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

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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

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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

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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

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2010. On September 27, 2010, the

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invited Carter to their training camp. However, he was later waived on October 15, 2010. On November 4, 2010, he was acquired by the Tulsa 66ers of the NBA D-League. In February 2011, he signed with

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of Latvia for the rest of the season. In July 2011, he signed with

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of Israel for the 2011–12 season. On August 7, 2012, he signed with Cibona Zagreb of Croatia. In November 2012, he parted ways with Cibona. In December 2012, he moved to Czech Republic and signed with ČEZ Nymburk for the rest of the season. On August 8, 2013, Carter signed a one-year deal with

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of Germany. On January 17, 2014, he parted ways with them and signed with

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of France for the rest of the season. On November 9, 2014, Carter signed with SO Maritime Boulogne of France for the rest of the 2014–15 season. On June 11, 2017, Carter signed with ESSM Le Portel of France for the 2017–18 season. On December 13, 2018, Carter joined Kolossos Rodou of the

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. On August 6, 2020, Carter joined Benfica of the

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. 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.

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