Tweety Carter

Demond "Tweety" Carter (born October 25, 1986) is an American professional basketball player for Benfica of the Portuguese Basketball League. He played college basketball for Baylor University.

Tweety Carter
Carter in March 2019
No. 23 – Benfica
PositionPoint guard
LeaguePortuguese Basketball League
FIBA Europe Cup
Personal information
Born (1986-10-25) October 25, 1986
New Orleans, Louisiana
NationalityAmerican
Listed height5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)
Listed weight185 lb (84 kg)
Career information
High schoolReserve Christian School
(Reserve, Louisiana)
CollegeBaylor (2006–2010)
NBA draft2010 / Undrafted
Playing career2010–present
Career history
2010–2011Tulsa 66ers
2011Ventspils
2011–2012Bnei HaSharon
2012Cibona Zagreb
2012–2013ČEZ Nymburk
2013–2014s.Oliver Würzburg
2014ASVEL
2014–2015SOMB
2015–2016Pieno žvaigdžės
2016Boulazac Dordogne
2016–2017Turów Zgorzelec
2017–2018ESSM Le Portel
2018–2019Kolossos Rodou
2019Spójnia Stargard
2019–2020Start Lublin
2020–presentBenfica
Career highlights and awards

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
2006–07 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
2007–08 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
2008–09 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
2009–10 31 36.2 15.1 5.9

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 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]

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]

References
  1. Nets Announce Summer League Roster
  2. Thunder Announces Training Camp Roster
  3. Thunder Waives Carter and Longar
  4. 66ers Announce Training Camp Roster
  5. 66ers Guard Carter Leaves Team for Latvian League
  6. Tweety Carter moves to BK Ventspils
  7. Bnei Hasharon lands Tweety Carter
  8. Cibona Zagreb signs Tweety Carter
  9. Tweety Carter on his way to leave Cibona Zagreb
  10. CEZ Nymburk puts Tweety Carter at point
  11. S.Oliver Baskets sign Tweety Carter
  12. S.Oliver Baskets sign Dominic Waters, part ways with Tweety Carter
  13. ASVEL Villeurbanne announced Tweety Carter
  14. L’ASVEL engage Tweety Carter! (in French)
  15. Tweety Carter inks with Maritime Boulogne
  16. Le Portel inks Tweety Carter
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