Eric Montross C #00

Height: 7-0 (213cm)

Weight: 270 lbs (122kg)

Born: Sep 23, 1971 (Passed away Dec 17, 2023, aged 52)

Hometown: Indianapolis, Indiana

Nationality: United States

Current NBA Status: Unrestricted Free Agent

NBA Draft: 1994 Round 1, Pick 9, Boston Celtics

Pre-Draft Team: North Carolina (Sr)

High School: Lawrence North High School (Indianapolis, Indiana)

All-Rookie 2nd

Eric Montross Player Profile

Date	Opponent	REB	AST	STL	BLK
4/10/2002	Pacers	1	0	0	0
4/9/2002	Hornets (1988)	0	0	0	0
4/7/2002	Pacers	5	1	0	1
4/5/2002	Bulls	1	0	0	0
4/3/2002	Bulls	3	2	1	0

NBA Career
NCAA Career
High School Career

NBA Career

10 Years Of Service

Season	Age	Team	GP	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	FG%	3P%	FT%
1994-95	23	BOS	78	29.7	10.0	7.3	0.5	0.4	0.8	1.4	.534	.000	.635
1995-96	24	BOS	61	23.5	7.2	5.8	0.7	0.3	0.5	1.4	.566	.000	.376
1996-97	25	DAL, NJN	78	23.4	4.3	6.6	0.8	0.3	0.9	1.0	.456	.000	.339
1997-98	26	DET, PHL	48	14.4	2.9	4.1	0.2	0.3	0.6	0.6	.424	.000	.400
1998-99	27	DET	46	12.5	2.1	3.0	0.3	0.3	0.6	0.3	.525	.000	.344
1999-00	28	DET	51	6.5	0.8	1.4	0.1	0.1	0.2	0.4	.309	.000	.500
2000-01	29	DET, TOR	54	12.0	2.2	3.2	0.4	0.2	0.5	0.8	.406	.000	.258
2001-02	30	TOR	49	13.4	2.4	2.9	0.3	0.2	0.5	0.5	.402	.000	.323
CAREER			465	18.2	4.5	4.6	0.4	0.3	0.6	0.9	.490	.000	.478

Season	Age	Team	GP	GS	MIN	PTS	FGM	FGA	FG%	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	OFF	DEF	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF
1994-95	23	BOS	78	75	29.7	10.0	3.9	7.4	.534	.000	2.1	3.4	.635	2.5	4.7	7.3	0.5	0.4	0.8	1.4	3.8
1995-96	24	BOS	61	59	23.5	7.2	3.2	5.7	.566	.000	0.8	2.2	.376	2.0	3.8	5.8	0.7	0.3	0.5	1.4	3.0
1996-97 *	25	All Teams	78	77	23.4	4.3	2.0	4.5	.456	.000	0.3	0.8	.339	2.3	4.3	6.6	0.8	0.3	0.9	1.0	3.4
1996-97 *	25	DAL	47	46	20.9	3.9	1.8	4.0	.460	.000	0.2	0.7	.294	1.4	3.6	5.0	0.7	0.2	0.7	1.1	3.2
1996-97 *	25	NJN	31	31	27.2	5.1	2.4	5.2	.451	.000	0.4	0.9	.393	3.7	5.4	9.1	0.9	0.4	1.3	0.8	3.8
1997-98 *	26	All Teams	48	30	14.4	2.9	1.3	3.0	.424	.000	0.3	0.8	.400	1.4	2.7	4.1	0.2	0.3	0.6	0.6	2.6
1997-98 *	26	DET	28	10	12.6	2.5	1.1	2.4	.456	.000	0.3	0.8	.429	1.5	2.4	3.8	0.1	0.2	0.5	0.5	2.4
1997-98 *	26	PHL	20	20	16.9	3.4	1.5	3.8	.395	.000	0.3	0.9	.368	1.4	3.2	4.6	0.3	0.3	0.6	0.8	3.0
1998-99	27	DET	46	2	12.5	2.1	0.9	1.7	.525	.000	0.2	0.7	.344	1.0	2.0	3.0	0.3	0.3	0.6	0.3	2.3
1999-00	28	DET	51	0	6.5	0.8	0.3	1.1	.309	.000	0.1	0.2	.500	0.4	1.1	1.4	0.1	0.1	0.2	0.4	1.6
2000-01 *	29	All Teams	54	21	12.0	2.2	1.0	2.6	.406	.000	0.1	0.6	.258	1.0	2.2	3.2	0.4	0.2	0.5	0.8	2.1
2000-01 *	29	DET	42	20	13.5	2.5	1.2	2.9	.413	.000	0.2	0.6	.269	1.0	2.4	3.4	0.4	0.2	0.5	0.9	2.4
2000-01 *	29	TOR	12	1	6.8	1.1	0.5	1.4	.353	.000	0.1	0.4	.200	0.8	1.7	2.4	0.3	0.2	0.2	0.3	1.2
2001-02	30	TOR	49	24	13.4	2.4	1.1	2.7	.402	.000	0.2	0.6	.323	0.7	2.1	2.9	0.3	0.2	0.5	0.5	1.9
CAREER			465	288	18.2	4.5	1.9	3.9	.490	.000	0.6	1.3	.478	1.5	3.1	4.6	0.4	0.3	0.6	0.9	2.7

