Harvey Lee Catchings is an American

United States

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 former professional basketball

Basketball

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 player in the NBA.

He played for the Philadelphia 76ers

Philadelphia 76ers

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, New Jersey Nets

New Jersey Nets

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, and Milwaukee Bucks

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, and finished his career with the Los Angeles Clippers

Los Angeles Clippers

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 in 1985. He has NBA career averages of 3.2 points per game, 5.0 rebounds per game and 1.6 blocks per game.

Personal life

Catchings is the father of WNBA star Tamika Catchings

Tamika Catchings

Tamika Devonne Catchings is an American professional basketball player for the Indiana Fever of the WNBA and Turkish team Galatasaray. She is a prolific scorer close to and far from the basket, as well as a capable rebounder, ball handler, and defender. After playing at Adlai E...

, who currently plays for the Indiana Fever

Indiana Fever

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. Catchings is currently a Reverse Mortgage Consultant with Wells Fargo Home Mortgage.

See also

• List of National Basketball Association career blocks leaders
• List of National Basketball Association players with most blocks in a game

External links

• NBA statistics @ basketballreference.com