Tony Battie

Retired • Retired after 2012 season • PF/C • 14 years of NBA experience

Height6'11

Born11th February 1976 (age 50)

Weight240 lbs

Nationality🇺🇸USA

NBA Draft5th pick, 1997

Pre-draft teamTexas Tech

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Stats

16 seasons

Year	League	Team	G	GS	MPG	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	2P	2PA	2P%	eFG%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS/G
1997-98	NBA	Denver Nuggets	65	49	23.2	3.6	8.1	44.6%	0.0	0.2	21.4%	3.6	7.9	45.2%	.449	1.1	1.6	70.2%	2.1	3.3	5.4	0.9	0.8	1.1	1.5	3.1	8.4
1998-99	NBA	Boston Celtics	50	15	22.4	2.9	5.7	51.9%	0.0	0.1	0.0%	2.9	5.6	52.5%	.519	0.8	1.2	67.2%	1.9	4.1	6.0	1.1	0.6	1.4	0.9	3.2	6.7
1999-00	NBA	Boston Celtics	82	4	18.4	2.7	5.6	47.7%	0.0	0.1	12.5%	2.7	5.5	48.3%	.478	1.2	1.8	67.5%	1.9	3.1	5.0	0.8	0.6	0.9	0.8	3.0	6.6
2000-01	NBA	Boston Celtics	40	25	21.1	2.7	5.0	53.7%	0.0	0.1	0.0%	2.7	5.0	54.5%	.537	1.1	1.7	63.8%	1.8	4.0	5.8	0.4	0.7	1.5	0.9	3.2	6.5
2001-02	NBA	Boston Celtics	74	73	24.6	2.9	5.3	54.1%	0.0	0.0	0.0%	2.9	5.2	54.4%	.541	1.2	1.8	67.7%	2.5	4.0	6.5	0.5	0.8	0.9	0.7	3.0	6.9
2002-03	NBA	Boston Celtics	67	62	25.1	3.0	5.5	53.9%	0.0	0.1	20.0%	3.0	5.4	54.4%	.541	1.3	1.8	74.6%	2.2	4.3	6.5	0.7	0.5	1.2	0.7	2.9	7.3
2003-04	NBA	Boston Celtics	23	6	21.8	2.4	5.1	47.9%	0.0	0.0	100.0%	2.4	5.0	47.4%	.483	1.0	1.4	69.7%	1.7	3.4	5.1	0.9	0.3	0.9	1.0	2.4	5.9
2003-04	NBA	Cleveland Cavaliers	50	1	19.5	2.3	5.3	42.7%	0.0	0.2	12.5%	2.3	5.2	43.6%	.429	0.9	1.1	76.8%	1.6	3.2	4.8	0.7	0.4	0.9	0.8	2.1	5.4
2003-04	NBA	Total (NBA)	73	7	20.2	2.3	5.3	44.3%	0.0	0.1	22.2%	2.3	5.1	44.8%	.445	0.9	1.2	74.2%	1.6	3.3	4.9	0.8	0.4	0.9	0.9	2.2	5.6
2004-05	NBA	Orlando Magic	81	32	23.4	2.0	4.4	46.0%	0.0	0.1	0.0%	2.0	4.3	46.8%	.460	0.8	1.2	72.3%	1.3	4.2	5.6	0.5	0.4	1.0	1.0	3.0	4.9
2005-06	NBA	Orlando Magic	82	82	27.0	3.4	6.7	50.7%	0.0	0.1	0.0%	3.4	6.7	51.3%	.507	1.1	1.6	66.4%	1.8	3.8	5.6	0.6	0.6	0.8	1.1	3.0	7.9
2006-07	NBA	Orlando Magic	66	66	23.9	2.7	5.5	48.9%	0.0	0.0	0.0%	2.7	5.4	49.0%	.489	0.8	1.2	67.5%	1.4	3.8	5.2	0.5	0.4	0.5	0.9	2.8	6.1
2008-09	NBA	Orlando Magic	77	3	15.6	2.1	4.2	48.9%	0.0	0.1	22.2%	2.0	4.1	49.7%	.492	0.7	1.1	65.9%	1.2	2.4	3.6	0.4	0.3	0.3	0.6	1.5	4.8
2009-10	NBA	New Jersey Nets	15	0	8.9	0.9	2.7	35.0%	0.1	0.3	25.0%	0.9	2.4	36.1%	.363	0.5	0.7	70.0%	0.3	1.3	1.5	0.2	0.3	0.1	0.2	1.3	2.4
2010-11	NBA	Philadelphia 76ers	38	0	9.9	1.2	2.5	46.9%	0.1	0.1	66.7%	1.1	2.4	46.2%	.479	0.2	0.4	57.1%	0.4	2.2	2.6	0.3	0.1	0.4	0.3	1.6	2.6
2011-12	NBA	Philadelphia 76ers	27	11	10.9	0.7	1.9	37.3%	0.0	0.0	0.0%	0.7	1.9	38.0%	.373	0.1	0.1	100.0%	0.3	2.2	2.5	0.6	0.1	0.2	0.1	1.0	1.6

