Matt Fish

{{Short description|American basketball player (born 1969)}}

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{{Use mdy dates|date=July 2024}}

{{BLP sources|date=November 2009}}

{{Infobox basketball biography

| name = Matt Fish

| image =

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| height_ft = 6

| height_in = 11

| weight_lb = 275

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1969|11|18}}

| birth_place = Washington, Iowa, U.S.

| death_date =

| death_place =

| high_school = Washington (Washington, Iowa)

| college = UNC Wilmington (1988–1992)

| draft_year = 1992

| draft_round = 2

| draft_pick = 50

| draft_team = Golden State Warriors

| career_start = 1992

| career_end = 2002

| career_number = 50, 6, 22

| career_position = Center

| years1 = 1992

| team1 = Philadelphia Spirit

| years2 = 1992

| team2 = Omaha Racers

| years3 = 1992

| team3 = Grand Rapids Hoops

| years4 = 1992–1993

| team4 = Yakima Sun Kings

| years5 = 1993

| team5 = Gravelines

| years6 = 1993–1994

| team6 = Quad City Thunder

| years7 = {{nbay|1994|full=y}}

| team7 = Los Angeles Clippers

| years8 = 1995

| team8 = Peñarol de Mar del Plata

| years9 = 1995–1996

| team9 = Fort Wayne Fury

| years10 = {{nbay|1995|end}}

| team10 = New York Knicks

| years11 = 1996

| team11 = Denver Nuggets

| years12 = {{nbay|1996|full=y}}

| team12 = Washington Bullets

| years13 = 1997

| team13 = Fort Wayne Fury

| years14 = {{nbay|1996|end}}

| team14 = Miami Heat

| years15 = 1998–1999

| team15 = La Crosse Bobcats

| years16 = 1999–2000

| team16 = San Diego Stingrays

| years17 = 2000–2001

| team17 = Porto

| years18 = 2001

| team18 = Polonia Warsaw

| years19 = 2001

| team19 = Phoenix Eclipse

| years20 = 2001–2002

| team20 = Belgrano de San Nicolás

| highlights =

• CBA champion (1994)
• CBA All-Rookie Second Team (1993)
• First-team All-CAA (1992)

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Matthew Edward Fish (born November 18, 1969) is an American former professional basketball player who played in the National Basketball Association (NBA) for the Los Angeles Clippers, Denver Nuggets, New York Knicks, Miami Heat and Washington Bullets. He played collegiately at the University of North Carolina at Wilmington and was drafted in the 1992 NBA Draft{{Cite web|url=https://www.basketball-reference.com/draft/NBA_1992.html|title=1992 NBA Draft|website=Basketball-Reference.com}} to the Golden State Warriors.

Fish played in the Continental Basketball Association (CBA) for the Grand Rapids Hoops, Omaha Racers, Yakima Sun Kings, Quad City Thunder, Fort Wayne Fury and La Crosse Bobcats from 1992 to 1999.{{cite web |title=Matt Fish minor league basketball statistics |url=https://www.statscrew.com/minorbasketball/stats/p-fishmat001 |website=Stats Crew |access-date=February 27, 2025}} He won a CBA championship with the Thunder in 1994.{{cite web |title=1993-94 Quad City Thunder Statistics |url=https://www.statscrew.com/minorbasketball/stats/t-CBAQCT/y-1993 |website=Stats Crew |access-date=March 12, 2025}} He was selected to the CBA All-Rookie Second Team in 1993.

Fish went on to earn a master's in Education and a master's in Business to go along with his BA in Communication and Special Education. He publishes Rebound Magazine,{{Cite web|url=https://reboundmagazine.com/|title=Rebound Magazine ||website=reboundmagazine.com}} the NBA-approved official publication of the National Basketball Retired Players Association (NBRPA),{{Cite web|url=https://www.legendsofbasketball.com/|title=National Basketball Retired Players Association | Legends of Basketball}} where is he also the President of the Phoenix Chapter.{{Cite web|url=http://nbrpaphoenix.com/|title=nbrpaphoenix.com - Informationen zum Thema nbrpaphoenix.|website=nbrpaphoenix.com|access-date=2015-08-18|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160111032125/http://nbrpaphoenix.com/|archive-date=2016-01-11|url-status=dead}} He was the first member intern{{Cite web|url=http://www.legendsofbasketball.com/2015/04/matt-fish-named-first-ever-member-intern-for-new-nbrpa-program/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150906214315/http://www.legendsofbasketball.com/2015/04/matt-fish-named-first-ever-member-intern-for-new-nbrpa-program/|url-status=dead|archive-date=September 6, 2015|title=Matt Fish Named First-Ever Member Intern for new NBRPA Program | National Basketball Retired Players Association|date=September 6, 2015}} for the NBRPA at the corporate level in Chicago.

Fish also played in the IBA and the CBA, where he played a major role in the 1994 CBA champions Quad City Thunder. Fish was a CBA All-Star, All-Rookie team, and the number one center in the CBA during his career.

During his playing days, when making a hook shot, it was often called a "Fish Hook", a play on his name.