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Eric Montross

Eric Scott Montross

Position: Center ▪ Height: 7-0 ▪ Weight: 270 lbs.
Born: September 23, 1971 in Indianapolis, Indiana
High School: Lawrence North in Indianapolis, Indiana
College: University of North Carolina
Draft: Boston Celtics, 1st round (9th pick, 9th overall), 1994 NBA Draft
NBA Debut: November 4, 1994

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Totals

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Season Age Tm Lg G GS MP FG FGA FG% 3P 3PA 3P% FT FTA FT% ORB DRB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS
1994-95 23 BOS NBA 78 75 2315 307 575 .534 0 1 .000 167 263 .635 196 370 566 36 29 61 112 299 781
1995-96 24 BOS NBA 61 59 1432 196 346 .566 0 0 50 133 .376 119 233 352 43 19 29 83 181 442
1996-97 25 TOT NBA 78 77 1828 159 349 .456 0 0 21 62 .339 181 337 518 61 20 73 77 268 339
1996-97 25 DAL NBA 47 46 984 86 187 .460 0 0 10 34 .294 66 170 236 32 9 34 51 150 182
1996-97 25 NJN NBA 31 31 844 73 162 .451 0 0 11 28 .393 115 167 282 29 11 39 26 118 157
1997-98 26 TOT NBA 48 30 691 61 144 .424 0 0 16 40 .400 69 130 199 11 13 27 29 127 138
1997-98 26 PHI NBA 20 20 337 30 76 .395 0 0 7 19 .368 28 64 92 7 7 12 15 61 67
1997-98 26 DET NBA 28 10 354 31 68 .456 0 0 9 21 .429 41 66 107 4 6 15 14 66 71
1998-99 27 DET NBA 46 2 577 42 80 .525 0 1 .000 11 32 .344 45 94 139 14 12 27 16 107 95
1999-00 28 DET NBA 51 0 332 17 55 .309 0 0 6 12 .500 18 54 72 7 6 9 22 81 40
2000-01 29 TOT NBA 54 21 649 56 138 .406 0 0 8 31 .258 52 121 173 19 11 26 41 115 120
2000-01 29 DET NBA 42 20 568 50 121 .413 0 0 7 26 .269 43 101 144 15 8 23 37 100 107
2000-01 29 TOR NBA 12 1 81 6 17 .353 0 0 1 5 .200 9 20 29 4 3 3 4 15 13
2001-02 30 TOR NBA 49 24 656 53 132 .402 0 1 .000 10 31 .323 36 104 140 16 12 23 25 92 116
Career NBA 465 288 8480 891 1819 .490 0 3 .000 289 604 .478 716 1443 2159 207 122 275 405 1270 2071

