![]() Harris with Louisiana Tech in 2017 | |
No. 1–Saskatchewan Rattlers | |
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Position | Shooting guard |
League | [[Canadian Elite Basketball League |CEBL]] |
Personal information | |
Born | Dallas, Texas, U.S. | August 14, 1998
Listed height | 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) |
Listed weight | 195 lb (88 kg) |
Career information | |
High school | Duncanville (Duncanville, Texas) |
College |
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NBA draft | 2020: 2nd round, 59th overall pick |
Selected by the Toronto Raptors | |
Playing career | 2020–present |
Career history | |
2020–2021 | Toronto Raptors |
2021 | →Raptors 905 |
2021–2022 | Vanoli Cremona |
2022 | Scarborough Shooting Stars |
2022–2023 | Westchester Knicks |
2023 | Scarborough Shooting Stars |
2023–2024 | Windy City Bulls |
2024–2024 | Leones de Ponce |
2024–present | Saskatchewan Rattlers |
Career highlights and awards | |
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Stats at NBA.com | |
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com | |
Jalen Harris (born August 14, 1998) is an American professional basketball player for the Saskatchewan Rattlers of the Canadian Elite Basketball League (CEBL). He played college basketball for the Louisiana Tech Bulldogs and the Nevada Wolf Pack. [1] Harris was suspended from the National Basketball Association for the 2021–22 season due to a drug violation.
Harris was born in Dallas, Texas, the son of Karlin Kennedy and Erion Harris, both of whom played basketball at SMU, and has two younger brothers and a sister. His mother gave birth to him at the age of 19 but returned to the floor at SMU for her junior season and graduated as the Mustangs' all-time leader in points, rebounds, blocks and field-goal percentage. Harris grew up in Duncanville and played basketball, football and baseball. He gave up football after an injury in middle school, after which he trained with his father to become a high-level basketball player. His father formed the travel team Dallas Heroes around his son in middle school. [1]
He attended Duncanville High School and grew to 6 feet 3 inches (1.91 m) as a sophomore. [1] As a junior, he averaged 15 points, 4 rebounds and 2 assists per game and was named the District 8-6A Offensive Player of the Year. [2] [3] He suffered a broken vertebrae during an AAU event, forcing him to miss half of his senior season. [1] Nevertheless, Harris was again named District 8-6A Offensive Player of the Year as a senior. [4] He averaged 23 points, 7 rebounds, 4 assists and 2 steals per game as a senior and shot 55 percent from the field and 45 percent on three-point attempts. In a game against Cedar Hill High School, Harris scored a career-high 44 points. He was rated as the 16th-best player and the ninth-best guard in Texas in his class by Rivals. [5] Harris spurned offers from Indiana and Kansas State to sign with Louisiana Tech. [1]
Harris began his collegiate career at Louisiana Tech. As a true freshman, he averaged 10.9 points and 3.1 rebounds per game and was named to the Conference USA All-Freshman team. [5] As a sophomore, Harris led the Bulldogs in scoring with 15.3 points per game while also averaging 4.4 rebounds, 2.4 assists and 1.1 steals per game, shooting 44.4 percent from behind the arc. He decided to transfer after 11 games. In January 2018, he signed with Nevada over offers from Oklahoma State, Tulsa and Stephen F. Austin. [6] Harris chose the Wolf Pack after attending a game against Boise State after being impressed by coach Eric Musselman and welcoming fans and sat out the 2018–19 season as a redshirt, during which Nevada finished 29–5. [1]
After his redshirt season, coach Musselman left for Arkansas, and Harris entered the transfer portal again the day before the school hired Steve Alford. Despite receiving interest from Gonzaga and SMU, Harris decided to stay at Nevada. He missed his second game with his new team with a foot injury and struggled in a game against USC, finishing 3-of-19 with nine points. During an eight-game stretch in January 2020, Harris averaged 27 points, 5.4 rebounds and 4.4 assists per game. [1] On February 11, he was named Oscar Robertson National Player of the Week by the U.S. Basketball Writers Association after scoring a career-high 38 points against Air Force and 32 points against San Diego State. [7] He had 29 points, a career-high 14 rebounds, five assists and two steals in a 82–79 overtime win against UNLV on February 12, becoming the 11th Nevada player to tally at least 20 points, 10 rebounds and five assists in a game. [8] Harris is the first Nevada player since Nick Fazekas in 2006 to have four or more 30-point games in a season. [9] At the conclusion of the regular season, Harris was named to the First Team All-Mountain West Conference and conference newcomer of the year. [10] He averaged 21.7 points and 6.5 rebounds per game. [11] Following the season, Harris declared for the 2020 NBA draft. [12]
On November 18, 2020, Harris was drafted in the second round, 59th overall, in the 2020 NBA draft by the Toronto Raptors. [13] On January 29, 2021, Harris was assigned to the Raptors 905 of the NBA G League. [14] On May 14, Harris scored a career-high 31 points against the Dallas Mavericks in his hometown of Dallas. [15] On July 1, Harris was dismissed and suspended from the NBA for violating terms of the NBA/NBPA (National Basketball Players Association) anti-drug program. Harris was banned for the 2021–22 season. [16]
Harris signed with Vanoli Cremona of the Lega Basket Serie A on August 14, 2021. [17]
On May 24, 2022, Harris signed with the Scarborough Shooting Stars of the Canadian Elite Basketball League (CEBL). [18] In his first game with Scarborough, Harris recorded 18 points, 4 rebounds and 4 assists, shooting 40 percent from the field (6-of-15), in an 80–70 loss against the Montreal Alliance. [19]
On September 25, 2022, Harris secured a contract with the New York Knicks of the NBA, officially ending his season-long ban in the process, [20] but was waived at the end of training camp. [21] On October 24, 2022, Harris joined the Knicks' G League affiliate Westchester Knicks' training camp roster. [22]
On April 17, 2023, Harris re-signed with the Scarborough Shooting Stars. [23] However, he was waived on July 19.
On November 2, 2023, Harris joined the Windy City Bulls [24] where he averaged 12.3 points, 3.1 rebounds and 2.5 assists en 23.7 minutes per game. [25]
On April 3, 2024, Harris signed with the Leones de Ponce of the Baloncesto Superior Nacional. [25]
On May 9, 2024 Harris signed with the Saskatchewan Rattlers of the Canadian Elite Basketball League. [26]
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 |
Year | Team | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG |
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2020–21 | Toronto | 13 | 2 | 13.2 | .500 | .472 | .778 | 1.4 | 1.3 | .6 | .0 | 7.4 |
Career | 13 | 2 | 13.2 | .500 | .472 | .778 | 1.4 | 1.3 | .6 | .0 | 7.4 |
Year | Team | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG |
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2016–17 | Louisiana Tech | 27 | 2 | 22.9 | .447 | .319 | .883 | 3.1 | 1.6 | .8 | .3 | 10.9 |
2017–18 | Louisiana Tech | 11 | 11 | 25.1 | .478 | .444 | .830 | 4.4 | 2.4 | 1.1 | .3 | 15.3 |
2018–19 | Nevada | ![]() | ||||||||||
2019–20 | Nevada | 30 | 30 | 33.0 | .446 | .362 | .823 | 6.5 | 3.9 | 1.1 | .1 | 21.7 |
Career | 68 | 43 | 27.7 | .451 | .359 | .838 | 4.8 | 2.7 | 1.0 | .2 | 16.4 |
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