Austin Croshere

Austin Nathan Croshere (born May 1, 1975) is a retired American professional basketball player who played for the Indiana Pacers, Dallas Mavericks, Golden State Warriors, Milwaukee Bucks and San Antonio Spurs throughout his 12-year career in the National Basketball Association (NBA). Since 2010, he has served as an NBA color commentator and studio analyst for a variety of television and radio programs.

Education

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Croshere went to Crossroads School in Santa Monica, California, and then played college basketball for Providence College in Providence, Rhode Island.^[1]^[2]

Professional career

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Indiana Pacers

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Croshere was the 12th pick of the 1997 NBA draft, selected by the Indiana Pacers.

A 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m), hard-nosed player who played the power forward and small forward positions, Croshere shot 33.9% from three-point range over the course of his ten-year career.

In the 1999–2000 NBA season, he peaked at just the right time as he helped the Pacers advance to the 2000 NBA Finals against the Los Angeles Lakers, marking the Pacers' first Finals appearance since the ABA-NBA merger. In the 2000 Finals, Croshere was 3rd on the team in scoring, averaging 15.2 points per game on 54.5% shooting.^[3]

He was rewarded for his performance in the regular season and particularly the playoffs with a hefty contract.

On March 30, 2001, he notched a then career-high 32 points and 10 rebounds against the Boston Celtics as well as hitting the game sealing 3-pointer.^[4]

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 during the Rick Carlisle years, and was a key contributor against the Detroit Pistons in the 2004 Eastern Conference Finals. In game 4 of the series, Croshere was in the starting lineup for the first time in over two years; after accumulating only 8 points combined over the first three games, he scored 14 in this game during 30 minutes of play, including 3 out of 4 shooting on three-point field goals en route to an 83-68 road victory for the Pacers to tie the best-of-seven series at two games apiece.^[5]

In the 2004-05 season after the Malice at the Palace brawl, Croshere helped lead a depleted Pacers roster. He notched a season high against the Minnesota Timberwolves with 25 points and 11 rebounds (including six consecutive made free throws in the final 36 seconds of the game) on November 25, 2004.^[6]^[7] He followed this performance with 23 points and 12 rebounds the next night on November 26th.^[8]

On September 26, 2008, Larry Bird announced that Croshere was invited to training camp with the Pacers for an opportunity at a second stint. He was waived on October 23, 2008.

Dallas Mavericks

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On July 5, 2006, Croshere was traded to the Dallas Mavericks for Marquis Daniels.^[9] This move left 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.^[10]

Golden State Warriors

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On August 3, 2007, Croshere signed with the Golden State Warriors.^[1] The 2007–08 season was the first in Croshere's career where he did not make the playoffs.

Milwaukee Bucks

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Croshere spent the 2008–09 pre-season with his former team, the Indiana Pacers. However, he was waived by the Pacers. On October 27, he was signed off waivers by the Milwaukee Bucks.^[11] He was released on January 6, 2009, after averaging 3.3 points and 2.2 rebounds per game.^[12]

San Antonio Spurs

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On January 16, 2009, Croshere signed a 10-day contract with the San Antonio Spurs.^[13] On January 28, his contract expired and he was released by the Spurs after appearing in three games.^[14]

Post-NBA career

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In February 2010, Croshere joined Fox Sports Indiana as a pre- and post-game analyst for Pacers games.^[15] He has also served as a color commentator. In 2013, Croshere was hired as a college basketball studio analyst for Fox Sports.^[16] As of 2023, he is a basketball commentator for KABC-TV's Sports Zone post-game shows and college basketball analyst for Westwood One Radio.

