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{{Short description|American basketball player (born 1969)}}
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{{Use mdy dates|date=July 2024}}
{{BLP sources|date=November 2009}}
{{Infobox basketball biography
| name            = Matt Fish
| image           = 
| width           = 
| caption         = 
| height_ft       = 6
| height_in       = 11
| weight_lb       = 275
| birth_date      = {{birth date and age|1969|11|18}}
| birth_place     = [[Washington, Iowa]], U.S.
| death_date      = 
| death_place     = 
| high_school     = [[Washington High School (Washington, Iowa)|Washington]] (Washington, Iowa)
| college         = [[UNC Wilmington Seahawks men's basketball|UNC Wilmington]] (1988–1992)
| draft_year      = 1992
| draft_round     = 2
| draft_pick      = 50
| draft_team      = [[Golden State Warriors]]
| career_start    = 1992
| career_end      = 2002
| career_number   = 50, 6, 22
| career_position = [[Center (basketball)|Center]]
| years1          = 1992
| team1           = [[Philadelphia Spirit]]
| years2          = 1992
| team2           = [[Wisconsin Flyers#Omaha Racers|Omaha Racers]]
| years3          = 1992
| team3           = [[Grand Rapids Hoops]]
| years4          = 1992–1993
| team4           = [[Yakama Sun Kings|Yakima Sun Kings]]
| years5          = 1993
| team5           = [[BCM Gravelines|Gravelines]]
| years6          = 1993–1994
| team6           = [[Quad City Thunder]]
| years7          = {{nbay|1994|full=y}}
| team7           = [[Los Angeles Clippers]]
| years8          = 1995
| team8           = [[Peñarol de Mar del Plata]]
| years9          = 1995–1996
| team9           = [[Fort Wayne Fury]]
| years10         = {{nbay|1995|end}}
| team10          = [[New York Knicks]]
| years11         = 1996
| team11          = [[Denver Nuggets]]
| years12         = {{nbay|1996|full=y}}
| team12          = [[Washington Bullets]]
| years13         = 1997
| team13          = Fort Wayne Fury
| years14         = {{nbay|1996|end}}
| team14          = [[Miami Heat]]
| years15         = 1998–1999
| team15          = [[La Crosse Bobcats]]
| years16         = 1999–2000
| team16          = [[San Diego Stingrays]]
| years17         = 2000–2001
| team17          = [[F.C. Porto (basketball)|Porto]]
| years18         = 2001
| team18          = [[Polonia Warsaw]]
| years19         = 2001
| team19          = [[Phoenix Eclipse]]
| years20         = 2001–2002
| team20          = [[Belgrano de San Nicolás]]
| highlights       =
*[[CBA champion]] (1994)
*[[Continental Basketball Association|CBA]] All-Rookie Second Team (1993)
*First-team All-[[Colonial Athletic Association|CAA]] (1992)
}}

'''Matthew Edward Fish''' (born November 18, 1969) is an American former professional [[basketball]] player who played in the [[National Basketball Association]] (NBA) for the [[Los Angeles Clippers]], [[Denver Nuggets]], [[New York Knicks]], [[Miami Heat]] and [[Washington Bullets]]. He played collegiately at the [[University of North Carolina at Wilmington]] and was drafted in the 1992 NBA Draft<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.basketball-reference.com/draft/NBA_1992.html|title=1992 NBA Draft|website=Basketball-Reference.com}}</ref> to the Golden State Warriors.

Fish played in the [[Continental Basketball Association]] (CBA) for the [[Grand Rapids Hoops]], [[Omaha Racers]], [[Yakima Sun Kings]], [[Quad City Thunder]], [[Fort Wayne Fury]] and [[La Crosse Bobcats]] from 1992 to 1999.<ref name=sc>{{cite web |title=Matt Fish minor league basketball statistics |url=https://www.statscrew.com/minorbasketball/stats/p-fishmat001 |website=Stats Crew |access-date=February 27, 2025}}</ref> He won a [[CBA champion|CBA championship]] with the Thunder in 1994.<ref>{{cite web |title=1993-94 Quad City Thunder Statistics |url=https://www.statscrew.com/minorbasketball/stats/t-CBAQCT/y-1993 |website=Stats Crew |access-date=March 12, 2025}}</ref> He was selected to the CBA All-Rookie Second Team in 1993.<ref name=sc/>

