NBA shortly after. On December 18, 2017, the Mavericks announced that they were planning to retire Harper's no. 12 jersey, which was eventually retired on January 7, 2018. Personal life Harper lives in Dallas with his family. His daughter Dana Harper was a contestant on season 11 of The Voice. He is now a game analyst for the Dallas Mavericks on their locally broadcast games. Beginning in fall 2005, he was the weekend sports anchor at KTXA serving the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex until the station ended its newscasts. The Dallas Mavericks retired Harper's #12 jersey during halftime of a game between the New York Knicks and Dallas Mavericks on Sunday, January 7, 2018. Honors Basketball 1981 – Honorable Mention All-Big Ten 1982 – Honorable Mention All-Big Ten 1983 – Team Captain 1983 – Team MVP 1983 – 1st Team All-Big Ten 1983 – 2nd Team All-American 2004 – Elected to the "Illini Men's Basketball All-Century Team". 2008 – Honored as one of the 33 honored jerseys which hang in the State Farm Center to show regard for being the most decorated basketball players in the University of Illinois' history. 2018 – Dallas Mavericks #12 jersey retired College statistics NBA career statistics Harper played in 1,199 regular season games in his career, tying him for 35th in NBA history (as of the 2013–14 NBA season). He retired having the 11th-most steals and the 17th-most assists in NBA history. He is also the Mavericks' career leader in those categories. Regular season |- | style="text-align:left;"| | style="text-align:left;"| Dallas | 82 || 1 || 20.9 || .443 || .115 || .673 || 2.1 || 2.9 || 1.2 || .3 || 5.7 |- | style="text-align:left;"| | style="text-align:left;"| Dallas | 82 || 1 || 27.0 || .520 || .344 || .721 || 2.4 || 4.4 || 1.8 || .5 || 9.6 |- | style="text-align:left;"| | style="text-align:left;"| Dallas | 79 || 39 || 27.2 || .534 || .235 || .747 || 2.9 || 5.3 || 1.9 || .3 || 12.2 |- | style="text-align:left;"| | style="text-align:left;"| Dallas | 77 || 76 || 33.2 || .501 || .358 || .684 || 2.6 || 7.9 || 2.2 || .3 || 16.0 |- | style="text-align:left;"| | style="text-align:left;"| Dallas | 82 || 82 || 37.0 || .459 || .313 || .759 || 3.0 || 7.7 || 2.0 || .4 || 17.0 |- | style="text-align:left;"| | style="text-align:left;"| Dallas | 81 || 81 ||