Latin America - 'The Microwave' Ivan Harris Back In Action! (Pro Career History)

(Ivan Harris through his pro career - left to right: 2007/2008 Finland, 2008/2009 Erie, 2009/2010 Erie)

(Ivan Harris: Argentina 11/9/2010)

Buckeye: Ivan Harris
Years Pro: Three
Number of Teams played for: Two
Number of Countries played in: Two (Finland, United States)
Former Team: Erie Bayhawks (NBA D-League)
New Team: Atletico Bigua de Villa Biarritz
League: Liga Urguaya de Basketball
Country: Uruguay

After two seasons in the NBA D-League, Ivan Harris has taken his talents to Latin America for the 2010/2011 season. The forward from Springfield, Ohio was first spotted in Comodoro Rivadavia, Argentina in mid November. Harris served as the temporary replacement of an injured player for LNB club Gimnasia Esgrim. He played three games with Gimnasia before an agreement with Uruguayan club Bigue was announced on November 24.

Ivan Harris is of course a member of the famed 2007 Rookie class that helped Ohio State reach the NCAA National Championship Game. He landed in the country of Finland following his run with the Buckeyes for a squad called Lappeenranta NMKY. (2007/2008)

His successful rookie campaign with Lappeenranta included a Finnish Cup Championship, first place regular season finish, and a semi-finals appearance in the playoffs. Harris also (pictured left: rookie year) played in eight Eurocup games against teams from Greece, Estonia and Russia.

(Video) - Rare footage from Ivan's rookie year in Finland.! News clips of the 2007 Finnish Cup Finals (Lapp wins Cup) Check Ivan out at around the 1:22 mark! He rocked #6 in his rookie season.



2007 Finnish Cup Finals (Ivan Harris)
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Ivan came back to the United States in 2008 to play for John Treloar's upstart Erie Bayhawks of the NBA Developmental League. His 16 points, 6 rebounds average in 50 regular season games was a career best in 2008/2009 (Harris' contributions helped Erie reach the D-League Playoffs in their inaugural season).




Harris, now in his fourth season of pro ball, was able to get some good exposure in the D-League. He participated in multiple NBA mini-camps, and with the Bayhawks was seen on NBATV & Versus network broadcasted games. Ivan earned the rep as one of Erie's big time shooting threats, but like so many talented D-League players, it was time to explore international opportunities (only so many NBA spots, and international ball has proven to be a better option salary wise for many over the D-League, check out the linked article)

Article: 5/11/2010 - GoErie.com Bayhawks Jackie Manuel & Ivan Harris uncertain about returning to D-League

11.27.2010 - Bigua 76 vs Malvin 86 (Uruguay Regular Season)
-Ivan Haris - 9 points, 6 rebounds, 2 assists

The Microwave made is Uruguayan debut today for Bigua. He scored 9 points in aloss vs Malvin. Bigua is still first in league standings with an 18-6 record. According to the boxscore, Ivan is back rocking his Ohio State number 3!

(videos from last season)




Ivan Harris Erie Bayhawks (Dec 2009)
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