Season	Age	Team	GP	GS	MIN	PTS	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	OFF	DEF	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF
1994-95	23	BOS	78	75	2,315	781	307	575	.534	1	.000	167	263	.635	196	370	566	36	29	61	112	299
1995-96	24	BOS	61	59	1,432	442	196	346	.566	0	.000	50	133	.376	119	233	352	43	19	29	83	181
1996-97 *	25	All Teams	78	77	1,828	339	159	349	.456	0	.000	21	62	.339	181	337	518	61	20	73	77	268
1996-97 *	25	DAL	47	46	984	182	86	187	.460	0	.000	10	34	.294	66	170	236	32	9	34	51	150
1996-97 *	25	NJN	31	31	844	157	73	162	.451	0	.000	11	28	.393	115	167	282	29	11	39	26	118
1997-98 *	26	All Teams	48	30	691	138	61	144	.424	0	.000	16	40	.400	69	130	199	11	13	27	29	127
1997-98 *	26	DET	28	10	354	71	31	68	.456	0	.000	9	21	.429	41	66	107	4	6	15	14	66
1997-98 *	26	PHL	20	20	337	67	30	76	.395	0	.000	7	19	.368	28	64	92	7	7	12	15	61
1998-99	27	DET	46	2	577	95	42	80	.525	1	.000	11	32	.344	45	94	139	14	12	27	16	107
1999-00	28	DET	51	0	332	40	17	55	.309	0	.000	6	12	.500	18	54	72	7	6	9	22	81
2000-01 *	29	All Teams	54	21	649	120	56	138	.406	0	.000	8	31	.258	52	121	173	19	11	26	41	115
2000-01 *	29	DET	42	20	568	107	50	121	.413	0	.000	7	26	.269	43	101	144	15	8	23	37	100
2000-01 *	29	TOR	12	1	81	13	6	17	.353	0	.000	1	5	.200	9	20	29	4	3	3	4	15
2001-02	30	TOR	49	24	656	116	53	132	.402	1	.000	10	31	.323	36	104	140	16	12	23	25	92
CAREER			465	288	8,480	2,071	891	1,819	.490	3	.000	289	604	.478	716	1,443	2,159	207	122	275	405	1,270

