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Austin Croshere 

Austin Croshere
Position Forward
Height 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)
Weight 235 lb (106.6 kg)
League NBA
Team Golden State Warriors
Jersey #44
Born May 1, 1975 (1975-05-01) (age 33)
Los Angeles, California
Nationality USA
High school Crossroads School
College Providence College
Draft 12th overall, 1997
Indiana Pacers
Pro career 1997–present
Former teams Indiana Pacers (1997–2006)
Dallas Mavericks (2006–2007)
Official profile Info Page

Austin Nathan Croshere (born May 1, 1975 in Los Angeles, California) is an American professional basketball player currently playing for the NBA's Golden State Warriors.

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Education

He went to Palms Middle School and Crossroads School in Los Angeles County and graduated from Providence College, a Roman Catholic institution in Providence, Rhode Island.

Professional career

Indiana Pacers

Croshere was the 12th pick of the 1997 NBA Draft, selected by the Indiana Pacers.

A 6'10", hard-nosed player who can play the power forward and small forward positions, Croshere has shot 33.9% from three-point range over the course of his ten-year career. In 1999-2000, he had peaked at just the right time as he helped the Pacers advance to the 2000 NBA Finals, marking the Pacers' first Finals appearance since the ABA-NBA merger.

He was rewarded for his performance in the regular season and particularly the playoffs with a hefty contract, which the Pacers soon learned to regret as lamentably, Austin never fully lived up to the promise he'd shown. In fairness to him, Pacers coach Isiah Thomas seldom used him during the three seasons he coached the team. Croshere played 49 games in 2002-03, averaging a career-low 12.9 minutes per game that season as he fell out of the rotation.

Croshere became an important backup again during the Rick Carlisle years, and was a key contributor against the Detroit Pistons in the 2004 Eastern Conference Finals.

Dallas Mavericks

On July 5, 2006, Croshere was traded to the Dallas Mavericks for Marquis Daniels.[1] This move left only Jeff Foster as the last Pacer remaining from the 1999-2000 Eastern Conference championship team.

Croshere scored a career-high 34 points in a Mavericks 122-102 win against the Seattle SuperSonics on January 30, 2007.[2]

Golden State Warriors

On August 3, 2007, Croshere signed with the Golden State Warriors.[3]

2008 was the 1st year in his career that he did not make the playoffs.citation needed

NBA 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

Regular season

Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
1997–98 Indiana 26 0 9.3 .372 .308 .571 1.7 .3 .3 .2 2.9
1998–99 Indiana 27 0 9.2 .427 .276 .870 1.7 .4 .3 .3 3.4
1999–00 Indiana 81 14 23.3 .441 .362 .848 6.4 1.1 .5 .7 10.3
2000–01 Indiana 81 23 23.1 .394 .338 .866 4.8 1.1 .4 .6 10.1
2001–02 Indiana 76 1 16.9 .413 .338 .851 3.9 1.0 .3 .4 6.8
2002–03 Indiana 49 0 12.9 .411 .391 .815 3.2 1.1 .1 .3 5.1
2003–04 Indiana 77 0 13.6 .388 .389 .894 3.2 .7 .3 .2 5.0
2004–05 Indiana 73 22 25.0 .378 .259 .883 5.1 1.3 .7 .2 8.9
2005–06 Indiana 50 26 23.0 .463 .386 .882 5.3 1.2 .4 .1 8.2
2006–07 Dallas 61 2 11.9 .351 .286 .865 3.0 .7 .2 .1 3.7
2007–08 Golden State 44 0 10.4 .445 .361 .906 2.4 .7 .2 .1 3.9
Career 645 88 17.6 .408 .340 .864 4.1 1.0 .4 .3 6.9

Playoffs

Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
1998–99 Indiana 1 0 1.0 .000 .000 1.000 1.0 .0 .0 .0 2.0
1999–00 Indiana 23 2 21.3 .418 .405 .839 4.7 .8 .4 .7 9.4
2000–01 Indiana 4 0 32.3 .400 .200 .867 5.0 1.5 1.0 .5 10.8
2001–02 Indiana 4 0 14.8 .400 .333 .750 3.5 .5 .2 .2 6.0
2002–03 Indiana 4 0 11.5 .263 .000 .857 4.3 .8 .0 .2 4.0
2003–04 Indiana 13 2 16.5 .345 .333 .810 3.1 .9 .3 .2 4.8
2004–05 Indiana 10 0 8.8 .400 .500 .833 1.7 .0 .4 .1 2.5
2005–06 Indiana 6 2 29.2 .316 .391 .889 3.7 1.2 .8 .0 8.2
2006–07 Dallas 3 0 11.3 .333 .750 1.000 2.0 .0 .0 .0 5.0
Career 68 6 18.2 .379 .360 .844 3.6 .7 .4 .3 6.7

Notes

  1. ^ ESPN - Sources: Mavs deal Daniels for Croshere - NBA
  2. ^ Mavs get big effort from Croshere to take care of Sonics
  3. ^ "Warriors Sign Kosta Perovic And Austin Croshere To Contracts". NBA.com (2007-08-03). Retrieved on 2007-08-03.

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