<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px;    font-size: 18px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px;    font-size: 16px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: #0000FF;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 16px;    text-decoration: none;}ul {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 16px;}ol {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    padding: 0px 0px 0px 15px;    font-size: 16px;    border-left: 2px solid black;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 12px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;    background-color: #EFEFEF;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article><header><figure><img src="https://clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/Maurice-Harkless-Heat.jpg"></figure><h1>Maurice Harkless set to join Heat on one-year deal</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2020-11-21T09:16:45-08:00">November 21st, 9:16am</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2020-11-21T09:16:45-08:00">November 21st, 9:16am</time><address><a>Skyler Carlin</a></address><h3 class="op-kicker">NBA</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>The Miami Heat are looking to add role players that could help them return to the NBA Finals and they added one on Saturday. According to ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski, the Heat have <a href="https://twitter.com/wojespn/status/1330169612886044672?s=20">agreed to terms</a> with Maurice Harkless on a one-year deal.</p><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">Free agent F Moe Harkless has agreed to a one-year, $3.6M deal with the Miami Heat, sources tell ESPN.</p><p>— Adrian Wojnarowski (@wojespn) <a href="https://twitter.com/wojespn/status/1330169612886044672?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">November 21, 2020</a></p></blockquote><p></p></figure><p>The one-year deal for Harkless is for a total of $3.6 million, giving him a chance to enter free agency again in 2021. Besides the chance to enter free agency next year, Harkless <a href="https://twitter.com/wojespn/status/1330170013119115268?s=20">turned down</a> more lucrative offers to join a contending Heat team, per Wojnarowski.</p><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">Harkless turned down more lucrative deals for a chance to play a prominent role with defending Eastern Conference champions — and re-enter a more cash-flushed free agent marketplace in 2021. <a href="https://t.co/hMY4LMgS6D" target="_blank">https://t.co/hMY4LMgS6D</a></p><p>— Adrian Wojnarowski (@wojespn) <a href="https://twitter.com/wojespn/status/1330170013119115268?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">November 21, 2020</a></p></blockquote><p></p></figure><p>Throughout his career in the NBA, Harkless has bounced around to a few teams. The St. John’s product was the 15th overall pick in the 2012 NBA Draft by the Orlando Magic, having decent expectations coming into the league.</p><p>However, Harkless would fail to translate his game with the Magic, averaging just 6.8 points, 3.5 rebounds, and 1.1 steals per game in his three seasons in Orlando. He would then be traded to the Portland Trailblazers in 2015 for a second-round pick.</p><p>Following his trade to Portland, Harkless would spend four seasons with the Trailblazers, carving out a role as a bench wing player. From 2015-2019, Harkless notched 12 points, six rebounds, 1.4 steals, and 1.1 blocks per game with Portland.</p><p>But in the past two seasons, Maurice Harkless has spent time with the Trailblazers, Los Angeles Clippers, and New York Knicks. After <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/knicks-video-moe-harkless-appears-to-be-miserable-with-new-york/">ending</a> last season with the Knicks, Harkless now gets to play for a contending team in the Eastern Conference. The Heat likely added Harkless to give them some depth at shooting guard and small forward.</p><p> </p><p> </p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Maurice Harkless set to join Heat on one-year deal