Season	Age	Team	GP	GS	TS%	eFG%	ORB%	DRB%	TRB%	AST%	TOV%	STL%	BLK%	USG%	Total S %	PPR	PPS	ORtg	DRtg	PER
1994-95	23	BOS	78	75	.565	.534	9.6	18.7	14.1	2.3	14.0	0.6	1.8	15.1	116.9	-3.8	1.4	110.8	111.1	12.1
1995-96	24	BOS	61	59	.546	.566	9.1	18.5	13.7	4.6	17.0	0.7	1.4	14.7	94.2	-3.6	1.3	101.5	110.5	10.6
1996-97 *	25	All Teams	78	77	.450	.456	10.9	20.8	15.8	5.0	17.0	0.6	3.1	11.0	79.4	-2.0	1.0	96.9	108.7	8.7
1996-97 *	25	DAL	47	46	.451	.460	7.6	19.8	13.7	5.1	20.2	0.5	2.7	11.7	75.4	-3.0	1.0	87.6	109.1	6.4
1996-97 *	25	NJN	31	31	.450	.451	14.2	21.9	17.9	5.0	13.0	0.7	3.5	10.1	84.3	-0.8	1.0	108.1	108.4	11.3
1997-98 *	26	All Teams	48	30	.427	.424	11.5	22.0	16.7	2.5	15.2	1.0	2.9	12.6	82.4	-3.1	1.0	92.1	101.5	8.0
1997-98 *	26	DET	28	10	.460	.456	13.0	22.1	17.5	1.8	15.3	0.9	3.3	11.9	88.4	-3.3	1.0	99.3	100.0	9.3
1997-98 *	26	PHL	20	20	.397	.395	9.9	21.7	15.9	3.2	15.1	1.1	2.5	13.2	76.3	-3.0	0.9	85.2	103.3	6.6
1998-99	27	DET	46	2	.505	.525	9.4	20.1	14.7	3.9	14.5	1.2	3.8	9.0	86.9	-1.2	1.2	105.3	99.4	9.1
1999-00	28	DET	51	0	.332	.309	6.3	18.8	12.6	2.9	26.7	0.9	2.0	11.0	80.9	-5.1	0.7	66.2	104.7	0.2
2000-01 *	29	All Teams	54	21	.396	.406	8.8	21.0	14.8	4.4	21.3	0.9	2.8	13.0	66.4	-4.2	0.9	78.6	101.8	5.4
2000-01 *	29	DET	42	20	.404	.413	8.2	20.2	14.1	4.0	21.8	0.7	2.9	13.0	68.2	-4.6	0.9	78.1	102.6	5.1
2000-01 *	29	TOR	12	1	.339	.353	12.5	27.4	20.0	6.7	17.2	1.9	2.5	12.7	55.3	-1.6	0.8	82.5	96.6	7.9
2001-02	30	TOR	49	24	.398	.402	6.1	18.7	12.2	3.8	14.7	1.0	2.6	11.9	72.4	-2.2	0.9	83.2	103.0	5.8
CAREER			465	288	.497	.490	9.5	19.7	14.5	3.7	16.3	0.8	2.4	13.1	96.8	-3.1	1.1	98.7	106.2	9.1

Season	Age	Team	GP	GS	Dbl Dbl	HOB	Ast/TO	Stl/TO	FT/FGA	W's	L's	Win %	OWS	DWS	WS
1994-95	23	BOS	78	75	16	.114	0.3	0.3	0.5	32	46	.410	2.2	1.8	4.0
1995-96	24	BOS	61	59	4	.102	0.5	0.2	0.4	24	37	.393	0.2	1.1	1.4
1996-97 *	25	All Teams	78	77	3	.078	0.8	0.3	0.2	27	51	.346	-0.2	1.5	1.3
1996-97 *	25	DAL	47	46	0	.072	0.6	0.2	0.2	16	31	.340	-0.8	0.7	-
1996-97 *	25	NJN	31	31	3	.088	1.1	0.4	0.2	11	20	.355	0.6	0.7	1.3
1997-98 *	26	All Teams	48	30	0	.043	0.4	0.4	0.3	20	28	.417	-0.2	1.0	0.8
1997-98 *	26	DET	28	10	0	.035	0.3	0.4	0.3	14	14	.500	0.1	0.6	0.7
1997-98 *	26	PHL	20	20	0	.052	0.5	0.5	0.2	6	14	.300	-0.3	0.4	0.1
1998-99	27	DET	46	2	0	.037	0.9	0.8	0.4	25	21	.543	0.4	0.8	1.2
1999-00	28	DET	51	0	0	.013	0.3	0.3	0.2	29	22	.569	-0.7	0.3	-0.4
2000-01 *	29	All Teams	54	21	1	.038	0.5	0.3	0.2	23	31	.426	-0.9	0.8	-0.1
2000-01 *	29	DET	42	20	1	.043	0.4	0.2	0.2	15	27	.357	-0.8	0.6	-0.2
2000-01 *	29	TOR	12	1	0	.021	1.0	0.8	0.3	8	4	.667	-0.1	0.1	0.1
2001-02	30	TOR	49	24	1	.040	0.6	0.5	0.2	26	23	.531	-0.6	0.8	0.2
CAREER			465	288	25	.065	0.5	0.3	0.3	206	259	.443	1.2	8.0	9.2

