Tweety Carter

Tweety Carter

Carter in March 2019
Free Agent
Position	Point guard
Personal information
Born	(1986-10-25) October 25, 1986 (age 36) New Orleans, Louisiana
Nationality	American
Listed height	5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)
Listed weight	185 lb (84 kg)
Career information
High school	Reserve Christian School (Reserve, Louisiana)
College	Baylor (2006–2010)
NBA draft	2010: undrafted
Playing career	2010–present
Career history
2010–2011	Tulsa 66ers
2011	Ventspils
2011–2012	Bnei HaSharon
2012	Cibona Zagreb
2012–2013	ČEZ Nymburk
2013–2014	s.Oliver Würzburg
2014	ASVEL
2014–2015	SOMB
2015–2016	Pieno žvaigdžės
2016	Boulazac Dordogne
2016–2017	Turów Zgorzelec
2017–2018	ESSM Le Portel
2018–2019	Kolossos Rodou
2019	Spójnia Stargard
2019–2020	Start Lublin
2020–2021	Benfica
2021–2022	Start Lublin
Career highlights and awards
McDonald's All-American (2006) Third-team Parade All-American (2006) Louisiana Mr. Basketball (2006)

Demond "Tweety" Carter (born October 25, 1986) is an American professional basketball player who last played for Start Lublin of the Polish Basketball League. He played college basketball for Baylor University.

High school career

Tweety Carter had one of the greatest high school careers in the history of the sport while attending Reserve Christian School in Reserve, Louisiana. In six years playing varsity Carter scored 7,457 points, making him the highest scoring high school player in U.S. history, leading the Eagles to five state championships. Carter was named McDonald's All-American, Parade All-American (third team), Jordan All-American, EA Sports All-American and MaxPreps All-American following senior season in 2006. He was a 4-time MVP of the Louisiana State Tournament and named Louisiana "Mr. Basketball" in 2006.

College career

Carter committed to the Baylor Bears at the beginning of his junior year in high school. At the time, Baylor was going through the murder of student-athlete Patrick Dennehy and numerous NCAA violations. He started on the 2009–2010 team that went to the Elite Eight of the NCAA tournament.

Freshman year

Carter played in all 31 games during his freshman campaign and started the final 13 for the Bears.

Year	Games Played	Minutes/Game	Points/Game	Assists/Game
2006–07	31	25.5	8.7	2.7

Sophomore year

As a sophomore, Carter played in all 32 games and started the final eight. Scored season-high 22 points on 7-of-11 shooting from the floor, including a season-best 5-of-8 from 3-point range in a win over Prairie View A&M on December 31.

Year	Games Played	Minutes/Game	Points/Game	Assists/Game
2007–08	32	25.8	9.6	2.8

Junior year

In his junior year, Carter started 36 games for the Bears. Carter scored a season high 30 points including seven 3-pointers on February 21, 2009. Carter averaged 11 points and five assists during the Bears' NIT run.

Year	Games Played	Minutes/Game	Points/Game	Assists/Game
2008–09	36	33.2	10.6	3.2

Senior year

During his senior year, Carter, along with transfer Ekpe Udoh, led Baylor to the Elite Eight and was named fourth team All-American by Sporting News Magazine. Carter scored in double figures in 23 of his 31 outings, including 14 games with 15 or more points. He also had four double-doubles.

Year	Games Played	Minutes/Game	Points/Game	Assists/Game
2009–10	31	36.2	15.1	5.9

Professional career

In June 2010, Carter joined the New Jersey Nets for the Orlando Pro Summer League 2010. ^[1] On September 27, 2010, the Oklahoma City Thunder invited Carter to their training camp. ^[2] However, he was later waived on October 15, 2010. ^[3]

On November 4, 2010, he was acquired by the Tulsa 66ers of the NBA D-League. ^[4] In February 2011, he signed with BK Ventspils of Latvia for the rest of the season. ^{[5] [6]}

In July 2011, he signed with Bnei HaSharon of Israel for the 2011–12 season. ^[7]

On August 7, 2012, he signed with Cibona Zagreb of Croatia. ^[8] In November 2012, he parted ways with Cibona. ^[9] In December 2012, he moved to Czech Republic and signed with ČEZ Nymburk for the rest of the season. ^[10]

On August 8, 2013, Carter signed a one-year deal with s.Oliver Baskets of Germany. ^[11] On January 17, 2014, he parted ways with them ^[12] and signed with ASVEL Basket of France for the rest of the season. ^{[13] [14]}

On November 9, 2014, Carter signed with SO Maritime Boulogne of France for the rest of the 2014–15 season. ^[15]

On June 11, 2017, Carter signed with ESSM Le Portel of France for the 2017–18 season. ^[16]

On December 13, 2018, Carter joined Kolossos Rodou of the Greek Basket League.

On August 6, 2020, Carter joined Benfica of the Liga Portuguesa de Basquetebol. ^[17] He averaged 8.5 points, 2.6 rebounds, and 4.6 assists per game.

On June 27, 2021, Carter signed with Start Lublin of the Polish Basketball League. ^[18]

References

1. Nets Announce Summer League Roster
2. Thunder Announces Training Camp Roster
3. Thunder Waives Carter and Longar
4. 66ers Announce Training Camp Roster
5. 66ers Guard Carter Leaves Team for Latvian League
6. Tweety Carter moves to BK Ventspils
7. Bnei Hasharon lands Tweety Carter
8. Cibona Zagreb signs Tweety Carter
9. Tweety Carter on his way to leave Cibona Zagreb
10. CEZ Nymburk puts Tweety Carter at point
11. S.Oliver Baskets sign Tweety Carter
12. S.Oliver Baskets sign Dominic Waters, part ways with Tweety Carter
13. ASVEL Villeurbanne announced Tweety Carter
14. L’ASVEL engage Tweety Carter! (in French)
15. Tweety Carter inks with Maritime Boulogne
16. Le Portel inks Tweety Carter
17. "Demond Tweety Carter chega para a posição de base".
18. "Carter comes back to Start, ex Benfica". Eurobasket. June 27, 2021. Retrieved June 27, 2021.

External links

• Pieno zvaigzdes Pasvalys profile
• ČEZ Nymburk profile
• Baylor Bears bio
• RealGM.com profile
• Eurobasket.com profile
• Israeli Super League profile