Austin Croshere

Infobox NBA Player
name = Austin Croshere
nickname =


position = Forward
height_ft = 6 | height_in = 10
weight_lbs = 235
number = 44
league = NBA
team = Indiana Pacers
nationality = American
birth_date = birth date and age|1975|5|1
birth_place = Los Angeles, California
highschool = Crossroads
college = Providence
draft = 12th overall
draft_team = Indiana Pacers
draft_year = 1997
career_start = 1997
career_end =
former_teams = Indiana Pacers (1997–2006)
(2008–Present)
Dallas Mavericks (2006–2007)
Golden State Warriors
(2007–2008)
awards =

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

Education

He went to Palms Middle School and Crossroads School in Santa Monica, California, 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.

On September 26, 2008, Larry Bird announced that Croshere has been invited to training camp with the Pacers and has an opportunity to make the roster for a second stint.

Dallas Mavericks

On July 5 2006, Croshere was traded to the Dallas Mavericks for Marquis Daniels. [ [http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/news/story?id=2510579 ESPN - Sources: Mavs deal Daniels for Croshere - NBA ] ] 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. [ [http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/recap?gameId=270130006 Mavs get big effort from Croshere to take care of Sonics] ]

Golden State Warriors

On August 3, 2007, Croshere signed with the Golden State Warriors. [cite web |url=http://www.nba.com/warriors/news/Warriors_Sign_PerovicAndCroshere.html?rss=true |title=Warriors Sign Kosta Perovic And Austin Croshere To Contracts |publisher=NBA.com |date=2007-08-03 |accessdate=2007-08-03]

2008 was the first year in his career that Croshere did not make the playoffs.

NBA career statistics

Regular season

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

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

External links

* [http://www.nba.com/playerfile/austin_croshere/ NBA.com Profile - Austin Croshere]