Tweety Carter

Tweety Carter
No. 45 – PGE Turów Zgorzelec
Position Point guard
League Polish Basketball League
Personal information
Born (1986-10-25) October 25, 1986
New Orleans, Louisiana
Nationality American
Listed height 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)
Listed weight 185 lb (84 kg)
Career information
High school Reserve Christian School
(Reserve, Louisiana)
College Baylor (2006–2010)
NBA draft 2010 / Undrafted
Playing career 2010–present
Career history
2010–2011 Tulsa 66ers
2011 BK Ventspils
2011–2012 Bnei HaSharon
2012 Cibona Zagreb
2012–2013 ČEZ Nymburk
2013–2014 s.Oliver Baskets
2014 ASVEL Basket
2014–2015 SO Maritime Boulogne
2015–2016 Pieno žvaigdžės
2016 Boulazac Basket Dordogne
2016–present Turów Zgorzelec
Career highlights and awards

Demond "Tweety" Carter (born October 25, 1986) is an American professional basketball player for Turów Zgorzelec of the Polish Basketball League.

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.

Year Games Played Minutes/Game Points/Game Assists/Game
2006–2007 31 25.5 8.7 2.7

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.

Year Games Played Minutes/Game Points/Game Assists/Game
2007–2008 32 25.8 9.6 2.8

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.

Year Games Played Minutes/Game Points/Game Assists/Game
2008–2009 36 33.2 10.6 3.2

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.

Year Games Played Minutes/Game Points/Game Assists/Game
2009–2010 31 36.2 15.1 5.9

Pro 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 2011, 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]

Personal

Carter's father Herbert played professional baseball in the Minnesota Twins organization.

Carter is married to wife Brittney Ann Carter. Carter has 2 children from previous relationship, Kiylah and Alani Carter. He has a step son named Michael Thompson.

References

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