Manny Harris

Manny Harris

Corperryale L'Adorable "Manny" Harris (born September 21, 1989) is an American professional basketball player for Azovmash of the Ukrainian League. He is a former All-Big Ten Conference guard who played three seasons for the Michigan Wolverines men's basketball team. He decided to forgo his final year of collegiate eligibility and declare himself eligible for the 2010 NBA Draft, but went undrafted. Harris previously attended Redford High School in Detroit, Michigan, where he won the state's Mr. Basketball award as a senior. Harris is one of only five Big Ten Conference basketball players to have finished in the top ten in the conference in scoring, rebounding, and assist average in the same season and prior to Evan Turner's 2009-10 season, Harris' 2008-09 season was the only time a player had finished in the top six of all three categories.

At Michigan, he was a 2008–09 first team All-Big Ten Conference selection, a 2007–08 second team All-Big Ten selection and a 2009–10 third team All-Big Ten selection. Harris also earned Big Ten Academic All-Conference honors as both a sophomore and a junior after the 2008–09 and 2009–10 Big Ten Conference regular seasons. Harris began the 2009–10 NCAA Division I men's basketball season by recording the second triple double in school history.

Harris went undrafted in 2010, he signed with the Cavaliers. He saw limited action for the team in the summer rookie league. However in preseason, he survived roster cuts to make the 15-man roster. As a rookie, he began the season either on the bench or inactive for some games, but eventually worked his way into the starting lineup for a brief period due to injuries before returning to a less active role. He began his second year injured and rehabbed for two months in the NBA D-League with Cavaliers' affiliate, the Canton Charge, before being re-signed by the Cavaliers. He was named to the Houston Rockets' 2012 NBA Summer League team, but signed with BC Azovmash of Ukraine in September 2012.