Antonio Harvey is a retired American

United States

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 professional basketball

Basketball

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 player.

He attended Southern Illinois University

Southern Illinois University

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 (1988/89), Connors State College

Connors State College

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 (JC

Junior college

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) (1989/90), the University of Georgia

University of Georgia

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 (1990/91), and Pfeiffer University

Pfeiffer University

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 (1991/92-1992/93). He was bypassed in the 1993 NBA draft

1993 NBA Draft

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. After playing over the summer 1993 with the Atlanta Eagles of the USBL

United States Basketball League

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, he signed as free agent with the Los Angeles Lakers

Los Angeles Lakers

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 in 1993, for whom he started on opening night of the 1993-94 season

1993-94 NBA season

-Statistics leaders:-NBA awards:*Most Valuable Player: Hakeem Olajuwon, Houston Rockets*Rookie of the Year: Chris Webber, Golden State Warriors*Defensive Player of the Year: Hakeem Olajuwon, Houston Rockets...

. In 1995, Harvey was in the NBA Slam Dunk Contest. In the contest, he was famed for when he waited until the final seconds to do a 360 degree, free throw line dunk

Free throw line dunk

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, but missed it, ending on 4th place. This led to a surprised expression from former teammate Shaquille O'Neal

Shaquille O'Neal

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. He played with five other NBA teams, as well as in Greece

Greece

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, Spain

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, Poland

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 and Italy

Italy

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In April 2004, he was named the General Manager and Head Coach of the American Basketball Association's Portland Reign

Portland Reign

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Harvey is now in radio broadcasting for the Portland Trail Blazers

Portland Trail Blazers

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