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NBA Playoff Stats

Summary
Per Game
Totals
Advanced
Misc

Season	Age	Team	GP	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	BLK	TOV	FG%	3P%	FT%
1994-95	23	BOS	4	15.5	3.2	2.2	0.0	0.0	2.0	.455	.000	.500
1998-99	27	DET	5	14.0	1.4	2.6	0.0	0.4	0.0	.500	.000	.500
1999-00	28	DET	2	2.5	0.0	1.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	.000	.000	.000
2000-01	29	TOR	5	6.2	0.8	2.0	0.2	0.6	0.4	.400	.000	.000
CAREER			16	10.5	1.5	2.1	0.1	0.3	0.6	.455	.000	.500

Season	Age	Team	GP	GS	MIN	PTS	FGM	FGA	FG%	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	OFF	DEF	TRB	AST	BLK	TOV	PF
1994-95	23	BOS	4	4	15.5	3.2	1.2	2.8	.455	.000	0.8	1.5	.500	1.8	0.5	2.2	0.0	0.0	2.0	3.2
1998-99	27	DET	5	0	14.0	1.4	0.6	1.2	.500	.000	0.2	0.4	.500	0.6	2.0	2.6	0.0	0.4	0.0	3.0
1999-00	28	DET	2	0	2.5	0.0	0.0	0.0	.000	.000	0.0	0.0	.000	0.0	1.0	1.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.0
2000-01	29	TOR	5	0	6.2	0.8	0.4	1.0	.400	.000	0.0	0.0	.000	1.0	1.0	2.0	0.2	0.6	0.4	1.2
CAREER			16	4	10.5	1.5	0.6	1.4	.455	.000	0.2	0.5	.500	0.9	1.2	2.1	0.1	0.3	0.6	2.2

Season	Age	Team	GP	GS	MIN	PTS	FGM	FGA	FG%	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	OFF	DEF	TRB	AST	BLK	TOV	PF
1994-95	23	BOS	4	4	62	13	5	11	.455	.000	3	6	.500	7	2	9	0	0	8	13
1998-99	27	DET	5	0	70	7	3	6	.500	.000	1	2	.500	3	10	13	0	2	0	15
1999-00	28	DET	2	0	5	0	0	0	.000	.000	0	0	.000	0	2	2	0	0	0	2
2000-01	29	TOR	5	0	31	4	2	5	.400	.000	0	0	.000	5	5	10	1	3	2	6
CAREER			16	4	168	24	10	22	.455	.000	4	8	.500	15	19	34	1	5	10	36

Season	Age	Team	GP	GS	TS%	eFG%	ORB%	DRB%	TRB%	AST%	TOV%	STL%	BLK%	USG%	Total S %	PPR	PPS	ORtg	DRtg	PER
1994-95	23	BOS	4	4	.477	.455	12.5	3.7	8.1	-	37.0	-	-	15.8	95.5	-13.8	1.2	70.2	119.5	-1.3
1998-99	27	DET	5	0	.509	.500	5.5	20.2	12.5	-	-	-	2.5	5.1	100.0	-	1.2	122.4	104.3	4.5
1999-00	28	DET	2	0	.000	.000	-	53.3	25.1	-	-	-	-	-	0.0	-	0.0	-	98.7	2.4
2000-01	29	TOR	5	0	.400	.400	19.2	20.0	19.6	4.5	28.6	-	7.1	10.4	40.0	-4.3	0.8	92.0	104.4	8.8
CAREER			16	4	.470	.455	10.6	14.4	12.5	0.9	28.2	-	2.3	10.1	95.5	-5.9	1.1	84.2	108.9	3.1

