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Forward/Center · 1994–98

Antoine Carr

They called him Big Dawg. A Wichita State star who scored a school-record 47 points in his final college game, Carr won silver with the US team at the 1982 World Championship, went eighth to Detroit in 1983, and played 16 NBA seasons. In Utah from 1994 to 1998 he was Jerry Sloan's jovial sixth man beside Karl Malone, hitting clutch jumpers in Game 5 of the 1998 Finals.

He finished with 9,176 NBA points on 50 percent shooting, playing his later years in orange-tinted goggles after an eye injury. The last stops were the ABA's Kansas City Knights and Ionikos in Greece. His brother Henry was drafted in 1987.

HOW HE CAME & WENTThe Jazz wanted a veteran big beside Karl Malone and signed the 33-year-old as a free agent on October 29, 1994, re-signing him twice more. When the last one-year deal ran out after the 1998 Finals, he was 37 and Utah let it lapse.

Full name
Antoine Labotte Carr
Utah Jazz tenure
1994–98
Position
Forward/Center
Born
1961, Oklahoma City
Height
6′9″ (206 cm)
Weight
225 lb (102 kg)
College
Wichita State
Drafted
1983, 1st round (No. 8), Detroit
Signature in the archive 1995-96 UD Collector's Choice basketball

No photograph of this signature is online yet.

With the Jazz

ANTOINE CARR · 1994–98 · PER GAME
SEASONTEAMGMPGPPGRPGAPGSPGBPGFG%3P%FT%
1994–95UTA7821.59.63.40.90.30.9.531.250.821
1995–96UTA8019.27.32.50.90.40.8.457.000.792
1996–97UTA8217.87.42.40.90.30.8.483.000.780
1997–98UTA6616.55.72.00.70.20.8.465.776
JAZZ TOTAL4 SEASONS30618.87.52.60.90.30.8.487.100.796

Season by season, regular season, with this franchise only. More info: Basketball-Reference ↗  ·  Wikipedia ↗

Did you know

ANTOINE CARR · 5 NOTES
  • Nicknamed The Big Dog long before Glenn Robinson was given the same name.
  • Played in trademark goggles after an eye injury and drove a custom Harley — the Big Dog image was entirely real.
  • Unable to agree terms with Detroit after the 1983 draft, he spent his first professional season playing in Milan.
  • Basketball-Reference also lists him under the nickname Dr. Dunkenstein.
  • Filling in for the injured David Robinson in the 1992 playoffs, he played what many judged the finest basketball of his career.