Former North Carolina and NBA heart Eric Montross has been identified with most cancers.
The Tar Heels shared a press release from his household Saturday saying that Montross is present process remedy on the UNC Lineberger Most cancers Heart in Chapel Hill. The assertion didn’t specify what kind of most cancers Montross has nor his present well being situation.
“We’re all touched by the responses our total household has acquired for the reason that information grew to become public,” the assertion reads. “Your help is greater than appreciated; it’s welcomed as a needed a part of beating most cancers sooner or later at a time. Our household is coping with Eric’s prognosis head-on – the one method we all know how. And we’re all on this combat collectively.”
A local of Indianapolis, Montross performed 4 seasons at North Carolina from 1990 till 1994. He earned All-America honors in his junior and senior seasons. At 7 toes tall, Montross anchored the submit for North Carolina’s 1993 NCAA Championship workforce.
His 00 jersey hangs within the rafters on the Dean E. Smith Heart.
The Boston Celtics chosen Montross with the No. 9 decide of the 1994 draft. He performed eight NBA seasons for six completely different groups.
Montross, 51, stays an energetic member of the Tar Heels neighborhood.
He’s presently a radio analyst for UNC sport broadcasts and works for the Rams Membership, the fundraising arm of UNC’s athletics division.