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px;    font-size: 18px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px;    font-size: 16px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: #0000FF;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 16px;    text-decoration: none;}ul {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 16px;}ol {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    padding: 0px 0px 0px 15px;    font-size: 16px;    border-left: 2px solid black;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 12px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;    background-color: #EFEFEF;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article><header><figure><img src="https://clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/Maurice-Harkless-wants-someone-to-_talk-to-their-rook_-after-Michael-Porter-Jr._s-George-Floyd-post.jpg"><figcaption>CP</figcaption></figure><h1>Maurice Harkless wants someone to ‘talk to their rook’ after Michael Porter Jr.’s George Floyd post</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2020-05-27T14:14:24-07:00">May 27th, 2:14pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2020-05-27T14:14:24-07:00">May 27th, 2:14pm</time><address><a>Marty Fenn</a></address><h3 class="op-kicker">NBA</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>Denver Nuggets forward Michael Porter Jr. implored others to “pray” following the death of Minnesota resident George Floyd on Monday night in Minneapolis.</p><p>New York Knicks forward Maurice Harkless does not agree with Porter’s messaging, however.</p><p>Porter said he hopes others would “pray that God changes” the hearts of the police officers involved in Floyd’s death. Harkless promptly responded on Twitter, saying “somebody talk to their rook please.”</p><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-width="550" data-dnt="true"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Somebody talk to their rook please 🤦🏾‍♂️ <a target="_blank" href="https://t.co/S6Ex1IYmwJ">https://t.co/S6Ex1IYmwJ</a></p><p>— Maurice Harkless (@moe_harkless) <a target="_blank" href="https://twitter.com/moe_harkless/status/1265739171114610688?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 27, 2020</a></p></blockquote><p><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p></figure><p>Floyd died in police custody after an officer — filmed by a bystander — was <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nba-news-lebron-james-reacts-to-george-floyds-death-at-the-hands-of-police-brutality/" rel="noopener noreferrer">shown kneeling on his neck</a>, with Floyd complaining about his inability to breathe before going still.</p><p>Protestors in Minneapolis took the streets on Tuesday night. But what initially started as a peaceful protest devolved after police began using tear gas (via <a href="https://www.cnn.com/2020/05/27/us/minneapolis-protests-george-floyd/index.html">CNN</a>):</p><blockquote>Police used tear gas to disperse a crowd Tuesday after some protesters turned unruly, Minneapolis police spokesman John Elder told CNN.Officers outside Minneapolis Police Department’s 3rd Precinct fired what appeared to CNN’s team on the scene to be non-lethal projectiles at demonstrators.The officers fired “foam marking rounds,” but no rubber bullets, Elder said.Those rounds are meant to mark individuals that officers believe may be instigating violence for later investigation, Elder said.</blockquote><p>Nonetheless, the police action in response to the protests drew more ire on social media, considering <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/apr/30/michigan-protests-coronavirus-lockdown-armed-capitol">armed militias</a> — mostly consisting of caucasian persons — made their way to legislative chambers in states like Michigan, with little forced used in those cases.</p><p>Michael Porter Jr. might mean well with his words, but they appear rather insensitive, likely to more people than just Maurice Harkless.</p><figure class="op-tracker"><iframe><script>  (function(i,s,o,g,r,a,m){i['GoogleAnalyticsObject']=r;i[r]=i[r]||function(){  (i[r].q=i[r].q||[]).push(arguments)},i[r].l=1*new Date();a=s.createElement(o),  m=s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];a.async=1;a.src=g;m.parentNode.insertBefore(a,m)  })(window,document,'script','https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js','ga');  ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', 'auto');  ga('set', 'campaignSource', 'Facebook');  ga('set', 'campaignMedium', 'Instant Article');  ga('set', 'title', ia_document.title);  ga('send', 'pageview');</script><iframe>    <script type="text/javascript">        window._taboola = window._taboola || [];        _taboola.push({            article: 'auto',            ref_url: 'http://instantarticles.fb.com'        });        !function (e, f, u, i) {            if (!document.getElementById(i)) {                e.async = 1;                e.src = u;                e.id = i;                f.parentNode.insertBefore(e, f);            }        }(document.createElement('script'),            document.getElementsByTagName('script')[0],            'https://cdn.taboola.com/libtrc/clutchpoints-clutchpoints/trk.js',            'tb_loader_script');        if (window.performance) {          if (typeof window.performance.mark == 'function') {            window.performance.mark('tbl_ic');          }        }    </script>    </iframe></iframe></figure></article>    </body></html>

Maurice Harkless wants someone to ‘talk to their rook’ after Michael Porter Jr.’s George Floyd post

