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Harvey Catchings

American basketball player (born 1951)

Summary

American basketball player (born 1951)

Field	Value
name	Harvey Catchings
height_ft	6
height_in	9
weight_lb	218
birth_date
birth_place	Jackson, Mississippi, U.S.
high_school	Jim Hill (Jackson, Mississippi)
draft_year	1974
draft_round	3
draft_pick	42
draft_team	Philadelphia 76ers
career_start	1974
career_end	1986
career_number	42, 40
career_position	Center / power forward
years1	–
team1	Philadelphia 76ers
years2
team2	New Jersey Nets
years3	–
team3	Milwaukee Bucks
years4
team4	Los Angeles Clippers
years5	1985–1986
team5	Segafredo Gorizia
stats_league	NBA
stat1label	Points
stat1value	2,335 (3.2 ppg)
stat2label	Rebounds
stat2value	3,639 (5.0 rpg)
stat3label	Blocks
stat3value	1,226 (1.7 bpg)

Weatherford (1969–1970)
Hardin–Simmons (1971–1974) Harvey Lee Catchings (born September 2, 1951) is an American former professional basketball player.

He played in the National Basketball Association (NBA) from 1974 to 1985 as a member of the Philadelphia 76ers, New Jersey Nets, Milwaukee Bucks, and Los Angeles Clippers. He has NBA career averages of 3.2 points per game, 5.0 rebounds per game and 1.6 blocks per game. On December 18, 1976, Catchings scored a career-high 16 points alongside grabbing 11 rebounds in a 97–93 victory over the Indiana Pacers. On April 10, 1981, Catchings blocked 5 shots in only 16 minutes during Game 3 of the Eastern Conference Semifinals, a loss against the Philadelphia 76ers.

He is one of 43 NBA players to have recorded at least 10 blocks in a single game. In his career, he made the Eastern Conference Finals three times (once with Philadelphia, twice with Milwaukee) and made the NBA Finals once with Philadelphia during the 1976-77 NBA season.

NBA career statistics

|- | 37 || – || 14.3 || .554 || – || .640 || 4.1 || 0.6 || 0.3 || 1.6 || 2.6 |- | 75 || – || 23.1 || .426 || – || .604 || 6.9 || 0.8 || 0.3 || 2.2 || 3.5 |- | 53 || 25 || 16.3 || .504 || – || .702 || 4.4 || 0.6 || 0.4 || 1.5 || 3.0 |- | 61 || 2 || 12.3 || .393 || – || .618 || 4.1 || 0.6 || 0.3 || 1.1 || 2.9 |- | 25 || 4 || 11.6 || .412 || – || .765 || 3.9 || 0.7 || 0.3 || 1.4 || 2.8 |- | 32 || – || 20.6 || .423 || – || .770 || 6.4 || 0.9 || 0.5 || 1.8 || 6.1 |- | 72 || – || 19.0 || .398 || .000 || .629 || 5.7 || 1.1 || 0.3 || 2.3 || 3.2 |- | 77 || – || 21.2 || .447 || .000 || .641 || 6.1 || 1.3 || 0.4 || 2.4 || 4.2 |- | 80 || 9 || 20.0 || .420 || .000 || .594 || 4.5 || 1.2 || 0.5 || 1.7 || 2.9 |- | 74 || 33 || 21.0 || .457 || .000 || .674 || 5.5 || 1.0 || 0.4 || 2.0 || 3.3 |- | 69 || 3 || 16.8 || .399 || .000 || .524 || 3.9 || 0.6 || 0.4 || 1.2 || 2.1 |- | 70 || 14 || 15.0 || .483 || .000 || .663 || 3.7 || 0.2 || 0.2 || 0.8 || 2.9 |- class="sortbottom" | 725 || 90 || 18.2 || .435 || .000 || .647 || 5.0 || 0.8 || 0.4 || 1.7 || 3.2 |}

Playoffs

|- | 3 || – || 29.0 || .615 || – || .333 || 9.3 || 2.0 || 0.0 || 3.0 || 5.7 |- | 8 || – || 6.8 || .400 || – || .000 || 1.5 || 0.1 || 0.0 || 0.5 || 0.5 |- | 7 || – || 3.7 || .375 || – || .750 || 1.3 || 0.0 || 0.1 || 0.4 || 1.3 |- | 2 || – || 13.0 || .167 || – || .000 || 4.0 || 0.5 || 0.0 || 0.5 || 1.0 |- | 6 || – || 10.7 || .333 || .000 || .500 || 3.5 || 0.3 || 0.0 || 1.3 || 1.0 |- | 7 || – || 15.6 || .188 || .000 || 1.000 || 3.7 || 1.1 || 0.0 || 1.6 || 1.1 |- | 6 || – || 4.3 || .667 || .000 || .000 || 1.2 || 0.0 || 0.0 || 0.5 || 0.7 |- | 9 || – || 15.4 || .474 || .000 || 1.000 || 4.2 || 0.4 || 0.2 || 1.1 || 2.3 |- | 5 || – || 5.0 || .500 || .000 || .500 || 1.0 || 0.2 || 0.0 || 0.0 || 0.6 |- class="sortbottom" | 53 || – || 10.5 || .397 || .000 || .500 || 2.9 || 0.4 || 0.1 || 0.9 || 1.4 |}

Personal life

Catchings is the father of WNBA former star Tamika Catchings, who played for the Indiana Fever. Catchings is currently a Reverse Mortgage Consultant with Open Mortgage-North Houston. His other daughter, Tauja, played college basketball for Illinois. His grandson through Tauja is five-star recruit Kanon Catchings who is committed to BYU for the class of 2024.

Both Harvey, and his daughter Tamika, identify as Christian.

Catchings was friends with former 76ers teammate Joe Bryant, and both of their families spent time together while they each played professional basketball in Italy. Because of this, Catchings' children were childhood friends with Joe's son, Kobe Bryant.

References

Wikipedia Source

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