Erik McCree

{{Infobox basketball biography

| name = Erik McCree

| image = Erik McCree.jpg

| caption = McCree in 2017

| position = Small forward / power forward

| height_ft = 6

| height_in = 7

| weight_lb = 228

| league = BSN

| team = Leones de Ponce

| number = 15

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1993|12|20}}

| birth_place = Orlando, Florida, U.S.

| high_school = West Orange
(Winter Garden, Florida)

| college =

Murray State (2012–2013)
Louisiana Tech (2014–2017)

| draft_year = 2017

| career_start = 2017

| years1 = 2017

| team1 = Sioux Falls Skyforce

| years2 = {{nbay|2017|full=y}}

| team2 = Utah Jazz

| years3 = 2017–2018

| team3 = → Salt Lake City Stars

| years4 = 2018–2019

| team4 = VL Pesaro

| years5 = 2019–2020

| team5 = BCM Gravelines-Dunkerque

| years6 = 2020

| team6 = Bakken Bears

| years7 = 2020–2021

| team7 = BCM Gravelines-Dunkerque

| years8 = 2021–2022

| team8 = Peristeri

| years9 = 2022

| team9 = Gaziantep Basketbol

| years10 = 2023

| team10 = Magnolia Hotshots

| years11 = 2023

| team11 = Broncos de Caracas

| years12 = 2023–2024

| team12 = Taipei Mars

| years13 = 2024

| team13 = Soles de Mexicali

| years14 = 2024–2025

| team14 = Al Nassr

| years15 = 2025–present

| team15 = Leones de Ponce

| highlights =

First-team All-Conference USA (2017)
Second-team All-Conference USA (2016)

}}

Erik McCree (born December 20, 1993) is an American professional basketball player for Leones de Ponce of the Baloncesto Superior Nacional (BSN). He played college basketball for Murray State and Louisiana Tech.

College career

McCree had previously been a part of Murray State University under his freshman year of college before transferring to Louisiana Tech University in 2013. In his junior year of college, he made it to the All-Conference USA Second Team, while he would improve to the All-Conference USA First Team in his senior year.

Professional career

=Sioux Falls Skyforce (2017)=

After finishing his last four years of college from 2014 to 2017, he would end up being undrafted in the 2017 NBA draft. McCree would end up being a part of the Houston Rockets's Summer League squad for the 2017 NBA Summer League, eventually signing with the Miami Heat for their training camp squad. He would ultimately be waived from the Heat before the regular season began but would be assigned to the Sioux Falls Skyforce afterward. He would continue playing for them until December 21, 2017, one day after his 24th birthday.

=Utah Jazz (2017–2018)=

On December 21, 2017, McCree signed a two-way contract with the Utah Jazz, replacing Eric Griffin's spot on the team.{{cite tweet|number=943964537916497921|user=UtahJazzPR|title=Jazz Sign Erik McCree to Two-way Contract; Waive Griffin |date=December 21, 2017}} Throughout the rest of the season, McCree would end up splitting his playing time between the Jazz and their NBA G League affiliate, the Salt Lake City Stars. McCree would make his official NBA debut on February 5, 2018, playing at around 2 minutes in a 133–109 blowout win over the New Orleans Pelicans.

=VL Pesaro (2018–2019)=

On August 1, 2018, McCree signed a deal with the Italian club VL Pesaro.{{cite web |url=https://sportando.basketball/en/italy/serie-a/284169/vl-pesaro-signs-erik-mccree.html |author= |date=August 1, 2018 |title=VL Pesaro signs Erik McCree |website=Sportando.basketball |access-date=August 1, 2018 }}{{Dead link|date=August 2019 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}

=BCM Gravelines-Dunkerque (2019–2020)=

On July 26, 2019, he has signed with BCM Gravelines-Dunkerque of the French LNB Pro A.{{Cite news|url=https://sportando.basketball/en/gravelines-dunkerque-signs-erik-mccree/|title=Gravelines-Dunkerque signs Erik McCree|date=July 26, 2019|newspaper=Sportando|language=En|access-date=August 14, 2019|last1=Maggi|first1=Alessandro|archive-date=July 26, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190726114555/https://sportando.basketball/en/gravelines-dunkerque-signs-erik-mccree/|url-status=dead}}

=Bakkan Bears (2020)=

On October 6, 2020, he signed with Bakken Bears of Basketligaen.{{Cite news|url=https://sportando.basketball/en/bakken-bears-sign-glenn-cosey-and-erick-mccree/|title=Bakken Bears sign Glenn Cosey and Erick McCree|last=|first=|date=October 6, 2020|website=|newspaper=Sportando|language=En|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=October 6, 2020|last1=Carchia |first1=Emiliano }}

=BCM Gravelines-Dunkerque (2020–2021)=

On October 28, 2020, McCree returned to BCM Gravelines-Dunkerque after playing in two games with the Bakken Bears, signing with the team for the rest of the 2020–2021 season.{{cite web |last1=Yahyabeyoglu |first1=Fersu |title=McCree comes back to Gravelines, ex Bakken |url=https://www.eurobasket.com/France/news/650718/McCree-comes-back-to-Gravelines,-ex-Bakken |website=Eurobasket |accessdate=October 28, 2020 |date=October 28, 2020}} He averaged 13.8 points, 6.7 rebounds, 3.4 assists and 1.0 steal per game.

