Matt Carroll (basketball)

For other people with the same name, see Matt Carroll (disambiguation).

Matt Carroll

Carroll with the Mavericks in 2009
Personal information
Born	(1980-08-28) August 28, 1980 (age 44) Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Nationality	American
Listed height	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)
Listed weight	212 lb (96 kg)
Career information
High school	Hatboro-Horsham (Horsham, Pennsylvania)
College	Notre Dame (1999–2003)
NBA draft	2003: undrafted
Playing career	2003–2012
Position	Shooting guard
Number	31, 3, 13, 33
Career history
2003–2004	Portland Trail Blazers
2004	Roanoke Dazzle
2004	San Antonio Spurs
2004–2005	Roanoke Dazzle
2005–2009	Charlotte Bobcats
2009–2010	Dallas Mavericks
2010–2012	Charlotte Bobcats
Career highlights and awards
NBA D-League MVP (2005) First-team All-Big East (2003)
Career NBA statistics
Points	3,013 (6.6 ppg)
Rebounds	863 (1.9 rpg)
Assists	313 (0.7 apg)
Stats at NBA.com
Stats at Basketball Reference
Medals Men's basketball Representing   United States FIBA Americas U18 Championship 1998 Puerto Plata Team competition FIBA U19 World Championship 1999 Lisbon Team competition

Matthew John Carroll (born August 28, 1980) is an American former professional basketball player.

Carroll is 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) tall and weighs 212 lb (96 kg). He played high school basketball at Hatboro-Horsham High School in Horsham, Pennsylvania, under coach Walt Ostrowski. He played college basketball at the University of Notre Dame.

Early career

At Hatboro-Horsham High School, Carroll averaged 26.5 points, 7.3 rebounds and four assists per game as a senior shooting guard. He recorded even more rebounds and assists his first three seasons, when he started at point guard for the Hatters.

At the end of high school, Carroll ranked second in scoring in the history of southeastern Pennsylvania, trailing only former Los Angeles Lakers star Kobe Bryant. Carroll surpassed Bryant by becoming the only Pennsylvania player to be named Mr. Basketball twice.

Basketball gurus around the nation noticed, as they twice selected Carroll for the United States Junior National Team. That selection teamed Carroll up with players such as the Orlando Magic's Mike Miller, Stanford's Casey Jacobsen and Arizona's Michael Wright to compete in the Dominican Republic in 1998 and Portugal in 1999.

In addition to the U.S. junior national team, Carroll made it onto the roster for prep all-star games such as the Magic Johnson Roundball Classic, where he finally had the chance to play for his grandfather, and the Capital Classic in Washington, D.C.

He was recruited by coach John MacLeod, played for Matt Doherty as a freshman and played the rest of his college career for former Delaware coach Mike Brey at the University of Notre Dame.

College career

Carroll played in 133 games over his four-year career at the University of Notre Dame and averaged 13.9 points, 4.3 rebounds, 2.4 assists and 0.9 steals. He finished sixth on Notre Dame's all-time leading scoring list with 1,850 points.

Carroll also ranks as Notre Dame's second all-time leader in three-point field goals made (301) behind Colin Falls (331), three-point field goals attempted (762), games played (133), games started (125) and second in free throw percentage (.825). He scored in double figures in 96 of 133 career games. He was named All-American Honorable Mention by the Associated Press and All-Big East First Team as a senior.

Professional career

Carroll entered the 2003 NBA draft but went undrafted. He signed with the New York Knicks as a free agent and played in their summer league. He spent the 2003–04 training camp with New York and was one of the Knicks' final cuts.

Portland Trail Blazers

Carroll signed with the Portland Trail Blazers as a free agent on November 7, 2003, and appeared in 13 games for Portland during the 2003–04 season and averaged 1.0 points. He was released by the Trail Blazers on January 7, 2004.

Roanoke Dazzle

After being cut by the Blazers in the 2003–04 season, Carroll signed with the Roanoke Dazzle of the NBA Development League. He played 11 games with the Dazzle before signing with the Spurs. Carroll scored 15.5 points and registered 2.8 rebounds a game.

Carroll re-signed with the Roanoke Dazzle on December 11, where he excelled — being named 2004–05 NBADL Most Valuable Player. He led all scorers in the NBADL with 20.1 points in 24 games. He also averaged 2.8 rebounds, 1.6 assists and 1.1 steals in 31.7 minutes. He shot .503 from the field (177–352) and .605 from the three-point line (23–38). Carroll scored an NBADL season-high 43 points against the Florida Flame on February 9 and was named NBADL Player of the Month in January after averaging 22.3 points. After January 1, Carroll led Roanoke to a 14–4 record and first place in the NBADL.

San Antonio Spurs

Carroll signed with the San Antonio Spurs as a free agent on March 8, 2004, for the remainder of the season. He appeared in three games for San Antonio during the 2003–04 season and averaged 2.0 points.

Carroll played in the 2004 Summer League for the Golden State Warriors. He appeared in six games for Golden State during the preseason and averaged 2.8 points and 1.0 rebounds before being released prior to the regular season and returned to Roanoke Dazzle.

Charlotte Bobcats

Carroll signed with the expansion Charlotte Bobcats on February 23, 2005 ^[1] and appeared in 25 games and averaged 9.0 points and 2.4 rebounds in 17.2 minutes. In his first season with the Bobcats, Carroll reached double-figure scoring 12 times and scored a career-high 22 points at Washington on April 17. He also posted six consecutive games with 10-plus points from April 5–16.

