Eric Montross, former North Carolina great and NBA veteran, reveals cancer diagnosis
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Eric Montross, a former NBA center who starred at North Carolina before going pro, announced on Saturday he started treatments for cancer.
The Montross family issued a statement through the University of North Carolina.
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Eric Montross of the Celtics before a game in 1995 against the Indiana Pacers at the Boston Garden. (Dick Raphael/NBAE via Getty Images)
"Eric was recently diagnosed with cancer and is beginning treatments under the care of the amazing oncologists, nurses and staff at the world-class UNC Lineberger Cancer Center. Our family is of course deeply concerned, but we have spent nearly three decades in the fight against children’s cancer and know well the incredible advancements that are being made in oncology treatments, as well as the power of love, prayer, support and positivity.
"We are all touched by the responses our entire family has received since the news became public. Your support is more than appreciated; it is welcomed as a necessary part of beating cancer one day at a time. Our family is dealing with Eric’s diagnosis head-on – the only way we know how. And we are all in this fight together."
Eric Montross of the New Jersey Nets during the Kings game on March 3, 1997, at Arco Arena in Sacramento, California. (Rocky Widner/NBAE via Getty Images)
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Montross, 51, was on the Tar Heels’ 1993 championship team. Montross had 16 points as North Carolina defeated Michigan 77-71. He ended his collegiate career as a two-time Second-Team All-American and