Player Profile
Greg Ostertag | 00
Position:  C
Born: Mar 6, 1973
Height: 7-2 /  2,18
Weight: 280  lbs. / 127,0  kg.
College : Kansas

 2005-06 Statistics
                    REBOUNDS PER GAME  
 Team G GS MPG FGM-A FG% 3PM-A 3P% FTM-A FT% OFF DEF TOT APG SPG BPG TO PF PPG
  UTA  60 22 13.5 61-124 .492 0-0 .000 24-48 .500 1.4 2.4 3.8 1.0 .10 1.10 .77 2.20 2.4
Career Highlights

  • Scored a career-high 25 points 4/28/01 at Phoenix
  • Led the Jazz in blocked shots (2.73 bpg, 5th in the NBA) in 1998-99 and ranked 2nd on the team in rebounds (7.3 rpg)
  • Led the Jazz in blocked shots (2.10 bpg, 11th in the NBA) in 1997-98 for the 3rd consecutive season
  • Blocked a career-high 11 shots, adding 9 rebounds, 4 assists and 3 points, against the Philadelphia 76ers on 1/6/98
  • Matched his career high with 21 points (7-9 FG), grabbed 6 rebounds and blocked 3 shots against the Denver Nuggets on 12/30/97
  • Appeared in the 1997 and 1998 NBA Finals against the Chicago Bulls
  • Scored a playoff-high 22 points against the Kings on 4/26 in the first round of the 2003 NBA Playoffs.
  • Has appeared in 87 career NBA Playoff games, averaging 4.2 ppg, 5.4 rpg and 1.85 bpg-->
  • Completed his Kansas career as the top shot-blocker (258) in school and Big Eight history
  • Named Honorable Mention All-American by the AP after his senior season at Kansas

  • Personal

    • Full name is Gregory Donovan Ostertag
    • He and his wife, Heidi, have three children, Cody, Bailey and Shelby
    • Donated a kidney to his sister, Amy Hall, in June of 2002 and became the first NBA player to donate a kidney and return to play basketball
    • Served last summer as the honorary chair for the Fifth Annual Greg Ostertag Golf Classic in Lawrence, Kansas, to benefit the American Lung Association of Kansas
    • Appeared in the Whoopi Goldberg movie Eddie
    • Has a tattoo of Fred Flintstone dunking on his calf
    • Enjoys country music, and his favorite performers are Brooks & Dunn, Alabama, Garth Brooks and Tracy Lawrence
    • His hobbies include hunting and fishing
    • Would like to get into farming after his NBA career

     Season Highs / Career Highs
      2005-06 HIGHS CAREER HIGHS
     Points9 2 Times25 @ Phoenix 04/18/01
     Field Goals Made4 4 Times10 @ Phoenix 04/18/01
     Field Goals Attempted7 2 Times15 vs. Vancouver 11/15/96
     Three Point Field Goals Made None1 @ Portland 03/16/01
     Three Point Field Goals AttemptedNone1 10 Times
     Free Throws Made3 vs. San Antonio 01/30/069 2 Times
     Free Throws Attempted4 4 Times14 vs. New Orleans 03/31/04
     Offensive Rebounds5 @ Philadelphia 01/11/0613 vs. Minnesota 11/03/03
     Defensive Rebounds10 @ Charlotte 11/07/0513 vs. Milwaukee 03/28/97
     Total Rebounds13 @ Charlotte 11/07/0521 vs. Minnesota 11/03/03
     Assists4 2 Times6 2 Times
     Steals1 6 Times3 2 Times
     Blocks7 vs. Memphis 11/19/0511 vs. Philadelphia 01/06/98
     Minutes Played32 @ Charlotte 11/07/0549 vs. Philadelphia 01/06/98
     CAREER AVERAGES
                    REBOUNDS PER GAME  
    YEAR TEAM G GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% OFF DEF RPG APG SPG BPG TO PF PPG
     95-96 UTA   57 10 11.6 .473 .000 .667 1.0 2.1 3.1 .1 .09 1.11 .44 1.60 3.6
     96-97 UTA   77 70 23.6 .515 .000 .678 2.3 5.0 7.3 .4 .31 1.97 .96 3.00 7.3
     97-98 UTA   63 23 20.4 .481 .000 .479 2.1 3.8 5.9 .4 .44 2.10 1.17 2.60 4.7
     98-99 UTA   48 48 27.9 .476 .000 .620 2.2 5.1 7.3 .5 .25 2.73 .94 2.90 5.7
     99-00 UTA   81 3 19.8 .464 .000 .636 2.1 3.8 6.0 .2 .25 2.12 .98 2.40 4.5
     00-01 UTA   81 3 18.4 .495 .500 .556 2.0 3.1 5.1 .3 .27 1.75 .78 2.70 4.5
     01-02 UTA   74 14 15.0 .453 .000 .485 1.7 2.5 4.2 .7 .20 1.47 .69 2.10 3.3
     02-03 UTA   81 74 23.8 .518 .000 .510 2.2 4.0 6.2 .7 .25 1.81 1.28 2.90 5.4
     03-04 UTA   78 51 27.6 .476 .000 .579 2.8 4.6 7.4 1.6 .38 1.78 1.27 2.90 6.8
     04-05 SAC   56 3 9.9 .440 .000 .342 1.0 2.0 3.0 .7 .13 .71 .43 1.60 1.6
     05-06 UTA   60 22 13.5 .492 .000 .500 1.4 2.4 3.8 1.0 .10 1.10 .77 2.20 2.4
     Career   756 321 19.5 .486 .100 .569 2.0 3.5 5.5 .6 .25 1.70 .90 2.50 4.6
     Playoff     89 37 19.9 .465 .000 .573 2.0 3.4 5.4 .3 .33 1.85 .76 2.80 4.2