Art Harris

{{Infobox basketball biography

| name = Art Harris

| image =

| width =

| caption =

| number = 12, 23

| position = Guard

| height_ft = 6

| height_in = 4

| weight_lb = 185

| birth_date = {{birth date|1947|01|13}}

| birth_place =

| death_date = {{death date and age|2007|10|13|1947|01|13}}

| death_place = San Francisco, California

| nationality = American

| high_school = Jordan (Los Angeles, California)

| college = Stanford (1965–1968)

| draft_year = 1968

| draft_round = 2

| draft_pick = 16

| draft_team = Seattle SuperSonics

| career_start = 1968

| career_end = 1975

| years1 = {{nbay|1968|start}}–{{nbay|1969|start}}

| team1 = Seattle SuperSonics

| years2 = {{nbay|1969|start}}–{{nbay|1971|end}}

| team2 = Phoenix Suns

| years3 = 1975

| team3 = Belgium Lions

| highlights =

NBA All-Rookie First Team ({{nbay|1968|end}})
First-team All-AAWU (1966)
Second-team All-AAWU (1968)

| stats_league = NBA

| stat1label = Points

| stat1value = 2,171 (9.1 ppg)

| stat2label = Rebounds

| stat2value = 575 (2.4 rpg)

| stat3label = Assists

| stat3value = 639 (2.7 apg)

| bbr = harriar01

}}

Arthur Carlos Harris Jr. (January 13, 1947 – October 13, 2007) was an American professional basketball player.

Career

After graduating from Jordan High School, in Watts, Los Angeles, Harris joined Stanford University The 6'4" guard received first-team All-AAWU honors as a sophomore and averaged 20.7 ppg as a senior in 1967–68. He averaged 17.2 points per game in his collegiate career and was later named to the Stanford Athletic Hall of Fame.

Harris was selected by the Seattle SuperSonics in the second round of the 1968 NBA draft and by the Oakland Oaks in the 1969 ABA Draft.

He played four seasons (1968–1972) in the National Basketball Association (NBA), starting with the Seattle SuperSonics. He was named to the NBA All-Rookie Team in 1968 after averaging 12.4 points per game. Harris appeared in only 5 games for the Sonics in the 1969–70 season before being traded to the Phoenix Suns for Dick Snyder. Harris remained in Phoenix for the next three seasons before being waived in January 1972.

During the 1968–69 season, Harris led the NBA in disqualifications with 14.{{cite book | title = The Official NBA Basketball Encyclopedia | publisher = Villard Books | year = 1994 | page = 379 | isbn = 0-679-43293-0}}

In 1975 he played for the Belgium Lions in the European Professional Basketball League.{{cite magazine |last=Maleval |first=Jean-Jacques |date=March 1975 |title=Steveniers – premier pro européen |trans-title=Steveniers – first European pro |url=http://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k65851223/f25.image |language=French |magazine=L'Équipe Basket Magazine |via=Gallica.BNF.fr |issue=38 |pages=28–29 |access-date=11 November 2017}}

Death

Harris died October 13, 2007, in San Francisco, California.{{Cite web|url=http://www.supersonicsoul.com/2008/10/where-are-they-now-art-harris.html|title=Supersonicsoul – the Sonics Blog!}}

Career statistics

=NBA=

Source{{cite web|url=https://www.basketball-reference.com/players/h/harriar01.html|title=Art Harris NBA stats|website=Basketball Reference|publisher=Sports Reference LLC|accessdate=7 August 2024}}

==Regular season==

Year ! Team ! GP ! MPG ! FG% ! FT% ! RPG ! APG ! PPG
class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size:95%; text-align:right;"
style="text-align:left;"\| {{nbay\|1968}} \|style="text-align:left;"\| Seattle \| 80	32.0	.395	.641	3.8	3.2	12.4
style="text-align:left;"\| {{nbay\|1969}} \|style="text-align:left;"\| Seattle \| 5	35.6	.384	.444	3.8	4.0	12.0
style="text-align:left;"\| {{nbay\|1969\|nolink=y}} \|style="text-align:left;"\| Phoenix \| 76	18.1	.395	.656	1.9	2.8	7.8
style="text-align:left;"\| {{nbay\|1970}} \|style="text-align:left;"\| Phoenix \| 56	17.0	.411	.611	1.8	2.4	8.3
style="text-align:left;"\| {{nbay\|1971}} \|style="text-align:left;"\| Phoenix \| 21	6.9	.329	.429	.6	.9	2.6
class="sortbottom" \|style="text-align:center;" colspan="2"\|Career \| 238	21.9	.396	.626	2.4	2.7	9.1

==Playoffs==

class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size:95%; text-align:right;"
Year ! Team ! GP ! MPG ! FG% ! FT% ! RPG ! APG ! PPG
style="text-align:left;"\| 1970 \| style="text-align:left;"\| Phoenix \| 7	12.7	.357	.000	1.9	1.7	4.3

class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size:95%; text-align:right;"

Year

! Team

! GP

! MPG

! FG%

! FT%

! RPG

! APG

! PPG

style="text-align:left;"| 1970

| style="text-align:left;"| Phoenix