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Born | Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, U.S. | July 23, 1961|||||||||||
Listed height | 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) | |||||||||||
Listed weight | 255 lb (116 kg) [1] [2] | |||||||||||
Career information | ||||||||||||
High school | Wichita Heights (Wichita, Kansas) | |||||||||||
College | Wichita State (1979–1983) | |||||||||||
NBA draft | 1983: 1st round, 8th overall pick | |||||||||||
Selected by the Detroit Pistons | ||||||||||||
Playing career | 1983–2002 | |||||||||||
Position | Power forward / center | |||||||||||
Number | 33, 35, 55 | |||||||||||
Career history | ||||||||||||
1983–1984 | Olimpia Milano | |||||||||||
1984–1990 | Atlanta Hawks | |||||||||||
1990–1991 | Sacramento Kings | |||||||||||
1991–1994 | San Antonio Spurs | |||||||||||
1994–1998 | Utah Jazz | |||||||||||
1999 | Houston Rockets | |||||||||||
1999–2000 | Vancouver Grizzlies | |||||||||||
2000–2001 | Kansas City Knights | |||||||||||
2001–2002 | Ionikos NF | |||||||||||
Career highlights and awards | ||||||||||||
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Career NBA statistics | ||||||||||||
Points | 9,176 (9.3 ppg) | |||||||||||
Rebounds | 3,384 (3.4 rpg) | |||||||||||
Blocks | 925 (0.9 bpg) | |||||||||||
Stats at NBA.com | ||||||||||||
Stats at Basketball Reference | ||||||||||||
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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.
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]
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 Detroit Pistons in the first round (eighth pick overall) of the 1983 NBA draft. Carr was unable to agree to a contract with the Pistons and played the 1983–84 season in Italy with Simac Milano after the club offered him a $200,000 contract for the year. [7] [8] Returning to the NBA in the 1984–85 season, he played six full seasons with the Atlanta Hawks, who had acquired his rights, before moving to the Sacramento Kings in the middle of the 1989–90 campaign. While in Sacramento, Carr averaged 20 points per game and was one of the team's stars. He scored 1,551 points that season, his only time topping 1,000 points and by far his best scoring season. Carr also played for the San Antonio Spurs, where he led the team in field goal percentage. He also played a notable first-round series in 1994 against the Utah Jazz. Carr was filling in for an injured David Robinson, who had a fractured hand. Carr put on what could be considered the best games of his career, but the Spurs still lost the series 1–3. Carr was signed as a free agent by the Utah Jazz on October 29, 1994, where he was a periodic starter at the center position beside 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 Kansas City Knights of the ABA, [10] and one season with the Greek club Ionikos NF. [11]
His younger brother Henry Carr played for Wichita State, [12] and was drafted in 1987 by the Los Angeles Clippers. [13]
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 |
Year | Team | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG |
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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 |
Year | Team | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG |
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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 |
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