=Peristeri (2021–2022)=

On July 28, 2021, McCree signed with Peristeri of the Greek Basket League and the Basketball Champions League.{{cite web |title=Peristeri tabs Erik McCree, ex Gravelines |url=https://www.eurobasket.com/France/news/696775/Peristeri-tabs-Erik-McCree,-ex-Gravelines |website=Eurobasket |access-date=July 29, 2021 |date=July 28, 2021}} He averaged 10.2 points, 4.5 rebounds, and 1.3 assists per game. On January 5, 2022, McCree left the team.{{cite web |title=Περιστέρι: Έφυγε ο ΜακΡι (videos) |url=https://www.eurohoops.net/el/heba-el/1291718/peristeri-efige-o-makri-videos/ |publisher=Eurohoops |access-date=22 November 2024 |date=5 January 2022}}{{cite web |title=Περιστέρι: Τελειώνει ο ΜακΚρί, ψάχνουν αντικαταστάτη |url=https://www.gazzetta.gr/basketball/basket-league/2076750/peristeri-teleionei-o-makkri-psahnoyn-antikatastati |publisher=Gazzetta |access-date=22 November 2024 |date=5 January 2022}}

=Gaziantep Basketbol (2022)=

On January 14, 2022, McCree signed with Gaziantep Basketbol of the Basketbol Süper Ligi.{{cite web |last1=Yahyabeyoglu |first1=Fersu |title=Gaziantep lands Erik McCree, ex Peristeri |url=https://www.eurobasket.com/Turkey/news/726558/Gaziantep-lands-Erik-McCree,-ex-Peristeri |website=Eurobasket |access-date=January 14, 2022 |date=January 14, 2022}}

On June 17, 2022, McCree signed with Shiga Lakestars of the B.League.{{cite web |title=エリック・マクリー選手 2022-23シーズン選手契約のご報告 |url=https://www.lakestars.net/news/detail/id=17411 |publisher=滋賀レイクス |access-date=22 November 2024 |date=17 June 2022}} On September 3, his contract was terminated due to poor condition.{{cite web |title=エリック・マクリー選手契約解除のご報告 |url=https://www.lakestars.net/news/detail/id=17712 |publisher=滋賀レイクス |access-date=22 November 2024 |date=3 September 2022}}

=Magnolia Hotshots (2023)=

In December 2022, he signed with the Magnolia Hotshots of the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA) as the team's import for the 2023 PBA Governors' Cup.{{cite web|url=https://www.spin.ph/basketball/pba/magnolia-taps-euro-vet-erik-mccree-for-governors-cup-import-a793-20221228|title=Euro veteran Erik McCree is Magnolia import for Governors' Cup|first=Gerry|last=Ramos|website=Spin.ph|date=December 28, 2022|accessdate=December 28, 2022}} After playing three games, he was replaced by Antonio Hester.{{cite web|last=Bacnis|first=Justine|url=https://tiebreakertimes.com.ph/tbt/hester-arrives-to-join-magnolia/261341|title=Hester arrives to join Magnolia|publisher= Tiebreaker Times|date=February 7, 2023|accessdate=February 7, 2023}}

=Taipei Mars (2023–2024)=

On September 14, 2023, McCree joined the Taipei Taishin Mars of the T1 League.{{cite news |url=https://sports.ettoday.net/news/2582495 |title=林秉聖披台新戰神球衣亮相「我們台北」喊話奪冠 |date=September 14, 2023 |work=ETtoday |access-date=September 14, 2023}} On February 6, 2024, his contract was terminated.{{cite news |title=「約旦Kobe」的哥哥來了！台北戰神新洋將赫里斯-傑佛森報到 |url=https://sports.ettoday.net/news/2679491 |accessdate=February 6, 2024 |work=ETtoday |date=February 6, 2024}}

=Al Nassr (2024–2025)=

On November 21, 2024, McCree joined the Al Nassr of the Saudi Basketball League.{{cite web |title=Al Nassr adds McCree to their roster, ex Soles |url=https://www.asia-basket.com/Saudi%20Arabia/news/902981/Al-Nassr-adds-McCree-to-their-roster,-ex-Soles |website=Eurobasket.com |access-date=22 November 2024 |date=21 November 2024}}

NBA career statistics

=Regular season=

| style="text-align:left;"| {{nbay|2017}}

| style="text-align:left;"| Utah

|| 4 || 0 || 2.0 || .000 || .000 || – || .3 || .0 || .3 || .0 || .0

|- class="sortbottom"

| style="text-align:center;" colspan="2"| Career

|| 4 || 0 || 2.0 || .000 || .000 || – || .3 || .0 || .3 || .0 || .0

References

External links

[http://goracers.com/roster.aspx?rp_id=3082 Murray State Racers bio]
[http://www.latechsports.com/sports/m-baskbl/mtt/erik_mccree_852529.html Louisiana Tech Bulldogs bio] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171223103055/http://www.latechsports.com/sports/m-baskbl/mtt/erik_mccree_852529.html |date=December 23, 2017 }}

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