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| Born | (1980-08-28)August 28, 1980 (age 45) Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, U.S. | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Listed height | 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Listed weight | 212 lb (96 kg) | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| High school | Hatboro-Horsham (Horsham, Pennsylvania) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| College | Notre Dame (1999–2003) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| NBA draft | 2003:undrafted | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Playing career | 2003–2012 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Position | Shooting guard | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Number | 31, 3, 13, 33 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Career history | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 2003–2004 | Portland Trail Blazers | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2004–2005 | Roanoke Dazzle | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2004 | San Antonio Spurs | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2005–2009 | Charlotte Bobcats | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2009–2010 | Dallas Mavericks | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2010–2012 | Charlotte Bobcats | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Points | 3,013 (6.6 ppg) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Rebounds | 863 (1.9 rpg) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Assists | 313 (0.7 apg) | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Matthew John Carroll (born August 28, 1980) is an American former professionalbasketball player.
Carroll is 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) tall and weighs 212 lb (96 kg). He played high school basketball atHatboro-Horsham High School inHorsham, Pennsylvania, under coach Walt Ostrowski. He playedcollege basketball for theNotre Dame Fighting Irish.
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At Hatboro-Horsham High School, Carroll averaged 26.5 points, 7.3 rebounds and four assists per game as a senior shooting guard. He recorded even more rebounds and assists his first three seasons, when he started at point guard for the Hatters.
At the end of high school, Carroll ranked second in scoring in the history of southeastern Pennsylvania, trailing only formerLos Angeles Lakers starKobe Bryant. Carroll surpassed Bryant by becoming the only Pennsylvania player to be named Mr. Basketball twice.
Basketball gurus around the nation noticed, as they twice selected Carroll for the United States Junior National Team. That selection teamed Carroll up with players such as theOrlando Magic'sMike Miller, Stanford'sCasey Jacobsen and Arizona's Michael Wright to compete in theDominican Republic in 1998 andPortugal in 1999.
In addition to the U.S. junior national team, Carroll made it onto the roster for prep all-star games such as the Magic Johnson Roundball Classic, where he finally had the chance to play for his grandfather, and theCapital Classic inWashington, D.C.
He was recruited by coachJohn MacLeod, played forMatt Doherty as a freshman and played the rest of his college career for former Delaware coachMike Brey at theUniversity of Notre Dame.
Carroll played in 133 games over his four-year career at theUniversity of Notre Dame and averaged 13.9 points, 4.3 rebounds, 2.4 assists and 0.9 steals. He finished sixth on Notre Dame's all-time leading scoring list with 1,850 points.
Carroll also ranks as Notre Dame's second all-time leader in three-point field goals made (301) behindColin Falls (331), three-point field goals attempted (762), games played (133), games started (125) and second in free throw percentage (.825). He scored in double figures in 96 of 133 career games. He was named All-American Honorable Mention by the Associated Press and All-Big East First Team as a senior.
Carroll entered the2003 NBA draft but went undrafted. He signed with theNew York Knicks as a free agent and played in their summer league. He spent the 2003–04 training camp with New York and was one of the Knicks' final cuts.
Carroll signed with thePortland Trail Blazers as a free agent on November 7, 2003, and appeared in 13 games for Portland during the 2003–04 season and averaged 1.0 points. He was released by the Trail Blazers on January 7, 2004.
After being cut by the Blazers in the 2003–04 season, Carroll signed with theRoanoke Dazzle of theNBA Development League. He played 11 games with the Dazzle before signing with the Spurs. Carroll scored 15.5 points and registered 2.8 rebounds a game.
Carroll re-signed with the Roanoke Dazzle on December 11, where he excelled — being named 2004–05 NBADL Most Valuable Player. He led all scorers in the NBADL with 20.1 points in 24 games. He also averaged 2.8 rebounds, 1.6 assists and 1.1 steals in 31.7 minutes. He shot .503 from the field (177–352) and .605 from the three-point line (23–38). Carroll scored an NBADL season-high 43 points against the Florida Flame on February 9 and was named NBADL Player of the Month in January after averaging 22.3 points. After January 1, Carroll led Roanoke to a 14–4 record and first place in the NBADL.
Carroll signed with theSan Antonio Spurs as a free agent on March 8, 2004, for the remainder of the season. He appeared in three games for San Antonio during the2003–04 season and averaged 2.0 points.
Carroll played in the 2004 Summer League for theGolden State Warriors. He appeared in six games for Golden State during the preseason and averaged 2.8 points and 1.0 rebounds before being released prior to the regular season and returned toRoanoke Dazzle.
Carroll signed with the expansionCharlotte Bobcats on February 23, 2005[1] and appeared in 25 games and averaged 9.0 points and 2.4 rebounds in 17.2 minutes. In his first season with the Bobcats, Carroll reached double-figure scoring 12 times and scored a career-high 22 points at Washington on April 17. He also posted six consecutive games with 10-plus points from April 5–16.
