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

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player.

Career

After graduating from Jordan High School, in

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, Harris joined

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The 6'4"

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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

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and by the Oakland Oaks in the 1969 ABA Draft. He played four seasons (1968–1972) in the

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(NBA), starting with the Seattle SuperSonics. He was named to the

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in 1968 after averaging 12.4

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. Harris appeared in only 5 games for the Sonics in the 1969–70 season before being traded to the

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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. In 1975 he played for the Belgium Lions in the European Professional Basketball League.

Death

Harris died October 13, 2007, in

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Career statistics

NBA

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