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Eric Scott “Big Grits” Montross (born September 23, 1971) is an American former 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 enrolling at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill to play for the Tar Heels.

Eric Montross

Montross in 2019
Personal information
Born	(1971-09-23) September 23, 1971 (age 51) Indianapolis, Indiana
Nationality	American
Listed height	7 ft 0 in (2.13 m)
Listed weight	250 lb (113 kg)
Career information
High school	Lawrence North (Indianapolis, Indiana)
College	North Carolina (1990–1994)
NBA draft	1994 / Round: 1 / Pick: 9th overall
Selected by the Boston Celtics
Playing career	1994–2002
Position	Center
Number	0, 00
Career history
1994–1996	Boston Celtics
1996–1997	Dallas Mavericks
1997	New Jersey Nets
1997	Philadelphia 76ers
1997–2001	Detroit Pistons
2001–2004	Toronto Raptors
Career highlights and awards
NBA All-Rookie Second Team (1995) NCAA champion (1993) 2× Consensus second-team All-American (1993, 1994) First-team All-ACC (1993) Second-team All-ACC (1994) First-team Academic All-American (1994) No. 00 honored by North Carolina Tar Heels First-team Parade All-American (1990) McDonald's All-American (1990)
Career NBA statistics
Points	2,071 (4.5 ppg)
Rebounds	2,159 (4.6 rpg)
FG%	.490
Stats  at NBA.com
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com
Medals Men's Basketball Representing  United States Pan American Games 1991 Havana Team Competition

High school

Playing for Lawrence North High School, he was selected as a McDonald's All American in 1990.[1] That same year, he was named to the USA Today All-USA first Team. After leading Lawrence North to the Indiana high school basketball championship Montross committed himself to the North Carolina.[2]

Montross was also a baseball pitcher in high school and was drafted by the Chicago Cubs with the 1,547th pick overall in the 1994 MLB draft.[3]

College career

He was part of the UNC team that won the NCAA Championship against Michigan in 1993 and was named an All-American as a junior and senior. Montross' father and grandfather had played for Michigan.[4] His father Scott was a teammate of Cazzie Russell in the 1960s and his maternal grandfather John Townsend was an All-American in the 1930s.[5] In 4 seasons at UNC, Montross appeared in 139 games, averaging 11.7 points, 6.8 rebounds and 1.2 blocks per game.[6]

Career Statistics

Legend

GP	Games played	GS	Games started	MPG	Minutes per game
FG%	Field goal percentage	3P%	3-point field goal percentage	FT%	Free throw percentage
RPG	Rebounds per game	APG	Assists per game	SPG	Steals per game
BPG	Blocks per game	PPG	Points per game	Bold	Career high

Year	Team	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
1990–91	North Carolina	35	9	15.2	.587	-	.612	4.2	.3	.2	.9	5.8
1991–92	North Carolina	31	25	25.3	.574	-	.624	7	.6	.5	1	11.2
1992–93	North Carolina	38	36	28.3	.615	-	.684	7.6	.7	.6	1.2	15.8
1993–94	North Carolina	35	35	31.7	.560	-	.558	8.1	.8	.5	1.8	13.6
Career		139	105	25.2	.585	-	.624	6.8	.6	.5	1.2	11.7

Professional career

Montross was selected by the Boston Celtics with the ninth overall pick in the 1994 NBA draft. During his first year in the NBA, he averaged 10 points per game, and was selected to the 1995 Rookie All-Star Game and named to the NBA All-Rookie 2nd Team. However, Montross would never again reach this level of production. The Celtics came under fire for selecting Montross over players such as Eddie Jones, Jalen Rose, and Aaron McKie. During his career in the NBA, Montross played with the Celtics, Dallas Mavericks, New Jersey Nets, Philadelphia 76ers, Detroit Pistons, and the Toronto Raptors. Montross announced his retirement on August 26, 2003, due to a foot injury and was waived by the Raptors in February, 2004.[7][8] During his career, Montross averaged 4.5 points, 4.6 rebounds, 0.6 blocks and 0.4 assists per game. He played in 465 games and started 288.[9]

Career statistics

Year	Team	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
1994–95	Boston Celtics	78	75	29.7	.534	.000	.635	7.3	0.5	0.4	0.8	10.0
1995–96	Boston Celtics	61	59	23.5	.566	-	.376	5.8	0.7	0.3	0.5	7.2
1996–97	Dallas Mavericks/New Jersey Nets	78	77	23.5	.456	-	.339	6.6	0.8	0.3	0.9	4.3
1997–98	Philadelphia 76ers/Detroit Pistons	48	30	14.4	.424	-	.400	4.1	0.2	0.3	0.6	2.9
1998–99	Detroit Pistons	46	2	12.5	.525	.000	.344	3.0	0.3	0.3	0.6	2.1
1999–00	Detroit Pistons	51	0	6.5	.309	-	.500	1.4	0.1	0.1	0.2	0.8
2000–01	Detroit Pistons/Toronto Raptors	54	21	12.0	.406	-	.258	3.2	0.4	0.2	0.5	2.2
2001–02	Toronto Raptors	49	24	13.4	.402	.000	.323	2.9	0.3	0.2	0.5	2.4
Career		465	288	18.2	.490	.000	.478	4.6	0.4	0.3	0.6	4.5

Post basketball

Montross is now a color commentator on the Tar Heel Sports Network men's basketball broadcasts, having worked the position since former color analyst Mick Mixon left to become the play-by-play voice of the Carolina Panthers.

With the Pan-American Health Organization, Montross co-founded an organization called Vaccine Ambassadors, which aims to distribute vaccines all over the world, especially to developing countries, and help children.[10]

In 1994, he started the Eric Montross Fathers Day Basketball Camp. The camp has raised over one million dollars for the UNC Children's hospital.[11]

Notes

External links

• Basketball-Reference stats

На других языках

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[ru] Монтросс, Эрик

Эрик Скотт Монтросс (англ. Eric Scott Montross; род. 23 сентября 1971 года в Индианаполисе, штат Индиана, США) — американский профессиональный баскетболист.

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