Teams

8 entries

Date	Team
1994 - 1997	Texas Tech (NCAA)
June 1997 - June 1998	Denver Nuggets (NBA)
June 1998 - January 1999	L.A. Lakers (NBA)
January 1999 - December 2003	Boston Celtics (NBA)
December 2003 - July 2004	Cleveland Cavaliers (NBA)
July 2004 - June 2009	Orlando Magic (NBA)
June 2009 - June 2010	New Jersey Nets (NBA)
July 2010 - June 2012	Philadelphia 76ers (NBA)

Transactions

12 entries

Date	League	Transaction
1997 NBA Draft	NBA	Drafted 5th overall by Denver.
21st July, 1997	NBA	Signed three year, $6,716,760 rookie scale contract with Denver.
1998 NBA Draft	NBA	Traded by Denver, along with the draft rights to Tyronn Lue (#23), to L.A. Lakers in exchange for Nick Van Exel.
21st January, 1999	NBA	Traded by L.A. Lakers to Boston in exchange for Travis Knight.
15th October, 1999	NBA	Signed a six year, $25.2 million extension with Boston. Included early termination option after 2004/05.
15th December, 2003	NBA	Traded by Boston, along with Eric Williams and Kedrick Brown, to Cleveland in exchange for Ricky Davis, Chris Mihm, Michael Stewart and a 2005 second round pick (#50, Ryan Gomes).
23rd July, 2004	NBA	Traded by Cleveland, along with a 2005 second round pick (#44, Martynas Andriuskevicius) and a 2007 second round pick (#54, Brad Newley, to Orlando in exchange for Drew Gooden, Steven Hunter and the draft rights to Anderson Varejao (#30, 2004).
30th June, 2005	NBA	Declined to exercise early termination option.
22nd March, 2006	NBA	Signed a four year, $22,984,000 extension with Orlando.
2009 NBA Draft	NBA	Traded by Orlando, along with Rafer Alston and Courtney Lee, to New Jersey in exchange for Vince Carter and Ryan Anderson.
21st July, 2010	NBA	Signed a guaranteed one year minimum salary contract with Philadelphia.
11th December, 2011	NBA	Re-signed by Philadelphia to a guaranteed one year minimum salary contract.

NBA Salary

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Listed total $14,050,000

2025/26	2026/27	2027/28	2028/29
$2,575,000 Retired Fully guaranteed	$3,200,000 Retired Fully guaranteed	$3,825,000 Retired $1,912,500 guaranteed Team option	$4,450,000 Retired $2,225,000 guaranteed Player option

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Chicago's Meticulously Crafted 2011 Offseason Plan That Relies An Awful Lot Upon Guesswork

9th June 2011

Pendergraph fills no obvious need for the Bulls, other than to provide frontcourt depth. It's probably a good idea to have as much front court depth as possible, considering that Asik, Boozer and Noah are all injury prone. Kurt Thomas was much relied upon last year because of injuries, and even if he were to retire next season, veteran big man Tony Battie can slide in and fill the same role. Battie's always been a solid player, and at 35, he's still fairly solid; sticking mid-range jumpers, rebounding, and still possessing the shot blocking instincts. If a 35 year old athlete can ever be described as a younger anything, Tony Battie is the younger Kurt Thomas.

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