Al Harrington talks future
Posted by Unknown on Tuesday, July 30, 2013 with 1 comment
NBA veteran F Al Harrington missed most of the entire 2012-13 NBA season minus 10 games primarily due to a staph infection that almost ended his career. With his lone season with the Orlando Magic lost, Harrington has pondered his future in the NBA should the Orlando Magic trade or waive him.
"Being in that situation in Orlando, you get a real good look at politics and stuff like that, the part of the game that's not attractive - just the business side of it," Harrington said recently. "One thing I realized is that it's not about how much you can play or what you can do on the court anymore. The game has become about (financial) numbers and salaries and stuff like that....It's not what you can do anymore. It's what you can do at that price. And everybody wants a deal, you know what I mean?"
"I want to win, so I'll put it like this: I want to go to a situation where I can compete to make the playoffs," he said. "I'm too old to play for nothing. When I was younger, of course you play for stats and you want to be good, but I'm not going to be a Hall of Famer or nothing like that, so I want to win. I just want to win.
"Whatever situation I can get to where I can help a team win, that's what I want to do. I don't want to play 36 minutes or none of that. Play 20, 25 minutes, just help mentor the young guys and stuff like that."
"I had to use a PICC line (used for intravenous therapy) to give myself medicine twice a day, and stuff like that," Harrington said of the infection. "It was a tough time. Probably the first week of it was the toughest, just not knowing really how sick you are and at that point you're not worried about your knee. You're worried about your life....I was very scared, just seeing how it broke my body down so fast. I had lost like 30 pounds, had rings around my eyes. I was looking bad."
"Being in that situation in Orlando, you get a real good look at politics and stuff like that, the part of the game that's not attractive - just the business side of it," Harrington said recently. "One thing I realized is that it's not about how much you can play or what you can do on the court anymore. The game has become about (financial) numbers and salaries and stuff like that....It's not what you can do anymore. It's what you can do at that price. And everybody wants a deal, you know what I mean?"
"I want to win, so I'll put it like this: I want to go to a situation where I can compete to make the playoffs," he said. "I'm too old to play for nothing. When I was younger, of course you play for stats and you want to be good, but I'm not going to be a Hall of Famer or nothing like that, so I want to win. I just want to win.
"Whatever situation I can get to where I can help a team win, that's what I want to do. I don't want to play 36 minutes or none of that. Play 20, 25 minutes, just help mentor the young guys and stuff like that."
"I had to use a PICC line (used for intravenous therapy) to give myself medicine twice a day, and stuff like that," Harrington said of the infection. "It was a tough time. Probably the first week of it was the toughest, just not knowing really how sick you are and at that point you're not worried about your knee. You're worried about your life....I was very scared, just seeing how it broke my body down so fast. I had lost like 30 pounds, had rings around my eyes. I was looking bad."
Brooklyn or memphis
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