Carroll became a free agent in the summer of 2005 and was re-signed by the Bobcats. He played in all but four of the Bobcats games in 2005–06, averaging 7.6 pts and two rebounds in 16 minutes per game. The team picked up his option for the 2006–07 season. Carroll gained some media attention after completing five four-point plays during the regular season. The record for four-point plays in one NBA season stands at six, and belongs toMitch Richmond.[2]
In 2006–07, Carroll had his best NBA season by far, averaging 12.1 ppg, 2.9 rpg, and 1.3 apg. He also led the Bobcats in free throw percentage, shooting .904 from the line, as well as three-point percentage, shooting .416 from beyond the arc.
On July 17, 2007, Matt Carroll re-signed with the Bobcats. Bobcats executive vice president of basketball operationsBernie Bickerstaff had the following comments: "Matt was one of our off-season priorities and we are glad to have him back. [...] He has proven to be the consummate professional on and off the court, and his production has continued to increase since he joined us from the D-League over two years ago."[3]
On January 16, 2009, Carroll was traded to theDallas Mavericks along withRyan Hollins in exchange forDeSagana Diop.[4]
On July 13, 2010, Carroll was traded back to theCharlotte Bobcats along withErick Dampier andEduardo Nájera in exchange forTyson Chandler andAlexis Ajinça.[5]
On November 13, 2012, Carroll was traded by the Bobcats to theNew Orleans Hornets in exchange forHakim Warrick.[6] He was waived by the Hornets on November 20, 2012 before ever playing a game for them.[7]
Carroll only played one game during the 2012 - 2013 season and that game ended up being the final one of his NBA career. That game took place on November 3, 2012 where the Bobcats suffered a 25-point loss to Carroll's former team, the Dallas Mavericks (99 - 124). In his final game, Carroll played for nearly six minutes, substituting at the very end of the fourth quarter forRamon Sessions and only recorded 1 assist and 1 foul as a statistic.[8]
On March 18, 2014, Carroll was named theCharlotte Hornets' Community Ambassador.[9]
His brother,Pat, starred atSaint Joseph's University.
| GP | Games played | GS | Games started | MPG | Minutes per game |
| FG% | Field goal percentage | 3P% | 3-point field goal percentage | FT% | Free throw percentage |
| RPG | Rebounds per game | APG | Assists per game | SPG | Steals per game |
| BPG | Blocks per game | PPG | Points per game | Bold | Career high |
| Year | Team | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2003–04 | Portland | 13 | 0 | 3.7 | .455 | .333 | 1.000 | .2 | .1 | .0 | .0 | 1.0 |
| San Antonio | 3 | 0 | 7.3 | .400 | — | .500 | 1.0 | .3 | .3 | .0 | 2.0 | |
| 2004–05 | Charlotte | 25 | 0 | 17.2 | .389 | .333 | .855 | 2.4 | .7 | .7 | .1 | 9.0 |
| 2005–06 | Charlotte | 78 | 6 | 16.3 | .403 | .389 | .821 | 2.0 | .4 | .6 | .1 | 7.6 |
| 2006–07 | Charlotte | 72 | 47 | 26.1 | .433 | .416 | .904 | 2.9 | 1.3 | .7 | .1 | 12.1 |
| 2007–08 | Charlotte | 80 | 18 | 25.2 | .428 | .436 | .804 | 2.8 | .9 | .6 | .2 | 9.0 |
| 2008–09 | Charlotte | 34 | 10 | 14.0 | .406 | .267 | .789 | 1.6 | .7 | .5 | .2 | 4.1 |
| Dallas | 21 | 0 | 6.7 | .273 | .125 | 1.000 | .7 | .1 | .1 | .1 | 1.2 | |
| 2009–10 | Dallas | 25 | 0 | 4.8 | .360 | .211 | 1.000 | .5 | .2 | .2 | .0 | 1.8 |
| 2010–11 | Charlotte | 54 | 1 | 10.8 | .447 | .370 | .769 | 1.3 | .4 | .3 | .1 | 4.4 |
| 2011–12 | Charlotte | 53 | 2 | 11.2 | .331 | .186 | .789 | 1.1 | .7 | .3 | .1 | 2.7 |
| 2012–13 | Charlotte | 1 | 0 | 6.0 | — | — | — | .0 | 1.0 | .0 | .0 | .0 |
| Career | 459 | 84 | 16.5 | .413 | .384 | .841 | 1.9 | .7 | .5 | .1 | 6.6 | |
| Year | Team | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | Dallas | 4 | 0 | 3.5 | .500 | — | — | .5 | .0 | .0 | .0 | .5 |
| 2010 | Dallas | 1 | 0 | 5.0 | 1.000 | — | — | 1.0 | .0 | .0 | .0 | 2.0 |
| Career | 5 | 0 | 3.6 | .667 | .000 | .000 | .6 | .0 | .0 | .0 | .8 | |
