Erick Dampier
{{Short description|American basketball player (born 1975)}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=January 2019}}
{{Infobox basketball biography
| name = Erick Dampier
| image = Erick Dampier Mavs 2009.jpg
| caption = Dampier with the Dallas Mavericks in 2009
| position =
| height_ft = 6
| height_in = 11
| weight_lb = 265
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1975|7|14|mf=yes}}
| birth_place = Jackson, Mississippi, U.S.
| high_school = Lawrence County
(Monticello, Mississippi)
| college = Mississippi State (1993–1996)
| draft_year = 1996
| draft_round = 1
| draft_pick = 10
| draft_team = Indiana Pacers
| career_start = 1996
| career_end = 2012
| career_position = Center
| career_number = 35, 25
| years1 = {{nbay|1996|full=y}}
| team1 = Indiana Pacers
| years2 = {{nbay|1997|start}}–{{nbay|2003|end}}
| team2 = Golden State Warriors
| years3 = {{nbay|2004|start}}–{{nbay|2009|end}}
| team3 = Dallas Mavericks
| years4 = {{nbay|2010|full=y}}
| team4 = Miami Heat
| years5 = {{nbay|2011|end}}
| team5 = Atlanta Hawks
| highlights =
- 2× First-team All-SEC (1995, 1996)
- Second-team All-SEC (1994)
- SEC All-Freshman Team (1994)
| stats_league = NBA
| stat1label = Points
| stat1value = 7,309 (7.4 ppg)
| stat2label = Rebounds
| stat2value = 7,005 (7.1 rpg)
| stat3label = Blocks
| stat3value = 1,398 (1.4 bpg)
}}
Erick Travez Dampier (born July 14, 1975) is an American former professional basketball player. He played in the National Basketball Association (NBA) for the Indiana Pacers, Golden State Warriors, Dallas Mavericks, Miami Heat and Atlanta Hawks. He was a 6 ft 11 in / 265 lb. center.[http://www.nba.com/playerfile/erick_dampier/bio.html Erick Dampier NBA.com bio] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070419135503/http://www.nba.com/playerfile/erick_dampier/bio.html |date=April 19, 2007 }}
Early life and college
Dampier played competitively at Lawrence County High School in Monticello, Mississippi, where he led the rural county to two state championships. Dampier played college basketball at Mississippi State University. While there he became a member of Kappa Alpha Psi. He was an early entry to the 1996 NBA draft after his junior season, in which he led MSU to the 1996 Southeastern Conference tournament championship and the NCAA Final Four.
Professional career
=Indiana Pacers (1996–1997)=
Dampier was drafted as the tenth pick in the first round of the 1996 NBA draft by the Indiana Pacers.
He played 72 games in his rookie year with the Pacers, starting 21 of them and finishing with averages of 5.1 points and 4.1 rebounds per game.
=Golden State Warriors (1997–2004)=
On August 12, 1997, Dampier and Duane Ferrell were traded to the Golden State Warriors for Chris Mullin.
He spent the next seven years, primarily as the starting center, with the Warriors. On November 22, 2002, Dampier scored a career-high 31 points and grabbed 14 rebounds, during a 95–91 loss to the Milwaukee Bucks.[https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2002-nov-23-sp-nba23-story.html Milwaukee 95, Golden State 91] Arguably, he hit his peak production in 2003–04 with averages of 12.3 points, 12 rebounds and 1.85 blocks per game. However, some critics claimed that he stepped up his production because he was in a contract year, and indeed he was considered a top free-agent commodity in the 2004 off-season.
=Dallas Mavericks (2004–2010)=
On August 24, 2004, Dampier was signed and traded to the Dallas Mavericks along with Dan Dickau, Evan Eschmeyer and rights to Steve Logan in exchange for Christian Laettner, Eduardo Nájera, 2 future first-round picks, the draft rights to Luis Flores and Mladen Sekularac, and a trade exception.{{cite web | url = http://www.nba.com/mavericks/news/mavs_complete_trade_with_golden_state.html | title = Mavs Complete Trade with Golden State | work = NBA.com | date = August 24, 2004 | access-date = July 13, 2010}} In his first season in Dallas he played in 59 games (starting 56), averaging 9.2 points, 8.5 rebounds and 1.85 blocks per game.
