Ron Mercer SG

Height: 6-7 (201cm)

Weight: 210 lbs (95kg)

Born: May 18, 1976 (50 years old)

Hometown: Nashville, Tennessee

Nationality: United States

Current NBA Status: Unrestricted Free Agent

NBA Draft: 1997 Round 1, Pick 6, Boston Celtics

Pre-Draft Team: Kentucky (So)

High School: Oak Hill Academy (Mouth of Wilson, Virginia)

All-Rookie 1st

Ron Mercer Player Profile

Date	Opponent	PTS	REB	AST	STL
3/8/2005	Spurs	3	1	0	0
3/5/2005	Magic	10	1	0	0
3/3/2005	Heat	12	0	0	0
3/2/2005	Sixers	4	3	2	1
2/27/2005	Cavaliers	10	1	1	1

NBA Career
NCAA Career
High School Career

NBA Career

8 Years Of Service

Season	Age	Team	GP	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	FG%	3P%	FT%
1997-98	21	BOS	80	33.3	15.3	3.5	2.2	1.6	0.2	1.6	.450	.107	.839
1998-99	22	BOS	41	37.8	17.0	3.8	2.5	1.6	0.3	2.2	.431	.167	.790
1999-00	23	DEN, ORL	68	35.0	16.9	3.7	2.3	1.1	0.3	2.2	.426	.313	.789
2000-01	24	CHI	61	41.6	19.7	3.9	3.3	1.3	0.4	2.1	.446	.304	.825
2001-02	25	CHI, IND	53	32.4	13.9	3.4	2.4	0.6	0.2	1.7	.397	.290	.798
2002-03	26	IND	72	23.1	7.7	2.1	1.6	0.7	0.2	0.8	.409	.188	.802
2003-04	27	SAN	39	13.2	5.0	1.3	0.6	0.4	0.1	0.7	.427	.286	.765
2004-05	28	NJN	18	21.7	7.6	2.2	1.1	0.9	0.1	0.8	.411	.000	.700
CAREER			432	31.0	13.6	3.1	2.1	1.1	0.3	1.6	.429	.250	.808

Season	Age	Team	GP	GS	MIN	PTS	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	OFF	DEF	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF
1997-98	21	BOS	80	62	33.3	15.3	6.4	14.3	.450	0.0	0.3	.107	2.4	2.8	.839	1.4	2.1	3.5	2.2	1.6	0.2	1.6	2.7
1998-99	22	BOS	41	40	37.8	17.0	7.4	17.2	.431	0.1	0.7	.167	2.0	2.6	.790	0.9	2.9	3.8	2.5	1.6	0.3	2.2	2.0
1999-00 *	23	All Teams	68	68	35.0	16.9	6.8	15.9	.426	0.2	0.7	.313	3.1	4.0	.789	0.9	2.7	3.7	2.3	1.1	0.3	2.2	2.2
1999-00 *	23	DEN	37	37	38.1	18.3	7.4	16.5	.444	0.4	1.1	.385	3.2	4.1	.788	0.8	3.3	4.1	2.8	0.9	0.4	2.4	2.0
1999-00 *	23	ORL	31	31	31.3	15.2	6.1	15.1	.402	0.0	0.3	.000	3.0	3.8	.790	1.1	2.0	3.2	1.7	1.4	0.3	2.1	2.5
2000-01	24	CHI	61	61	41.6	19.7	8.2	18.4	.446	0.2	0.8	.304	3.1	3.7	.825	1.2	2.7	3.9	3.3	1.3	0.4	2.1	2.4
2001-02 *	25	All Teams	53	41	32.4	13.9	5.9	14.8	.397	0.3	1.2	.290	1.8	2.2	.798	0.9	2.4	3.4	2.4	0.6	0.2	1.7	2.0
2001-02 *	25	CHI	40	40	37.6	16.8	7.2	17.9	.399	0.4	1.4	.298	2.1	2.7	.778	1.1	2.8	3.9	3.0	0.8	0.2	2.0	2.1
2001-02 *	25	IND	13	1	16.4	4.8	1.9	5.2	.373	0.1	0.4	.200	0.8	0.8	1.000	0.5	1.3	1.8	0.8	0.2	0.2	0.7	1.7
2002-03	26	IND	72	3	23.1	7.7	3.4	8.3	.409	0.0	0.2	.188	0.9	1.1	.802	0.4	1.7	2.1	1.6	0.7	0.2	0.8	1.7
2003-04	27	SAN	39	0	13.2	5.0	2.3	5.4	.427	0.1	0.2	.286	0.3	0.4	.765	0.3	1.0	1.3	0.6	0.4	0.1	0.7	0.9
2004-05	28	NJN	18	3	21.7	7.6	3.6	8.8	.411	0.0	0.2	.000	0.4	0.6	.700	0.5	1.7	2.2	1.1	0.9	0.1	0.8	1.1
CAREER			432	278	31.0	13.6	5.8	13.4	.429	0.1	0.6	.250	2.0	2.4	.808	0.9	2.2	3.1	2.1	1.1	0.3	1.6	2.0

