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Eric Montross

Center  at Detroit Pistons
Age54
NationalityUSA
Height213 cm (6'12")
Weight122 kg
BornSep 23, 1971
CollegeNorth Carolina
Career
4.1PPG
4.7RPG
0.5APG
645 games · 8 seasons

Career snapshot

8seasons
645games
2,665career pts
7.4PER (avg)
Most-played franchise: Detroit Pistons · 167 games · 1997-98–2000-01

Position rank · 2001-02

#65PPG rank
#57PER rank
#55WS rank
Among 70 Center players (min. 41 games)

Career highs (single season)

PPG 10.0 1994-95 · BOS
RPG 9.1 1996-97 · BKN
APG 0.9 1996-97 · BKN
PER 12.1 1994-95 · BOS
WS 4.1 1994-95 · BOS

Draft

1994
Round 1 · Pick 9
from North Carolina

Honors & awards

1×
All-Rookie Team
1994

Career by team

Toronto Raptors
2000-01 – 2001-02 · 2 seasons
2.1 PPG 2.8 RPG 0.3 APG
61 games
Detroit Pistons
1997-98 – 2000-01 · 4 seasons
1.9 PPG 2.7 RPG 0.2 APG
167 games
Philadelphia 76ers
1997-98 – 1997-98 · 1 seasons
3.4 PPG 4.6 RPG 0.4 APG
20 games
Dallas Mavericks
1996-97 – 1996-97 · 1 seasons
3.9 PPG 5.0 RPG 0.7 APG
47 games
Brooklyn Nets
1996-97 – 1996-97 · 1 seasons
5.1 PPG 9.1 RPG 0.9 APG
31 games
Boston Celtics
1994-95 – 1995-96 · 2 seasons
8.8 PPG 6.6 RPG 0.6 APG
139 games

Stats by season

SeasonTeamGGSMIN PTSREBASTSTLBLK FG%3P%FT%PERWS
1994-95 BOS 78 75 29.7 10.0 7.3 0.5 0.4 0.8 53.4 0.0 63.5 12.1 4.1
1995-96 BOS 61 59 23.5 7.2 5.8 0.7 0.3 0.5 56.6 0.0 37.6 10.6 1.3
1996-97 NBA 78 77 23.4 4.3 6.6 0.8 0.3 0.9 45.6 0.0 33.9 — —
1996-97 DAL 47 46 20.9 3.9 5.0 0.7 0.2 0.7 46.0 0.0 29.4 6.6 0.1
1996-97 BKN 31 31 27.2 5.1 9.1 0.9 0.4 1.3 45.1 0.0 39.3 — —
1997-98 NBA 48 30 14.4 2.9 4.1 0.2 0.3 0.6 42.4 0.0 40.0 — —
1997-98 PHI 20 20 16.9 3.4 4.6 0.4 0.4 0.6 39.5 0.0 36.8 6.7 0.1
1997-98 DET 28 10 12.6 2.5 3.8 0.1 0.2 0.5 45.6 0.0 42.9 9.4 0.6
1998-99 DET 46 2 12.5 2.1 3.0 0.3 0.3 0.6 52.5 0.0 34.4 9.1 1.3
1999-00 DET 51 0 6.5 0.8 1.4 0.1 0.1 0.2 30.9 0.0 50.0 0.2 -0.4
2000-01 NBA 54 21 12.0 2.2 3.2 0.4 0.2 0.5 40.6 0.0 25.8 — —
2000-01 TOR 12 1 6.8 1.1 2.4 0.3 0.3 0.3 35.3 0.0 20.0 8.1 0.0
2000-01 DET 42 20 13.5 2.5 3.4 0.4 0.2 0.5 41.3 0.0 26.9 5.0 -0.1
2001-02 TOR 49 24 13.4 2.4 2.9 0.3 0.2 0.5 40.2 0.0 32.3 5.8 0.2

Transfers & team changes

Derived from season-by-season team membership.

Date Move Type Notes
Oct 2000 Toronto Raptors Detroit Pistons mid season trade From 2000-01 to 2000-01
Jul 2000 Detroit Pistons Toronto Raptors season change
Jul 1998 Philadelphia 76ers Detroit Pistons season change
Jul 1997 Dallas Mavericks Detroit Pistons season change
Jul 1997 Dallas Mavericks Philadelphia 76ers season change
Jul 1997 Brooklyn Nets Detroit Pistons season change
Jul 1997 Brooklyn Nets Philadelphia 76ers season change
Oct 1996 Dallas Mavericks Brooklyn Nets mid season trade From 1996-97 to 1996-97
Jul 1996 Boston Celtics Brooklyn Nets season change
Jul 1996 Boston Celtics Dallas Mavericks season change

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About Eric Montross

Eric Scott Montross was an American professional basketball player who played in the National Basketball Association (NBA) for eight seasons with the Boston Celtics, Dallas Mavericks, New Jersey Nets, Philadelphia 76ers, Detroit Pistons, and Toronto Raptors. Born in Indianapolis, he played for Lawrence North High School before playing college basketball for the North Carolina Tar Heels, where he twice earned All-American honors and was the starting center for their 1993 National championship team.