Montrezl Harrell joins the 76ers for his eighth NBA season, after spending the 2021-22 campaign with the Washington Wizards and Charlotte Hornets.
The 2019-20 NBA Sixth Man of the Year reunites with Head Coach Doc Rivers after playing under Rivers with the LA Clippers.
Get to know the newest Sixer a bit better…
- Harrell was born in Tarboro, North Carolina on Jan. 26, 1994.
- Harrell attended North Edgecombe High School in Tarboro and Hargrave Military Academy in Chatham, Virginia for high school, prior to his college career at Louisville.
- He played three seasons at Louisville, including winning the (now-vacated) NCAA National Championship in Harrell’s 2012-13 freshman season.
- In his sophomore season, Harrell averaged 14.0 points and 8.4 rebounds per game, shooting 60.9% from the floor.
- Harrell earned All-AAC First Team honors as a sophomore, plus won the conference’s Most Improved Player Award.
- As a junior, Harrell averaged 15.7 points and 9.2 rebounds per game.
- Harrell won the first annual Karl Malone Power Forward of the Year Award in 2015, plus earned All-ACC Second Team honors.
- He ended his career at Louisville as the Cardinals’ all-time leader in dunks.
- Harrell was drafted 32nd overall in the 2015 NBA Draft by the Houston Rockets.
- During his rookie season, Harrell played with both the Rockets and Rio Grande Valley Vipers (G League).
- Harrell was traded to the LA Clippers in June 2017, where he played until 2020, when he joined the Los Angeles Lakers in free agency.
- As a result of his standout 2019-20 season under then-Clippers Head Coach Doc Rivers, Harrell won the 2020 Sixth Man of the Year Award - after averaging 18.6 points and 7.1 rebounds that year.
- For the 2021-22 season, Harrell was traded to and played for both the Washington Wizards and Charlotte Hornets.
- Last season, Harrell recorded 13.1 points, 6.1 rebounds, and 2.0 assists per game, shooting 64.5% from the field.
- Over the course of his seven-season pro career, Harrell has shot 62.0% from the field, good for sixth-best in NBA history.