Tweety Carter Explained

Tweety Carter
Team:Free Agent
Position:Point guard
Height Ft:5
Height In:11
Weight Lb:185
Nationality:American
Birth Date:1986 10, mf=yes
Birth Place:New Orleans, Louisiana
High School:Reserve Christian School
(Reserve, Louisiana)
College:Baylor (2006–2010)
Draft Year:2010
Career Start:2010
Years1:2010–2011
Team1:Tulsa 66ers
Years2:2011
Team2:Ventspils
Years3:2011–2012
Team3:Bnei HaSharon
Years4:2012
Team4:Cibona Zagreb
Years5:2012–2013
Team5:ČEZ Nymburk
Years6:2013–2014
Team6:s.Oliver Würzburg
Years7:2014
Team7:ASVEL
Years8:2014–2015
Team8:SOMB
Years9:2015–2016
Team9:Pieno žvaigdžės
Years10:2016
Team10:Boulazac Dordogne
Years11:2016–2017
Team11:Turów Zgorzelec
Years12:2017–2018
Team12:ESSM Le Portel
Years13:2018–2019
Team13:Kolossos Rodou
Years14:2019
Team14:Spójnia Stargard
Years15:2019–2020
Team15:Start Lublin
Years16:2020–2021
Team16:Benfica
Years17:2021–2022
Team17:Start Lublin
Highlights:

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.

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.

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.

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.

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]

External links

Notes and References

  1. http://www.nba.com/nets/news/Summer_League_Roster_Release_100628.html Nets Announce Summer League Roster
  2. http://www.nba.com/thunder/news/roster_release100927.html Thunder Announces Training Camp Roster
  3. http://www.nba.com/thunder/news/release_101015.html Thunder Waives Carter and Longar
  4. http://www.nba.com/dleague/tulsa/66ers_announce_training_camp_r_2010_11_04.html 66ers Announce Training Camp Roster
  5. http://www.oursportscentral.com/services/releases/?id=4159184 66ers Guard Carter Leaves Team for Latvian League
  6. http://www.sportando.com/en/europe/latvia/85635/tweety-carter-moves-to-bk-ventspils.html Tweety Carter moves to BK Ventspils
  7. http://www.sportando.com/en/europe/israel/87687/bnei-hasharon-lands-tweety-carter.html Bnei Hasharon lands Tweety Carter
  8. http://www.sportando.com/en/europe/israel/94268/cibona-zagreb-signs-tweety-carter.html Cibona Zagreb signs Tweety Carter
  9. http://www.sportando.com/en/cups/adriatic-league/96832/tweety-carter-on-his-way-to-leave-cibona-zagreb.html Tweety Carter on his way to leave Cibona Zagreb
  10. http://www.sportando.com/en/europe/other-leagues/97139/cez-nymburk-puts-tweety-carter-at-point.html CEZ Nymburk puts Tweety Carter at point
  11. http://www.sportando.com/en/europe/germany/104762/soliver-baskets-sign-tweety-carter.html S.Oliver Baskets sign Tweety Carter
  12. http://www.sportando.com/en/europe/germany/110458/soliver-baskets-sign-dominic-waters-part-ways-with-tweety-carter.html S.Oliver Baskets sign Dominic Waters, part ways with Tweety Carter
  13. http://www.sportando.com/en/cat/nba/110462/asvel-villeurbanne-announced-tweety-carter.html ASVEL Villeurbanne announced Tweety Carter
  14. http://www.asvelbasket.com/actualites.asp?id=1522 L’ASVEL engage Tweety Carter!
  15. http://www.court-side.com/news/blog/tweety-carter-inks-maritime-boulogne/ Tweety Carter inks with Maritime Boulogne
  16. http://www.sportando.com/en/europe/france/236647/le-portel-inks-tweety-carter.html Le Portel inks Tweety Carter
  17. Web site: Demond Tweety Carter chega para a posição de base.
  18. Web site: Carter comes back to Start, ex Benfica . Eurobasket . June 27, 2021 . June 27, 2021.