He is a two-time G-League Defensive Player of the Year
ASVEL adds defensive ace Shaq Harrison
LDLC ASVEL Villeurbanne announced that it has signed combo-guard Shaq Harrison for the 2024-25 season. Harrison (1.93 meters, 30 years old) is a veteran of seven NBA seasons. Last season he appeared in three games for the Memphis Grizzlies and 34 games for the South Bay Lakers in the G-League. He averaged 15.1 points, 5.7 rebounds, 6.3 assists and 2.9 steals for South Bay and was chosen as the G-League Defensive Player of the Year for the second time in three years.
After a standout college career at the University of Tulsa, Harrison spent time in the NBA with the Phoenix Suns, Chicago Bulls, Utah Jazz, Denver Nuggets, Brooklyn Nets, Portland Trail Blazers and the Grizzlies. He also played for the Northern Arizona Suns, Delaware Blue Coats and South Bay in the G-League.
Harrison was a member of the G-League’s All-Defense Team in each of the last three seasons and won his first Defensive Player of the Year in 2021-22. He led the G-League in steals in each of the past two seasons and is 11th in G-League history with 343 steals.