Fish went on to earn a master's in Education and a master's in Business to go along with his BA in Communication and Special Education.  He publishes ''Rebound Magazine'',<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://reboundmagazine.com/|title=Rebound Magazine &#124;|website=reboundmagazine.com}}</ref> the NBA-approved official publication of the National Basketball Retired Players Association (NBRPA),<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.legendsofbasketball.com/|title=National Basketball Retired Players Association &#124; Legends of Basketball}}</ref>  where is he also the President of the Phoenix Chapter.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://nbrpaphoenix.com/|title=nbrpaphoenix.com - Informationen zum Thema nbrpaphoenix.|website=nbrpaphoenix.com|access-date=2015-08-18|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160111032125/http://nbrpaphoenix.com/|archive-date=2016-01-11|url-status=dead}}</ref>  He was the first member intern<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.legendsofbasketball.com/2015/04/matt-fish-named-first-ever-member-intern-for-new-nbrpa-program/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150906214315/http://www.legendsofbasketball.com/2015/04/matt-fish-named-first-ever-member-intern-for-new-nbrpa-program/|url-status=dead|archive-date=September 6, 2015|title=Matt Fish Named First-Ever Member Intern for new NBRPA Program &#124; National Basketball Retired Players Association|date=September 6, 2015}}</ref> for the NBRPA at the corporate level in Chicago.

Fish also played in the [[International Basketball Association|IBA]] and the [[Continental Basketball Association|CBA]], where he played a major role in the 1994 CBA champions Quad City Thunder.  Fish was a CBA All-Star, All-Rookie team, and the number one center in the CBA during his career.

During his playing days, when making a [[hook shot]], it was often called a "Fish Hook", a play on his name.

==Career statistics==
{{NBA player statistics legend}}

===NBA===
Source<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.basketball-reference.com/players/f/fishma01.html|title=Matt Fish NBA stats|website=[[Basketball Reference]]|publisher=Sports Reference LLC|accessdate=17 September 2025}}</ref>

====Regular season====
{{NBA player statistics start}}
|-
| style="text-align:left;"| {{nbay|1994}}
| style="text-align:left;"| [[1994–95 Los Angeles Clippers season|L.A. Clippers]]
| '''26''' || '''8''' || '''14.2''' || .476 || .000 || '''.676''' || '''3.2''' || '''.7''' || '''.6''' || .3 || 4.7
|-
| style="text-align:left;" rowspan="2"|{{nbay|1995}}
| style="text-align:left;"| [[1995–96 New York Knicks season|New York]]
| 2 || 1 || 8.5 || '''.600''' || &ndash; || .000 || 1.5 || .5 || .0 || '''.5''' || '''6.0'''
|-
| style="text-align:left;"| [[1995–96 Denver Nuggets season|Denver]]
| 16 || 0 || 7.3 || .577 || &ndash; || .556 || 1.1 || .4 || .2 || .4 || 2.5
|-
| style="text-align:left;" rowspan="2"|{{nbay|1996}}
| style="text-align:left;"| [[1996–97 Washington Bullets season|Washington]]
| 5 || 0 || 1.4 || .333 || &ndash; || &ndash; || 1.0 || .0 || .0 || .0 || .4
|-
| style="text-align:left;"| [[1996–97 Miami Heat season|Miami]]
| 1 || 0 || 1.0 || &ndash; || &ndash; || &ndash; || .0 || .0 || .0 || .0 || .0
|- class="sortbottom"
| style="text-align:center;" colspan="2"| Career
| 50 || 9 || 10.2 || .500 || .000 || .625 || 2.2 || .5 || .4 || .3 || 3.5
{{S-end}}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* {{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20070207013952/http://www.databasebasketball.com/players/playerpage.htm?ilkid=FISHMA01 Career statistics]}} - databasebasketball.com
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20050328234349/http://www.nba.com/playerfile/matt_fish/printable_player_files.html NBA.com profile]

{{1992 NBA draft}}

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