 190 lb (86 kg)
Career information
High school Theodore Roosevelt
(East Chicago, Indiana)
College Lamar (1985–1986)
Johnson County CC (1987–1988)
New Orleans (1988–1990)
NBA draft 1990 / Undrafted
Position Shooting guard
Number 3, 43
Career history
1990-1991 Quad City Thunder (CBA)
1991 Philadelphia 76ers
1991-1992 Quad City Thunder
1992 Grand Rapids Hoops (CBA)
1992-1993 Swift Mighty Meaties (Philippines)
1993 La Crosse Catbirds (CBA)
1993-1994 Oklahoma City Cavalry (CBA)
1994 Boston Celtics
1994 Oklahoma City Cavalry
1994 Boston Celtics
1994-1995 Sioux Falls Skyforce (CBA)
1995 Cocodrilos de Caracas (Venezuela)
1995-1996 APOEL B.C. (Cyprus)
1996-1997 Sioux Falls Skyforce
1997 Cáceres CB (Spain)
1997-1998 Papagou B.C. (Greece)
1998 Pop Cola 800s (Philippines)
1998 Sioux Falls Skyforce
1999 APOEL B.C.
1999 San Diego Stingrays (IBL)
Career highlights and awards

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

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 6 0 6.8 .250 .000 .500 .2 .0 .2 .0 1.7
1993–94 Boston 5 0 17.6 .290 .333 .920 2.0 .0 .8 .0 8.8
1994–95 Boston 3 0 6.0 .375 .000 .889 .0 .0 .0 .0 4.7
Career 14 0 10.5 .291 .250 .868 .8 .6 .4 .0 4.9

References

  1. Hardcourt: The 2001 Official PBA Annual. Philippines: The Philippine Basketball Association. 2001. p. 146.

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