Season	Age	Team	GP	GS	HOB	Ast/TO	FT/FGA	W's	L's	Win %	OWS	DWS	WS
1994-95	23	BOS	4	4	.039	0.0	0.5	1	3	.250	-0.2	-	-0.2
1998-99	27	DET	5	0	.019	0.0	0.3	2	3	.400	0.1	0.1	0.1
1999-00	28	DET	2	0	.000	0.0	0.0	0	2	.000	-	-	-
2000-01	29	TOR	5	0	.016	0.5	0.0	3	2	.600	-	-	-
CAREER			16	4	.021	0.1	0.4	6	10	.375	-0.2	0.1	-

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NBA Transactions

Date	Transaction
Jun 29, 1994	The Boston Celtics selected Eric Montross in Round 1 with Pick 9 in the 1994 NBA Draft.
Aug 24, 1994	Eric Montross signed a multi-year contract with the Boston Celtics.
Jun 21, 1996	Eric Montross was acquired by the Dallas Mavericks from the Boston Celtics in a trade.
Feb 17, 1997	Eric Montross was acquired by the New Jersey Nets from the Dallas Mavericks in a trade.
Jun 25, 1997	Eric Montross was acquired by the Philadelphia Sixers from the New Jersey Nets in a trade.
Dec 18, 1997	Eric Montross was acquired by the Detroit Pistons from the Philadelphia Sixers in a trade.
Feb 22, 2001	Eric Montross was acquired by the Toronto Raptors, along with Jerome Williams, from the Detroit Pistons in exchange for Tyrone Corbin, Kornel David, Corliss Williamson and a 2005 1st round pick (ORL own).
Feb 24, 2004	Eric Montross retired from professional basketball.
Feb 24, 2004	The Toronto Raptors placed the contract of Eric Montross on waivers.
Feb 26, 2004	Eric Montross, previously with the Toronto Raptors, became a free agent.
Dec 17, 2023	Eric Montross passed away. He was 52 years old at the time of his death.

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NBA Awards & Honors

Award	Date
1x All-Rookie Second Team	1995
1x Rising Stars Challenge Participant	1995

NBA Rising Stars Challenge Stats

Summary
Totals

Season	Age	Team	GP	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	FG%	3P%	FT%
1995	23	White	1	23.0	6.0	4.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	.600	.000	.000
CAREER			1	23.0	6.0	4.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	.600	.000	.000

Season	Age	Team	GP	GS	MIN	PTS	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	OFF	DEF	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF
1995	23	White	1	1	23	6	3	5	.600	0	0	.000	0	0	.000	0	4	4	0	0	0	0	0
CAREER			1	1	23	6	3	5	.600	0	0	.000	0	0	.000	0	4	4	0	0	0	0	0

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NBA Training Camp Experience

Team	Camp
1x Dallas Mavericks	1996
1x Philadelphia Sixers	1997
3x Detroit Pistons	1999, 1999, 2000
3x Toronto Raptors	2001, 2002, 2003

NCAA Career

College: North Carolina (1994)

NCAA Awards & Honors

Award	Date
2x Consensus All-American Second Team	1993, 1994
1x NABC All-American First Team	1994
1x NABC All-American Second Team	1993
2x AP All-American Second Team	1993, 1994
1x UPI All-American Third Team	1993
1x All-ACC First Team (Media)	1993
1x All-ACC Second Team (Media)	1994
1x ACC All-Tournament First Team	1993
1x ACC All-Tournament Second Team	1994
1x NCAA Final Four All-Tournament Teams (AP)	1993

High School Basketball Career

Prep/High School: Lawrence North High School (Indianapolis, Indiana)

High School All-Star Game Stats

Year	Age	Event	GP	MIN	PTS	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF
1990	18	McDonalds All-American	1	00:00	0	0	0	-	0	0	-	0	0	-	0	0	0	0	0	0

Prep/High School Awards & Honors

Award	Year
1x Parade All-American First Team	1990
1x USA TODAY's All-USA First Team	1990