Elias Harris
Elias John Michael Harris ( born July 6, 1989 in Speyer, Rhineland -Palatinate ) is a German professional basketball player. He changed on December 12, 2013 the Los Angeles D- Fenders to the Brose Baskets Bamberg and already played several games for the German national basketball team.
Career
The 2.03 m wide and 108 -pound Harris began his basketball career at SG TV Durkheim / BI Speyer and thus also played for the youth teams of basketball boarding Speyer. The Harris regarded as a great talent managed by good performances also the leap into the first team, for which he was initially active in the 1st Regional. In the 2006/07 season he was even taken as a double license player in the squad of the BG Karlsruhe in the top division basketball league, but not used in any game. In the Ascended into the ProB TO Baskets Harris, who until 2008 actually still played in age with the youth team of the boarding school in the junior basketball league, especially by aggressiveness and rebound strength to a service provider of the men's team developed. In his final season ProB 2008/09, Harris was able to achieve an average of 20.9 points and 9.2 rebounds per game.
Together with erstligaerfahrenen players like Robin Benzing took Harris in July 2009 and at the U20 European Championship, where he brought it to 14.0 points and 6.4 rebounds per game and thus large share of the whereabouts of the German team in Division A had. These services were also a significant reason that national coach Dirk Bauer man then for the finals of the Men nominated him in 2009 in Poland, where Harris as a reserve player was used and achieved an average of 2.2 points. His record reached the now 23 -year-old Harris in the group match against Macedonia on 21 August 2009., Where he scored 13 points. During the summer break in 2009 Harris was then his move into the College Football NCAA for Gonzaga University, where already NBA players like John Stockton or Ronny Turiaf were trained known. On 14 January 2010 Harris put on his personal NCAA record of 31 points in the game against Saint Mary's Gaels.
When NBA Draft 2013 Harris was not considered. Shortly after, he got the Los Angeles Lakers the chance to recommend in the NBA Summer League for a long-term contract. On July 26, 2013 Harris finally signed a two -year contract with the Lakers. The Lakers, however, Harris could not enforce final and came just two brief appearances in the NBA who remained without points. The Lakers, therefore, decided to let them play D- Fenders of the NBA Development League for the Harris farm team Los Angeles. In late November 2013, the Lakers finally parted from Harris.
On December 12, 2013 Harris signed with the Brose Baskets Bamberg a two-year deal with opt-out clause for the NBA next summer.
Achievements
- Pro B - Rookie of the Year (2008)
- Pro B - Young Player of the month of October (2007) and January (2009)
- NBBL All-Star (2007, 2008)
- MVP of the NBBL Allstar Games ( 2007, 2008 )