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Forward · 1985–88

Carey Scurry

Long Island University sent the Brooklyn-born forward to the NBA, where he spent three seasons from 1985 to 1988 with the Jazz and Knicks, averaging 4.7 points. The longer career came abroad — Greece, Spain, Argentina, Chile and Brazil, where coach Helio Rubens Garcia rated him the third-most-talented player he ever coached. The Northeast Conference named him to its 25th-anniversary team in 2006.

His younger brother Moses played on UNLV's 1990 NCAA champions. Scurry died on May 18, 2026, at age 63.

HOW HE CAME & WENTThe Jazz took him 37th overall in 1985 and he debuted that October. His minutes shrank, and in January 1988 Utah waived him after he argued with Frank Layden on the bench during a game in Milwaukee.

Utah Jazz tenure: 1985–88
Position: Forward
Born: 1962, Brooklyn, New York
Died: 2026
Height: 6′7″ (201 cm)
Weight: 187 lb (85 kg)
College: Long Island University
Drafted: 1985, 2nd round (No. 40), Utah

Signature in the archive 1985-86 Utah Jazz Team-Signed Pennant

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With the Jazz

CAREY SCURRY · 1985–88 · PER GAME

SEASON	TEAM	G	MPG	PPG	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	FG%	3P%	FT%
1985–86	UTA	78	15.0	4.7	3.1	1.1	1.0	0.8	.472	.091	.619
1986–87	UTA	69	10.9	5.0	2.9	0.8	0.8	0.8	.498	.308	.701
1987–88	UTA	29	15.4	4.8	2.8	1.7	1.6	0.8	.466	.375	.692
JAZZ TOTAL	3 SEASONS	176	13.5	4.8	3.0	1.1	1.0	0.8	.480	.250	.666

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CAREY SCURRY · 9 NOTES

A 6 ft 7 forward who blocked shots at a rate normally seen only from centres.
Came out of Long Island University, one of the smallest programs represented in franchise history.
Won back-to-back Northeast Conference Player of the Year awards, and his 14.1 rebounds a game as a senior is still a conference record.
He helped LIU reach the 1984 NCAA tournament, only the second appearance in the school's history.
Utah took him in 1985, the same draft that brought Karl Malone, a year after the Jazz found John Stockton.
Injuries from a car accident in Barcelona finally forced him to retire.
His Jazz career ended after he argued with coach Frank Layden on the bench during a game in Milwaukee.
In 1986-87 he made the only five starts of his career and set personal bests of 5.0 points and 2.9 rebounds in under eleven minutes a game.
His last NBA work was a 10-day contract with the Knicks in his home city — four games and two points in all — before New York released him on March 22, 1988.