David Joshua Harrison (born August 15, 1982, in Nashville, Tennessee) is an American professional basketball player at the center position. A former NBA player, he is now a member of the Beijing Ducks. At Brentwood Academy, Harrison received TSSAA Division 2 Mr. Basketball in 2000 and 2001. He was drafted by the Indiana Pacers out of the University of Colorado at Boulder with the 29th pick of the 2004 NBA Draft. He is 7 feet (2.1 m) tall and weig...
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David Joshua Harrison (born August 15, 1982, in Nashville, Tennessee) is an American professional basketball player at the center position. A former NBA player, he is now a member of the Beijing Ducks. At Brentwood Academy, Harrison received TSSAA Division 2 Mr. Basketball in 2000 and 2001. He was drafted by the Indiana Pacers out of the University of Colorado at Boulder with the 29th pick of the 2004 NBA Draft. He is 7 feet (2.1 m) tall and weighs 280 pounds (127 kg).
In college he was named First Team All-Big 12 and earned Honorable Mention All-America honors by the Associated Press as a junior. He finished his college career as Colorado's all-time leading shot-blocker with 225 blocks.
Harrison was expected to be the #2 or maybe even #3 center in the Pacers' depth chart for his rookie year of 2004-05, behind Jeff Foster and Scot Pollard. However, due to injuries to Pollard and the suspensions of Jermaine O'Neal, Stephen Jackson and Ron Artest, he became a starter at a much earlier...
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