Anthony Carter
Carter during his tenure with the Nuggets
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| Sioux Falls Skyforce | |
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| Position | Assistant coach |
| League | NBA Development League |
| Personal information | |
| Born |
June 16, 1975 Milwaukee, Wisconsin |
| Nationality | American |
| Listed height | 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) |
| Listed weight | 190 lb (86 kg) |
| Career information | |
| High school |
Alonzo A. Crim (Atlanta, Georgia) |
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| NBA draft | 1998 / Undrafted |
| Playing career | 1998–2012 |
| Position | Point guard |
| Number | 25, 7, 4 |
| Coaching career | 2013–present |
| Career history | |
| As player: | |
| 1998–1999 | Yakima Sun Kings |
| 1999–2003 | Miami Heat |
| 2003 | San Antonio Spurs |
| 2004–2006 | Minnesota Timberwolves |
| 2007 | Scafati Basket |
| 2007–2011 | Denver Nuggets |
| 2011 | New York Knicks |
| 2011–2012 | Toronto Raptors |
| As coach: | |
| 2013–2015 | Austin Toros / Spurs (assistant) |
| 2015–2016 | Sacramento Kings (assistant) |
| 2016–present | Sioux Falls Skyforce (assistant) |
| Career highlights and awards | |
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Anthony Bernard Carter (born June 16, 1975) is an American basketball coach and former player who is an assistant coach for the Sioux Falls Skyforce of the NBA Development League. He played college basketball for Saddleback College and Hawaii.
Born in Atlanta, Carter played as a freshman on the varsity team of Alonzo A. Crim High School in Atlanta. However, after his freshman year, Carter quit high school. After leaving school, Carter spent his teenage years playing basketball for money in Atlanta. The Rocky Mountain News quoted Carter stating: "The dope man would put up the money, and we would play. We used to play for the drug dealers. That's how we were going to make our money. We didn't sell the drugs ... (I used the money) to buy shoes and food. That was the only way we could eat." During his teenage years, Carter's mother was on drugs, and all seven of his uncles were at one point in prison.
Realizing Carter's basketball skills could earn him an education, several members of Carter's community helped him get a GED and enroll in college.
Carter played collegiately at Saddleback Community College in Mission Viejo, California (1994–96), then went on to play at the University of Hawaii. At UH, Carter became the Rainbows’ career leader in assist average and one of only 10 players to reach 1,000 points.
After going undrafted in the 1998 NBA draft, he began his NBA career with the Miami Heat, after having spent one season with CBA's Yakima Sun Kings.
In 2003, Carter's agent failed to notify the Miami Heat that Carter wished to exercise a $4.1 million player option on his contract by the June 30 deadline. The failure allowed the team to renounced their rights to Carter, opening up cap space that was later used to sign Lamar Odom.
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