Ron Harper Jr.

Guard · Boston Celtics · #8

PTS · 2026-271.3

REB0.5

AST0.5

FG%25.0

Games6

Ron Harper Jr.: season analysis

Ron Harper Jr. is a 26-year-old guard for the Boston Celtics, wearing number 8. Listed at 6-foot-5 and 233 pounds, Harper Jr. has 5 years of NBA experience and played college basketball at Rutgers.

In 2026-27, Harper Jr. is averaging 1.3 points, 0.5 rebounds and 0.5 assists in 5.8 minutes per game, coming off the bench in all 6 games. The shooting line reads 25.0% from the field, 25.0% from three-point range.

Compared with 2025-26 (4.2 points in 11.0 minutes per game), scoring is down by 2.9 points per game and playing time down by 5.2 minutes.

Before this season, Harper Jr. played 4 NBA seasons and 40 games, averaging 3.6 points, 1.6 rebounds and 0.7 assists. The best scoring season so far was 2025-26 at 4.2 points per game.

Background

Nationality: United States.

Background facts: Wikidata (CC0) · Ron Harper Jr. on Wikipedia ↗

Profile

Team	Boston Celtics
Position	Guard
Jersey	#8
Age	26
Born	April 12, 2000 · Franklin Lakes, NJ, USA
Height	6' 5" (1.96 m)
Weight	233 lbs (106 kg)
College	Rutgers
NBA experience	5 years
Salary	—

Celtics teammates

Last 10 games

Date	Opponent	Result	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
2026-11-11	@ TOR	W 98-93	Did not play — coach's decision
2026-11-10	@ PHI	W 123-101	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	0-2	0-2	0-0	-5
2026-11-08	@ MIL	W 117-97	4	2	0	0	0	0	1	1-1	0-0	0-0	-1
2026-11-06	@ CHA	W 119-80	10	3	0	2	0	0	1	1-2	1-1	0-0	-2
2026-11-04	vs MIL	W 109-102	Did not play — coach's decision
2026-11-02	@ HOU	L 93-109	7	0	1	1	0	0	0	0-3	0-2	0-0	-6
2026-11-01	@ ORL	W 108-97	Did not play — coach's decision
2026-10-30	vs CHI	W 125-111	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0-0	0-0	0-0	-6
2026-10-27	vs BKN	W 125-124	Did not play — coach's decision
2026-10-26	vs CHI	W 134-99	7	3	1	0	1	0	0	1-4	1-3	0-0	+4

Season-by-season averages

Season	Team	GP	GS	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG%	3P%	FT%	OR	DR	FG	3PT	FT
2026-27	boston celtics	6	0	5.8	1.3	0.5	0.5	0.2	0.0	0.7	25.0	25.0	0.0	0.2	0.3	0.5-2.0	0.3-1.3	0.0-0.0
2025-26	boston celtics	29	3	11.0	4.2	1.7	0.8	0.3	0.3	0.3	41.8	35.0	75.0	0.5	1.1	1.6-3.8	1.0-2.8	0.1-0.1
2024-25	detroit pistons	1	0	17.0	4.0	7.0	2.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	12.5	0.0	100.0	4.0	3.0	1.0-8.0	0.0-6.0	2.0-2.0
2023-24	toronto raptors	1	0	4.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0-0.0	0.0-0.0	0.0-0.0
2022-23	toronto raptors	9	0	5.3	2.2	0.8	0.4	0.0	0.1	0.0	50.0	33.3	100.0	0.3	0.4	0.9-1.8	0.3-1.0	0.1-0.1

Profile, injury status and averages from ESPN's public NBA data, refreshed daily. MIN, PTS, REB… are per-game averages; OR/DR = offensive/defensive rebounds; FG, 3PT, FT = made-attempted per game.