Anthony Carter (basketball)

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Anthony Carter
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Carter during his tenure with the Nuggets
Memphis Grizzlies
PositionAssistant coach
League NBA
Personal information
Born (1975-06-16) June 16, 1975 (age 49)
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
NationalityAmerican
Listed height6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
Listed weight190 lb (86 kg)
Career information
High school Alonzo A. Crim (Atlanta, Georgia)
College
NBA draft 1998: undrafted
Playing career1998–2012
Position Point guard
Number25, 7, 4
Coaching career2013–present
Career history
As player:
1998–1999 Yakima Sun Kings
1999–2003 Miami Heat
2003 San Antonio Spurs
2004–2006 Minnesota Timberwolves
2007 Scafati Basket
2007–2011 Denver Nuggets
2011 New York Knicks
2011–2012 Toronto Raptors
As coach:
2013–2015 Austin Toros / Spurs (assistant)
2015–2016 Sacramento Kings (assistant)
2016–2018 Sioux Falls Skyforce (assistant)
2018–2023 Miami Heat (player development)
2023–present Memphis Grizzlies (assistant)
Career highlights and awards
Stats   OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg at NBA.com
Stats   OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg at Basketball-Reference.com

Anthony Bernard Carter (born June 16, 1975) is an American basketball coach and former player who is an assistant coach for the Memphis Grizzlies. He played college basketball for Saddleback College and Hawaii.

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Early life

Born in Kirkwood, GA, Carter played as a freshman on the varsity team of Alonzo A. Crim High School in Atlanta. However, after his freshman year, Carter quit high school. After leaving school, Carter spent his teenage years playing basketball for money in Atlanta. The Rocky Mountain News quoted Carter stating: "The dope man would put up the money, and we would play. We used to play for the drug dealers. That's how we were going to make our money. We didn't sell the drugs ... (I used the money) to buy shoes and food. That was the only way we could eat." [1] During his teenage years, Carter's mother was on drugs, and all seven of his uncles were at one point in prison. [2]

Realizing Carter's basketball skills could earn him an education, several members of Carter's community helped him get a GED and enroll in college. [2]

College career

Carter played collegiately at Saddleback Community College [3] in Mission Viejo, California (1994–96), then went on to play at the University of Hawaii. At UH, Carter became the Rainbows' career leader in assist average and one of only 10 players to reach 1,000 points. [4]

Professional career

After going undrafted in the 1998 NBA draft, he began his NBA career with the Miami Heat, after having spent one season with CBA's Yakima Sun Kings.

In 2003, Carter's agent failed to notify the Heat that Carter wished to exercise a $4.1 million player option on his contract by the June 30 deadline. [5] [6] [7] The failure allowed the team to renounce their rights to Carter, opening up cap space that was later used to sign  Lamar Odom. [6]

Carter later signed with the San Antonio Spurs. However, after only five games, the Spurs waived him due to injury, and he remained inactive throughout 2003–04.

After two relatively uneventful seasons with the Minnesota Timberwolves (2004–06), on April 12, 2007, the Denver Nuggets signed Carter for the remainder of the season, after he started the year with Italy's Scafati Basket. [8] He was waived by the team on August 29, [9] and re-signed two days later. [10]

On December 20, 2007, Carter hit a runner in the lane with 0.8 seconds left in double overtime against the Houston Rockets, which gave the Nuggets a 112–111 win. [11] In that season, he recorded individual records in most statistical categories, averaging a career-high 8 ppg, while starting all but three of the games he appeared in.

On July 1, 2008, Carter became a free agent, [12] but re-signed with Denver in October. [13]

On August 14, 2009, the Nuggets again re-signed Carter to a one-year contract for $1.3 million.

On July 14, 2010, he re-signed with the Nuggets to a one-year contract worth $1.3 million.

On February 22, 2011, Carter was traded to the New York Knicks in a three-way deal which also involved the Minnesota Timberwolves that brought Carmelo Anthony to New York. [14] Considered a throw-in in the trade, Carter forever cemented his place in Knicks lore when he nearly singlehandedly rallied New York to a playoff victory in an elimination game against the Boston Celtics on April 24, 2011. Carter substituted into the game with the Knicks trailing by 23 and brought life back to the Garden by suffocating Rajon Rondo on defense, scoring 11 points, and dishing four dimes. However, the Knicks' comeback bid ultimately fell short. [15]

On December 12, 2011, Carter signed with the Toronto Raptors. [16] He was waived by the Raptors on March 15, 2012. [17] In October 2012, he re-joined the Nuggets for their training camp, [18] but did not make the team's final roster. [19]

Coaching career

In September 2013, Carter was named an assistant coach with the Austin Spurs of the NBA Development League. [20]

On July 31, 2015, Carter was hired by the Sacramento Kings to be an assistant coach. [21]

On September 22, 2016, Carter was named assistant coach for the Sioux Falls Skyforce of the D-League. [22]

On September 21, 2018, Carter was named to the staff of the Heat as player development coach. [23]

Personal life

Carter's son Devin Carter was drafted 13th in the 2024 NBA draft to the Sacramento Kings, and played college basketball at Providence.

While Carter was in fifth grade at Atlanta's Fred A. Toomer Elementary School, his class was adopted by the "I Have a Dream" foundation. In 2003, he was appointed as the first-ever spokesperson for the foundation. [24]

Carter donated $100,000 to fund scholarships at the University of Hawaii. [4]

NBA career statistics

Legend
  GPGames 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

YearTeamGPGSMPGFG%3P%FT%RPGAPGSPGBPGPPG
1999–00 Miami 793023.5.395.130.7502.54.81.2.16.3
2000–01 Miami 72622.6.406.150.6312.53.71.0.16.4
2001–02 Miami 461822.8.342.053.5282.54.71.1.14.3
2002–03 Miami 492618.6.356.000.6601.74.1.9.14.1
2003–04 San Antonio 5217.4.297.000.0002.22.4.8.04.4
2004–05 Minnesota 661211.2.407.118.6861.02.4.5.32.7
2005–06 Minnesota 45813.1.387.267.7271.42.2.5.23.3
2006–07 Denver 2018.5.375.000.0001.55.5.0.53.0
2007–08 Denver 706728.0.458.349.7532.95.51.5.47.8
2008–09 Denver 78522.9.433.239.7312.64.71.2.25.3
2009–10 Denver 54715.9.420.270.8461.63.0.7.23.3
2010–11 Denver 14010.9.333.3331.000.91.9.6.11.9
2010–11 New York 19016.3.461.2861.0002.12.3.9.34.4
2011–12 Toronto 2408.7.321.294.8001.41.4.3.22.0
Career62318119.6.404.250.7062.13.81.0.24.8

Playoffs

YearTeamGPGSMPGFG%3P%FT%RPGAPGSPGBPGPPG
2000 Miami 10327.5.416.167.7504.05.61.2.27.7
2001 Miami 3123.0.474.000.0002.03.7.7.36.0
2007 Denver 1014.01.000.000.0001.02.0.0.08.0
2008 Denver 4115.3.286.000.0002.53.5.3.32.0
2009 Denver 16014.3.408.167.5002.02.1.9.12.8
2010 Denver 107.0.000.000.000.03.0.0.0.0
2011 New York 4012.3.533.3331.0002.01.5.5.34.8
Career39518.0.430.148.6962.53.2.8.24.5

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