Austin Nathan Croshere (born May 1, 1975) is a retired American professional basketball player who played for the

Indiana Pacers The Indiana Pacers are an American professional basketball team based in Indianapolis. The Pacers compete in the National Basketball Association (NBA) as a member of the league's Eastern Conference Central Division. The Pacers were first esta ...

Dallas Mavericks The Dallas Mavericks (often referred to as the Mavs) are an American professional basketball team based in Dallas. The Mavericks compete in the National Basketball Association (NBA) as a member of the Western Conference (NBA), Western Conferenc ...

Golden State Warriors The Golden State Warriors are an American professional basketball team based in San Francisco. The Warriors compete in the National Basketball Association (NBA), as a member of the league's Western Conference Pacific Division. Founded in 194 ...

Milwaukee Bucks The Milwaukee Bucks are an American professional basketball team based in Milwaukee. The Bucks compete in the National Basketball Association (NBA) as a member of the league's Eastern Conference Central Division. The team was founded in 1968 ...

and

San Antonio Spurs The San Antonio Spurs are an American professional basketball team based in San Antonio. The Spurs compete in the National Basketball Association (NBA) as a member of the league's Western Conference (NBA), Western Conference Southwest Division ( ...

throughout his 12-year career in the

National Basketball Association The National Basketball Association (NBA) is a professional basketball league in North America. The league is composed of 30 teams (29 in the United States and 1 in Canada) and is one of the major professional sports leagues in the United S ...

(NBA). As of 2010, he is a television analyst for the Pacers.

Education

Croshere went to Crossroads School in

Santa Monica, California Santa Monica (; Spanish language, Spanish: ''Santa Mónica'') is a city in Los Angeles County, California, Los Angeles County, situated along Santa Monica Bay on California's South Coast (California), South Coast. Santa Monica's 2020 United Sta ...

, and then played

college basketball In United States colleges, top-tier basketball is governed by collegiate athletic bodies including National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA), the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA), the United States Collegiate Athleti ...

for

Providence College Providence College is a Private university, private Catholic Church, Catholic university in Providence, Rhode Island. Founded in 1917 by the Dominican Order and the Roman Catholic Diocese of Providence, local diocese, it offers 47 undergradua ...

Providence, Rhode Island Providence is the capital and most populous city of the U.S. state of Rhode Island. One of the oldest cities in New England, it was founded in 1636 by Roger Williams, a Reformed Baptist theologian and religious exile from the Massachusetts Bay ...

Professional career

Indiana Pacers

Croshere was the 12th pick of the

1997 NBA Draft The 1997 NBA draft took place on June 25, 1997, at Charlotte Coliseum in Charlotte, North Carolina. The Vancouver Grizzlies had the highest probability to win the NBA draft lottery, but since they were an expansion team along with the Toronto ...

, selected by the

. A , hard-nosed player who played the power forward and

small forward The small forward (SF), also known as the three or swingman, is one of the five positions in a regulation basketball game. Small forwards are typically shorter, quicker, and leaner than power forwards and centers but taller, larger, and stronger t ...

positions, Croshere shot 33.9% from three-point range over the course of his ten-year career. In the

1999–2000 NBA season The 1999–2000 NBA season was the 54th season of the National Basketball Association. The season ended with the Los Angeles Lakers winning the NBA championship, beating the Indiana Pacers 4 games to 2 in the 2000 NBA Finals. This would also be C ...

, he had peaked at just the right time as he helped the Pacers advance to the

2000 NBA Finals The 2000 NBA Finals was the championship round of the National Basketball Association (NBA)'s 1999–2000 season, and the conclusion of the season's playoffs. The Western Conference champion Los Angeles Lakers defeated the Eastern Conference ...

, 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. 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 Richard Preston Carlisle ( ; born October 27, 1959) is an American basketball coach and former player who is the head coach for the Indiana Pacers of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He has previously served as head coach of the Detro ...

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 was invited to training camp with the Pacers for an opportunity at a second stint. He was waived on October 23, 2008.

Dallas Mavericks

On July 5, 2006, Croshere was traded to the

for

Marquis Daniels Marquis Antwane Daniels (born January 7, 1981) is an American former professional basketball player. He played college basketball at Auburn University before going undrafted in the 2003 NBA draft. He played his first three years for the Dallas Ma ...

. 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.

Golden State Warriors

On August 3, 2007, Croshere signed with the

. The 2007–08 season was the first in Croshere's career where he did not make the playoffs.

Milwaukee Bucks

Croshere spent the 2008–09 pre-season with his former team, the

. However, he was waived by the Pacers. On October 27, he was signed off waivers by the

. He was released on January 6, 2009, after averaging 3.3 points and 2.2 rebounds per game.

