Hyrum Harris

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Hyrum Harris
No. 22 – Adelaide 36ers
PositionSmall forward
LeagueNBL
Personal information
Born (1996-03-06) 6 March 1996 (age 25)
Auckland, New Zealand
NationalityNew Zealand
Listed height198 cm (6 ft 6 in)
Listed weight90 kg (198 lb)
Career information
High schoolFraser (Hamilton, New Zealand)
CollegeUmpqua CC (2015–2016)
NBA draft2018 / Undrafted
Playing career2015–present
Career history
2015–2017Super City Rangers
2018Hawke's Bay Hawks
2019Southland Sharks
2019–2020Illawarra Hawks
2020Manawatu Jets
2021Cairns Taipans
2021Hawke's Bay Hawks
2021–presentAdelaide 36ers

Hyrum Harris (born 6 March 1996) is a New Zealand professional basketball player for the Adelaide 36ers of the Australian National Basketball League (NBL).

Professional career[]

NZNBL (2015–2019)[]

After playing for the Super City Rangers during the 2015 New Zealand NBL season, Harris relocated to the United States to play college basketball for the Umpqua Community College in Oregon during the 2015–16 season.[1][2] He played for the Rangers in 2016 and 2017 before joining the Hawke's Bay Hawks in 2018. In 2019, Harris played for the Southland Sharks,[3] where he averaged 11 points, 6.4 rebounds and 3.7 assists on an average of 26 minutes a game across 19 games that season.

Illawarra Hawks (2019–2020)[]

In September 2019, Harris joined the Illawarra Hawks of the Australian National Basketball League (NBL) as a development player.[4] Across 16 games, Harris averaged 2.6 points and 1.4 rebounds across an average of 6.7 minutes per game, with a high of eight points and five rebounds against the Adelaide 36ers.[5]

Manawatu Jets (2020)[]

After not being pre-selected for the NZNBL draft for the 2020 season,[6] Harris was drafted by the Manawatu Jets.[7] Despite missing a few games with injury, he finished the season leading the league with 2.7 steals per game, second in the league with 11.6 rebounds and 6.4 assists per game, whilst also averaging 15.1 points across 30.8 minutes per game.[8]

Cairns Taipans (2021)[]

On 2 April 2021, Harris signed with the Cairns Taipans of the Australian NBL as an injury replacement player.[9] He made just the one appearance for the Taipans during the 2020–21 NBL season.[10]

Hawke's Bay Hawks (2021)[]

Harris returned to the Hawke's Bay Hawks for the 2021 NZNBL season,[11] scoring 18 points in the season opener against the Canterbury Rams on 2 May.[12]

Adelaide 36ers (2021–present)[]

On 3 November 2021, Harris signed with the Adelaide 36ers for the 2021–22 NBL season.[13]

Personal life[]

Harris is the son of Allies Evans and Reuben Harris.[14]

References[]

  1. ^ "Hyrum Harris, Basketball Player". Proballers. Retrieved 1 May 2021.
  2. ^ "Hyrum Harris | Basketball New Zealand". nz.basketball. Retrieved 1 May 2021.
  3. ^ Jeffrey, Nick (6 March 2019). "NBL Squads – What we know so far". home.
  4. ^ "Welcome, Hyrum!". Facebook. 5 September 2019. Retrieved 1 May 2021.
  5. ^ "National Basketball League | NBL". nbl.com.au.
  6. ^ Hinton, Marc (10 June 2020). "Otago Nuggets to pick first as Kiwi NBL gets the ball rolling with historic draft". Stuff. Retrieved 1 May 2021.
  7. ^ Egan, Brendon (11 June 2020). "Otago Nuggets select Jordan Ngatai first in NBL Showdown draft". Stuff.co.nz. Retrieved 11 June 2020.
  8. ^ Williams, Peter (25 August 2020). "2020 Sal's NBL Top 20 Players: #5 – Hyrum Harris (Manawatu Jets)". Basketball Draft Central. Retrieved 1 May 2021.
  9. ^ "Taipans Add Hyrum Harris as Injury Replacement". NBL.com.au. 2 April 2021. Retrieved 1 May 2021.
  10. ^ "Hyrum Harris". realgm.com. Retrieved 4 May 2021.
  11. ^ "He's Back..." www.facebook.com. Retrieved 1 May 2021.
  12. ^ "Hawks vs Rams". fibalivestats.com. Retrieved 4 May 2021.
  13. ^ "Hyrum Harris Added to 36ers Roster". Adelaide 36ers. 3 November 2021. Retrieved 3 November 2021.
  14. ^ Singh, Anendra (3 May 2018). "Basketball: Hawks swingman Hyrum Harris sees himself as 'an almost bully'". NZ Herald. Retrieved 1 May 2021.

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