Season	Age	Team	GP	GS	MIN	PTS	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	OFF	DEF	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF
1997-98	21	BOS	80	62	2,662	1,221	515	1,145	.450	3	28	.107	188	224	.839	109	171	280	176	125	17	132	213
1998-99	22	BOS	41	40	1,551	698	305	707	.431	5	30	.167	83	105	.790	37	118	155	104	67	12	89	81
1999-00 *	23	All Teams	68	68	2,377	1,148	460	1,080	.426	15	48	.313	213	270	.789	64	186	250	158	75	23	151	151
1999-00 *	23	DEN	37	37	1,408	678	272	612	.444	15	39	.385	119	151	.788	29	123	152	104	33	15	87	75
1999-00 *	23	ORL	31	31	969	470	188	468	.402	0	9	.000	94	119	.790	35	63	98	54	42	8	64	76
2000-01	24	CHI	61	61	2,535	1,202	500	1,121	.446	14	46	.304	188	228	.825	72	164	236	201	78	27	129	148
2001-02 *	25	All Teams	53	41	1,715	735	311	784	.397	18	62	.290	95	119	.798	50	128	178	128	32	13	88	108
2001-02 *	25	CHI	40	40	1,502	673	286	717	.399	17	57	.298	84	108	.778	44	111	155	118	30	10	79	86
2001-02 *	25	IND	13	1	213	62	25	67	.373	1	5	.200	11	11	1.000	6	17	23	10	2	3	9	22
2002-03	26	IND	72	3	1,660	556	244	597	.409	3	16	.188	65	81	.802	32	122	154	112	49	14	54	123
2003-04	27	SAN	39	0	516	195	90	211	.427	2	7	.286	13	17	.765	10	39	49	22	14	5	26	37
2004-05	28	NJN	18	3	390	137	65	158	.411	0	3	.000	7	10	.700	9	31	40	20	16	2	14	20
CAREER			432	278	13,406	5,892	2,490	5,803	.429	60	240	.250	852	1,054	.808	383	959	1,342	921	456	113	683	881

Season	Age	Team	GP	GS	TS%	eFG%	ORB%	DRB%	TRB%	AST%	TOV%	STL%	BLK%	USG%	Total S %	PPR	PPS	ORtg	DRtg	PER
1997-98	21	BOS	80	62	.491	.451	4.5	8.3	6.2	11.6	9.6	2.4	0.5	22.3	139.6	-0.5	1.1	103.0	107.8	14.1
1998-99	22	BOS	41	40	.463	.435	2.6	8.9	5.6	12.1	10.6	2.3	0.6	24.5	138.9	-1.2	1.0	94.2	104.7	13.6
1999-00 *	23	All Teams	68	68	.479	.433	3.0	8.7	5.8	11.3	11.2	1.6	0.7	24.6	152.7	-1.9	1.1	96.9	106.8	12.9
1999-00 *	23	DEN	37	37	.500	.457	2.2	9.8	6.0	12.9	11.4	1.2	0.7	23.7	161.7	-1.2	1.1	99.3	109.4	13.4
1999-00 *	23	ORL	31	31	.452	.402	4.0	7.1	5.6	9.3	11.0	2.2	0.6	26.0	119.2	-2.8	1.0	93.5	103.7	12.0
2000-01	24	CHI	61	61	.492	.452	3.3	8.0	5.5	16.3	9.6	1.7	0.8	24.8	157.5	0.2	1.1	99.4	110.4	14.9
2001-02 *	25	All Teams	53	41	.439	.408	3.3	8.9	6.1	14.9	9.5	1.0	0.6	24.7	148.5	-0.2	0.9	90.2	108.9	10.1
2001-02 *	25	CHI	40	40	.440	.411	3.3	8.9	6.0	16.2	9.4	1.1	0.5	25.6	147.5	-	0.9	89.8	108.1	10.5
2001-02 *	25	IND	13	1	.432	.381	3.4	9.4	6.4	8.0	11.1	0.5	1.0	17.6	157.3	-1.1	0.9	90.8	111.8	6.3
2002-03	26	IND	72	3	.439	.411	2.2	8.1	5.2	11.6	7.9	1.5	0.6	18.6	139.9	1.2	0.9	94.2	104.7	9.4
2003-04	27	SAN	39	0	.446	.431	2.1	8.3	5.2	8.0	10.6	1.5	0.7	21.7	147.7	-2.2	0.9	87.8	99.3	9.1
2004-05	28	NJN	18	3	.422	.411	2.6	10.0	6.1	10.1	7.9	2.2	0.4	21.1	111.1	-0.2	0.9	84.7	105.2	9.0
CAREER			432	278	.470	.434	3.2	8.4	5.7	12.6	9.8	1.8	0.6	23.3	148.7	-0.5	1.0	96.4	106.4	12.5