San Antonio Spurs

On January 16, 2009, Croshere signed a 10-day contract with the

. On January 28, his contract expired and he was released by the Spurs after appearing in three games.Austin Croshere Yahoo! Sports page
Accessed 29 January 2009

Post-NBA career

In February 2010, Croshere joined

Fox Sports Indiana Bally Sports Indiana (BSIN) is an American regional sports network owned by Diamond Sports Group, and operates as an affiliate of Bally Sports. The channel broadcasts local professional and high school sports coverage throughout the state of Indi ...

as a pre- and post-game analyst for Pacers games. He has also served as a

color commentator A color commentator or expert commentator is a sports commentator who assists the main (play-by-play) commentator, typically by filling in when play is not in progress. The phrase "colour commentator" is primarily used in Canadian English and t ...

NBA career statistics

Regular season

, - , align="left" , , align="left" ,

Indiana Indiana () is a U.S. state in the Midwestern United States. It is the 38th-largest by area and the 17th-most populous of the 50 States. Its capital and largest city is Indianapolis. Indiana was admitted to the United States as the 19th s ...

, 26 , , 0 , , 9.3 , , .372 , , .308 , , .571 , , 1.7 , , .3 , , .3 , , .2 , , 2.9 , - , align="left" , , align="left" ,

, 27 , , 0 , , 9.2 , , .427 , , .276 , , .870 , , 1.7 , , .4 , , .3 , , .3 , , 3.4 , - , align="left" , , align="left" ,

, 81 , , 14 , , 23.3 , , .441 , , .362 , , .848 , , 6.4 , , 1.1 , , .5 , , .7 , , 10.3 , - , align="left" , , align="left" ,

, 81 , , 23 , , 23.1 , , .394 , , .338 , , .866 , , 4.8 , , 1.1 , , .4 , , .6 , , 10.1 , - , align="left" , , align="left" ,

, 76 , , 1 , , 16.9 , , .413 , , .338 , , .851 , , 3.9 , , 1.0 , , .3 , , .4 , , 6.8 , - , align="left" , , align="left" ,

, 49 , , 0 , , 12.9 , , .411 , , .391 , , .815 , , 3.2 , , 1.1 , , .1 , , .3 , , 5.1 , - , align="left" , , align="left" ,

, 77 , , 0 , , 13.6 , , .388 , , .389 , , .894 , , 3.2 , , .7 , , .3 , , .2 , , 5.0 , - , align="left" , , align="left" ,

, 73 , , 22 , , 25.0 , , .378 , , .259 , , .883 , , 5.1 , , 1.3 , , .7 , , .2 , , 8.9 , - , align="left" , , align="left" ,

, 50 , , 26 , , 23.0 , , .463 , , .386 , , .882 , , 5.3 , , 1.2 , , .4 , , .1 , , 8.2 , - , align="left" , , align="left" ,

Dallas Dallas () is the List of municipalities in Texas, third largest city in Texas and the largest city in the Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex, the List of metropolitan statistical areas, fourth-largest metropolitan area in the United States at 7.5 ...

, 61 , , 2 , , 11.9 , , .351 , , .286 , , .865 , , 3.0 , , .7 , , .2 , , .1 , , 3.7 , - , align="left" , , align="left" , Golden State , 44 , , 0 , , 10.4 , , .445 , , .361 , , .906 , , 2.4 , , .7 , , .2 , , .1 , , 3.9 , - , align="left" , , align="left" ,

Milwaukee Milwaukee ( ), officially the City of Milwaukee, is both the most populous and most densely populated city in the U.S. state of Wisconsin and the county seat of Milwaukee County. With a population of 577,222 at the 2020 census, Milwaukee is ...

, 11 , , 0 , , 7.0 , , .400 , , .455 , , .636 , , 2.2 , , .5 , , .1 , , .1 , , 3.3 , - , align="left" , , align="left" ,

San Antonio ("Cradle of Freedom") , image_map = , mapsize = 220px , map_caption = Interactive map of San Antonio , subdivision_type = Country , subdivision_name = United States , subdivision_type1= U.S. state, State , subdivision_name1 = Texas , s ...

, 3 , , 0 , , 7.7 , , .222 , , .000 , , .000 , , 3.3 , , 1.0 , , .0 , , .0 , , 1.3 , - class="sortbottom" , style="text-align:center;" colspan="2", Career , 659 , , 88 , , 17.4 , , .407 , , .340 , , .861 , , 4.0 , , 1.0 , , .4 , , .3 , , 6.8

Playoffs

, - , align="left" ,

1999 File:1999 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The funeral procession of King Hussein of Jordan in Amman; the 1999 İzmit earthquake kills over 17,000 people in Turkey; the Columbine High School massacre, one of the first major school shootin ...

