League BundesligaEurocup Weight 108 kg Nationality German / American Name Elias Harris | Listed height 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) Role Basketball Player Pro career 2005 Listed weight 239 lb (108 kg) Height 2.03 m | |
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High school Friedrich-Magnus-Schwerd-Gymnasium(Speyer, Rhineland-Palatinate) Number 2 (Los Angeles Lakers / Small forward, Power forward), 20 (Gonzaga Bulldogs men's basketball / Forward) Position Forward, Small forward, Power forward Profiles | ||
Wcc at the nba summer league elias harris
Elias Harris (born July 6, 1989) is a German-American professional basketball player who currently plays for Brose Bamberg of the Basketball Bundesliga. He played college basketball at Gonzaga University and plays for the German national basketball team.
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- Wcc at the nba summer league elias harris
- Elias Harris Highlights Signed by Los Angeles Lakers
- Junior career
- College career
- Professional career
- International career
- References
Elias Harris Highlights - Signed by Los Angeles Lakers
Junior career
Harris was one of the top junior players in Germany when he graduated from Friedrich-Magnus-Schwerd-Gymnasium in Speyer, Germany. As a German junior, he spent four years playing for BIS Speyer in the German Pro B third division for four years, averaging 20.9 ppg and 9.2 rpg in 2008–09. He also competed with the German national junior basketball team at the 2005 FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship; 2006 and 2007 FIBA Europe Under-18 Championship; and 2008 and 2009 FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship.
College career
Harris committed to NCAA Division I squad Gonzaga University prior to the 2009–10 season. He immediately saw action with the Bulldogs despite being a freshman; in his second game of the season, against powerhouse #2-ranked Michigan State University, he scored a team-high 17 points and grabbed a team-high 9 rebounds in a narrow 75–71 loss.
Professional career
After going undrafted in the 2013 NBA draft, Harris joined the Los Angeles Lakers for the 2013 NBA Summer League. He finished the summer league with averages of 10.2 points and 5.6 rebounds. On August 14, 2013, he signed a multi-year deal with the Lakers. During his rookie season, he had multiple assignments with the Los Angeles D-Fenders. On November 29, 2013, he was waived by the Lakers.
On December 13, 2013, he signed a two-year deal with Brose Bamberg of Germany and in April 2015 had his contract extended through the 2016-17 season. In March 2017, Harris signed a new deal with the Bamberg side, which would keep him with the club until 2020.
In July 2014, Harris joined the Phoenix Suns for the 2014 NBA Summer League.
International career
Harris made his debut with the senior German national basketball team at the FIBA EuroBasket 2009. Although he was the second-youngest player on the team, he averaged 12 minutes per game while seeing action in all six games for the German squad.