He headed straight for the NBA, something only a few other players had accomplished. Laufbahn. A product of storied St. Patrick High School in New Jersey, Al Harrington is a professional basketball player. By the time he graduated from high school in 1998, Harrington had been named USA Today’s National Player of the Year and a McDonald’s High School All-American. Al Harrington, who first started in the NBA in Indiana in 1998 as a high school Draft pick, is a big supporter of legal medical marijuana. Al Harrington is a Basketball Player. Ironically, he never even tried it as a kid. He said, “I never tried it as a kid. He was drafted by the Indiana Pacers straight out of St. Patrick High School in Elizabeth, New Jersey and spent six years with the team coming off the bench. I was always so scared to try it. Geboren in Orange, wuchs Harrington in Roselle auf und spielte Basketball an der St. Patrick High School in Elizabeth.Er wurde von USA Today zum National Player of the Year erklärt und 1998 McDonald’s High School All-American in seiner letzten High-School-Saison.. NBA Indiana Pacers (1998–2004) Mit nur 18 Jahren wurde Harrington von den Indiana Pacers mit dem 25. My boys were smoking when we were kids and I never tried it. About. He grew up in Orange, New Jersey. Al was born in 1980s, in the middle of Millennials Generation. Albert „Al” Harrington (ur.17 lutego 1980 w Orange) – amerykański koszykarz, występujący na pozycji silnego skrzydłowego, wybrany do NBA bezpośrednio po ukończeniu szkoły średniej.. Harrington uczył się w szkole średniej St. Patrick High School, gdzie podczas swojej całej kariery szkolnej zdobył łącznie 1307 punktów i 1104 zbiórki (rekord szkoły).