2000-01: Appeared in 43 games (26 starts), averaging 7.4 points, 5.8 rebounds, a career-best 1.4 assists and 1.35 blocks in 24.1 minutes...During a seven-game stretch from 11/10 thru 11/21, averaged 12.4 points and 9.1 rebounds in 34.1 minutes, highlighted by a season-high 20-point/eight-rebound effort at Indiana (11/17) and a15-point/season-high 16-rebound performance at Minnesota (11/15)...Missed 38 contests (12/8 thru 2/26) with a left knee injury...Sat out four games with an inflamed left knee (12/8 thru 12/16) prior to having surgery on12/19...Placed on the injured list on 1/8 and was not activated until 2/28...Over the final four games of the season (all starts), averaged 8.3 points, 9.3 rebounds and 2.75 blocks in 25.0 minutes...Started 26 contests, averaging 8.8 points and 7.1 rebounds...Tied or led team inblocks 12 times, rebounds four times, steals once and assists once...Recorded double figures in points 12 times (20-plus points once) and rebounds six times, tallying four double-doubles...15 points, season-high 16 rebounds, a career-high-tying six assists and a career-high-tying three steals at Minnesota (11/15)...12 points, 12 rebounds and a season-high-tying five blocks vs. Vancouver (4/18)...DNP-CD once.
Pro Career: Originally selected by the Indiana Pacers in the first roundof the 1996 NBA Draft (10th overall)...Played one season - his rookie campaign - with the Pacers prior to being traded to the Warriors (along with Duane Ferrell) in exchange for Chris Mullin (8/12/97)...Played in 204-of-214 team games his first three seasons in the NBA; after undergoing four operations in last two years, has missed 100 of a possible 162 contests since the beginning of the 1999-00 season...Averaged 10.7 points,8.3 rebounds, 1.12 assists and 1.49 blocks in 30.8 minutes during hisfirst two seasons with the Warriors (1997-98 and 1998-99), starting all 132 team games before being hit by injuries each of last two seasons...Entering the 2001-02 campaign averaging 8.5 points, 6.6 rebounds, 1.0 assists and 1.28 blocks in 24.8 minutes (268 regular-season games in five seasons)...Has recorded 50 career double-doubles.
1999-00(Golden State): Appeared in 21 games (12 starts), averaging 8.0 points and 6.4 rebounds in 23.6 minutes...Began the season on the injured list and sat out the first 30 games following arthroscopic surgery on his left knee (performed on 9/17)...Missed the final 18 games of the season (3/17 thru 4/19) with a sprained right wrist...Underwent surgery on his wrist on 3/24...After re-joining the club on 1/5 (played at Philadelphia and Cleveland), missed 10 games (1/9 thru 2/1) while undergoing left knee rehabilitation...During a nine-game stretch (2/9 thru 2/26), averaged 12.0 points and 9.9 rebounds (with four double-doubles) in 31.1minutes...Recorded a season high in points (16) and rebounds (16) at Portland (2/16)...15 points and a season-high-tying 16 rebounds in a season-high 38 minutes at Indiana (2/26)...Missed an additional three games (3/3 thru 3/7) with a sore left knee.
1998-99 (Golden State): Appeared in 50 regular-season games (all starts), averaging 8.8 points, 7.6 rebounds and 1.16 blocks in 28.3 minutes...Ranked among NBA leaders in rebounding (26th), blocked shots (T26th) and double-doubles (T38th)...Led Warriors in total rebounds (382) and rebounds per game (7.6)...Grabbed a career-high-tying 18 rebounds twice...Was one of three NBA players to grab 10 or more offensive rebounds in two games (Dikembe Mutombo, Jayson Williams), grabbing 10 offensive boards 2/17 vs. Charlotte and a career-high 11 offensive boards 2/14 vs.Portland.
1997-98 (Golden State): Appeared in 82 games (all starts), averaging career-high figures in points (11.8), rebounds (8.7), blocked shots (1.70) and minutes played (32.4)...Ranked among NBA leaders in rebounding (16th), blocked shots (16th) and double-doubles (21st)...Led all second-year NBA centers in points (11.8) and rebounds (8.7)...Recorded higher totals in every statistical category in comparison to his rookie year and set new single-game career highs in every category with the exception of blocked shots...Scored a career-high 23 points vs. Vancouver (4/18).
1996-97 (Indiana): Appeared in 72 games (21 starts), averaging 5.1 points, 4.1 rebounds and 1.01 blocks in 14.6 minutes...Missed the first two games of the season due to hernia surgery...Started 18 straight games, averaging 5.5 rebounds and 2.30 blocks in 21.0 minutes...Recorded 11 points (5-6 FG) and seven rebounds in 15 minutes as a starter for the Eastern Conference in the NBA Rookie All-Star Game.
College: Named Honorable Mention All-American by The Associated Press ineach of his last two seasons at Mississippi State...Named to the Southeastern Conference Coaches Team and AP All-SEC First Team in his sophomore and junior seasons...Helped lead Mississippi State to three postseason tournaments, including the 1996 Final Four and 1995 Sweet16...The Bulldogs won 71.0% of their games during Dampier's three-year career, posting a record of 66-27...Started all but four of his 93 games in a Bulldog uniform, including 78 consecutive starts...Finished his career ranked fourth in rebounding (859) and 13th on the school's all-time scoring list (1,231)...In his final season (1995-96), ranked second in the Southeastern Conference in rebounding (9.3), field goal percentage (.551) and blocks (3.12)...Set a single-season school record for blocks with 106 in 1995-96...Posted an SEC-high 13 double-doubles in 1995-96...Had nine games with five or more blocks, including a Bulldog school-record-tying eight blocks vs. Brigham Young...Was listed on the 1995-96 SEC Academic Honor Roll...As a sophomore, paced the SEC in field-goal percentage (.640), ranking fourth nationally...Was voted the Mississippi 1994-95 College Player of the Year by the Mississippi Sports Writers Association...Was a unanimous First Team pick to the SEC All-Freshman squad.
Personal: Full name is Erick Travez Dampier...Was active in the Bay Area community this past season, visiting the Oakland's Children's Hospital and Montclair Elementary School, while participating in the Warriors Winter Basketball Camp and the "Tall Tales" Reading Program...Enjoys shopping and jet skiing...Has a Rottweiler named "Max"...Was a Physical Education major at Mississippi State, with an emphasis on teaching and coaching...Enjoys R&B and jazz music...Parents are Mary and Kenneth Dampier...Has two younger sisters, Sheerra and Kierra...Always makes sure to dress properly, because he believes in the importance of making a strong first impression...Is a big Dallas Cowboys fan...Spent a summer week in 1995 working with youths in Chicago as one of 11 players selected to Playboy's Pre-Season All-America team...Wears Nike basketball shoes size 16...Named to the SEC Academic Honor-Roll in 1995-96...Led Lawrence County High School to the Mississippi State title when he rebounded a missed shot and put it back at the buzzer to give his team the win in the championship game...Loves landscaping and hopes to own a landscaping business in the future...As a child, mowed lawns around his hometown with his half-brother to earn extra money...Enjoys shopping for clothes.
