He did a great job of pulling Sullinger out on the floor throughout the game. Josh Harrellson was huge in this game. Harrellson was able to defend him without getting help off the 3-point shooters. He was a warrior. If you listen to the podcast, you will learn a lot about Josh Harrellson the person and not just the basketball player.
Most people know that his path to Kentucky was anything but orthodox. It was interesting talking it out and coming to the realization that his story may be the last of its considering the type high-profile talent that Calipari is able to bring to Lexington year after year. By his own admission, Josh was the worst player on his St. Charles High School basketball team as a freshman.
When the team was on the court practicing, they would send Josh to the side basket with strict instructions to do nothing but shoot lay-ups. With a lot of hard work and dedication, he was able to become a force in Missouri High School Basketball. By his senior year, Josh averaged He gives credit to his grandpa for providing some much needed guidance before he passed away when Josh was in 8th grade.
He also gives credit to Gary Wacker, who was an influential teacher at St. Salary Cap. Current Team: Hitachi Sun Rockers.
Charles, Missouri. Height: cm Weight: kg. Pre-Draft Team: Kentucky Sr. High School: St. Charles West High School [St. Charles, Missouri]. More NBA Transactions ». Josh Harrellson Full Playoff History ». College: Kentucky More Josh Harrellson International Stats ». More International Transactions ». Menu NBA. Evan Mobley seems to be what Cleveland has been looking for, a player who with his abundant and adaptable skills, casts the play of everyone around him in a rosier light.
He quietly improved nonetheless and turned into one of the most overlooked playmakers in the NBA. Scottie Pippen didn't get exactly what he wanted a long time ago, and has let those minor slights govern the entire back half of his life.
He wears his disappointments about as heavily as any retired athlete in recent memory. The Blazers and Celtics brought in new coaches to address questions that we may see to be more existential and personnel-based than strategic or cultural. Sometimes you're just putting a new face on the same disappointment, and sometimes that disappointment ossifies, and then morphs into something worse.
Coach Gary Wacker helped develop Harrellson's skills, and he was named a first-team All-State player his junior and senior years. He signed a National Letter of Intent to play for Western Illinois University, but never enrolled there, choosing instead to attend junior college at Southwestern Illinois College.
Gillispie was fired after Harrellson's first season, and Harrellson played sparingly the next year under new coach John Calipari. Due to the ineligibility of star recruit Enes Kanter , Harrellson received significantly more playing time his senior year, during which he averaged 6. He followed up with 12 points, 8 rebounds, and a career-high 4 assists in the regional finals against Tyler Zeller of the North Carolina Tar Heels, helping the Wildcats reach the Final Four.
After the game, Harrellson was named to the All-East Region Tournament team along with teammates DeAndre Liggins and Brandon Knight , who was named the region's most outstanding player. In his final game as a Wildcat, a one-point loss to the Connecticut Huskies in the national semi-finals, Harrellson managed only 6 points and 4 rebounds. Harrellson was invited to the Portsmouth Invitational Tournament, widely regarded as a chance for college seniors to showcase their skills for NBA scouts, but withdrew from the tournament on the advice of University of Kentucky medical staff after the emergence of flu-like symptoms.
He was projected as a possible early-to-mid second round pick in the draft. On December 31, , he started for the first time for the injured Amar'e Stoudemire and achieved his first double double against the Sacramento Kings with 14 points, going from the 3-point line, and 12 rebounds.
In August , Harrellson risked his own personal safety and damage to his vehicle to stop a drunk driver. Harrellson grabbed 26 rebounds in the Blue-White scrimmage prior to the — basketball season. When asked about the performance, Calipari remarked, "Either we are the worst offensive rebounding team in America or he's gotten better. Yes he has been working hard this off season It is just amazing to me but I look past it and keep trucking!
Harrellson made these drills part of his regular workout and credited them for improving his physical condition. Harrellson was pressed into playing heavy minutes by the NCAA's decision to rule teammate Enes Kanter ineligible for accepting excessive benefits from a professional team in Turkey.
Harrellson started every game for the Wildcats during the — season. He achieved career highs in points 24 and rebounds 14 against in-state rival Louisville on December 31, , but regressed once conference play began. He nevertheless led the conference in rebounding with 8. During the Southeastern Conference Tournament, he averaged In his first year at Kentucky, Harrellson played in 34 games, starting in 2.
He was named to the Las Vegas Invitational All-Tournament Team; he posted his first career double-double 12 points, 10 rebounds in the tournament's championship game against the West Virginia Mountaineers. The game was one of only six all season in which Harrellson tallied at least 10 points. At halftime of a game against the Vanderbilt Commodores in Nashville on February 17, , Kentucky coach Billy Gillispie ordered Harrellson to listen to the game plan from a bathroom stall.
After the game, Gillispie made Harrellson ride back to Lexington in the equipment van instead of on the bus with his teammates. Following the — season, Harrellson and teammate Jon Hood played nine games in China as part of an exhibition team assembled by Campbellsville, Kentucky-based Sports Reach. Playing against teams from China and Russia, Harrellson averaged He said that the experience boosted his confidence after receiving limited playing time during the previous season.
Harrellson first expressed interest in transferring to the University of Missouri, but the school had no basketball scholarships available. He considered scholarship offers from Iowa, Iowa State, St. Louis, Indiana, Illinois and Kentucky.
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