Jeffrey Carroll (basketball) explained

Jeffrey Carroll
Number:30
Position:Small forward
Height M:1.98
Weight Kg:99
Team:Stal Ostrów Wielkopolski
League:Polish Basketball League
Birth Date:6 November 1994
Birth Place:Alexandria, Virginia, U.S.
High School:Rowlett (Rowlett, Texas)
College:Oklahoma State (2014–2018)
Draft Year:2018
Career Start:2018
Years1:2018–2019
Team1:South Bay Lakers
Years2:2019–2020
Team2:Bergamo Basket 2014
Years3:2020–2021
Team3:Universo Treviso Basket
Years4:2021
Team4:Pallacanestro Biella
Years5:2021–2022
Team5:Pallacanestro Forlì
Years6:2022
Team6:Eurobasket Roma
Years7:2022–2023
Team7:Helsinki Seagulls
Years8:2023–2024
Team8:MLP Academics Heidelberg
Years9:2024–present
Team9:Stal Ostrów Wielkopolski
Highlights:
  • Second-team All-Big 12 (2017)
  • Third-team All-Big 12 (2018)

Jeffrey Carroll (born November 6, 1994) is an American professional basketball player for Stal Ostrów Wielkopolski of the Polish Basketball League. He played college basketball for the Oklahoma State Cowboys.

College career

Carroll averaged 8.2 points and 4.0 rebounds per game as a sophomore at Oklahoma State.[1] As a junior, Carroll was named to the Second-team All-Big 12.[2] He averaged 17.5 points and 6.6 rebounds per game. Carroll missed the first three games of his senior season as the program was under review.[3] As a senior, Carroll was named to the Third-team All-Big 12.[4] He averaged 15.4 points, 6.2 rebounds and 1.8 assists per game.[5]

Professional career

After going undrafted in the 2018 NBA draft, he joined the Los Angeles Lakers for the 2018 NBA Summer League, averaging 4.2 points and 2.0 rebounds per game. On July 19, 2018, Carroll signed with the Lakers.[6] On October 8, 2018, Carroll was waived by the Lakers.[7] He subsequently signed with the Lakers' G League affiliate, the South Bay Lakers.[8]

During the 2019–20 season he played in the Italian second-tier national league, the Serie A2 Basket for Bergamo Basket, averaging 17.9 points and 6.2 rebounds per game. On May 22, 2020, Carroll signed with Universo Treviso Basket in the top tier LBA Italian league.[9]

In June 2020, it was revealed that Carroll was a victim of former assistant coach Lamont Evans, who was sentenced to three months in prison on bribery charges. This was related to Carroll's three-game suspension in college.[10]

At the beginning of 2021, before the end of the 2020–21 LBA season, Carroll moves from Treviso back to the Serie A2 signing for Pallacanestro Biella.[11] [12] After a brief stint with Pallacanestro Forlì, at the end of December, 2021 he would sign a contract with Eurobasket Roma.[13]

In August of 2022, Carroll signed a contract with the Helsinki Seagulls in Finland.[14]

The Basketball Tournament

Carroll joined Stillwater Stars, composed of Oklahoma State alumni, in The Basketball Tournament 2020.[15]

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: February 1, 2017 . Jeffrey Carroll; The Nation's Most Improved Player . June 22, 2020 . Oklahoma State Cowboys.
  2. Web site: Three Teams Lead Men's Basketball Awards . Big 12 Sports . March 11, 2017 . March 5, 2017.
  3. News: Contributed by Jeff Borzello . November 17, 2017 . Oklahoma State guard Jeffrey Carroll, held out pending a review, cleared to play . . July 20, 2018.
  4. Men's Basketball All-Big 12 Awards Announced . Big 12 Conference . March 4, 2018 . March 4, 2018.
  5. News: Lakers sign forward Jeffrey Carroll after Summer League . July 20, 2018. USA Today. Associated Press. July 19, 2018.
  6. Web site: Lakers Sign Jeffrey Carroll. NBA.com. July 20, 2018. July 19, 2018.
  7. Web site: Lakers Waive Joel Berry II and Jeffrey Carroll. NBA.com. October 8, 2018. October 8, 2018.
  8. Web site: South Bay finalizes training camp roster and schedule . NBA.com . October 23, 2018 . October 20, 2018 . October 23, 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20181023200436/https://southbay.gleague.nba.com/news/south-bay-finalizes-training-camp-roster-and-schedule/ . dead .
  9. News: De' Longhi Treviso signs Jeffrey Carroll . Sportando . May 22, 2020 . May 22, 2020. Maggi . Alessandro .
  10. News: Dauster . Rob . NCAA completely misses mark with Oklahoma State's postseason ban . June 22, 2020 . . June 5, 2020.
  11. Web site: JEFFREY CARROLL SALUTA TVB . trevisobasket.it . 25 January 2021 . it .
  12. Web site: Edilnol, ecco Jeffrey Carroll! . pallacanestrobiella.it . 25 January 2021 . it .
  13. Web site: Atlante Eurobasket Roma, official Jeffrey Carroll. 2022-01-19. italy24news.com.
  14. Web site: https://twitter.com/gullsbasketball/status/1560510758030639104 . 2022-09-04 . Twitter . en.
  15. News: Gillispie . Jimmy . Carroll returns home from Italy, prepares for TBT . June 22, 2020 . . May 27, 2020 . June 23, 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20200623010432/https://www.stwnewspress.com/oklahoma/carroll-returns-home-from-italy-prepares-for-tbt/article_4bd67c2e-7da2-51a9-93dc-99a819a0b090.html . dead .