Cory Carr
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Cory Jermaine Carr (Template:Langx; born December 5, 1975) is an American-born Israeli retired basketball player, former NBA and Israeli Basketball Premier League player, and head coach of Israeli women's basketball team Israel Girls Basketball Academy. Carr played for the Chicago Bulls and the Texas Tech Red Raiders.
Biography
After a successful high school basketball career in Kingsland, Arkansas,[1] he went on to play at Texas Tech. In 1995–96 he led the Southwest Conference in three-point field goals, with 92.[2] In 1996–97 he led the Big 12 in points per game (23.1).[2] In 1997–98 he led the Big 12 in free throw percentage (.861) and points per game (23.3), and was 1997–98 All-Big 12 – 1st Team.[2] During his college career, he scored 1,904 career points and grabbed 411 rebounds. He also made 262 three-point shots.
After being selected in the second round of the NBA draft in 1998 by the Atlanta Hawks, Carr would play that sole season (the lockout-shortened 1999 season) with the Chicago Bulls, averaging 4 points in 42 appearances.
In 2000, Carr arrived at Israel, beginning a long career in the country. He played in Ironi Nahariya, Elitzur Ashkelon, Maccabi Giv'at Shmuel, Ironi Ashkelon, Hapoel Tel Aviv, Maccabi Haifa B.C.[3] During that period, he has also played overseas in France, Italy and Cyprus. [4]
In the beginning of the 2009/2010 season Carr became an Israeli citizen.
In 2016/2017 he was the coach of the youth team of Maccabi Gedera.
Carr is the father of current NFL players Tristin McCollum and Zyon McCollum,[5] and he is a cousin of NBA player Cliff Levingston.[6]
References
External links
Template:1998 NBA Draft Template:Maccabi Haifa B.C. 2012–13 Israeli Basketball Super League champions
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- ↑ http://www.basket.co.il/PlayerPage.asp?PlayerNumber=21&TeamId=848&cYear=2013 Maccabi Haifa 2013 stats
- ↑ Cory Carr. Eurobasket.com.
- ↑ [1] Brotherly love on hold for McCollum twins before Bucs-Eagles game
- ↑ 1998–99 Chicago Bulls media guide
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