How tall is Othella Harrington

Othella Harrington (born January 31, 1974) is an American former professional basketball player. After he the end his high school career at Murrah High School, he played in literary at Georgetown University where he teamed with highly developed NBA star Allen Iverson. Harrington was drafted 30th overall (1st pick of the second round) in the 1996 NBA draft by the Houston Rockets.

Playing at basketball powerhouse Murrah, Harrington was ranked number one or two (depending upon the publication), along gone Jason Kidd, as the best artiste 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 sum rebounds in his career at Murrah, which is the second best all-time mark in high school basketball records according to the National Federation of State High School Associations (the folder is 3,059, held by Bruce Williams of Florien, Louisiana). In his junior season he posted 756 sum rebounds, and in his senior season he had 971, which is the second best repercussion all-time for high school basketball astern Bruce Williams’ 1,139 in 1979–80. After winning Mr. Basketball in the disclose of Mississippi for the second consecutive year and physical named first team All-American by both Parade and USA Today, Harrington was chosen MVP of the 1992 McDonald’s All American game as he set a game record bearing in mind 21 rebounds to yield 19 points.

Harrington fashionable a scholarship to Georgetown University bearing in mind fellow “big men” Patrick Ewing, Dikembe Mutombo, and Alonzo Mourning to sham for coach John Thompson. He was named vast East 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 purpose percentage of 56%, fifth in blocks, fourth in rebounding overall and done as the school’s all-time leader in vile rebounds.

After three seasons in Houston, Harrington was traded upon August 27, 1999, by the Rockets along in the way of being of Antoine Carr, Brent Price, Michael Dickerson and a far along first-round draft out of the ordinary to the Vancouver Grizzlies as ration of a three-way settlement in which the Rockets expected the draft rights to Steve Francis, Tony Massenburg from the Grizzlies, and Don MacLean and highly developed first-round draft substitute from the Orlando Magic, and the Magic established Michael Smith, Rodrick Rhodes, Lee Mayberry and Makhtar N’Diaye from the Grizzlies. During his first year in Vancouver, Othella averaged career highs in points (13.1), rebounds (6.9), assists (1.2), blocks (.71), and minutes (32.6) per game even though starting anything 82 games of the 1999–2000 regular season.

He was well along traded again on January 30, 2001, to the New York Knicks for Erick Strickland and two draft picks. In 2004, he was keen in a trade that sent him, Dikembe Mutombo, Frank Williams, and Cezary Trybanski to the Chicago Bulls in argument for Jamal Crawford and Jerome Williams.