Per Game

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Season Age Tm Lg G GS MP FG FGA FG% 3P 3PA 3P% FT FTA FT% ORB DRB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS
1994-95 23 BOS NBA 78 75 29.7 3.9 7.4 .534 0.0 0.0 .000 2.1 3.4 .635 2.5 4.7 7.3 0.5 0.4 0.8 1.4 3.8 10.0
1995-96 24 BOS NBA 61 59 23.5 3.2 5.7 .566 0.0 0.0 0.8 2.2 .376 2.0 3.8 5.8 0.7 0.3 0.5 1.4 3.0 7.2
1996-97 25 TOT NBA 78 77 23.4 2.0 4.5 .456 0.0 0.0 0.3 0.8 .339 2.3 4.3 6.6 0.8 0.3 0.9 1.0 3.4 4.3
1996-97 25 DAL NBA 47 46 20.9 1.8 4.0 .460 0.0 0.0 0.2 0.7 .294 1.4 3.6 5.0 0.7 0.2 0.7 1.1 3.2 3.9
1996-97 25 NJN NBA 31 31 27.2 2.4 5.2 .451 0.0 0.0 0.4 0.9 .393 3.7 5.4 9.1 0.9 0.4 1.3 0.8 3.8 5.1
1997-98 26 TOT NBA 48 30 14.4 1.3 3.0 .424 0.0 0.0 0.3 0.8 .400 1.4 2.7 4.1 0.2 0.3 0.6 0.6 2.6 2.9
1997-98 26 PHI NBA 20 20 16.9 1.5 3.8 .395 0.0 0.0 0.4 1.0 .368 1.4 3.2 4.6 0.4 0.4 0.6 0.8 3.1 3.4
1997-98 26 DET NBA 28 10 12.6 1.1 2.4 .456 0.0 0.0 0.3 0.8 .429 1.5 2.4 3.8 0.1 0.2 0.5 0.5 2.4 2.5
1998-99 27 DET NBA 46 2 12.5 0.9 1.7 .525 0.0 0.0 .000 0.2 0.7 .344 1.0 2.0 3.0 0.3 0.3 0.6 0.3 2.3 2.1
1999-00 28 DET NBA 51 0 6.5 0.3 1.1 .309 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.2 .500 0.4 1.1 1.4 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.4 1.6 0.8
2000-01 29 TOT NBA 54 21 12.0 1.0 2.6 .406 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.6 .258 1.0 2.2 3.2 0.4 0.2 0.5 0.8 2.1 2.2
2000-01 29 DET NBA 42 20 13.5 1.2 2.9 .413 0.0 0.0 0.2 0.6 .269 1.0 2.4 3.4 0.4 0.2 0.5 0.9 2.4 2.5
2000-01 29 TOR NBA 12 1 6.8 0.5 1.4 .353 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.4 .200 0.8 1.7 2.4 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 1.3 1.1
2001-02 30 TOR NBA 49 24 13.4 1.1 2.7 .402 0.0 0.0 .000 0.2 0.6 .323 0.7 2.1 2.9 0.3 0.2 0.5 0.5 1.9 2.4
Career NBA 465 288 18.2 1.9 3.9 .490 0.0 0.0 .000 0.6 1.3 .478 1.5 3.1 4.6 0.4 0.3 0.6 0.9 2.7 4.5

Per 36 Minutes

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Season Age Tm Lg G GS MP FG FGA FG% 3P 3PA 3P% FT FTA FT% ORB DRB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS
1994-95 23 BOS NBA 78 75 2315 4.8 8.9 .534 0.0 0.0 .000 2.6 4.1 .635 3.0 5.8 8.8 0.6 0.5 0.9 1.7 4.6 12.1
1995-96 24 BOS NBA 61 59 1432 4.9 8.7 .566 0.0 0.0 1.3 3.3 .376 3.0 5.9 8.8 1.1 0.5 0.7 2.1 4.6 11.1
1996-97 25 TOT NBA 78 77 1828 3.1 6.9 .456 0.0 0.0 0.4 1.2 .339 3.6 6.6 10.2 1.2 0.4 1.4 1.5 5.3 6.7
1996-97 25 DAL NBA 47 46 984 3.1 6.8 .460 0.0 0.0 0.4 1.2 .294 2.4 6.2 8.6 1.2 0.3 1.2 1.9 5.5 6.7
1996-97 25 NJN NBA 31 31 844 3.1 6.9 .451 0.0 0.0 0.5 1.2 .393 4.9 7.1 12.0 1.2 0.5 1.7 1.1 5.0 6.7
1997-98 26 TOT NBA 48 30 691 3.2 7.5 .424 0.0 0.0 0.8 2.1 .400 3.6 6.8 10.4 0.6 0.7 1.4 1.5 6.6 7.2
1997-98 26 PHI NBA 20 20 337 3.2 8.1 .395 0.0 0.0 0.7 2.0 .368 3.0 6.8 9.8 0.7 0.7 1.3 1.6 6.5 7.2
1997-98 26 DET NBA 28 10 354 3.2 6.9 .456 0.0 0.0 0.9 2.1 .429 4.2 6.7 10.9 0.4 0.6 1.5 1.4 6.7 7.2
1998-99 27 DET NBA 46 2 577 2.6 5.0 .525 0.0 0.1 .000 0.7 2.0 .344 2.8 5.9 8.7 0.9 0.7 1.7 1.0 6.7 5.9
1999-00 28 DET NBA 51 0 332 1.8 6.0 .309 0.0 0.0 0.7 1.3 .500 2.0 5.9 7.8 0.8 0.7 1.0 2.4 8.8 4.3
2000-01 29 TOT NBA 54 21 649 3.1 7.7 .406 0.0 0.0 0.4 1.7 .258 2.9 6.7 9.6 1.1 0.6 1.4 2.3 6.4 6.7
2000-01 29 DET NBA 42 20 568 3.2 7.7 .413 0.0 0.0 0.4 1.6 .269 2.7 6.4 9.1 1.0 0.5 1.5 2.3 6.3 6.8
2000-01 29 TOR NBA 12 1 81 2.7 7.6 .353 0.0 0.0 0.4 2.2 .200 4.0 8.9 12.9 1.8 1.3 1.3 1.8 6.7 5.8
2001-02 30 TOR NBA 49 24 656 2.9 7.2 .402 0.0 0.1 .000 0.5 1.7 .323 2.0 5.7 7.7 0.9 0.7 1.3 1.4 5.0 6.4
Career NBA 465 288 8480 3.8 7.7 .490 0.0 0.0 .000 1.2 2.6 .478 3.0 6.1 9.2 0.9 0.5 1.2 1.7 5.4 8.8

