Antoine Carr

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Antoine Carr
Personal information
Born (1961-07-23) July 23, 1961 (age 62)
Ionikos NF
Career highlights and awards
Career NBA statistics
Points
9,176 (9.3 ppg)
Rebounds3,384 (3.4 rpg)
Blocks925 (0.9 bpg)
Stats Edit this at Wikidata at NBA.com
Stats Edit this at Wikidata at Basketball-Reference.com
Medals
Representing  United States
World Championships
Silver medal – second place 1982 Colombia
National team

Antoine Labotte Carr (born July 23, 1961) is an American former basketball player. Nicknamed "Big Dawg",[3] he played power forward (and sometimes center) for six different teams in the National Basketball Association across 16 seasons.

Early life

Antoine Carr was born in Oklahoma City.[4] and was a star basketball player at Wichita Heights High School (class of 1979). He accepted a scholarship to play locally at Wichita State University. A four-year player, Carr was a major contributor on a team that included future NBA players Xavier McDaniel and Cliff Levingston, averaging 17 points per game while shooting over 55% during his college career. In his final college game, he scored a school-record 47 points against Southern Illinois on March 5, 1983.[5]

He played for the US national team in the 1982 FIBA World Championship, winning the silver medal.[6]

Professional career

Coming off a senior season where he'd averaged 22.5 points and 7.6 rebounds a game in a strong college program, Carr was selected by the

power forward Karl Malone. When not starting, he settled into his role as the energetic and jovial sixth man. Coach Jerry Sloan utilized Carr extensively during the two years that the Jazz reached the NBA finals – relying on his experience and ability to control the ball. Carr helped the Jazz to victory in Game 5 of the 1998 Finals against the Chicago Bulls with several clutch jump shots.[9] Carr finished his career with the Houston Rockets and Vancouver Grizzlies
, playing 18 games with Houston and 21 with Vancouver in a reserve role.

Carr scored 9,176 points in his NBA career. Carr had a strong ability to manage the ball down low, even as a small center. He was known for his power and dunking, and his ability to hit medium to long jump shots under pressure. He made 50% of his attempts from the floor and shot 78% from the free-throw line. After receiving an eye injury, Carr wore orange-tinted protective glasses for the rest of his NBA career.

Following his final season with Vancouver, Carr played one season for the

Ionikos NF.[11]

His younger brother Henry Carr played for Wichita State,[12] and was drafted in 1987 by the Los Angeles Clippers.[13]

NBA career statistics

Legend
  GP Games played   GS  Games started  MPG  Minutes per game
 FG%  Field goal percentage  3P%  3-point field goal percentage  FT%  Free throw percentage
 RPG  Rebounds per game  APG  Assists per game  SPG  Steals per game
 BPG  Blocks per game  PPG  Points per game  Bold  Career high

Regular season

Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
1984–85 Atlanta 62 15 19.3 .528 .333 .789 3.7 1.3 0.5 1.3 8.0
1985–86 Atlanta 17 0 15.2 .527 – .667 3.1 0.8 0.4 0.9 6.8
1986–87 Atlanta 65 2 10.7 .506 .333 .709 2.4 0.5 0.2 0.7 5.3
1987–88 Atlanta 80 2 18.5 .544 .250 .780 3.6 1.3 0.5 1.0 8.8
1988–89 Atlanta 78 12 19.1 .480 .000 .855 3.5 1.2 0.4 0.8 7.5
1989–90 Atlanta 44 0 18.3 .516 .000 .775 3.4 1.2 0.3 0.8 7.6
1989–90 Sacramento 33 4 28.0 .482 .000 .806 5.2 2.0 0.5 1.0 18.6
1990–91 Sacramento 77 48 32.8 .511 .000 .758 5.5 2.5 0.6 1.3 20.1
1991–92 San Antonio 81 27 23.0 .490 .200 .764 4.3 2.8 1.4 1.2 10.9
1992–93 San Antonio 71 46 27.4 .538 .000 .777 5.5 1.4 0.5 1.2 13.1
1993–94 San Antonio 34 0 13.7 .488 .000 .724 1.5 0.4 0.3 0.6 5.8
1994–95 Utah 78 4 21.5 .531 .250 .821 3.4 0.9 0.3 0.9 9.6
1995–96 Utah 80 0 19.2 .457 .000 .792 2.5 0.9 0.4 0.8 7.3
1996–97 Utah 82 0 17.8 .483 .000 .780 2.4 0.9 0.3 0.8 7.4
1997–98 Utah 66 8 16.5 .465 – .776 2.0 0.7 0.2 0.8 5.7
1998–99 Houston 18 0 8.4 .404 .000 .714 1.7 0.5 0.1 0.6 2.6
1999–00 Vancouver 21 0 10.5 .438 – .786 1.5 0.3 0.1 0.3 3.2
Career 987 168 20.0 .503 .130 .780 3.4 1.1 0.4 0.9 9.3

