High school

Playing at basketball powerhouse Murrah, Harrington was ranked number one or two (depending on the publication), along with Jason Kidd, as the best player in the nation. In his senior year, he averaged 28.9 points, 24.9 rebounds, and 5.8 blocked shots a game. After winning Mr. Basketball in the state of Mississippi for the second consecutive year and being named first team All-American by both Parade and USA Today, Harrington was selected MVP of the 1992 McDonald's All American game as he set a game record with 21 rebounds to go along with 19 points.

College

Harrington accepted a scholarship to Georgetown University following fellow "big men" Patrick Ewing, Dikembe Mutombo, and Alonzo Mourning to play for coach John Thompson. He was named Big East Freshman of the Year and was a 2nd Team All-American selection heading into his sophomore year. Harrington would leave Georgetown ranked fifth in all-time scoring, with a career Field Goal percentage of 56%, fifth in blocks, fourth in rebounding overall and finished as the school's all-time leader in offensive rebounds.

NBA

After three seasons in Houston, Harrington was traded on August 27, 1999 by the Rockets along with Antoine Carr, Brent Price, Michael Dickerson and a future first-round draft choice to the Vancouver Grizzlies as part of a three-way deal in which the Rockets received the draft rights to Steve Francis, Tony Massenburg from the Grizzlies, and Don MacLean and future first-round draft choice from the Orlando Magic, and the Magic received Michael Smith, Rodrick Rhodes, Lee Mayberry and Makhtar N'Diaye from the Grizzlies. During his first year in Vancouver, Othella averaged career highs in points (13.1), rebounds (6.9), assists (1.2), blocks (.71), and minutes (32.6) per game while starting all 82 games of the 1999-2000 regular season.

He was later traded again on January 30, 2001 to the New York Knicks for Erick Strickland and two draft picks. In 2004 he was involved in a trade that sent him, Dikembe Mutombo, Frank Williams, and Cezary Trybanski to the Chicago Bulls in exchange for Jamal Crawford and Jerome Williams.

Harrington signed with the Charlotte Bobcats on July 19, 2006.

In March 2009, Harrington signed with the Los Angeles D-Fenders, the NBA Development League affiliate of the Los Angeles Lakers.

He spent the next season in Iran.

NBA career statistics

Legend
GP	Games played	GS	Games started	MPG	Minutes per game
FG%	Field goal percentage	3P%	3-point field goal percentage	FT%	Free throw percentage
RPG	Rebounds per game	APG	Assists per game	SPG	Steals per game
BPG	Blocks per game	PPG	Points per game	Bold	Career high

Regular season

Year	Team	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
1996-97	Houston	57	1	15.1	.549	.000	.605	3.5	.3	.2	.4	4.8
1997-98	Houston	58	3	15.6	.485	.000	.754	3.6	.4	.2	.5	6.0
1998-99	Houston	41	10	22.0	.513	.000	.721	6.0	.4	.1	.6	9.8
1999-00	Vancouver	82	82	32.6	.506	.000	.792	6.9	1.2	.4	.7	13.1
2000-01	Vancouver	44	40	28.8	.466	.000	.779	6.6	.8	.4	.6	10.9
2000-01	New York	30	5	18.3	.554	.000	.729	3.3	.7	.5	.6	6.2
2001-02	New York	77	4	20.3	.527	.000	.709	4.5	.5	.4	.5	7.7
2002-03	New York	74	64	25.0	.508	.000	.820	6.4	.8	.2	.3	7.7
2003-04	New York	56	3	15.6	.495	.000	.744	3.2	.5	.2	.3	4.6
2004-05	Chicago	70	28	18.2	.512	.000	.718	4.2	.8	.3	.3	8.0
2005-06	Chicago	72	23	11.4	.495	.000	.626	2.1	.5	.1	.2	4.8
2006-07	Charlotte	26	0	8.5	.446	.000	.773	1.5	.2	.0	.0	2.6
2007-08	Charlotte	22	0	7.5	.429	.000	.625	1.9	.2	.1	.2	2.1
Career		709	263	19.6	.505	.000	.738	4.4	.6	.3	.4	7.4

Playoffs

Year	Team	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
1996-97	Houston	7	0	2.1	.500	.000	.700	.6	.0	.0	.0	1.3
1997-98	Houston	3	0	7.7	.500	.000	.800	2.3	.0	.0	.3	5.3
1998-99	Houston	4	0	10.5	.643	.000	.667	3.5	.3	.0	.3	5.5
2000-01	New York	5	1	15.4	.500	.000	.800	3.0	.4	.8	.4	3.6
2004-05	Chicago	6	6	17.2	.500	.000	.545	2.5	.5	.2	.0	8.0
2005-06	Chicago	3	0	5.0	.000	.000	.000	.7	.0	.3	.0	.0
Career		28	7	9.8	.506	.000	.676	2.0	.2	.2	.1	4.0

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