, align="left" ,

, 1 , , 0 , , 1.0 , , .000 , , .000 , , 1.000 , , 1.0 , , .0 , , .0 , , .0 , , 2.0 , - , align="left" ,

2000 File:2000 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: Protests against Bush v. Gore after the 2000 United States presidential election; Heads of state meet for the Millennium Summit; The International Space Station in its infant form as seen from ...

, align="left" ,

, 23 , , 2 , , 21.3 , , .418 , , .405 , , .839 , , 4.7 , , .8 , , .4 , , .7 , , 9.4 , - , align="left" ,

2001 The September 11 attacks against the United States by Al-Qaeda, which Casualties of the September 11 attacks, killed 2,977 people and instigated the global war on terror, were a defining event of 2001. The United States led a Participants in ...

, align="left" ,

, 4 , , 0 , , 32.3 , , .400 , , .200 , , .867 , , 5.0 , , 1.5 , , 1.0 , , .5 , , 10.8 , - , align="left" ,

2002 File:2002 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The 2002 Winter Olympics are held in Salt Lake City; Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother and her daughter Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowdon die; East Timor gains East Timor independence, indepe ...

, align="left" ,

, 4 , , 0 , , 14.8 , , .400 , , .333 , , .750 , , 3.5 , , .5 , , .3 , , .3 , , 6.0 , - , align="left" ,

2003 File:2003 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: The crew of STS-107 perished when the Space Shuttle Columbia disintegrated during reentry into Earth's atmosphere; SARS became an epidemic in China, and was a precursor to SARS-CoV-2; A des ...

, align="left" ,

, 4 , , 0 , , 11.5 , , .263 , , .000 , , .857 , , 4.3 , , .8 , , .0 , , .3 , , 4.0 , - , align="left" ,

2004 2004 was designated as an International Year of Rice by the United Nations, and the International Year to Commemorate the Struggle Against Slavery and its Abolition (by UNESCO). Events January * January 3 – Flash Airlines Flight 6 ...

, align="left" ,

, 13 , , 2 , , 16.5 , , .345 , , .333 , , .810 , , 3.1 , , .9 , , .3 , , .2 , , 4.8 , - , align="left" ,

2005 File:2005 Events Collage V2.png, From top left, clockwise: Hurricane Katrina in the Gulf of Mexico; the Funeral of Pope John Paul II is held in Vatican City; "Me at the zoo", the first video ever to be uploaded to YouTube; Eris was discovered in ...

, align="left" ,

, 10 , , 0 , , 8.8 , , .400 , , .500 , , .833 , , 1.7 , , .0 , , .4 , , .1 , , 2.5 , - , align="left" ,

2006 File:2006 Events Collage V1.png, From top left, clockwise: The 2006 Winter Olympics open in Turin; Twitter is founded and launched by Jack Dorsey; The Nintendo Wii is released; Montenegro 2006 Montenegrin independence referendum, votes to declare ...

, align="left" ,

, 6 , , 2 , , 29.2 , , .316 , , .391 , , .889 , , 3.7 , , 1.2 , , .8 , , .0 , , 8.2 , - , align="left" ,

2007 File:2007 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: Steve Jobs unveils Apple's first iPhone; TAM Airlines Flight 3054 overruns a runway and crashes into a gas station, killing almost 200 people; Former Pakistani Prime Minister of Pakistan, Pr ...

, align="left" ,

, 3 , , 0 , , 11.3 , , .333 , , .750 , , 1.000 , , 2.0 , , .0 , , .0 , , .0 , , 5.0 , - class="sortbottom" , style="text-align:center;" colspan="2", Career , 68 , , 6 , , 18.2 , , .379 , , .360 , , .844 , , 3.6 , , .7 , , .4 , , .4 , , 6.7

Notes

External links

NBA.com Profile – Austin Croshere
{{DEFAULTSORT:Croshere, Austin 1975 births Living people American men's basketball players Basketball players from Santa Monica, California College basketball announcers in the United States Crossroads School alumni Dallas Mavericks players Golden State Warriors players Indiana Pacers announcers Indiana Pacers draft picks Indiana Pacers players Milwaukee Bucks players Power forwards (basketball) Providence Friars men's basketball players San Antonio Spurs players Small forwards Universiade medalists in basketball Universiade gold medalists for the United States Medalists at the 1995 Summer Universiade Basketball players from Los Angeles