Ron Harper’s son Dylan Harper honors him for shaping his life - “My dad wasn’t just an NBA player”
Ron Harper's son Dylan Harper revealed that he has plenty of reasons to thank his father, starting with the example he set for the young man when he grew up. The five-star prospect knew he needed to work hard to achieve his goals and seeing his father's work ethic helped him do so.
In the second episode of the YouTube docuseries about Harper, released on Friday, the guard broke down how much he learned from his father. He also mentioned how he impacted his game, as well as how he works in the lab.
"OG, you know he really impacted me many ways, cuz my dad wasn't just an NBA player, you know he won NBA championships," Dylan says.
"The way he was always in the gym tells me we got to be in the gym every day no matter what, I guess taking that knowledge of what he taught me; what to do, what not to do, where to be, where not to be. Overall just knowing that being a champion starts when you wake up and that's probably the biggest thing I took from him."
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Dylan Harper, 18, is set to start his college journey with the Rutgers Scarlet Knights next month, carrying high expectations to this program.
He will join forces with Ace Bailey, another potential lottery pick who committed to the team in January 2023. Harper finished the 2023-24 season at Don Bosco Prep averaging 23 points per game, even scoring a career-high 38 points against Bergen Catholic.
Dylan Harper can learn a lot from Ron Harper's career
He already mentioned what Ron Harper taught him, but even before Dylan was born, Ron was doing things that impacted his career and helped his teams win titles. He won five NBA championships with the Chicago Bulls and LA Lakers.
After being selected with the No. 8 overall pick in the 1986 NBA Draft by the Cleveland Cavaliers, he joined the Bulls in 1994. He had to adapt his game and took a back seat as Michael Jordan was the go-to guy for those Bulls. Ron Harper stayed there for five years, winning three championships, from 1996 through 1998.
He couldn't stop winning after that, adding two more championships in 2001 and 2002 as a member of the three-peat Lakers. After being a star on the Cavs and Clippers, he made adjustments that not everybody was willing to make, which worked just fine for him and his teams.