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Derrick Caracter

Derrick Caracter
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No. 9 – Atletico Echague Parana
Position Power forward / Center
League Liga Nacional de Básquet
Personal information
Born (1988-05-04) May 4, 1988 (age 28)
Fanwood, New Jersey
Nationality American
Listed height 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)
Listed weight 276 lb (125 kg)
Career information
High school St. Patrick (Elizabeth, New Jersey)
Scotch Plains-Fanwood
(Scotch Plains, New Jersey)
Notre Dame Prep
(Fitchburg, Massachusetts)
College
NBA draft 2010 / Round: 2 / Pick: 58th overall
Selected by the Los Angeles Lakers
Playing career 2010–present
Career history
20102012 Los Angeles Lakers
2011 Bakersfield Jam
2012 Los Angeles D-Fenders
2012 Rio Grande Valley Vipers
2012 Idaho Stampede
2012 Mets de Guaynabo
2012–2013 Bnei Herzliya
2013 Pieno žvaigždės Pasvalys
2014 Idaho Stampede
2014 Flamengo
2015 Yulon Dinos
2015 Club Atlético Atenas
2015 GlobalPort Batang Pier
2015–2016 Erie BayHawks
2016 Hapoel Ramat Gan Givatayim
2016 Prievidza
2016 A.S. Ramat HaSharon
2017–present Atletico Echague Parana
Career highlights and awards

Derrick Eugene Caracter (born May 4, 1988) is an American professional basketball player for Atletico Echague Parana of the Liga Nacional de Básquet (LNB). He played college basketball for Louisville and UTEP. Caracter played one season in the NBA with the Los Angeles Lakers.

Caracter grew up in Fanwood, New Jersey. He played high school basketball at St. Patrick High School as a freshman, and attended Scotch Plains-Fanwood High School as a sophomore before returning to St. Patrick's for his junior year. Caracter transferred to a boarding school, Notre Dame Preparatory School, during his senior year to focus on academics. In 2006, he began his college career at the University of Louisville.

He withdrew from the 2008 NBA Draft and later that summer left the University of Louisville. He then enrolled at the University of Texas at El Paso and, as required by NCAA regulations, sat out the 2008–09 basketball season. He became eligible to play in the second half of the 2009–10 season where he averaged 14.1 points and 8.1 rebounds in 27 games as a junior with the Miners. In three college seasons, he averaged 10.2 points (.560 FG%) and 5.6 rebounds in 80 games (36 starts).

Caracter was selected with the 58th overall pick by the Los Angeles Lakers in the 2010 NBA draft. He joined the Lakers for the 2010 NBA Summer League. On August 15, 2010, he signed a multi-year, rookie deal with the Lakers. On March 29, 2011, he was assigned to the Bakersfield Jam of the NBA D-League. On April 5, 2011, he was recalled by the Lakers. He was reassigned to the Jam the next day. On April 13, he was again recalled by the Lakers.


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