For his son and college basketball player, see Ron Harper Jr. For other people, see Ron Harper (disambiguation).
Ron Harper
Harper in 2016
Personal information
Born
(1964-01-20) January 20, 1964 (age 60) Dayton, Ohio, U.S.
Listed height
6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)
Listed weight
214 lb (97 kg)[1]
Career information
High school
Kiser (Dayton, Ohio)
College
Miami (Ohio) (1982–1986)
NBA draft
1986: 1st round, 8th overall pick
Selected by the Cleveland Cavaliers
Playing career
1986–2001
Position
Shooting guard / point guard
Number
4, 9
Coaching career
2005–2007
Career history
As player:
1986–1989
Cleveland Cavaliers
1989–1994
Los Angeles Clippers
1994–1999
Chicago Bulls
1999–2001
Los Angeles Lakers
As coach:
2005–2007
Detroit Pistons (assistant)
Career highlights and awards
5× NBA champion (1996–1998, 2000, 2001)
NBA All-Rookie First Team (1987)
Consensus second-team All-American (1986)
2× MAC Player of the Year (1985, 1986)
3× First-team All-MAC (1984–1986)
No. 34 retired by Miami RedHawks
Career statistics
Points
13,910 (13.8 ppg)
Rebounds
4,309 (4.3 rpg)
Assist
3,915 (3.9 apg)
Stats at NBA.com
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com
Medals
Men's Basketball
Representing United States
Summer Universiade
1985 Kobe
National team
Ronald Harper Sr. (born January 20, 1964) is an American former professional basketball player. He played for four teams in the National Basketball Association (NBA) between 1986 and 2001 and is a five-time NBA champion.
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drafted Danny Ferry and Reggie Williams for high-scoring shooting guard RonHarper at the start of the 1989–90 season. Los Angeles had a 19–19 record nearly...
was a new core of players such as Luc Longley, Toni Kukoč, Steve Kerr, RonHarper, Jud Buechler, Bill Wennington and Randy Brown. But perhaps their biggest...
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for a coach in the history of the four major American sports leagues. RonHarper followed Jackson to the Lakers and won championships during his final...
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