Joe Barry Carroll

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Joe Barry Carroll
Personal information
Born (1958-07-24) July 24, 1958 (age 65)
Pine Bluff, Arkansas, U.S.
Listed height7 ft 0 in (2.13 m)
Listed weight255 lb (116 kg)
Career information
High school East (Denver, Colorado)
College Purdue (1976–1980)
NBA draft 1980: 1st round, 1st overall pick
Selected by the Golden State Warriors
Playing career1980–1991
Position Center
Number2, 11
Career history
1980–1984 Golden State Warriors
1984–1985 Simac Milano
1985–1987 Golden State Warriors
1987–1988 Houston Rockets
1988–1990 New Jersey Nets
1990 Denver Nuggets
1991 Phoenix Suns
Career highlights and awards
Career NBA statistics
Points 12,455 (17.7 ppg)
Rebounds 5,404 (7.7 rpg)
Blocks 1,121 (1.6 bpg)
Stats   OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg at NBA.com
Stats   OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg at Basketball-Reference.com
Medals
Representing Flag of the United States.svg United States
Men's basketball
World Invitational Tournament
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg1978 United States Men's Basketball

Joe Barry Carroll (born July 24, 1958) is an American former professional basketball player who spent ten seasons in the National Basketball Association (NBA). After retiring from basketball, he became a wealth advisor, philanthropist, artist, author of the memoir Growing Up... In Words and Images, and recipient of the Hank Aaron Champion for Justice award. [1]

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High school career

Carroll, a 7'0" center, attended Denver East High School, located in Denver, Colorado, where he was selected as an All-American by Midwest Coach and Athlete Magazine. In his senior year, he averaged 20.3 points and 12.2 rebounds a game, while scoring 41 points in one contest.

College career

1976–77

After high school, Carroll moved on to play college basketball at Purdue University. Under head coach Fred Schaus, he helped lead the Boilermakers to a 20–8 record. In Carroll's first national televised appearance, against Indiana, he scored 12 points, had 6 rebounds and 3 blocks in 20 minutes coming off the bench in an 86–76 win. On December 10, 1977, he recorded the school's only triple-double with 16 points, 16 rebounds and a single-game school record 11 blocks. He recorded 206 rebounds and averaged 7.4 a game in his first season, the most for a Purdue freshman. Carroll also holds the freshman record for most blocks in a season with 82.

1977–78

Carroll set school records with 105 blocks on the season and averaged 3.9 blocks per game as a sophomore. With senior Walter Jordan, he helped lead the team to a 16–11 record and a fourth-place finish in conference play.

1978–79

Head coach Fred Schaus stepped down in 1978 and was replaced by Lee Rose. Playing with a slowed down, controlled system compared to Schaus' fast-pace style, Carroll and senior point guard Jerry Sichting led Purdue to a first place Big Ten tie with an Earvin Johnson-led Michigan State. Not receiving the favor of the two teams to advance to the NCAA Tournament, Carroll led Purdue to the NIT Finals his junior year, losing to in-state rivals, Indiana. He averaged 22.8 points a game on the season and was named First Team All-Big Ten and a Third Team All-America, while leading the Boilers to a 27–8 record. He grabbed a school record 352 rebounds on the season.

1979–80

During his senior year, he led the Boilermakers to an NCAA Final Four appearance, losing to UCLA in the semi-finals. They won the consolation game against Iowa, where Carroll scored a game-high 35 points in his last game as a Boilermaker. Leading Purdue to a 23–10 record on the season, he was named a First Team All-American and a second straight First Team All-Big Ten selection. He played 1,235 minutes on the season, the most by any player in school history.

College notes

Carroll holds the all-time school record for career blocks (349) and is second in school history for rebounds (1,148) to Zach Edey. With 2,175 points in his Purdue career, he ranks second to Rick Mount. He majored in economics at Purdue University.

Professional career

Golden State Warriors

1980–1981

Carroll was selected by the Golden State Warriors with the first overall pick of the 1980 NBA draft. The Warriors traded Robert Parish and the draft choice used to select Kevin McHale to the Boston Celtics for the first overall pick used to select Carroll. [2] Golden State’s decision to part with two future hall-of-famers, who would both go on to win multiple NBA Finals with Boston, would affect public perception of Carroll throughout his career. [3] He averaged 18.9 points and 9.3 rebounds as a rookie, and also scored a season high of 46 points and led the Warriors with 121 blocks during the season while being named an NBA All-Rookie First Team selection.

