Lifetime 44% Three-Point Shooter Retires

He's been one of the most lethal three-point shooters in the NBA for 10 seasons. But a series of injuries wreaked havoc on his body the past few years, and has now forced former Brooklyn Nets sharpshooter Joe Harris to call it a career.

BREAKING: Joe Harris has retired from basketball pic.twitter.com/Xi1nEM9AMU
— Legion Hoops (@LegionHoops) August 15, 2024

Turning 33 in a few weeks, Harris played 504 NBA games for the Brooklyn Nets, Cleveland Cavaliers and Detroit Pistons. He was a career 43.6% three-point shooter and won the Three-Point Contest at the 2019 All-Star weekend, beating the likes of Steph Curry, Damian Lillard and Dirk Nowitzki.

Harris was originally drafted by the Cavaliers in the second round of the 2014 Draft and spent the first two seasons of his career there. But with the Cavs in win-now mode after the return of LeBron James, the fresh-faced kid out of Virginia college didn't get much run.

He went unsigned for the 2015-16 season, and then went on to the Nets in the 2016-17 season, where his career took off. He put up insane numbers from beyond the arc in Brooklyn, leading the league in three-point percentage twice, and averaging 44% from distance in his seven seasons with the Nets.

Joey Buckets forever 🖤

Congratulations on a great career, Joe. pic.twitter.com/7NzLNinnBO
— Brooklyn Nets (@BrooklynNets) August 15, 2024

He underwent two ankle surgeries in 2021-22, limiting him to 14 games that season, then played only 16 games this past season with the Detroit Pistons, partly due to a shoulder sprain, and he was waived at the trade deadline.

It was a terrific ten seasons for one of the best long-range shooters the NBA has ever seen.