James Harvey (basketball)
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James Harvey is an Australia
n professional basketball
player currently playing in the NBL
. Harvey currently plays for the Gold Coast Blaze
and previously played for the Perth Wildcats
and West Sydney Razorbacks
.
In March 2007, it was revealed Harvey was one of three Australian sportsmen whose conversations with a convicted drug dealer were recorded by police phone taps
during operation Remuda in 2003. It was revealed Harvey had talked about his use of the drug ecstasy
. After conducting an investigation, the NBL fined Harvey $2,000.
Harvey averaged almost 21 points per game last season, the eighth highest in the league.
He was part of Perth's 1999-00 NBL championship and 2002-03 grand final appearance and won the league's most valuable player award in 2000-01.
Between stints with the Wildcats and West Sydney, Harvey played in the Treviso summer league in Italy and in Israel with Maccabi Rishon Le-Zion.
Harvey spent last season with the West Sydney Razorbacks alongside fellow Blaze recruits Scott McGregor and Mark Watkins (assistant coach) but started his NBL career with the Perth Wildcats.
In his first year for the Gold Coast Blaze
, Harvey is having another fine season in the NBL, averaging 21.9 ppg which is 7th highest in the league and has the 9th best 3 pt %, shooting at 44.8%.
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
n professional basketball
Basketball
Basketball is a team sport in which two teams of five players try to score points by throwing or "shooting" a ball through the top of a basketball hoop while following a set of rules...
player currently playing in the NBL
National Basketball League (Australasia)
The National Basketball League, also known as the iiNet NBL Championship for sponsorship reasons, is the pre-eminent men's professional basketball league in Australasia....
. Harvey currently plays for the Gold Coast Blaze
Gold Coast Blaze
The Gold Coast Blaze is an Australian professional basketball team which competes in the National Basketball League . The Blaze competed in their inaugural season in 2007/08. The club is based on the Gold Coast and joins two other NBL clubs competing from Queensland...
and previously played for the Perth Wildcats
Perth Wildcats
The Perth Wildcats are an Australian professional basketball team competing in the National Basketball League. The Wildcats are the only team in the league representing the state of Western Australia and are based in the state capital, Perth...
and West Sydney Razorbacks
West Sydney Razorbacks
The Sydney Spirit were a professional basketball team competing in the Australasian National Basketball League...
.
In March 2007, it was revealed Harvey was one of three Australian sportsmen whose conversations with a convicted drug dealer were recorded by police phone taps
Telephone tapping
Telephone tapping is the monitoring of telephone and Internet conversations by a third party, often by covert means. The wire tap received its name because, historically, the monitoring connection was an actual electrical tap on the telephone line...
during operation Remuda in 2003. It was revealed Harvey had talked about his use of the drug ecstasy
Methylenedioxymethamphetamine
MDMA is an entactogenic drug of the phenethylamine and amphetamine class of drugs. In popular culture, MDMA has become widely known as "ecstasy" , usually referring to its street pill form, although this term may also include the presence of possible adulterants...
. After conducting an investigation, the NBL fined Harvey $2,000.
NBL
Harvey is one of the league's premier guards and brings experience, leadership and a hot shot to the Blaze.Harvey averaged almost 21 points per game last season, the eighth highest in the league.
He was part of Perth's 1999-00 NBL championship and 2002-03 grand final appearance and won the league's most valuable player award in 2000-01.
Between stints with the Wildcats and West Sydney, Harvey played in the Treviso summer league in Italy and in Israel with Maccabi Rishon Le-Zion.
Harvey spent last season with the West Sydney Razorbacks alongside fellow Blaze recruits Scott McGregor and Mark Watkins (assistant coach) but started his NBL career with the Perth Wildcats.
In his first year for the Gold Coast Blaze
Gold Coast Blaze
The Gold Coast Blaze is an Australian professional basketball team which competes in the National Basketball League . The Blaze competed in their inaugural season in 2007/08. The club is based on the Gold Coast and joins two other NBL clubs competing from Queensland...
, Harvey is having another fine season in the NBL, averaging 21.9 ppg which is 7th highest in the league and has the 9th best 3 pt %, shooting at 44.8%.