Chat With Utah's Matt Harpring  

Harpring will chat on April 18.
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Matt Harpring is in his eighth NBA season and fourth with the Utah Jazz. Harpring appeared in 78 of 82 games in 2004-05, finishing as the team's third leading scorer with 14.0 points per game and tied with Andrei Kirilenko for third in rebounding (6.2). He shot .478 percent from the field and .778 percent from the line while scoring in double-figures 60 times.

Harpring underwent surgery on his right knee following the season, but is expected to be ready for the 2005-06 season. Harpring has played in 378 games during his seven-year career (313 starts), with Orlando, Cleveland, Philadelphia and Utah, and has career averages of 13.1 points and 6.0 rebounds. Harpring was Utah's second-leading scorer during the 2003 Playoffs, scoring 14.8 points and grabbing 5.4 rebounds in the first round series vs. Sacramento. In 14 career playoff games with Utah and Orlando, he has averaged 11.3 points and 5.2 rebounds.

Originally selected by Orlando in the first round of the 1998 NBA Draft (15th pick overall), Harpring spent his first two seasons with the Magic, then a season each in Cleveland and Philadelphia before the Jazz acquired him on August 3, 2001, along with Cedric Henderson and Robert Traylor for Tyrone Hill and Jumaine Jones. Harpring finished his collegiate career at Georgia Tech ranked second in Yellow Jackets history in both scoring and rebounding and was named All-Atlantic Coast Conference First Team for three consecutive seasons (1996-98). He was also named to the ACC 50th Anniversary Basketball Team.

Matt is scheduled to chat live with fans at 1pm MT (3pm ET) on Tuesday, April 18. Post your questions now and check back on April 18 for the live chat.

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