Antoine Labotte Carr (born July 23, 1961) is an American former

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player. Nicknamed "Big Dawg", he played power forward (and sometimes center) for six different teams in the

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across 16 seasons.

Early life

Antoine Carr was born in

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and was a star basketball player at Wichita Heights High School (class of 1979). He accepted a scholarship to play locally at

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. A four-year player, Carr was a major contributor on a team that included future NBA players Xavier McDaniel and Cliff Levingston, averaging 17 points per game while shooting over 55% during his college career. In his final college game, he scored a school-record 47 points against Southern Illinois on March 5, 1983. He played for the US national team in the

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, winning the silver medal.

Professional career

Coming off a senior season where he'd averaged 22.5 points and 7.6 rebounds a game in a strong college program, Carr was selected by the

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in the first round (eighth pick overall) of the 1983 NBA draft. Carr was unable to agree to a contract with the Pistons and played the 1983–84 season in Italy with Simac Milano after the club offered him a $200,000 contract for the year. Returning to the NBA in the 1984–85 season, he played six full seasons with the

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, who had acquired his rights, before moving to the

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in the middle of the 1989–90 campaign. While in Sacramento, Carr averaged 20 points per game and was one of the team's stars. He scored 1,551 points that season, his only time topping 1,000 points and by far his best scoring season. Carr also played for the

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, where he led the team in

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. He also played a notable first-round series in 1992 against the Phoenix Suns. Carr was filling in for an injured David Robinson, who had a fractured hand. Carr put on what could be considered the best games of his career, but the Spurs still lost the series 0–3. Carr was signed as a free agent by the

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on October 29, 1994, where he was a periodic starter at the center position beside

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. When not starting, he settled into his role as the energetic and jovial

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. Coach Jerry Sloan utilized Carr extensively during the two years that the Jazz reached the NBA finals – relying on his experience and ability to control the ball. Carr helped the Jazz to victory in Game 5 of the 1998 Finals against the

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with several clutch jump shots. Carr finished his career with the

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and

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, playing 18 games with Houston and 21 with Vancouver in a reserve role. Carr scored 9,176 points in his NBA career. Carr had a strong ability to manage the ball down low, even as a small center. He was known for his power and dunking, and his ability to hit medium to long jump shots under pressure. He made 50% of his attempts from the floor and shot 78% from the free-throw line. After receiving an eye injury, Carr wore orange-tinted protective glasses for the rest of his NBA career. Following his final season with Vancouver, Carr played one season for the Kansas City Knights of the ABA, and one season with the Greek club Ionikos NF. His younger brother Henry Carr played for Wichita State, and was drafted in 1987 by the

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.1987 NBA Draft on Basketballreference.com

NBA career statistics

Regular season

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Playoffs

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1987 Events January * January 1 – Bolivia reintroduces the Boliviano currency. * January 2 – Chadian–Libyan conflict – Battle of Fada: The Military of Chad, Chadian army destroys a Libyan armoured brigade. * January 3 – Afghan leader ...

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1992 1992 was designated as International Space Year by the United Nations. Events January * January 1 – Boutros Boutros-Ghali of Egypt replaces Javier Pérez de Cuéllar of Peru as United Nations Secretary-General. * January 6 ** The Republ ...

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1994 The year 1994 was designated as the " International Year of the Family" and the "International Year of Sport and the Olympic Ideal" by the United Nations. In the Line Islands and Phoenix Islands of Kiribati, 1994 had only 364 days, omitti ...

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1995 1995 was designated as: * United Nations Year for Tolerance * World Year of Peoples' Commemoration of the Victims of the Second World War This was the first year that the Internet was entirely privatized, with the United States government ...

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1996 1996 was designated as: * International Year for the Eradication of Poverty Events January * January 8 – A Zairean cargo plane crashes into a crowded market in the center of the capital city of the Democratic Republic of the Congo ...

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1997 Events January * January 1 – The Emergency Alert System is introduced in the United States. * January 11 – Turkey threatens Cyprus on account of a deal to buy Russian S-300 missiles, prompting the Cypriot Missile Crisis. * January 1 ...

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1998 1998 was designated as the ''International Year of the Ocean''. Events January * January 6 – The ''Lunar Prospector'' spacecraft is launched into orbit around the Moon, and later finds evidence for Lunar water, frozen water, in soil i ...

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1999 1999 was designated as the International Year of Older Persons. Events January * January 1 – The euro currency is established and the European Central Bank assumes its full powers. * January 3 – The Mars Polar Lander is launc ...

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References

External links

* at NBA.com * {{DEFAULTSORT:Carr, Antoine 1961 births Living people 1982 FIBA World Championship players All-American college men's basketball players American expatriate basketball people in Canada American expatriate basketball people in Greece American expatriate basketball people in Italy American men's basketball players Atlanta Hawks players Basketball players from Oklahoma City Basketball players from Wichita, Kansas Centers (basketball) Detroit Pistons draft picks Houston Rockets players Ionikos N.F. B.C. players Kansas City Knights players McDonald's High School All-Americans Olimpia Milano players Power forwards Sacramento Kings players San Antonio Spurs players United States men's national basketball team players Utah Jazz players Vancouver Grizzlies players Wichita State Shockers men's basketball players