NBA Rumors: Joe Harris Retires After 10-Year Career with Nets, Cavs, Pistons

Joe Harris is retiring from basketball after a 10-year NBA career with the Cleveland Cavaliers, Brooklyn Nets and Detroit Pistons, according to Shams Charania of The Athletic and Stadium.

Harris, 32, was No. 33 overall pick in the second round of the 2014 NBA draft out of Virginia, and he went on to become one of the league's best three-point marksmen.

In 504 career regular-season games, Harris averaged 10.3 points, 3.0 rebounds, 2.0 three-pointers made and 1.6 assists, and he shot 47.9 percent from the field and 43.6 percent from beyond the arc.

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After having a limited role in his first two seasons with the Cavs, Harris was traded to the Orlando Magic in 2016 and then waived before signing with the Nets.

Over the next seven seasons, Harris would be a highly productive player in Brooklyn, averaging 11.6 points, 3.4 rebounds, 2.3 three-pointers made and 1.7 assists. He was also among the most efficient shooters in the NBA, shooting 48.3 percent overall and 44.0 percent from deep.

His best campaigns came from 2018-19 through 2020-21 when he averaged between 13.7 and 14.5 points per game each season. He also led the NBA in three-point shooting percentage in 2018-19 (.474) and 2020-21 (.475).

Arguably the most notable accomplishment of Harris' career was winning the NBA Three-Point Contest in 2019. He beat Golden State Warriors superstar Stephen Curry 26-24 in the final round and remains the only Nets player to ever win the event.

Harris experienced a significant downturn in usage and production over his final two seasons before reportedly deciding to retire.

In 2022-23, Harris appeared in 74 games for the Nets, but he played just 20.6 minutes per game after averaging 30 or more minutes in each of the previous four seasons. He also averaged only 7.6 points per game that season.

Brooklyn traded Harris to Detroit in a salary dump, and he would go on to play just 16 games for the Pistons last season, averaging 2.4 points in 10.6 minutes per contest.

Despite his struggles in his final two seasons, Harris retires as the fifth-most accurate three-point shooter in NBA history behind only Steve Kerr, Hubert Davis, Luke Kennard and Dražen Petrović.