Welcome. I hate to say it but Montross will likely retire this
summer. I don't know if it's official yet. Here's an article from the
Sun a couple of weeks back...

"Montross likely to retire

By BILL HARRIS -- Toronto Sun

No one associated with the Raptors is happy about it, but Eric
Montross might have to retire this summer.

The whispers in basketball circles have grown louder in the past
week or so that Montross, a 7-foot centre and one of the most likable
players in the NBA, is edging closer to calling it quits because of
his badly injured left foot.

"Very sadly, that's definitely a possibility," Raptors general
manager Glen Grunwald said yesterday. "But it's something we'll deal
with when the time is right."

Montross, 31, injured his foot in the spring of 2002 when he was
stepping over a baby gate at home, and he has not played since.

Countless doctors have been consulted and countless treatments have
been tried, but Montross' foot stubbornly refuses to heal. He has
been diagnosed as having a stress reaction to a micro-fracture in his
talus bone, but there have been differences of opinion even on that
basic front among medical personnel.

Montross has two years remaining on his contract, which will pay him
$2.96 million US next season and $3.2 million in 2004-05. An
insurance policy would help the Raptors pay the remainder of
Montross' pact if he retires, as is occurring with another injured
Raptors centre, the unofficially but unequivocally retired Hakeem
Olajuwon.

Montross always has been popular with his teammates. Raptors marquee
guard Vince Carter wore a Montross No. 00 jersey during a public
appearance recently, clearly as a show of support for his fellow
University of North Carolina alumnus.

Regardless of what happens with Montross, the Raptors may gain a
roster spot at their own behest if they follow through on what has
been rumoured for weeks and waive veteran guard Lindsey Hunter. The
team is interested in signing another veteran guard, Anthony Peeler."