1. Jalen Harris was born on August 14,1998 and is an American professional basketball player for the Nanjing Monkey Kings of the Chinese Basketball Association.
24 Facts About Jalen Harris
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Jalen Harris played college basketball for the Louisiana Tech Bulldogs and the Nevada Wolf Pack.
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Jalen Harris was born in Dallas, Texas, the son of Karlin Kennedy and Erion Jalen Harris, both of whom played basketball at SMU, and has two younger brothers and a sister.
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Jalen Harris's mother gave birth to him at the age of 19 but returned to the floor at SMU for her junior season and graduated as the Mustangs' all-time leader in points, rebounds, blocks and field-goal percentage.
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Jalen Harris grew up in Duncanville and played basketball, football and baseball.
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Jalen Harris gave up football after an injury in middle school, after which he trained with his father to become a high-level basketball player.
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Jalen Harris's father formed the travel team Dallas Heroes around his son in middle school.
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Jalen Harris suffered a broken vertebrae during an AAU event, forcing him to miss half of his senior season.
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Jalen Harris averaged 23 points, 7 rebounds, 4 assists and 2 steals per game as a senior and shot 55 percent from the field and 45 percent on three-point attempts.
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Jalen Harris was rated as the 16th-best player and the ninth-best guard in Texas in his class by Rivals.
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Jalen Harris spurned offers from Indiana and Kansas State to sign with Louisiana Tech.
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Jalen Harris missed his second game with his new team with a foot injury and struggled in a game against USC, finishing 3-of-19 with nine points.
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Jalen Harris is the first Nevada player since Nick Fazekas in 2006 to have four or more 30-point games in a season.
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Jalen Harris averaged 21.7 points and 6.5 rebounds per game.
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On November 18,2020, Jalen Harris was drafted in the second round, 59th overall, in the 2020 NBA draft by the Toronto Raptors.
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On January 29,2021, Jalen Harris was assigned to the Raptors 905 of the NBA G League.
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Jalen Harris signed with Vanoli Cremona of the Lega Basket Serie A on August 14,2021.
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On May 24,2022, Jalen Harris signed with the Scarborough Shooting Stars of the Canadian Elite Basketball League.
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On September 25,2022, Jalen Harris secured a contract with the New York Knicks of the NBA, officially ending his season-long ban in the process, but was waived at the end of training camp.
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On October 24,2022, Jalen Harris joined the Knicks' G League affiliate Westchester Knicks' training camp roster.
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On November 2,2023, Jalen Harris joined the Windy City Bulls where he averaged 12.3 points, 3.1 rebounds and 2.5 assists en 23.7 minutes per game.
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On May 9,2024, Jalen Harris signed with the Saskatchewan Rattlers of the Canadian Elite Basketball League.
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Jalen Harris joined the Jiangxi Ganchi of the National Basketball League for 2024 season, he averaged 27.5 points, 4.9 rebounds, 2.5 assists per game.
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On December 2,2024, Jalen Harris signed with the Nanjing Monkey Kings of the Chinese Basketball Association.