Advanced

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Season Age Tm Lg G MP PER TS% eFG% ORB% DRB% TRB% AST% STL% BLK% TOV% USG% ORtg DRtg OWS DWS WS WS/48
1994-95 23 BOS NBA 78 2315 12.1 .565 .534 9.6 18.7 14.1 2.3 0.6 1.8 14.0 15.0 111 111 2.3 1.8 4.1 .084
1995-96 24 BOS NBA 61 1432 10.6 .546 .566 9.1 18.7 13.8 4.6 0.7 1.4 17.0 14.7 102 111 0.3 1.0 1.3 .044
1996-97 25 TOT NBA 78 1828 8.8 .450 .456 10.5 21.5 15.8 5.2 0.6 3.1 17.0 11.0 96 108 -0.3 1.6 1.4 .036
1996-97 25 DAL NBA 47 984 6.6 .451 .460 7.7 20.4 13.9 5.2 0.5 2.7 20.2 11.8 87 108 -0.8 0.9 0.1 .005
1996-97 25 NJN NBA 31 844 11.3 .450 .451 13.9 22.7 18.1 5.1 0.7 3.5 13.0 10.1 107 108 0.5 0.8 1.3 .072
1997-98 26 TOT NBA 48 691 8.0 .427 .424 11.6 22.2 16.9 2.5 1.0 2.9 15.2 12.6 92 102 -0.2 0.9 0.7 .049
1997-98 26 PHI NBA 20 337 6.7 .397 .395 9.5 22.0 15.7 3.3 1.1 2.6 15.1 13.2 85 103 -0.3 0.4 0.1 .015
1997-98 26 DET NBA 28 354 9.4 .460 .456 13.7 22.4 18.0 1.8 0.9 3.2 15.3 12.0 99 101 0.1 0.5 0.6 .082
1998-99 27 DET NBA 46 577 9.1 .505 .525 9.5 20.0 14.7 3.9 1.2 3.8 14.5 9.1 105 99 0.4 0.9 1.3 .106
1999-00 28 DET NBA 51 332 0.2 .332 .309 6.3 18.8 12.6 2.9 0.9 2.0 26.7 10.9 66 105 -0.7 0.3 -0.4 -0.058
2000-01 29 TOT NBA 54 649 5.4 .396 .406 8.5 20.5 14.4 4.5 0.9 2.8 21.3 12.9 79 101 -0.9 0.9 0.0 -0.001
2000-01 29 DET NBA 42 568 5.0 .404 .413 8.0 19.4 13.6 4.1 0.7 2.9 21.8 12.9 78 101 -0.8 0.7 -0.1 -0.006
2000-01 29 TOR NBA 12 81 8.1 .339 .353 12.2 28.5 20.2 7.2 2.0 2.6 17.2 12.8 82 98 -0.1 0.1 0.0 .028
2001-02 30 TOR NBA 49 656 5.8 .398 .402 6.1 18.8 12.3 3.7 1.0 2.6 14.7 11.9 83 103 -0.6 0.8 0.2 .015
Career NBA 465 8480 9.1 .497 .490 9.4 19.8 14.5 3.7 0.8 2.4 16.3 12.9 99 107 0.3 8.2 8.5 .048

