Eric Snow

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Eric Snow (born 24 April 1973 in Canton, Ohio) is an American professional basketball player. He currently plays with the Cleveland Cavaliers of the National Basketball Association (NBA).

Snow began his basketball career at Canton McKinley High School, where he played with classmate and former NBA player Michael Hawkins. Snow graduated high school in 1991, and enrolled at Michigan State University.

At Michigan State, Snow teamed with classmate and fellow star Shawn Respert to lead some of head coach Jud Heathcote's most exciting teams. In his freshman season, the Spartans earned a #5 seed in the NCAA Tournament, but fell in the 2nd round to Cincinnati. As a junior, Snow led the Spartans to a #7 seed in the 1994 NCAA Tournament, where they lost in the 2nd round to Duke. In his senior season, the Spartans earned a #3 seed to the 1995 NCAA Tournament, but were upset in the very first round by Weber State.

After college, Snow was chosen by the Milwaukee Bucks in the second round of the 1995 NBA Draft. He has played for three teams in his NBA career, the Seattle SuperSonics, the Philadelphia 76ers and the Cleveland Cavaliers. Snow has averaged 7.6 points and 5.3 assists per game throughout his solid career. As a pass-first, defensive-minded point guard, he became a staple of Larry Brown's defense, and offensive chemistry during his tenure with the Philadelphia 76ers. Snow was able to guard the opposing shooting guards, which enabled diminuitive-sized superstar Allen Iverson and him to be paired in the backcourt. Snow was quoted as being one of the toughest defenders to play against by Kobe Bryant.^{[citation needed]}

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Snow entered college basketball with the Class of 1995. In the Big Ten Conference, this group included some of the most prolific basketball players in the league's recent history, including Respert, Wisconsin's Michael Finley, Minnesota's Voshon Lenard and Michigan's Fab Five.