Carroll became a free agent in the summer of 2005 and was re-signed by the Bobcats. He played in all but four of the Bobcats games in 2005–06, averaging 7.6 pts and two rebounds in 16 minutes per game. The team picked up his option for the 2006–07 season. Carroll gained some media attention after completing five four-point plays during the regular season. The record for four-point plays in one NBA season stands at six, and belongs to Mitch Richmond. ^[2]

In 2006–07, Carroll had his best NBA season by far, averaging 12.1 ppg, 2.9 rpg, and 1.3 apg. He also led the Bobcats in free throw percentage, shooting .904 from the line, as well as three-point percentage, shooting .416 from beyond the arc.

On July 17, 2007, Matt Carroll re-signed with the Bobcats. Bobcats executive vice president of basketball operations Bernie Bickerstaff had the following comments: "Matt was one of our off-season priorities and we are glad to have him back. [...] He has proven to be the consummate professional on and off the court, and his production has continued to increase since he joined us from the D-League over two years ago." ^[3]

Dallas Mavericks

On January 16, 2009, Carroll was traded to the Dallas Mavericks along with Ryan Hollins in exchange for DeSagana Diop. ^[4]

Second stint with the Bobcats

On July 13, 2010, Carroll was traded back to the Charlotte Bobcats along with Erick Dampier and Eduardo Nájera in exchange for Tyson Chandler and Alexis Ajinça. ^[5]

New Orleans Hornets

On November 13, 2012, Carroll was traded by the Bobcats to the New Orleans Hornets in exchange for Hakim Warrick. ^[6] He was waived by the Hornets on November 20, 2012 before ever playing a game for them. ^[7]

Carroll only played one game during the 2012 - 2013 season and that game ended up being the final one of his NBA career. That game took place on November 3, 2012 where the Bobcats suffered a 25-point loss to Carroll's former team, the Dallas Mavericks (99 - 124). In his final game, Carroll played for nearly six minutes, substituting at the very end of the fourth quarter for Ramon Sessions and only recorded 1 assist and 1 foul as a statistic. ^[8]

Post-playing career

On March 18, 2014, Carroll was named the Charlotte Hornets' Community Ambassador. ^[9]

Personal life

His brother, Pat, starred at Saint Joseph's University.

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
2003–04	Portland	13	0	3.7	.455	.333	1.000	.2	.1	.0	.0	1.0
2003–04	San Antonio	3	0	7.3	.400	—	.500	1.0	.3	.3	.0	2.0
2004–05	Charlotte	25	0	17.2	.389	.333	.855	2.4	.7	.7	.1	9.0
2005–06	Charlotte	78	6	16.3	.403	.389	.821	2.0	.4	.6	.1	7.6
2006–07	Charlotte	72	47	26.1	.433	.416	.904	2.9	1.3	.7	.1	12.1
2007–08	Charlotte	80	18	25.2	.428	.436	.804	2.8	.9	.6	.2	9.0
2008–09	Charlotte	34	10	14.0	.406	.267	.789	1.6	.7	.5	.2	4.1
2008–09	Dallas	21	0	6.7	.273	.125	1.000	.7	.1	.1	.1	1.2
2009–10	Dallas	25	0	4.8	.360	.211	1.000	.5	.2	.2	.0	1.8
2010–11	Charlotte	54	1	10.8	.447	.370	.769	1.3	.4	.3	.1	4.4
2011–12	Charlotte	53	2	11.2	.331	.186	.789	1.1	.7	.3	.1	2.7
2012–13	Charlotte	1	0	6.0	—	—	—	.0	1.0	.0	.0	.0
Career		459	84	16.5	.413	.384	.841	1.9	.7	.5	.1	6.6

Playoffs

Year	Team	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
2009	Dallas	4	0	3.5	.500	—	—	.5	.0	.0	.0	.5
2010	Dallas	1	0	5.0	1.000	—	—	1.0	.0	.0	.0	2.0
Career		5	0	3.6	.667	.000	.000	.6	.0	.0	.0	.8

References

1. "Bobcats Sign Shooting Guard Matt Carroll". NBA.com . February 23, 2005. Archived from the original on January 3, 2009. Retrieved January 19, 2009.
2. "Season In Review – Matt Carroll". NBA.com . May 11, 2007. Archived from the original on January 1, 2009. Retrieved January 19, 2009.
3. "Bobcats Re-Sign Guard Matt Carroll". NBA.com . July 17, 2007. Archived from the original on January 1, 2009. Retrieved January 19, 2009.
4. "Mavericks Acquire Carroll and Hollis; Trade Diop". NBA.com . January 16, 2009. Retrieved January 17, 2009.
5. "Bobcats Acquire Carroll, Dampier and Najera from Mavericks". NBA.com . July 13, 2010. Archived from the original on August 11, 2010. Retrieved July 13, 2010.
6. Hornets trade Warrick for Carroll
7. HORNETS WAIVE MATT CARROLL
8. https://www.basketball-reference.com/boxscores/201211030DAL.html
9. Bogues and Carroll Named Team Ambassadors Carroll is currently the color commentator on the Hornets radio network. Archived 2014-03-19 at the Wayback Machine

External links

• Career statistics from NBA.com  and  Basketball Reference
• Carroll Camps
• Carroll carves own mark into family game
• Renewing a great rivalry ^{[ permanent dead link ‍]}
• Carroll wild about Bobcats ^{[ permanent dead link ‍]}
• Carroll becomes Bobats' go-to guy
• Carroll's tune catching on in NBA