Ex-Cat Ramon Harris, in NBA’s G League last 5 seasons, to play overseas

Former Kentucky basketball player Ramon Harris has exited the NBA’s developmental league, now called the G League, and signed a deal to play in Greece.

Harris, 29, of Anchorage, Alaska, has signed with Kolossos in the top tier of the Greek Basket League. Terms of the deal were not disclosed.

The 6-foot-7 forward, a former Mr. Basketball in Alaska, played for the Cats from 2006 to 2010 and was a senior on John Calipari’s first Kentucky team where he saw action in 36 games off the bench for a team that including John Wall, Eric Bledsoe, DeMarcus Cousins and Patrick Patterson. Harris was not chosen in the 2010 NBA Draft.

The 6-foot-7 forward played five seasons in the NBA’s developmental league, the last with the Grand Rapids Drive, averaging 7.6 points and 4.4 rebounds. He won a league title with the Fort Wayne Mad Ants in 2014.

Harris has previously played in China, Germany, Mexico and Venezuela, according to EuroBasket.com.

This story was originally published August 16, 2017 at 3:57 PM with the headline "Ex-Cat Ramon Harris, in NBA’s G League last 5 seasons, to play overseas."