Playoffs

Totals Shooting Per Game
Season Age Tm Lg G MP FG FGA 3P 3PA FT FTA ORB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS FG% 3P% FT% MP PTS TRB AST
1994-95 23 BOS NBA 4 62 5 11 0 0 3 6 7 9 0 0 0 8 13 13 .455 .500 15.5 3.3 2.3 0.0
1998-99 27 DET NBA 5 70 3 6 0 0 1 2 3 13 0 0 2 0 15 7 .500 .500 14.0 1.4 2.6 0.0
1999-00 28 DET NBA 2 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 2.5 0.0 1.0 0.0
2000-01 29 TOR NBA 5 31 2 5 0 0 0 0 5 10 1 0 3 2 6 4 .400 6.2 0.8 2.0 0.2
Career NBA 16 168 10 22 0 0 4 8 15 34 1 0 5 10 36 24 .455 .500 10.5 1.5 2.1 0.1

Playoffs Advanced

Season Age Tm Lg G MP PER TS% eFG% ORB% DRB% TRB% AST% STL% BLK% TOV% USG% ORtg DRtg OWS DWS WS WS/48
1994-95 23 BOS NBA 4 62 -1.2 .477 .455 12.5 3.7 8.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 37.0 15.7 70 119 -0.2 0.0 -0.2 -0.146
1998-99 27 DET NBA 5 70 4.4 .509 .500 5.5 20.2 12.5 0.0 0.0 2.5 0.0 5.1 122 105 0.1 0.0 0.1 .077
1999-00 28 DET NBA 2 5 -1.0 0.0 52.4 25.4 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 95 0.0 0.0 0.0 .107
2000-01 29 TOR NBA 5 31 8.7 .400 .400 19.1 20.6 19.8 4.8 0.0 7.3 28.6 10.6 91 103 0.0 0.0 0.0 .038
Career NBA 16 168 3.0 .470 .455 10.4 15.1 12.6 0.9 0.0 2.4 28.2 9.9 84 110 -0.1 0.1 0.0 -0.012

Similarity Scores

Explanation ▪ Players with careers of similar quality and shape (thru 2010-11)
Thru 8 Years Win Shares (Best to Worst)
Player Sim 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
Eric Montross 4.1 1.4 1.3 1.3 0.7 0.2 0.0 -0.4
Walt Wesley 82.9 4.1 1.7 1.2 1.2 1.0 0.7 -0.3 -0.4
Art Spoelstra 71.0 3.7 1.8 1.7 1.4
Carlos Rogers 69.5 4.0 2.2 2.0 0.9 0.9 0.5 0.5 0.0
Connie Dierking 68.1 4.2 3.0 1.4 1.0 0.7 0.5 0.5 0.1
Jim McIlvaine 67.9 3.0 1.9 1.8 1.5 0.8 0.3 0.1
Rich Niemann 67.5 4.4 1.4 1.2 0.2
Cherokee Parks 67.4 3.8 2.2 1.9 1.4 1.2 0.9 0.2 0.0
Paul Mokeski 66.9 3.4 1.7 1.6 1.4 1.1 0.9 0.8 -0.1
Jim Krebs 66.8 4.2 2.8 1.5 1.3 1.3 1.2 0.1
Zeljko Rebraca 65.4 3.3 2.4 1.3 0.7 0.5
Career Win Shares (Best to Worst)
Player Sim 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Eric Montross 4.1 1.4 1.3 1.3 0.7 0.2 0.0 -0.4
Walt Wesley 75.5 4.1 1.7 1.2 1.2 1.0 0.7 0.2 0.0 -0.3 -0.4
Art Spoelstra 71.0 3.7 1.8 1.7 1.4
Carlos Rogers 69.5 4.0 2.2 2.0 0.9 0.9 0.5 0.5 0.0
Jim McIlvaine 67.9 3.0 1.9 1.8 1.5 0.8 0.3 0.1
Rich Niemann 67.5 4.4 1.4 1.2 0.2
Jim Krebs 66.8 4.2 2.8 1.5 1.3 1.3 1.2 0.1
Cherokee Parks 66.7 3.8 2.2 1.9 1.4 1.2 0.9 0.2 0.1 0.0
Zeljko Rebraca 65.4 3.3 2.4 1.3 0.7 0.5
Phil Jordon 64.6 5.2 1.9 1.5 0.7 0.4 0.0 -0.2
Hub Reed 64.0 2.8 2.0 1.7 1.3 1.0 0.6 0.0

