Former NBA second-round pick Jalen Harris signed this week with the Scarborough Shooting Stars of the Canadian Elite Basketball League, the team announced in a press release.
The Shooting Stars, an expansion team in the CEBL, will begin their season on Thursday night and play 20 games over the course of the season, which wraps up with the playoffs in August. Harris is one of a handful of notable signings made by the Scarborough club, which also added rapper J. Cole and shooting guard Xavier Rathan-Mayes, who appeared in five NBA games for the Grizzlies in 2018.
Since the CEBL schedule doesn’t overlap with the NBA season, Harris would still have an opportunity to go to training camp with an NBA team this fall, but he’ll need to be reinstated to the league first. The former Nevada guard, who will turn 24 in August, was dismissed and disqualified from the NBA last year after violating the terms of the league’s anti-drug program.
Harris intends to apply for reinstatement once he’s eligible to do so on July 1, he said during an appearance this morning on Sportsnet 590 The Fan in Toronto (Twitter link via Blake Murphy). He believes that application will be approved based on the treatment and aftercare he has undergone, as prescribed by the league.
The 59th overall pick in 2020, Harris spent his first professional season on a two-way contract with the Raptors, then signed with Vanoli Cremona in Italy for the 2021/22 campaign following his suspension from the NBA.
He averaged 7.4 PPG on .500/.472/.778 shooting in 13 NBA games (13.2 MPG) and put up 17.6 PPG on .457/.500/.667 shooting in seven NBAGL contests (29.4 MPG) as a rookie in ’20/21. In 18 games in Italy, he led Vanoli Cremona with 13.8 PPG, but his shooting percentages dipped to .385/.295/.700.
Trade proposal: OKC sends Kenrich Williams, Derrick Favors & LAC’s 2024 1st to Atl for Kevin Huerter.. who says no & why?
Atlanta says no. Why would they get rid of Huerter?
He’s not a great fit next to Trae as our starting 2 bc he’s below average defensiveness. It’s extremely hard to hide 1 guard that’s below average defensively, having 2 is a major disadvantage that we have to remedy sooner than later. Kev also is a guy that plays/shoots better as a starter than as a reserve (Bogdan is the opposite) so we diminish his (both of their) value by bringing him off the bench… also 1 main thing we were lacking vs Mia in our 1st rd defeat was toughness/grit/strength. We add A LOT of those qualities in this trade while also adding what could be a nice 1st (it’s unprotected & LAC has injury/age concerns). And we’re dealing from an area of strength. Bogdan is better than Kev. If we have to replace Kev in the lineup with Bogdan we should be just fine
I’m still figuring out the who Gallinari guaranteed/non-guaranteed thing, so correct me if I’m wrong…
I would try to do this if we could include Gallinari on his non-guaranteed salary (5m), and include some cash so OKC can buy him out. With young making all-nba, it bumps his salary up by 6.6m, so they are going to need to shed salary, and this way, it wouldnt be on us.
Not sure I understand what you’re saying
Also it clears alot of future $ off our books. Huerter is starting a 4yr $64M deal next season. Both Favors & Kenrich are on expiring deals next season. We’re gonna be losing Gallo & Dieng. Kenrich & Favors are sorta perfect replacements for them imo
All the Jalens must unite on one team coached by Jalen Rose.