Harvey Catchings
Harvey Catchings | |
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| Born | September 2, 1951 |
| Occupation(s) | Professional basketball player (retired), Reverse Mortgage Consultant |
| Years active | 1974–1985 (NBA) |
| Known for | NBA player for Philadelphia 76ers, New Jersey Nets, Milwaukee Bucks, Los Angeles Clippers |
Harvey Lee Catchings (born September 2, 1951) is a retired American professional basketball athlete.
His NBA tenure spanned from 1974 until 1985, during which he played for the Philadelphia 76ers, New Jersey Nets, Milwaukee Bucks, and Los Angeles Clippers. Throughout his career, Catchings posted averages of 3.2 points, 5.0 rebounds, and 1.6 blocks per contest. On December 18, 1976, he achieved a personal best of 16 points alongside 11 rebounds in a narrow 97–93 victory over the Indiana Pacers. Additionally, on April 10, 1981, he tallied five blocks within only 16 minutes in Game 3 of the Eastern Conference Semifinals versus the Philadelphia 76ers.
Catchings belongs to an exclusive group of NBA players who have recorded at least ten blocks in a single game. He participated in the Eastern Conference Finals three times—once representing Philadelphia and twice with Milwaukee—and competed in the NBA Finals during the 1976-77 NBA season as a member of Philadelphia.
NBA career statistics
|- | style="text-align:left" | 1974–75 | style="text-align:left" | Philadelphia | 37 || – || 14.3 || .554 || – || .640 || 4.1 || 0.6 || 0.3 || 1.6 || 2.6 |- | style="text-align:left" | 1975–76 | style="text-align:left" | Philadelphia | 75 || – || 23.1 || .426 || – || .604 || 6.9 || 0.8 || 0.3 || 2.2 || 3.5 |- | style="text-align:left" | 1976–77 | style="text-align:left" | Philadelphia | 53 || 25 || 16.3 || .504 || – || .702 || 4.4 || 0.6 || 0.4 || 1.5 || 3.0 |- | style="text-align:left" | 1977–78 | style="text-align:left" | Philadelphia | 61 || 2 || 12.3 || .393 || – || .618 || 4.1 || 0.6 || 0.3 || 1.1 || 2.9 |- | style="text-align:left" | 1978–79 | style="text-align:left" | Philadelphia | 25 || 4 || 11.6 || .412 || – || .765 || 3.9 || 0.7 || 0.3 || 1.4 || 2.8 |- | style="text-align:left" | 1978–79 | style="text-align:left" | New Jersey | 32 || – || 20.6 || .423 || – || .770 || 6.4 || 0.9 || 0.5||1.8|| 6.1 |- | style="text-align:left" | 1979–80 | style="text-align:left" | Milwaukee |72|| –||19.0|| .398|| .000|| .629||5.7||1.1||0.3||2.3||3.2 |- | style="text-align:left" | 1980–81 | style="text-align:left" | Milwaukee |77|| –||21.2|| .447|| .000|| .641||6.1|| 1.3||0.4|| 2.4||4.2 |- | style="text-align:left" | 1981–82 | style="text-align:left" | Milwaukee | 80||9||20.0|| .420|| .000|| .594||4.5||1.2|| 0.5||1.7||2.9 |- | style="text-align:left" | 1982–83 | style="text-align:left" | Milwaukee |74|| 33||21.0|| .457|| .000|| .674||5.5||1.0||0.4||2.0||3.3 |- | style="text-align:left" | 1983–84 | style="text-align:left" | Milwaukee |69||3||16.8|| .399|| .000|| .524||3.9||0.6||0.4||1.2||2.1 |- | style="text-align:left" | 1984–85 | style="text-align:left" | Los Angeles |70||14||15.0|| .483|| .000|| .663||3.7||0.2||0.2||0.8||2.9 |- class="sortbottom" |style="text-align:center;" colspan="2"|Career |725|||90|||18.2||| .435||| .000||| .647|||5.0|||0.8|||0.4|||1.7|||3.2 |}
Playoffs
|- | style="text-align:left" | 1975–76 | style="text-align:left" | Philadelphia |3|| –||| 29.0||| .615||| –||| 9.3||| 2.0|||0.0||| 3.0||| 5.7 |- | style="text-align:left" | 1976–77 | style="text-align:left" | Philadelphia |8||| –|||6.8||| .400||| –||| .000|||1.5|||0.1|||0.0|||0..5|||0..5 |- |- |- |- |- |- |- |- class="sortbottom" |}
Personal life
Catchings is the father of former WNBA standout Tamika Catchings, who represented the Indiana Fever during her professional career. Presently, he serves as a Reverse Mortgage Consultant for Open Mortgage-North Houston. His other daughter, Tauja, competed in collegiate basketball at Illinois. Tauja's son, five-star prospect Kanon Catchings, has committed to BYU as part of the 2024 recruiting class.
Both Harvey and Tamika openly embrace their Christian faith.
Catchings maintained a friendship with ex-76ers teammate Joe Bryant; their families shared time together while both played basketball professionally in Italy. As a result, Catchings' children were childhood companions of Joe Bryant's son, Kobe Bryant.
See also
External links
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