=Miami Heat (2010–2011)=
On July 13, 2010, Dampier was traded to the Charlotte Bobcats along with Matt Carroll and Eduardo Nájera in exchange for Tyson Chandler and Alexis Ajinça.{{cite web | url = http://www.nba.com/bobcats/mavericks_trade_100713.html | title = Bobcats Acquire Carroll, Dampier and Najera from Mavericks | work = NBA.com | date = July 13, 2010 | access-date = July 13, 2010 | url-status = dead | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20100811012714/http://www.nba.com/bobcats/mavericks_trade_100713.html | archive-date = August 11, 2010 }} He was waived on September 14, 2010.{{cite web | url=http://www.nba.com/bobcats/release_dampier_waived_100914.html | title=Bobcats Waive Erick Dampier | work=NBA.com | date=September 14, 2010 | access-date=September 15, 2010 | url-status=dead | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100916214956/http://www.nba.com/bobcats/release_dampier_waived_100914.html | archive-date=September 16, 2010 }}
On November 23, 2010, Dampier signed a contract with the Miami Heat.{{cite web | url=http://www.nba.com/heat/roster/heat_sign_erick_dampier.html | title=HEAT Sign Erick Dampier and Waive Guard Jerry Stackhouse | work = NBA.com | date = November 23, 2010 | access-date = November 23, 2010}}
=Atlanta Hawks (2012)=
Dampier signed a ten-day contract with the Atlanta Hawks on February 9, 2012.[http://www.nba.com/hawks/news/hawks-sign-erick-dampier-10-day-contract ATLANTA HAWKS SIGN ERICK DAMPIER TO 10-DAY CONTRACT] On February 19, 2012, he signed his second ten-day contract with the Hawks.{{cite web | url=http://www.nba.com/hawks/news/hawks-sign-dampier-second-10-day-contract | title=HAWKS SIGN ERICK DAMPIER TO SECOND 10-DAY CONTRACT | work = NBA.com | date = February 19, 2012 | access-date = February 22, 2012}} On March 1, 2012, Dampier signed with the Hawks for the rest of the season.{{cite web | url=http://www.nba.com/hawks/news/hawks-sign-dampier-remainder-season | title=HAWKS SIGN ERICK DAMPIER FOR REMAINDER OF SEASON | work = NBA.com | date = March 1, 2012 | access-date = March 3, 2012}}
NBA career statistics
{{NBA player statistics legend|leader=y}}
=Regular season=
{{NBA player statistics start}}
|-
| align="left" | {{nbay|1996}}
| align="left" | Indiana
| 72 || 21 || 14.6 || .390 || 1.000 || .637 || 4.1 || .6 || .3 || 1.0 || 5.1
|-
| align="left" | {{nbay|1997}}
| align="left" | Golden State
| style="background:#cfecec;"| 82* || style="background:#cfecec;"| 82* || 32.4 || .445 || .000 || .669 || 8.7 || 1.1 || .5 || 1.7 || 11.8
|-
| align="left" | {{nbay|1998}}
| align="left" | Golden State
| style="background:#cfecec;"| 50* || style="background:#cfecec;"| 50* || 28.3 || .389 || .000 || .588 || 7.6 || 1.1 || .5 || 1.2 || 8.8
|-
| align="left" | {{nbay|1999|trunc=y}}
| align="left" | Golden State
| 21 || 12 || 23.6 || .405 || .000 || .529 || 6.4 || .9 || .4 || .7 || 8.0
|-
| align="left" | {{nbay|2000}}
| align="left" | Golden State
| 43 || 26 || 24.1 || .401 || .000 || .532 || 5.8 || 1.4 || .4 || 1.3 || 7.4
|-
| align="left" | {{nbay|2001}}
