Othella Harrington

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Othella Harrington #24 of the Chicago Bulls attempts to pass against Primoz Brezec #7 of the Charlotte Bobcats during the fourth quarter at the United Center on January 27, 2005 in Chicago, Illinois.

Othella Harrington (born January 31, 1974 in Jackson, Mississippi) is an American professional basketball player. Currently, he plays power forward and center for the Charlotte Bobcats. After he finished his high school career at Murrah High School, he played in college at Georgetown University where he teamed with NBA superstar Allen Iverson. Harrington was drafted 30th overall of the 1996 NBA Draft by the Houston Rockets.

After three seasons in Houston, Harrington was traded on August 27th, 1999 by the Rockets along with Antoine Carr, Brent Price, Michael Dickerson and a future first-round draft choice to the Vancouver Grizzlies as part of a three-way deal in which the Rockets received the draft rights to Steve Francis, Tony Massenburg from the Grizzlies, and Don MacLean and future first-round draft choice from the Orlando Magic, and the Magic received Michael Smith, Rodrick Rhodes, Lee Mayberry and Makhtar Ndiaye from the Grizzlies. During his first year in Vancouver, Othella averaged career highs (as of the 2005-2006 season) in points (13.1), rebounds (6.9), assists (1.2), blocks (.71), and minutes (32.6) per game while starting all 82 games of the 1999-2000 regular season.

He was later traded again on January 30th, 2001 to the New York Knicks for Erick Strickland and two draft picks. Harrington provided scoring punch off the bench for the Knicks but he lost playing time due to a glut at the power forward position. In 2004 he was involved in a trade that sent him, Dikembe Mutombo, Frank Williams, and Cezary Trybanski to the Chicago Bulls in exchange for Jamal Crawford and Jerome Williams.