College

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Totals Shooting Per Game
Season Age College G MP FG FGA 3P 3PA FT FTA ORB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS FG% 3P% FT% MP PTS TRB AST
1990-91 19 UNC 35 531 81 138 41 67 148 11 6 30 32 79 203 .587 .612 15.2 5.8 4.2 0.3
1991-92 20 UNC 31 784 140 244 68 109 218 18 17 30 47 112 348 .574 .624 25.3 11.2 7.0 0.6
1992-93 21 UNC 38 1076 222 361 156 228 290 28 22 47 66 113 600 .615 .684 28.3 15.8 7.6 0.7
1993-94 22 UNC 35 1110 183 327 110 197 285 29 18 62 66 104 476 .560 .558 31.7 13.6 8.1 0.8
Career 139 3501 626 1070 375 601 941 86 63 169 211 408 1627 .585 .624 25.2 11.7 6.8 0.6

Appearances on Leaderboards, Awards, and Honors

Honors
1990 McDonald's All American
1992-93 NCAA AP All-America (2nd)
1993-94 NCAA AP All-America (2nd)
1994-95 NBA All-Rookie (2nd)
Personal Fouls
1994-95 NBA 299 (6)
Hall of Fame Probability
Career 0.000 (1042)

Transactions

June 29, 1994: Drafted by the Boston Celtics in the 1st round (9th pick) of the 1994 NBA Draft.

June 21, 1996: Traded by the Boston Celtics with a 1996 1st round draft pick (Samaki Walker) to the Dallas Mavericks for a 1996 1st round draft pick (Antoine Walker) and a 1997 1st round draft pick (Ron Mercer).

February 17, 1997: Traded by the Dallas Mavericks with Sam Cassell, Chris Gatling, Jim Jackson and George McCloud to the New Jersey Nets for Shawn Bradley, Ed O'Bannon, Robert Pack and Khalid Reeves.

June 27, 1997: Traded by the New Jersey Nets with Jim Jackson, Anthony Parker and Tim Thomas to the Philadelphia 76ers for Michael Cage, Lucious Harris, Don MacLean and Keith Van Horn.

December 18, 1997: Traded by the Philadelphia 76ers with Jerry Stackhouse and a 2005 2nd round draft pick (Alex Acker) to the Detroit Pistons for Aaron McKie, Theo Ratliff and a 2003 1st round draft pick (Carlos Delfino).

February 22, 2001: Traded by the Detroit Pistons with Jerome Williams to the Toronto Raptors for Tyrone Corbin, Kornel David, Corliss Williamson and a 2005 1st round draft pick (Fran Vazquez).

Salaries

Season Team Lg Salary
1994-95 Boston Celtics NBA $800,000
1995-96 Boston Celtics NBA $1,040,000
1996-97 Dallas Mavericks NBA $1,280,000
1997-98 Philadelphia 76ers NBA $1,520,000
1998-99 Detroit Pistons NBA $1,760,000
1999-00 Detroit Pistons NBA $2,000,000
2000-01 Detroit Pistons NBA $2,240,000
2001-02 Toronto Raptors NBA $2,480,000
2002-03 Toronto Raptors NBA $2,720,000
2003-04 Toronto Raptors NBA $2,960,000
Career (may be incomplete) $18,800,000

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