1981–1984

Two seasons later, he averaged a career high 24.1 points to go along with 8.7 rebounds. On March 5, 1983, he scored a career-best 52 points against the Utah Jazz. [4]

Carroll’s tenure with the Warriors was tumultuous, and he was criticized for a lack of effort, even being nicknamed "Joe Barely Cares" and "Just Barely Carroll." [5] [6] To the surprise of many, Carroll left the Warriors in 1984 to play in Italy [7] for Simac Milano. With Simac Milano, he won the Italian League Championship, was selected to the All-League team, [8] and won the FIBA Korać Cup.

1985–1987

He returned to the NBA for the 1985–86 season and averaged 21.2 points for two consecutive seasons under head coach George Karl. On February 1, 1987, Carroll scored 43 points and grabbed 24 rebounds in a 150-147 four-overtime victory against the New Jersey Nets. [9] He was later named to the 1987 NBA All-Star Game, where he scored 4 points and had 6 rebounds in 18 minutes. Carroll played in his first playoff game against the Utah Jazz in the 1987 NBA Playoffs. Carroll helped lead the team past the Jazz and to the Western Conference Semifinals, where despite him averaging 20 points, 4.8 rebounds and 1.6 blocks, [10] Golden State lost to the eventual champion Los Angeles Lakers.

Carroll is a top ten career franchise leader in defensive rebounds (3rd), offensive rebounds (4th), points per game (8th), total points (9th) and steals (9th). He scored at least 1,000 points in each of his seasons as a Warrior. He left Golden State as the franchise leader in blocks with 837, which is currently the second most behind Adonal Foyle's 1,090 from 1997 to 2007.[ citation needed ]

Houston Rockets

1987–1988

After his last full season with the Warriors in 1986–87, his production began to decline. In December 1987, he was traded with Sleepy Floyd to the Houston Rockets for Ralph Sampson and Steve Harris to play under head coach Bill Fitch. Carroll averaged just 12.7 points during that season, after averaging 20 or more in the previous four. He helped lead the Rockets to an NBA Playoff appearance, where the team lost to the Dallas Mavericks in the first round.

Later career

1988–1991

Carroll was traded to the New Jersey Nets for the 1988–89 season, where he averaged 14.1 points a game and shot 80 percent from the free throw line. He was traded in the middle of the 1989–90 season to the Denver Nuggets for Michael Cutright on February 21, 1990, where he averaged 10 points a game and appeared in the first round of the 1990 NBA Playoffs, losing to the San Antonio Spurs. Joe Barry Carroll played his last NBA season for the Phoenix Suns. Only playing in 11 games and averaging 3.4 points, he shot a career high .917 from the line.

Career notes

Carroll retired from the NBA in 1991. He ended his career with totals of 12,455 points and 5,404 rebounds, topping 20+ points a game in scoring for 4 seasons. He appeared in 19 playoff games, where he averaged 27 minutes, 5 rebounds and 13.7 points per game.

Over his career, he averaged 17.7 points, 7.7 rebounds, 1.8 assists, 1 steal, 1.6 blocks per game, with a .474 field goal and .747 free throw percentage in 705 games. He averaged 32 minutes of playing time per game.

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
1980–81 Golden State 8235.6.491.000.7169.31.40.61.518.9
1981–82 Golden State 767534.6.519.000.7288.30.80.81.717.0
1982–83 Golden State 797937.8.513.000.7198.72.11.42.024.1
1983–84 Golden State 808037.0.477.000.7238.02.51.31.820.5
1985–86 Golden State 797935.5.463.000.7528.52.21.31.821.2
1986–87 Golden State 818133.6.472–.7877.32.61.11.521.2
1987–88 Golden State 141429.1.378.000.7976.61.40.91.815.5
1987–88 Houston 631625.3.452.000.7486.31.50.61.312.0
1988–89 New Jersey 646231.2.448–.8007.41.61.11.314.1
1989–90 New Jersey 462021.8.393.000.7945.40.90.41.28.8
1989–90 Denver 302724.0.432–.7436.41.80.92.011.9
1990–91 Phoenix 1108.7.361–.9172.21.00.10.73.4
Career70553332.4.474.000.7477.71.81.01.617.7
All-Star1018.0.143–1.0006.00.00.01.04.0

Playoffs

YearTeamGPGSMPGFG%3P%FT%RPGAPGSPGBPGPPG
1987 Golden State 101033.4.454.000.8046.51.91.42.518.9
1988 Houston 4429.0.383–.8004.80.50.80.311.0
1990 Denver 3315.3.563–1.0003.01.00.31.76.7
1991 Phoenix 207.5.500–.0000.51.00.00.54.0
Career191726.9.449.000.7974.91.40.91.713.7

After retirement

Carroll is currently[ when? ] an investment advisor, author, and painter living outside of Atlanta.

