Joe Malcolm Harris famed as Joe Harris is an American professional Basketball Player player who plays in the National Basketball Association (NBA). He is currently playing for the Brooklyn Nets as their Small Forward by wearing shirt number of 12. He played college basketball for the University of Virginia before being selected with the 33rd overall pick in the 2014 NBA draft by the Cleveland Cavaliers. He has won the 2019 3-Point Contest. He is a very talented basketball player. Know more about Joe Harris below.
Joe Harris Wins Three-Point Shooting Contest
Brooklyn Nets guard Joe Harris defeated Golden State Warriors guard Stephen Curry in the Three-Point Contest on All-Star Saturday Night at Charlotte's Spectrum Center. He made nine in a row on the second and third racks and again mopped up on the Moneyball rack with all five going in for a 26-point round. He reached the finals with 25 points in the opening round. Joe Harris is the winner of the NBA’s Three-Point Contest, beating out the Warriors’ Steph Curry. Harris is the first Net to win the three-point contest, as Nets minority owner and alternate NBA governor Joe Tsai’s tweet noted. He faced off against Curry and Kings’ Buddy Hield in the final round, scoring two points better than Curry, the 2015 winner, and seven better than Hield. He made 12 consecutive shots at one point in the final round on his way to a score of 26 points. Curry was second with 24, and the Hield was third with 19.
Early Life, Family, Birthday, Education, Siblings, Nationality, Ethnicity, Wikipedia, Bio of Joe Harris
On 6th September 1991, Joe Harris was born with the birth name of Joe Malcolm Harris in Chelan, Washington. His nationality is American. He was born to Joe Harris Sr., who coached the boys' basketball team at Bridgeport High for 6 years and then Chelan High for 24 years and Alice Harris, who grew up playing softball, volleyball, and basketball, and is a broker and director of sales at Coldwell Banker Lake Chelan Properties. Regarding his siblings, he has three sisters named Kaiti, Jaicee, and Mackenzie. At present, his age is 27 but his age will be 28 on his upcoming birthday in September as of 2019. His ethnicity is White. His horoscope sign is Virgo. His other early life background will be updated soon.
Regarding his education, he attended Chelan High School and later enrolled at the University of Virginia.
Height, Weight and Other Body Measurement
Joe Harris is a very handsome basketball player with athletic body build. He has a very charming smile and glowing face attracting a lot of people towards him. He has a tall height of 1.98 m and balanced weight of 99 Kg. He has black hair and brown eyes. His chest, waist, and biceps sizes are currently not available but it will be updated very soon.
How Joe Harris Began His Career?
- Joe Harris began his career from his high school where he was coached by his father, Coach Joe Harris.
- He averaged 24.7 points, 8.5 rebounds, 4.3 assists and 2.7 steals a game and led the Mountain Goats to the Class 1A state tournament with a 24-6 record in his junior year.
- He led his team to fifth place in the Class 1A state tournament after leading them to a 26-2 record in his senior year.
- After that, he was selected by the Cleveland Cavaliers as their 33rd overall pick in the 2014 NBA draft on 26th June 2014.
- He signed a rookie scale contract with the team on July 24, 2014.
- In his rookie season, the Cavaliers went to the finals under the leadership of LeBron James and Kyrie Irving to face their rivals Golden State Warriors led by stars Stephen Curry, Klay Thompson, and Draymond Green.
- The Cavaliers lost to the Warriors and Harris was unable to win a championship ring for himself.
- Cleveland Cavaliers traded him to the Orlando Magic in exchange for a 2020 second-round pick.
- He was waived by the team as soon as he was acquired.
- He was signed by the Brooklyn Nets on 19th July 2016.
- He ended the first season with the team with an average of 8.2 points, 2.8 rebounds, and 1.0 assists.
- He improved his stats the following season averaging 10.8 points, 3.3 rebounds, and 1.6 assists.
- Seeing his improvement, the Brooklyn Nets re-signed him to the team on 24th July 2018, with a two-year, $16 million contract.
- On 11th February 2019, he scored 24 points and made a career-best seven 3-pointers in a 127-125 loss to the Toronto Raptors.
- On 16th February, he won the NBA Three-Point Contest during All-Star weekend.
Marital Status, Affairs, Children's, Sexual Orientation
Joe Harris is not married yet and he is still to get married. But he is in a relationship with Ina Browning. Joe met her while attending Virginia. The couple is living a healthy relationship without any disturbances. They are enjoying their life a lot. They are planning to get married very soon. There is no information regarding his children. His sexual orientation is straight.
Who is Ina Browning?
Ina Browning is a consultant at McKinsey & Company in New York City.
Net Worth, Salary and Source of Income
The net worth of this famous basketball player, Joe Harris is estimated to have $2 Million as of 2019. He is reportedly earning around $8,000,000 as his annual salary from Brooklyn Nets. He is satisfied with his earnings. His major source of eaning is from his basketball career.
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