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Othella Harrington

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Othella Harrington
Harrington as a coach with the United States men's national basketball team in 2022
Personal information
Born (1974-01-31) January 31, 1974 (age 50)
Jackson, Mississippi, U.S.
Listed height6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)
Listed weight235 lb (107 kg)
Career information
High schoolMurrah (Jackson, Mississippi)
CollegeGeorgetown (1992–1996)
NBA draft1996: 2nd round, 30th overall pick
Selected by the Houston Rockets
Playing career1996–2010
PositionPower forward / center
Number32, 24
Career history
1996–1999Houston Rockets
1999–2001Vancouver Grizzlies
2001–2004New York Knicks
2004–2006Chicago Bulls
2006–2008Charlotte Bobcats
2009Los Angeles D-Fenders
2009–2010Petrochimi Bandar Imam BC
Career highlights and awards
Career NBA statistics
Points5,212 (7.4 ppg)
Rebounds3,130 (4.4 rpg)
Assists443 (0.6 apg)
Stats at NBA.com Edit this at Wikidata
Stats at Basketball Reference
Medals
Men's Basketball
Representing  United States
Summer Universiade
Gold medal – first place 1995 Fukuoka National team
FIBA U21 World Championship
Gold medal – first place 1993 Valladolid National team

Othella Harrington (born January 31, 1974) is an American former professional basketball player. After he finished his high school career at Murrah High School, he played in college at Georgetown University where he teamed with future NBA star Allen Iverson. Harrington was drafted 30th overall (1st pick of the second round) in the 1996 NBA draft by the Houston Rockets.

Early life

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Playing at basketball powerhouse Murrah, Harrington was ranked number one or two (depending on the publication), along with Jason Kidd, as the best player in the nation. In his senior year, he averaged 28.9 points, 24.9 rebounds,[1] and 5.8 blocked shots a game. He recorded 2,303 total rebounds in his career at Murrah, which is the second best all-time mark in high school basketball history according to the National Federation of State High School Associations (the record is 3,059, held by Bruce Williams of Florien, Louisiana).[1] In his junior season he posted 756 total rebounds, and in his senior season he had 971, which is the second best result all-time for high school basketball behind Bruce Williams' 1,139 in 1979–80.[1] After winning Mr. Basketball in the state of Mississippi for the second consecutive year and being named first team All-American by both Parade and USA Today, Harrington was selected MVP of the 1992 McDonald's All American game as he set a game record with 21 rebounds to go along with 19 points.

College career

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Harrington accepted a scholarship to Georgetown University following fellow "big men" Patrick Ewing, Dikembe Mutombo, and Alonzo Mourning to play for coach John Thompson. He was named Big East Freshman of the Year and was a 2nd Team All-American selection heading into his sophomore year. Harrington would leave Georgetown ranked fifth in all-time scoring, with a career field goal percentage of 56%, fifth in blocks, fourth in rebounding overall and finished as the school's all-time leader in offensive rebounds.

Professional career

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After three seasons in Houston, Harrington was traded on August 27, 1999, by the Rockets along with Antoine Carr, Brent Price, Michael Dickerson and a future first-round draft choice to the Vancouver Grizzlies as part of a three-way deal in which the Rockets received the draft rights to Steve Francis, Tony Massenburg from the Grizzlies, and Don MacLean and future first-round draft choice from the Orlando Magic, and the Magic received Michael Smith, Rodrick Rhodes, Lee Mayberry and Makhtar N'Diaye from the Grizzlies. During his first year in Vancouver, Othella averaged career highs in points (13.1), rebounds (6.9), assists (1.2), blocks (.71), and minutes (32.6) per game while starting all 82 games of the 1999–2000 regular season.

He was later traded again on January 30, 2001, to the New York Knicks for Erick Strickland and two draft picks. In 2004, he was involved in a trade that sent him, Dikembe Mutombo, Frank Williams, and Cezary Trybanski to the Chicago Bulls in exchange for Jamal Crawford and Jerome Williams.

Harrington signed with the Charlotte Bobcats on July 19, 2006.[2]

In March 2009, Harrington signed with the Los Angeles D-Fenders, the NBA Development League affiliate of the Los Angeles Lakers.[3]

He spent the next season in Iran, with Petrochimi Bandar Imam BC.[4]

Coaching career

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In 2011, Harrington was hired as an assistant coach at his alma mater Georgetown.[5]

NBA career statistics

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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
 *  Led the league

Regular season

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Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
1996–97 Houston 57 1 15.1 .549 .000 .605 3.5 .3 .2 .4 4.8
1997–98 Houston 58 3 15.6 .485 .000 .754 3.6 .4 .2 .5 6.0
1998–99 Houston 41 10 22.0 .513 .000 .721 6.0 .4 .1 .6 9.8
1999–00 Vancouver 82 82* 32.6 .506 .000 .792 6.9 1.2 .4 .7 13.1
2000–01 Vancouver 44 40 28.8 .466 .000 .779 6.6 .8 .4 .6 10.9
2000–01 New York 30 5 18.3 .554 .000 .729 3.3 .7 .5 .6 6.2
2001–02 New York 77 4 20.3 .527 .000 .709 4.5 .5 .4 .5 7.7
2002–03 New York 74 64 25.0 .508 .000 .820 6.4 .8 .2 .3 7.7
2003–04 New York 56 3 15.6 .495 .000 .744 3.2 .5 .2 .3 4.6
2004–05 Chicago 70 28 18.2 .512 .000 .718 4.2 .8 .3 .3 8.0
2005–06 Chicago 72 23 11.4 .495 .000 .626 2.1 .5 .1 .2 4.8
2006–07 Charlotte 26 0 8.5 .446 .000 .773 1.5 .2 .0 .0 2.6
2007–08 Charlotte 22 0 7.5 .429 .000 .625 1.9 .2 .1 .2 2.1
Career 709 263 19.6 .505 .000 .738 4.4 .6 .3 .4 7.4

Playoffs

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Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
1997 Houston 7 0 2.1 .500 .000 .700 .6 .0 .0 .0 1.3
1998 Houston 3 0 7.7 .500 .000 .800 2.3 .0 .0 .3 5.3
1999 Houston 4 0 10.5 .643 .000 .667 3.5 .3 .0 .3 5.5
2001 New York 5 1 15.4 .500 .000 .800 3.0 .4 .8 .4 3.6
2005 Chicago 6 6 17.2 .500 .000 .545 2.5 .5 .2 .0 8.0
2006 Chicago 3 0 5.0 .000 .000 .000 .7 .0 .3 .0 .0
Career 28 7 9.8 .506 .000 .676 2.0 .2 .2 .1 4.0

References

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  1. ^ a b c "Records Results for "Basketball - Boys - Most rebounds". National Federation of State High School Associations. Retrieved March 2, 2020.
  2. ^ "FOX Sports - NBA - Bobcats sign free agent Othella Harrington". Archived from the original on July 21, 2006. Retrieved July 20, 2006.
  3. ^ "Grizzled vet joins D-Fenders". Orange County Register. March 30, 2009. Archived from the original on July 1, 2012.
  4. ^ "The Knicks’ Lost Generation" by Will Leitch Jul 9, 2010 New York Magazine[1]
  5. ^ Othella Harrington back at Georgetown
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