Rookie Al Harrington was put to work by the veteran players on the Indiana Pacers, who ordered him around all the time. Harrington, though, would take advantage of the situation by stuffing himself with some of the donuts that he was required to buy daily.
“I got out of control in the beginning,” Harrington said on the All The Smoke podcast. “I gained like 10 pounds, bro. And I know (GM) Donnie Walsh came in and was like, ‘What’s going on?’ He’s like, ‘Are you eating the donuts?’ I’m like, ‘Yes, I’m smashing the donuts. I get them. They nice and hot.”
To go with the donuts, Harrington had to get orange juice for the veterans as well. He also had to get their cars cleaned, unload their luggage, and pick up all the practice equipment. While he was doing all these tasks, Harrington also found out that the players were smoking weed.
“That’s when I realized that successful players in the league smoke weed,” Harrington continued. “Because I was the rookie. I used to get sent to go buy blunts and all that type of stuff.”
Harrington barely played as a rookie, averaging 7.6 minutes per game, so it was a given that they were going to dump all that work on him. It wasn’t all bad with them, though, and he is actually grateful to his former teammates.
Harrington stated that they helped him set a foundation of what it took to be a professional, and he would end up playing 16 seasons in the NBA. He averaged 13.5 points, 5.6 rebounds, 1.7 assists, 0.9 steals, and 0.3 blocks per game along the way.
Al Harrington’s Incredible Success Story In The Cannabis Industry
Harrington earned just over $89 million in salaries during his time in the NBA, and he’s now making a ton of money post-retirement too, having started a cannabis business. We took a closer look at Harrington’s journey to success in the Cannabis industry, and it’s an incredible one.
When he was still playing in 2012, Harrington co-founded a Los Angeles-based cannabis company named Viola. It was a small operation in California, but as the years went by, it spread to different parts of the country. As of last year, Viola made about $20 million in revenue.
It is only a matter of time before he ends up earning more from his company than he did during his career, which is always great to see. Harrington wants to help others as well, with his goal being to create 100 Black cannabis millionaires by investing in other Black-owned companies.
Al Harrington Revealed The Knicks Never Practiced Defense Under Mike D’Antoni
Harrington played for seven teams during his NBA career, with the New York Knicks being one of them. His two seasons with the Knicks from 2008 to 2010 were probably his best in the NBA from an individual standpoint, but not everything was well.
At the time, Mike D’Antoni was the Knicks’ head coach and Harrington claimed they never practiced defense under him. The 43-year-old stated that D’Antoni even got upset with him and then-teammate Larry Hughes for saying they’d come early to practice to work on defense.
Harrington felt the lack of defense was why the team wasn’t winning more games, but D’Antoni wouldn’t listen. It led to growing frustrations, and Harrington really disliked him as a coach. The Knicks would fail to make the playoffs in either of those two seasons, and Harrington headed over to the Nuggets in free agency once his contract expired.
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