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px;    font-size: 18px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px;    font-size: 16px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: #0000FF;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 16px;    text-decoration: none;}ul {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 16px;}ol {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    padding: 0px 0px 0px 15px;    font-size: 16px;    border-left: 2px solid black;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 12px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;    background-color: #EFEFEF;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article><header><figure><img src="https://clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/Harkless.jpg"></figure><h1>Rumor: Knicks growing more interested in keeping Maurice Harkless after trade</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2020-03-29T07:19:37-07:00">March 29th, 7:19am</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2020-03-29T07:19:37-07:00">March 29th, 7:19am</time><address><a>Paolo Songco</a></address><h3 class="op-kicker">NBA</h3><figure class="op-ad"><iframe src="https://www.facebook.com/adnw_request?placement=1709097162682630_1935907953334882&amp;adtype=banner300x250" width="300" height="250"></iframe></figure></header><p>The New York Knicks are seriously looking into the prospect of re-signing swingman Maurice Harkless once the 26-year-old’s contract comes to an end this summer, according to a recent report by <a href="https://nypost.com/2020/03/29/knicks-interest-in-keeping-maurice-harkless-is-growing/">Marc Berman for the New York Post.</a></p><p>Harkless arrived in New York in February as part of the <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nba-trade-rumors-clippers-acquire-marcus-morris-isaiah-thomas-in-three-team-deal-with-knicks-wizards/" rel="noopener noreferrer">three-team deal</a> that centered around Marcus Morris heading to the Los Angeles Clippers. The general belief is that Harkless was just added to the deal to make it work, with the Knicks primarily interested in his expiring contract. However, he appears to have impressed New York’s brass during his limited time with the team, which has prompted them to rethink their strategy with the 6-foot-7 small forward.</p><p>Harkless’ value lies in his ability to defend, which seems to have left an impression on the Knicks:</p><blockquote>“He understood his role [with the Clippers] — mainly to guard one of the other team’s best perimeter players, sparing Kawhi [Leonard] and Paul [George] for parts of games,’’ one Western Conference personnel man said. “He is an excellent defender — especially when guarding against guards and smaller wings. In Portland and in L.A., he played with ball-dominant stars, so he was often tucked in the corner. But when he cuts, he can be effective getting to the basket.’’</blockquote><p>In 12 games with New York thus far, Harkless has averaged <a href="https://www.basketball-reference.com/players/h/harklma01.html#all_per_game">6.8 points</a>, 3.3 rebounds, 1.7 assists, and 0.8 steals in 23.8 minutes per contest.</p><figure class="op-tracker"><iframe><script>  (function(i,s,o,g,r,a,m){i['GoogleAnalyticsObject']=r;i[r]=i[r]||function(){  (i[r].q=i[r].q||[]).push(arguments)},i[r].l=1*new Date();a=s.createElement(o),  m=s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];a.async=1;a.src=g;m.parentNode.insertBefore(a,m)  })(window,document,'script','https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js','ga');  ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', 'auto');  ga('set', 'campaignSource', 'Facebook');  ga('set', 'campaignMedium', 'Instant Article');  ga('set', 'title', ia_document.title);  ga('send', 'pageview');</script><iframe>    <script type="text/javascript">        window._taboola = window._taboola || [];        _taboola.push({            article: 'auto',            ref_url: 'http://instantarticles.fb.com'        });        !function (e, f, u, i) {            if (!document.getElementById(i)) {                e.async = 1;                e.src = u;                e.id = i;                f.parentNode.insertBefore(e, f);            }        }(document.createElement('script'),            document.getElementsByTagName('script')[0],            'https://cdn.taboola.com/libtrc/clutchpoints-clutchpoints/trk.js',            'tb_loader_script');        if (window.performance) {          if (typeof window.performance.mark == 'function') {            window.performance.mark('tbl_ic');          }        }    </script>    </iframe></iframe></figure></article>    </body></html>

Rumor: Knicks growing more interested in keeping Maurice Harkless after trade

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