Season	Age	Team	GP	GS	Dbl Dbl	Techs	HOB	Ast/TO	Stl/TO	FT/FGA	W's	L's	Win %	OWS	DWS	WS
1997-98	21	BOS	80	62	0	0	.235	1.3	0.9	0.2	35	45	.438	2.2	1.9	4.1
1998-99	22	BOS	41	40	1	0	.272	1.2	0.8	0.1	14	27	.341	-	1.1	1.1
1999-00 *	23	All Teams	68	68	0	0	.242	1.0	0.5	0.2	34	34	.500	0.4	1.7	2.0
1999-00 *	23	DEN	37	37	0	0	.275	1.2	0.4	0.2	17	20	.459	0.7	0.5	1.2
1999-00 *	23	ORL	31	31	0	0	.203	0.8	0.7	0.3	17	14	.548	-0.3	1.1	0.7
2000-01	24	CHI	61	61	2	0	.347	1.6	0.6	0.2	10	51	.164	1.7	0.3	2.0
2001-02 *	25	All Teams	53	41	0	0	.252	1.5	0.4	0.2	14	39	.264	-1.5	0.8	-0.6
2001-02 *	25	CHI	40	40	0	0	.310	1.5	0.4	0.2	8	32	.200	-1.4	0.9	-0.5
2001-02 *	25	IND	13	1	0	0	.080	1.1	0.2	0.2	6	7	.462	-0.1	-	-0.1
2002-03	26	IND	72	3	0	1	.139	2.1	0.9	0.1	43	29	.597	-0.2	1.5	1.3
2003-04	27	SAN	39	0	0	0	.084	0.8	0.5	0.1	24	15	.615	-0.5	0.8	0.3
2004-05	28	NJN	18	3	0	0	.143	1.4	1.1	0.1	8	10	.444	-0.6	0.4	-0.2
CAREER			432	278	3	1	.224	1.3	0.7	0.2	182	250	.421	1.2	9.9	11.1

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NBA Playoff Stats

Summary
Per Game
Totals
Advanced
Misc

Season	Age	Team	GP	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	FG%	3P%	FT%
2001-02	25	IND	5	23.4	7.8	2.0	0.8	0.2	0.2	0.6	.500	.000	.750
2002-03	26	IND	6	22.5	6.5	2.2	1.2	1.0	0.2	0.8	.327	.000	.875
CAREER			11	22.9	7.1	2.1	1.0	0.6	0.2	0.7	.400	.000	.833

Season	Age	Team	GP	MIN	PTS	FGM	FGA	FG%	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	OFF	DEF	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF
2001-02	25	IND	5	23.4	7.8	3.6	7.2	.500	.000	0.6	0.8	.750	0.0	2.0	2.0	0.8	0.2	0.2	0.6	1.8
2002-03	26	IND	6	22.5	6.5	2.7	8.2	.327	.000	1.2	1.3	.875	0.3	1.8	2.2	1.2	1.0	0.2	0.8	1.8
CAREER			11	22.9	7.1	3.1	7.7	.400	.000	0.9	1.1	.833	0.2	1.9	2.1	1.0	0.6	0.2	0.7	1.8

Season	Age	Team	GP	MIN	PTS	FGM	FGA	FG%	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	OFF	DEF	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF
2001-02	25	IND	5	117	39	18	36	.500	.000	3	4	.750	0	10	10	4	1	1	3	9
2002-03	26	IND	6	135	39	16	49	.327	.000	7	8	.875	2	11	13	7	6	1	5	11
CAREER			11	252	78	34	85	.400	.000	10	12	.833	2	21	23	11	7	2	8	20

Season	Age	Team	GP	TS%	eFG%	ORB%	DRB%	TRB%	AST%	TOV%	STL%	BLK%	USG%	Total S %	PPR	PPS	ORtg	DRtg	PER
2001-02	25	IND	5	.516	.500	-	9.6	5.1	6.3	7.4	0.5	0.6	16.7	125.0	-0.3	1.1	98.5	102.1	10.5
2002-03	26	IND	6	.371	.327	1.6	9.4	5.4	10.4	8.7	2.4	0.7	19.7	120.2	-0.3	0.8	80.6	109.1	6.2
CAREER			11	.432	.400	0.9	9.5	5.3	8.4	8.1	1.5	0.6	18.3	123.3	-0.3	0.9	88.1	105.9	8.2

