Othella Harrington (born January 31, 1974) is an American former professional

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player. After he finished his high school career at

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, he played in college at

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where he teamed with future

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superstar

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. Harrington was drafted 30th overall (1st pick of the second round) in the

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by the

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

High school career

Playing at basketball powerhouse Murrah, Harrington was ranked number one or two (depending on the publication), along with

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, as the best player in the nation. In his senior year, he averaged 28.9 points, 24.9 rebounds, 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

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(the record is 3,059, held by Bruce Williams of

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). 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. After winning Mr. Basketball in the state of Mississippi for the second consecutive year and being named first team All-American by both ''

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'' and ''

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'', Harrington was selected MVP of the 1992

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game as he set a game record with 21 rebounds to go along with 19 points.

College career

Harrington accepted a scholarship to

following fellow "big men"

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, and

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to play for coach John Thompson. He was named

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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

After three seasons in Houston, Harrington was traded on August 27, 1999 by the

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along with

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and a future first-round draft choice to the

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as part of a three-way deal in which the Rockets received the draft rights to

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from the Grizzlies, and

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and future first-round draft choice from the

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, and the Magic received Michael Smith,

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and

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from the Grizzlies. During his first year in Vancouver, Othella averaged career highs in points (13.1),

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(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

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for

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and two draft picks. In 2004, he was involved in a trade that sent him,

, Frank Williams, and Cezary Trybanski to the

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in exchange for

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and Jerome Williams. Harrington signed with the

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on July 19, 2006. In March 2009, Harrington signed with the

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, the

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affiliate of the

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. He spent the next season in Iran."The Knicks’ Lost Generation" by Will Leitch Jul 9, 2010 ''New York Magazine

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NBA career statistics

Regular season

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, 58 , , 3 , , 15.6 , , .485 , , .000 , , .754 , , 3.6 , , .4 , , .2 , , .5 , , 6.0 , - , align="left" , 1998–99 , align="left" ,

, 41 , , 10 , , 22.0 , , .513 , , .000 , , .721 , , 6.0 , , .4 , , .1 , , .6 , , 9.8 , - , align="left" , 1999–00 , align="left" ,

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, 82 , , 82 , , 32.6 , , .506 , , .000 , , .792 , , 6.9 , , 1.2 , , .4 , , .7 , , 13.1 , - , align="left" , 2000–01 , align="left" ,

, 44 , , 40 , , 28.8 , , .466 , , .000 , , .779 , , 6.6 , , .8 , , .4 , , .6 , , 10.9 , - , align="left" , 2000–01 , align="left" ,

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, 30 , , 5 , , 18.3 , , .554 , , .000 , , .729 , , 3.3 , , .7 , , .5 , , .6 , , 6.2 , - , align="left" , 2001–02 , align="left" ,

, 77 , , 4 , , 20.3 , , .527 , , .000 , , .709 , , 4.5 , , .5 , , .4 , , .5 , , 7.7 , - , align="left" , 2002–03 , align="left" ,

, 74 , , 64 , , 25.0 , , .508 , , .000 , , .820 , , 6.4 , , .8 , , .2 , , .3 , , 7.7 , - , align="left" , 2003–04 , align="left" ,

, 56 , , 3 , , 15.6 , , .495 , , .000 , , .744 , , 3.2 , , .5 , , .2 , , .3 , , 4.6 , - , align="left" , 2004–05 , align="left" ,

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, 70 , , 28 , , 18.2 , , .512 , , .000 , , .718 , , 4.2 , , .8 , , .3 , , .3 , , 8.0 , - , align="left" , 2005–06 , align="left" ,

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, 72 , , 23 , , 11.4 , , .495 , , .000 , , .626 , , 2.1 , , .5 , , .1 , , .2 , , 4.8 , - , align="left" , 2006–07 , align="left" ,

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, 22 , , 0 , , 7.5 , , .429 , , .000 , , .625 , , 1.9 , , .2 , , .1 , , .2 , , 2.1 , - class="sortbottom" , style="text-align:center;" colspan="2", Career , 709 , , 263 , , 19.6 , , .505 , , .000 , , .738 , , 4.4 , , .6 , , .3 , , .4 , , 7.4

Playoffs

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1997 File:1997 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The movie set of ''Titanic'', the highest-grossing movie in history at the time; ''Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone'', is published; Comet Hale-Bopp passes by Earth and becomes one of t ...

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1998 1998 was designated as the ''International Year of the Ocean''. Events January * January 6 – The '' Lunar Prospector'' spacecraft is launched into orbit around the Moon, and later finds evidence for frozen water, in soil in permanently ...

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, 4 , , 0 , , 10.5 , , .643 , , .000 , , .667 , , 3.5 , , .3 , , .0 , , .3 , , 5.5 , - , align="left" ,

2001 The September 11 attacks against the United States by Al-Qaeda, which Casualties of the September 11 attacks, killed 2,977 people and instigated the global war on terror, were a defining event of 2001. The United States led a Participants in ...

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, 5 , , 1 , , 15.4 , , .500 , , .000 , , .800 , , 3.0 , , .4 , , .8 , , .4 , , 3.6 , - , align="left" ,

2005 File:2005 Events Collage V2.png, From top left, clockwise: Hurricane Katrina in the Gulf of Mexico; the Funeral of Pope John Paul II is held in Vatican City; "Me at the zoo", the first video ever to be uploaded to YouTube; Eris was discovered in ...

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2006 File:2006 Events Collage V1.png, From top left, clockwise: The 2006 Winter Olympics open in Turin; Twitter is founded and launched by Jack Dorsey; The Nintendo Wii is released; Montenegro 2006 Montenegrin independence referendum, votes to declare ...

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Othella Harrington
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