Erik McCree explained

Erik McCree
Position:Small forward / power forward
Height Ft:6
Height In:7
Weight Lb:228
Team:Free agent
Birth Date:20 December 1993
Birth Place:Orlando, Florida, U.S.
High School:West Orange
(Winter Garden, Florida)
College:
Draft Year:2017
Career Start:2017
Years1:2017
Team1:Sioux Falls Skyforce
Team2:Utah Jazz
Years3:2017–2018
Team3:Salt Lake City Stars
Years4:2018–2019
Team4:VL Pesaro
Years5:2019–2020
Team5:BCM Gravelines-Dunkerque
Years6:2020
Team6:Bakken Bears
Years7:2020–2021
Team7:BCM Gravelines-Dunkerque
Years8:2021–2022
Team8:Peristeri
Years9:2022
Team9:Gaziantep Basketbol
Years10:2023
Team10:Magnolia Hotshots
Years11:2023–2024
Team11:Taipei Taishin Mars
Highlights:
  • First-team All-Conference USA (2017)
  • Second-team All-Conference USA (2016)

Erik McCree (born December 20, 1993) is an American professional basketball player. He played college basketball for Murray State and Louisiana Tech.

College career

McCree had previously been a part of Murray State University under his freshman year of college before transferring to Louisiana Tech University in 2013. In his junior year of college, he made it to the All-Conference USA Second Team, while he would improve to the All-Conference USA First Team in his senior year.

Professional career

Sioux Falls Skyforce (2017)

After finishing his last four years of college from 2014–2017, he would end up being undrafted in the 2017 NBA draft. McCree would end up being a part of the Houston Rockets's Summer League squad for the 2017 NBA Summer League, eventually signing with the Miami Heat for their training camp squad. He would ultimately be waived from the Heat before the regular season began but would be assigned to the Sioux Falls Skyforce afterward. He would continue playing for them until December 21, 2017, one day after his 24th birthday.

Utah Jazz (2017–2018)

On December 21, 2017, McCree signed a two-way contract with the Utah Jazz, replacing Eric Griffin's spot on the team.[1] Throughout the rest of the season, McCree would end up splitting his playing time between the Jazz and their NBA G League affiliate, the Salt Lake City Stars. McCree would make his official NBA debut on February 5, 2018, playing at around 2 minutes in a 133–109 blowout win over the New Orleans Pelicans.

VL Pesaro (2018–2019)

On August 1, 2018, McCree signed a deal with the Italian club VL Pesaro.[2]

BCM Gravelines-Dunkerque (2019–2020)

On July 26, 2019, he has signed with BCM Gravelines-Dunkerque of the French LNB Pro A.[3]

Bakkan Bears (2020)

On October 6, 2020, he signed with Bakken Bears of Basketligaen.[4]

BCM Gravelines-Dunkerque (2020–2021)

On October 28, 2020, McCree returned to BCM Gravelines-Dunkerque after playing in two games with the Bakken Bears, signing with the team for the rest of the 2020–2021 season.[5] He averaged 13.8 points, 6.7 rebounds, 3.4 assists and 1.0 steal per game.

Peristeri (2021–2022)

On July 28, 2021, McCree signed with Peristeri of the Greek Basket League and the Basketball Champions League.[6] He averaged 10.2 points, 4.5 rebounds, and 1.3 assists per game.

Gaziantep Basketbol (2022)

On January 14, 2022, McCree signed with Gaziantep Basketbol of the Basketbol Süper Ligi.[7]

On June 17, 2022, McCree signed with Shiga Lakestars of the B.League.[8] However, he never played for the team.

Magnolia Hotshots (2023)

In December 2022, he signed with the Magnolia Hotshots of the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA) as the team's import for the 2023 PBA Governors' Cup.[9] After playing three games, he was replaced by Antonio Hester.[10]

Taipei Taishin Mars (2023–2024)

On September 14, 2023, McCree joined the Taipei Taishin Mars of the T1 League.[11] On February 6, 2024, the Taipei Taishin Mars terminated the contract relationship with McCree.[12]

NBA career statistics

Regular season

|-| style="text-align:left;"| | style="text-align:left;"| Utah|| 4 || 0 || 2.0 || .000 || .000 || – || .3 || .0 || .3 || .0 || .0|- class="sortbottom"| style="text-align:center;" colspan="2"| Career|| 4 || 0 || 2.0 || .000 || .000 || – || .3 || .0 || .3 || .0 || .0

External links

Notes and References

  1. 943964537916497921. UtahJazzPR. Jazz Sign Erik McCree to Two-way Contract; Waive Griffin . December 21, 2017.
  2. Web site: VL Pesaro signs Erik McCree . . August 1, 2018 . Sportando.basketball . August 1, 2018 .
  3. News: Gravelines-Dunkerque signs Erik McCree. July 26, 2019. Sportando. En. August 14, 2019. Maggi. Alessandro. July 26, 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20190726114555/https://sportando.basketball/en/gravelines-dunkerque-signs-erik-mccree/. dead.
  4. News: Bakken Bears sign Glenn Cosey and Erick McCree. October 6, 2020. Sportando. En. October 6, 2020. Carchia . Emiliano .
  5. Web site: Yahyabeyoglu . Fersu . McCree comes back to Gravelines, ex Bakken . Eurobasket . October 28, 2020 . October 28, 2020.
  6. Web site: Peristeri tabs Erik McCree, ex Gravelines . Eurobasket . July 29, 2021 . July 28, 2021.
  7. Web site: Yahyabeyoglu . Fersu . Gaziantep lands Erik McCree, ex Peristeri . Eurobasket . January 14, 2022 . January 14, 2022.
  8. News: Shiga Lakestars sign Erik McCree. June 17, 2022. Sportando. En. June 19, 2022. Borghesan . Ennio Terrasi .
  9. Web site: Euro veteran Erik McCree is Magnolia import for Governors' Cup. Gerry. Ramos. Spin.ph. December 28, 2022. December 28, 2022.
  10. Web site: Bacnis. Justine. Hester arrives to join Magnolia. Tiebreaker Times. February 7, 2023. February 7, 2023.
  11. News: 林秉聖披台新戰神球衣亮相 「我們台北」喊話奪冠 . September 14, 2023 . ETtoday . September 14, 2023.
  12. News: 「約旦Kobe」的哥哥來了! 台北戰神新洋將赫里斯-傑佛森報到 . February 6, 2024 . ETtoday . February 6, 2024.