At the age of 26, Carroll established the BroadView Foundation to financially support and participate in organizations and programs that serve lower socio-economic groups and individuals in communities of color. In addition to establishing college scholarships, Carroll and BroadView have funded afterschool programs, elder care, Aid to Children of Imprisoned Mothers, True Colors Theatre, Task Force for the Homeless, and Georgia Innocence Project. [1]

In 2013, Carroll expanded his support of the Georgia Innocence Project by fully funding the salary for a full-time staff position. All proceeds from Joe Barry Carroll Publishing are donated to selected nonprofit entities including the Georgia Innocence Project. [11]

In 1993, he founded The Carroll Group, a wealth advisory company located in Atlanta. [1] Carroll advises high-net-worth families and professional athletes. [12]

Carroll has published books under the Joe Barry Carroll Publishing imprint. "Coach Lee Rose: On Family and Basketball" was published in 2021. [13] "My View From Seven Feet" (2019) includes his paintings and narratives. "Black American Voices: Shared Culture Values and Emotions" includes art from the Tony & Betty Zamora Collection of African Art was published in 2017. [14] "Growing Up . . . In Words and Images" a memoir, coffee table book that contains paintings by Carroll and narratives about life as the tenth of 13 children growing up in Pine Bluff, Arkansas and Denver, Colorado, life in the NBA and creating a fulfilling life after retiring from professional basketball. [15] The book has received praise from Tony Award winning Broadway stage, Television and Film Director Kenny Leon; Emory University Associate Professor of Art History and African American Studies, Michael D. Harris; Atlanta Daily World Publisher, M. Alexis Scott; and WABE/NPR Director of Arts and Cultural Programming, Lois Reitzes. [16]

In 2014 Carroll received the Hank Aaron Champion for Justice award from the Atlanta Braves and the National Center for Civil and Human Rights in recognition of his ongoing philanthropy and activism. [11]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 "Encyclopedia of Arkansas". Encyclopedia of Arkansas.
  2. ↑ "Joe Barry Carroll Stats". Basketball-Reference.com.
  3. ↑ The Ballad of Joe Barry Carroll
  4. ↑ Joe Barry Carroll NBA Profile
  5. ↑ Joe Barry Carroll Nicknames
  6. ↑ Counting Down the Biggest NBA Draft Busts of All Time
  7. ↑ "2021 Playoffs | Bracket Home | NBA.com". www.nba.com.
  8. ↑ it:Serie A1 1984-1985 (pallacanestro maschile)
  9. ↑ Two players with 20 or more rebounds in the same game (Buck Williams 27, Joe Barry Carroll 24) 4OT
  10. ↑ 1987 NBA Western Conference Semifinals Warriors vs. Lakers
  11. 1 2 "Former NBA All-Star Joe Barry Carroll Named Champion for Justice | National Basketball Retired Players Association". Archived from the original on December 20, 2014. Retrieved December 20, 2014.
  12. ↑ "Carroll to be Honored at Purdue-Indiana Game - PURDUESPORTS.COM - Purdue Official Athletic Site". www.purduesports.com. Archived from the original on February 13, 2014.
  13. ↑ "Former Basketball Star Joe Barry Carroll Pays Tribute To Friend And Coach In New Memoir". April 8, 2020.
  14. ↑ "The Next Giant Leap: Purdue basketball legend balances career as a financial advisor with painting, writing and philanthropy - Purdue Krannert Magazine". krannert.purdue.edu.
  15. ↑ "AJC Decatur Book Festival | Joe Barry Carroll". Archived from the original on December 20, 2014. Retrieved December 20, 2014.
  16. ↑ "Joe Barry Carroll Publishing". Archived from the original on November 13, 2014.
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