If an ensemble cast without a star is a bad bet, there’s a strata just under the elite players who have never been All-Stars and may never be but quietly develop into some of the NBA’s best players. A current list would include Orlando’s Nikola Vucevic, Memphis’ Mike Conley, Portland’s C.J. McCollum and Jusuf Nurkic, Oklahoma City’s Steven Adams… and half the Clipper rotation. –Harris, a 20-point scorer since finally becoming someone’s No. 1 option. –Gallinari, averaging 19.1. –Williams, two-time Sixth Man of the Year, averaging 18,0 despite a slow start (shooting 39% compared to his career 42%). –Harrell, a comer in the era when someone his size—6-7 1/2 in stocking feet—can play center, with a ferocity that makes him the Patrick Beverly of the bigs.
Montrezl Harrell Rumors
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Position: F
Born: 01/26/94
Height: 6-8 / 2.03
Weight:230 lbs. / 104.3 kg.
Salary: $6,000,000
Born: 01/26/94
Height: 6-8 / 2.03
Weight:230 lbs. / 104.3 kg.
Salary: $6,000,000
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Andrew Greif: Tonight was the first time Montrezl Harrell’s mother saw him play in the NBA in person. He threw his parents his jersey after the game.
Andrew Greif: Montrezl Harrell with an amazing fit tonight going with the Supreme life jacket. And those Jordans he wore with the embedded screen? They were playing clips from Tupac’s “To Live And Die In LA”
Jovan Buha: Clippers defeat the Bucks 128-126 in overtime. Giannis finishes with a monster 27 points and 18 rebounds, but it wasn’t enough. Montrezl led the Clips with 26 points and 9 rebounds. Tobias Harris had 20 points and 11 rebounds. Shai had his best all-around game w/ 16, 4 and 6.
In his 12th NBA season and first with the Clippers, Marcin Gortat is in an unfamiliar place: on the bench. One week since starting his eighth game this season and 172nd in a row, Gortat hasn’t played at all in the Clippers’ last three games. Coach Doc Rivers has opted for a center rotation of Boban Marjanovic, the new starter, and reserve Montrezl Harrell. Gortat naturally isn’t happy with the decision but said he won’t rock the boat. “It’s obviously a new look and different situation for me,” he said. “I’ve never been completely off the rotation like that, but you know it’s a coaching decision. You just got to accept that. As hard as it is on me I still gotta be a professional about everything.”