Playoffs

Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
1987
 Atlanta 9 0 18.0 .696 – .813 3.0 1.4 0.3 0.9 11.6
1988
 Atlanta 12 0 17.5 .529 .000 .643 3.4 1.3 0.3 1.4 6.8
1989
 Atlanta 5 0 16.2 .619 – .727 1.6 1.4 0.0 0.8 6.8
1992
 San Antonio 3 3 36.3 .545 .500 .625 7.7 1.0 0.7 3.7 19.7
1993
 San Antonio 8 8 21.4 .527 – .600 4.8 1.1 0.4 1.1 10.5
1994
 San Antonio 3 0 12.3 .455 – .889 0.3 1.0 0.3 0.7 6.0
1995
 Utah 5 0 22.8 .452 – .833 3.0 1.4 0.6 1.0 9.6
1996
 Utah 18 0 18.8 .474 – .680 1.9 1.2 0.2 0.8 6.1
1997
 Utah 20 0 14.0 .482 – .750 2.0 0.5 0.3 0.5 4.9
1998
 Utah 20 0 14.6 .456 – .750 2.1 0.6 0.1 0.6 4.4
1999
 Houston 4 0 9.3 .364 – – 1.8 1.0 0.0 0.3 2.0
Career 107 11 17.1 .514 .333 .740 2.6 1.0 0.3 0.9 6.8

References

  1. ^ "Deseret News: Original Big Dawg Joins the Jazz". 30 October 1994. Retrieved 19 July 2020.
  2. ^ "Chicago Tribune: Jazz Management Learned by Observation". Chicago Tribune. June 1997. Retrieved 19 July 2020.
  3. ^ Rock, Brad (July 6, 2015). "Ex-Jazzman Antoine 'Big Dawg' Carr still carries a bite". Deseret News. Retrieved December 17, 2018.
  4. ^ "Antoine Carr". Basketball-Reference.Com. Retrieved October 30, 2012.
  5. ^ "Antoine Carr scored a career-high 47 points in his..." UPI. Retrieved 2022-10-15.
  6. ^ 1982 USA Basketball Archived 2007-06-08 at the Wayback Machine
  7. ISBN 1-58261-553-5
  8. ^ Goldaper, Sam (June 19, 1984). "ROUNDFIELD TRADED TO PISTONS". The New York Times. Retrieved May 3, 2020.
  9. ^ Roberts, Selena (13 June 1998). "The New York Times: THE N.B.A. FINALS; Carr Changes Role From Sub to Savior". The New York Times. Retrieved 18 July 2020.
  10. ^ Kansas City News - 'Night, Knights? - page 1
  11. ^ Antoine Carr player profile, stats, a career at basketpedya.com
  12. ^ "Henry Carr, the younger brother of Wichita State standout Antoine Carr" Google News archive of the Bulletin-Journal of Missouri - April 14, 1983, p.11
  13. ^ 1987 NBA Draft on Basketballreference.com Archived 2007-10-17 at the Wayback Machine

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