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Erick-Dampier
Erick Trevez Dampier (born July 14, 1975, in Jackson, Mississippi) is a 6 ft 11 in / 265 lb. center who currently plays for the Dallas Mavericks in the NBA.

Erick played competitively at Lawrence County High School in Monticello, Mississippi in which he lead the rural county to 2 state championship titles. Dampier played college basketball at Mississippi State University. 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 criticized 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 offseason.

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.

In his second Mavs season, Dampier acquired a decent backup in DeSagana Diop. Together, they form one of the strongest defensive center rotations in the NBA.

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 is one of the few players who can at least slow down a low post dominator like Shaquille O'Neal in the post on pure physical power. 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.
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