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| Born | July 14, 1975 Jackson, Mississippi |
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| Nationality | American |
| Listed height | 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) |
| Listed weight | 265 lb (120 kg) |
| League | NBA |
| Salary | $12,115,500 |
| High school | Lawrence County High School Monticello, Mississippi |
| College | Mississippi State |
| Draft | 10th overall, 1996 Indiana Pacers |
| Pro career | 1996–present |
| Former teams | Indiana Pacers (1996–97) Golden State Warriors (1997–04) |
| Profile | Info Page |
Erick Travez[1] Dampier (born July 14, 1975, in Jackson, Mississippi) is an American professional basketball player who currently plays for the Dallas Mavericks in the NBA. He is a 6 ft 11 in / 265 lb. center.
Erick 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 before being drafted as the tenth pick in the first round 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. On August 12, 1997 he and Duane Ferrell were traded to the Golden State Warriors for Chris Mullin.
He spent the next seven years, primarily as the starting center, for the Warriors, hitting 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.
Eventually he signed with the Mavericks, and 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. However, in the 2005 Playoffs, he played against elite centers Yao Ming and Amare Stoudemire and was criticized as inconsistent and foul-prone.
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Player profile
Dampier plays the center position. He is a good rebounder (7.4 boards as a career average), especially on the offensive end (3.0 offensive boards per game), combines good footwork with physical toughness and sheer aggression. Dampier's offensive input is limited (8.5 points per game career average). He is also rarely injured, having played 311 of 328 possible regular season games in his last four years.
The main weakness of Dampier is arguably his inconsistency. During his contract year in Golden State, he was a steady double-double player (12.0 rpg, 12.3 ppg), but has dropped to single digits in both points and rebounds since then. He even lost his starting spot to DeSagana Diop in the next season, but seems more efficient coming off the bench.
Talk emerged in the summer of 2009 about the Dallas Mavericks trading Dampier with teammate Jerry Stackhouse to the Phoenix Suns for All-Star Center Shaquille O'Neal - who has insulted Dampier's play in the past, saying "Dampier is soft. Quote it, underline it, tape it and send it to him".
NBA career statistics
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| 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 |
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| 1996–97 | Indiana | 72 | 21 | 14.6 | .390 | 1.000 | .637 | 4.1 | .6 | .3 | 1.0 | 5.1 |
| 1997–98 | Golden State | 82 | 82 | 32.4 | .445 | .000 | .669 | 8.7 | 1.1 | .5 | 1.7 | 11.8 |
| 1998–99 | Golden State | 50 | 50 | 28.3 | .389 | .000 | .588 | 7.6 | 1.1 | .5 | 1.2 | 8.8 |
| 1999–00 | Golden State | 21 | 12 | 23.6 | .405 | .000 | .529 | 6.4 | .9 | .4 | .7 | 8.0 |
| 2000–01 | Golden State | 43 | 26 | 24.1 | .401 | .000 | .532 | 5.8 | 1.4 | .4 | 1.4 | 7.4 |
| 2001–02 | Golden State | 73 | 46 | 23.8 | .435 | .000 | .645 | 5.3 | 1.2 | .2 | 2.3 | 7.6 |
| 2002–03 | Golden State | 82 | 82 | 24.1 | .496 | .000 | .698 | 6.6 | .7 | .3 | 1.9 | 8.2 |
| 2003–04 | Golden State | 74 | 74 | 32.5 | .535 | .000 | .654 | 12.0 | .8 | .4 | 1.9 | 12.3 |
| 2004–05 | Dallas | 59 | 56 | 27.3 | .550 | .000 | .605 | 8.5 | .9 | .2 | 1.4 | 9.2 |
| 2005–06 | Dallas | 82 | 36 | 23.6 | .493 | .000 | .591 | 7.8 | .6 | .3 | 1.3 | 5.7 |
| 2006–07 | Dallas | 76 | 73 | 25.2 | .626 | .000 | .623 | 7.4 | .6 | .3 | 1.1 | 7.1 |
| 2007–08 | Dallas | 72 | 64 | 24.4 | .643 | .000 | .575 | 7.5 | .9 | .3 | 1.5 | 6.1 |
| 2008–09 | Dallas | 80 | 80 | 23.0 | .650 | .000 | .638 | 7.1 | 1.0 | .3 | 1.2 | 5.7 |
| Career | 866 | 702 | 25.2 | .492 | .083 | .628 | 7.4 | .9 | .3 | 1.4 | 7.9 |
Playoffs
| Year | Team | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG |
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| 2004–05 | Dallas | 13 | 13 | 23.7 | .597 | .000 | .393 | 7.5 | .5 | .5 | 1.4 | 7.0 |
| 2005–06 | Dallas | 19 | 2 | 23.9 | .540 | .000 | .614 | 6.7 | .3 | .6 | 1.3 | 5.0 |
| 2006–07 | Dallas | 5 | 2 | 7.6 | .667 | .000 | .500 | 3.4 | .2 | .0 | .0 | 1.0 |
| 2007–08 | Dallas | 5 | 5 | 19.0 | .412 | .000 | .400 | 4.2 | .0 | .2 | .6 | 3.6 |
| 2008–09 | Dallas | 10 | 10 | 25.5 | .611 | .000 | .619 | 6.1 | .7 | .4 | .9 | 5.7 |
| Career | 52 | 32 | 22.1 | .565 | .000 | .533 | 6.2 | .4 | .4 | 1.0 | 5.1 |
Notes
External links
- Erick Dampier Statistics at Basketball-Reference.com
- ESPN.com - Erick Dampier
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