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Evan Eschmeyer
Personal information
Born (1975-05-30) May 30, 1975 (age 48)
New Knoxville, Ohio, U.S.
Listed height6 ft 11 in (2.11 m)
Listed weight255 lb (116 kg)
Career information
High school New Knoxville (New Knoxville, Ohio)
College Northwestern (1995–1999)
NBA draft 1999: 2nd round, 34th overall pick
Selected by the New Jersey Nets
Playing career1999–2003
Position Center
Number00, 42
Career history
1999– 2001 New Jersey Nets
2001– 2003 Dallas Mavericks
Career highlights and awards
Career statistics
Points421 (2.8 ppg)
Rebounds601 (3.9 rpg)
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Evan Bruce Eschmeyer (born May 30, 1975) is an American retired professional basketball player who was selected by the New Jersey Nets in the second round (34th pick overall) of the 1999 NBA draft. He spent six years on the Northwestern University Wildcats, (1993–1999) missing the first two due to a foot injury. He was their 6'11" center, scoring 1,805 points and grabbing 995 rebounds. He led the Wildcats (he was #1 on the team in scoring and rebounding for three consecutive seasons) to an NIT berth in 1999 with a 15–14 record. [1] In the 1999 Big Ten Conference men's basketball tournament, his 8th seeded wildcats nearly beat the #1 seeded Michigan State Spartans but lost to a last second shot by Spartan great Mateen Cleaves. Eschmeyer played in four NBA seasons from 1999 to 2003. He played for the Nets from 1999 to 2001 and the Dallas Mavericks from 2001 to 2003. He averaged 2.9 pts, 3.9 rebs, and 0.6 blocks per game.

In his four-year NBA career, Eschmeyer played in 153 games and scored a total of 421 points. In October 2004, he retired from basketball because of persistent knee problems. [2] Eschmeyer had four knee surgeries in five years. Doctors told him to retire or run the risk of very limited mobility when he had children. [3] He is a Democrat who worked on Barack Obama's 2008 presidential campaign. After working for an environmental law firm in Ohio, Eschmeyer moved to Boulder, Colorado and works as a private investor. Eschmeyer is a lifetime member of Net Impact.

Evan's wife, the former Kristina Divjak, also played at Northwestern as a 6'0" forward and led the Big Ten in scoring with 22.1 points per game in 1997-98, ranking 13th nationally. [4] The couple are parents to a son, Elijah, and two daughters, Alexandra and Mila. In 2021-22, the 6'4" Alexandra exploded onto the high school girls hoops scene as a freshman, leading Peak to Peak Charter School ( Lafayette, CO) in nearly every statistical category: 15.4 points per game, 10.4 rebounds per game and 3.6 blocks per game. Alexandra's 6'7" twin brother, Elijah, finished his freshman year at Peak to Peak with 6.6 ppg, 3.9 rpg and 2.8 bpg. [5]

NBA career statistics

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

Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
1999–2000 New Jersey 31 5 12.0 .528 — .500 3.5 .7 .3 .7 2.9
2000–01 New Jersey 74 51 18.0 .460 — .657 4.9 .5 .6 .8 3.4
2001–02 Dallas 31 6 9.6 .420 — .606 3.2 .3 .3 .3 2.0
2002–03 Dallas 17 3 7.9 .368 — .750 1.7 .4 .6 .4 1.0
Career 153 65 14.0 .463 — .621 3.9 .5 .5 .6 2.8

Playoffs

Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
2002 Dallas 3 0 2.7 .000 — — .7 .3 .0 .3 0.0
2003 Dallas 5 0 6.4 .500 — — 1.0 .4 .6 .2 1.2
Career 8 0 5.0 .429 — — .9 .4 .4 .3 .8

Notes

  1. ^ "Whatever happened to ... Evan Eschmeyer". www.news-gazette.com. 30 January 2013. Retrieved 2016-03-25.
  2. ^ Mavericks C Eschmeyer announces retirement. Updated October 25, 2004
  3. ^ "Jump Shot: Evan Eschmeyer, Northwestern Magazine". www.northwestern.edu. Retrieved 2016-03-25.
  4. ^ "Kristina Divjak Out for the Season". www.nusports.com. Retrieved 2016-03-25.
  5. ^ A family affair: Eschmeyers taking 3A basketball by storm. Updated November 30, 2022

External links

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