Season	Age	Team	GP	HOB	Ast/TO	Stl/TO	FT/FGA	W's	L's	Win %	OWS	DWS	WS
2001-02	25	IND	5	.126	1.3	0.3	0.1	2	3	.400	-	0.1	0.2
2002-03	26	IND	6	.127	1.4	1.2	0.2	2	4	.333	-0.2	0.1	-0.2
CAREER			11	.127	1.4	0.9	0.1	4	7	.364	-0.2	0.2	-

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NBA Transactions

Date	Transaction
Jun 25, 1997	The Boston Celtics selected Ron Mercer in Round 1 with Pick 6 in the 1997 NBA Draft.
Sep 4, 1997	Ron Mercer signed a multi-year contract with the Boston Celtics.
Aug 3, 1999	Ron Mercer was acquired by the Denver Nuggets, along with Popeye Jones and Dwayne Schintzius, from the Boston Celtics in exchange for Danny Fortson, Eric Washington, Eric Williams and a conditional 2001 1st round pick (DEN own).
Feb 1, 2000	Ron Mercer was acquired by the Orlando Magic, along with Chauncey Billups, Johnny Taylor and a TPE, from the Denver Nuggets in exchange for Tariq Abdul-Wahad, Chris Gatling, a 2001 1st round pick (ORL own) and cash.
Jul 1, 2000	Ron Mercer, previously with the Orlando Magic, became a free agent.
Aug 2, 2000	The Orlando Magic renounced their free-agent exception rights to Ron Mercer.
Aug 2, 2000	Ron Mercer signed a multi-year contract with the Chicago Bulls.
Feb 19, 2002	Ron Mercer was acquired by the Indiana Pacers, along with Brad Miller, Kevin Ollie, Metta World Peace and a TPE, from the Chicago Bulls in exchange for Travis Best, Norman Richardson, Jalen Rose and a 2002 2nd round pick (IND own).
Jul 24, 2003	Ron Mercer was acquired by the San Antonio Spurs, along with Hedo Turkoglu, from the Indiana Pacers in exchange for Danny Ferry.
Feb 27, 2004	The San Antonio Spurs placed the contract of Ron Mercer on waivers.
Mar 2, 2004	Ron Mercer, previously with the San Antonio Spurs, became a free agent.
Aug 12, 2004	Ron Mercer signed a multi-year contract with the New Jersey Nets.
Jun 30, 2005	Ron Mercer exercised a Player Option to extend his contract.
Aug 17, 2005	Ron Mercer, previously with the New Jersey Nets, became a free agent.
Aug 17, 2005	The New Jersey Nets utilized the amnesty provision on the contract of Ron Mercer.
Nov 1, 2005	Ron Mercer retired from professional basketball.

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NBA Awards & Honors

Award	Date
1x All-Rookie First Team	1998
1x Rising Stars Challenge Participant	1998

NBA Rising Stars Challenge Stats

Summary
Totals

Season	Age	Team	GP	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	FG%	3P%	FT%
1998	21	East	1	22.0	8.0	4.0	2.0	0.0	0.0	3.0	.400	.000	.000
CAREER			1	22.0	8.0	4.0	2.0	0.0	0.0	3.0	.400	.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
1998	21	East	1	1	22	8	4	10	.400	0	0	.000	0	0	.000	2	2	4	2	0	0	3	1
CAREER			1	1	22	8	4	10	.400	0	0	.000	0	0	.000	2	2	4	2	0	0	3	1

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NBA Training Camp Experience

Team	Camp
2x Boston Celtics	1997, 1999
1x Denver Nuggets	1999
2x Chicago Bulls	2000, 2001
1x Indiana Pacers	2002
1x San Antonio Spurs	2003
1x New Jersey Nets	2004

NCAA Career

College: Kentucky (1997)

NCAA Awards & Honors

Award	Date
1x Consensus All-American First Team	1997
1x NABC All-American First Team	1997
1x AP All-American First Team	1997
1x USBWA All-American First Team	1997
1x SEC Player of the Year (Coaches)	1997
1x SEC Player of the Year (AP)	1997
1x SEC Tournament MVP	1997
1x SEC All-Tournament Team	1997
2x NCAA Final Four All-Tournament Teams (AP)	1996, 1997
1x Great Alaska Shootout Most Outstanding Player	1997

High School Basketball Career

Prep/High School: Oak Hill Academy (Mouth of Wilson, Virginia)

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
1995	18	McDonalds All-American	1	00:00	19	0	0	-	0	0	-	0	0	-	0	0	0	0	0	0

Prep/High School Awards & Honors

Award	Year
1x Naismith Prep Player of the Year	1995
2x Parade All-American First Team	1994, 1995
1x USA TODAY's All-USA First Team	1995
1x Tennessee Mr. Basketball (Class A)	1994
1x Tennessee Mr. Basketball (Class AA)	1993