Memphis Grizzlies Announce Signing of Former Lakers Player

The Grizzlies have signed guard Shaquille Harrison

In an official press release on Thursday, the Memphis Grizzlies announced the signing of former Los Angeles Lakers guard Shaquille Harrison. The team's official statement read the following:

The Memphis Grizzlies today announced the team signed guard Shaquille Harrison. Per team policy, terms of the deal were not disclosed. Harrison (6-4, 195), who signed a 10-day contract with the Grizzlies during the 2021-22 season, has competed in 180 regular season games (23 starts) over six NBA seasons with the Phoenix Suns, Chicago Bulls, Utah Jazz, Denver Nuggets, Brooklyn Nets and Portland Trail Blazers and has averaged 5.3 points, 2.5 rebounds and 1.7 assists in 15.4 minutes. Last season, he averaged 8.8 points, 4.4 rebounds and 6.0 assists in 24.0 minutes in five regular season games for the Trail Blazers before appearing in eight playoff games for the Los Angeles Lakers. The 29-year-old Kansas City, Mo., native also started all 50 of his NBA G League appearances with the South Bay Lakers during the 2022-23 regular season and G League Showcase and averaged 12.5 points, 6.3 rebounds, 7.7 assists, 2.2 steals and 1.1 blocks in 33.1 minutes. He was named the 2021-22 NBA G League Defensive Player of the Year as a member of the Delaware Blue Coats. Harrison went undrafted in the 2016 NBA Draft following a four-year collegiate career at the University of Tulsa.

As previously mentioned, Harrison's last team was the Lakers, who he appeared in eight playoff games with last season.

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