Wow. Well, this is disappointing news. But thanks for posting it.
It doesn't look good...

--- In rappak@yahoogroups.com, vincecrossover <no_reply@y...> wrote:
> 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."