| align="left" | Golden State
| 73 || 46 || 23.8 || .435 || .000 || .645 || 5.3 || 1.2 || .2 || 2.3 || 7.6
|-
| align="left" | {{nbay|2002}}
| align="left" | Golden State
| 82 || style="background:#cfecec;"| 82* || 24.1 || .496 || .000 || .698 || 6.6 || .7 || .3 || 1.9 || 8.2
|-
| align="left" | {{nbay|2003}}
| align="left" | Golden State
| 74 || 74 || 32.5 || .535 || .000 || .654 || 12.0 || .8 || .4 || 1.9 || 12.3
|-
| align="left" | {{nbay|2004}}
| align="left" | Dallas
| 59 || 56 || 27.3 || .550 || .000 || .605 || 8.5 || .9 || .3 || 1.4 || 9.2
|-
| align="left" | {{nbay|2005}}
| align="left" | Dallas
| style="background:#cfecec;"| 82* || 36 || 23.6 || .493 || .000 || .591 || 7.8 || .6 || .3 || 1.3 || 5.7
|-
| align="left" | {{nbay|2006}}
| align="left" | Dallas
| 76 || 73 || 25.2 || .626 || .000 || .623 || 7.4 || .6 || .3 || 1.1 || 7.1
|-
| align="left" | {{nbay|2007}}
| align="left" | Dallas
| 72 || 64 || 24.4 || .643 || .000 || .575 || 7.5 || .9 || .3 || 1.5 || 6.1
|-
| align="left" | {{nbay|2008}}
| align="left" | Dallas
| 80 || 80 || 23.0 || .650 || .000 || .638 || 7.1 || 1.0 || .3 || 1.2 || 5.7
|-
| align="left" | {{nbay|2009}}
| align="left" | Dallas
| 55 || 47 || 23.3 || .624 || .333 || .604 || 7.3 || .6 || .3 || 1.4 || 6.0
|-
| align="left" | {{nbay|2010}}
| align="left" | Miami
| 51 || 22 || 16.0 || .584 || .000 || .545 || 3.5 || .4 || .3 || .9 || 2.5
|-
| align="left" | {{nbay|2011}}
| align="left" | Atlanta
| 15 || 0 || 5.5 || .125 || .000 || .000 || 1.7 || .3 || .1 || .3 || .1
|- class=“sortbottom"
| style="text-align:center;" colspan="2"| Career
| 987 || 771 || 24.3 || .498 || .125 || .626 || 7.1 || .8 || .3 || 1.4 || 7.4
{{s-end}}
=Playoffs=
{{NBA player statistics start}}
|-
| align="left" | 2005
| align="left" | Dallas
| 13 || 13 || 23.7 || .597 || .000 || .393 || 7.5 || .5 || .5 || 1.4 || 7.0
|-
| align="left" | 2006
| align="left" | Dallas
| 19 || 2 || 23.9 || .540 || .000 || .614 || 6.7 || .3 || .6 || 1.3 || 5.0
|-
| align="left" | 2007
| align="left" | Dallas
| 5 || 2 || 7.6 || .667 || .000 || .500 || 3.4 || .2 || .0 || .0 || 1.0
|-
| align="left" | 2008
| align="left" | Dallas
| 5 || 5 || 19.0 || .412 || .000 || .400 || 4.2 || .0 || .2 || .6 || 3.6
|-
| align="left" | 2009
| align="left" | Dallas
| 10 || 10 || 25.5 || .611 || .000 || .619 || 6.1 || .7 || .4 || .9 || 5.7
|-
| align="left" | 2010
| align="left" | Dallas
| 5 || 4 || 23.6 || .000 || .000 || .417 || 6.6 || .6 || .2 || 1.0 || 1.0
|-
| align="left" | 2012
| align="left" | Atlanta
| 4 || 0 || 13.8 || .538 || .000 || .667 || 3.5 || .0 || .0 || .3 || 4.0
|- class=“sortbottom"
| style="text-align:center;" colspan="2"| Career
| 61 || 36 || 21.7 || .541 || .000 || .525 || 6.1 || .4 || .4 || 1.0 || 4.7
{{s-end}}
See also
References
{{Reflist}}
External links
{{commons}}
- {{basketballstats|nba=956|bbr= d/dampier01}}
- [https://www.espn.com/nba/players ESPN.com – Erick Dampier]
{{1996 NBA draft}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Dampier, Erick}}
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