NBA career statistics

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Legend

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

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Year	Team	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
1997–98	Indiana	26	0	9.3	.372	.308	.571	1.7	.3	.3	.2	2.9
1998–99	Indiana	27	0	9.2	.427	.276	.870	1.7	.4	.3	.3	3.4
1999–00	Indiana	81	14	23.3	.441	.362	.848	6.4	1.1	.5	.7	10.3
2000–01	Indiana	81	23	23.1	.394	.338	.866	4.8	1.1	.4	.6	10.1
2001–02	Indiana	76	1	16.9	.413	.338	.851	3.9	1.0	.3	.4	6.8
2002–03	Indiana	49	0	12.9	.411	.391	.815	3.2	1.1	.1	.3	5.1
2003–04	Indiana	77	0	13.6	.388	.389	.894	3.2	.7	.3	.2	5.0
2004–05	Indiana	73	22	25.0	.378	.259	.883	5.1	1.3	.7	.2	8.9
2005–06	Indiana	50	26	23.0	.463	.386	.882	5.3	1.2	.4	.1	8.2
2006–07	Dallas	61	2	11.9	.351	.286	.865	3.0	.7	.2	.1	3.7
2007–08	Golden State	44	0	10.4	.445	.361	.906	2.4	.7	.2	.1	3.9
2008–09	Milwaukee	11	0	7.0	.400	.455	.636	2.2	.5	.1	.1	3.3
2008–09	San Antonio	3	0	7.7	.222	.000	.000	3.3	1.0	.0	.0	1.3
Career		659	88	17.4	.407	.340	.861	4.0	1.0	.4	.3	6.8

Playoffs

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Year	Team	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
1999	Indiana	1	0	1.0	.000	.000	1.000	1.0	.0	.0	.0	2.0
2000	Indiana	23	2	21.3	.418	.405	.839	4.7	.8	.4	.7	9.4
2001	Indiana	4	0	32.3	.400	.200	.867	5.0	1.5	1.0	.5	10.8
2002	Indiana	4	0	14.8	.400	.333	.750	3.5	.5	.3	.3	6.0
2003	Indiana	4	0	11.5	.263	.000	.857	4.3	.8	.0	.3	4.0
2004	Indiana	13	2	16.5	.345	.333	.810	3.1	.9	.3	.2	4.8
2005	Indiana	10	0	8.8	.400	.500	.833	1.7	.0	.4	.1	2.5
2006	Indiana	6	2	29.2	.316	.391	.889	3.7	1.2	.8	.0	8.2
2007	Dallas	3	0	11.3	.333	.750	1.000	2.0	.0	.0	.0	5.0
Career		68	6	18.2	.379	.360	.844	3.6	.7	.4	.4	6.7

Notes

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^ ^a ^b "Warriors Sign Kosta Perovic And Austin Croshere To Contracts". NBA.com. August 3, 2007. Retrieved August 3, 2007.
^ Andrade, J. A. (September 23, 2008). "With Hollywood looking on, Davis and Croshere honored". ESPN.com . Retrieved August 16, 2016.
^ "2000 NBA Finals - Pacers vs. Lakers". Basketball-Reference.com. Retrieved February 17, 2025.
^ writer, Jimmy Golen, Associated Press. "Celtics slip up". New Bedford Standard-Times. Retrieved February 17, 2025.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
^ Diamos, Jason (May 30, 2004). "Pro Basketball; Croshere Is Starting To Make An Impact". New York Times . Retrieved March 24, 2024.
^ "Pacers 106-102 Timberwolves (Nov 25, 2004) Box Score". ESPN. Retrieved February 16, 2025.
^ "Minnesota Timberwolves vs Indiana Pacers Nov 25, 2004 Play-by-Play". www.nba.com. Retrieved February 16, 2025.
^ "Pacers 82-77 Bobcats (Nov 26, 2004) Box Score". ESPN. Retrieved February 16, 2025.
^ ESPN – Sources: Mavs deal Daniels for Croshere – NBA
^ Mavs get big effort from Croshere to take care of Sonics
^ "Bucks claim Austin Croshere; waive Adrian Griffin". NBA.com. October 27, 2008. Archived from the original on October 31, 2008. Retrieved October 28, 2007.
^ "Bucks release Croshere". jsonline.com. January 6, 2009. Retrieved January 6, 2009.
^ "Spurs sign Austin Croshere to 10-day contract". insidehoops.com. January 16, 2009. Archived from the original on January 18, 2009. Retrieved January 16, 2009.
^ Austin Croshere Yahoo! Sports page Accessed 29 January 2009 Archived 14 January 2009 at the Wayback Machine
^ Wells, Mike (February 12, 2010). "Croshere back for 2nd career". Indianapolis Star. pp. B4. Archived from the original on March 28, 2012.
^ Pucin, Diane (October 15, 2013). "Austin Croshere to be Fox Sports college basketball analyst". Los Angeles Times . Retrieved March 24, 2024.

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