Derrick Caracter
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| No. 9 – Atletico Echague Parana | |
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| Position | Power forward / Center |
| League | Liga Nacional de Básquet |
| Personal information | |
| Born |
May 4, 1988 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) |
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| NBA draft | 2010 / Round: 2 / Pick: 58th overall |
| Selected by the Los Angeles Lakers | |
| Playing career | 2010–present |
| Career history | |
| 2010–2012 | 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 |
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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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