Tweety Carter
TeamBaylor Bears
PositionAssistant coach
LeagueBig 12 Conference
Height5 ft
Height in11
Weight lb185
Birth dateOctober 25, 1986 (age 39)
Birth placeNew Orleans, Louisiana, U.S.
High schoolReserve Christian School
(Reserve, Louisiana)
CollegeBaylor (2006–2010)
Draft year2010
Career start2010
Career end2022
Years 12010–2011
Team 1Tulsa 66ers
Years 22011
Team 2Ventspils
Years 32011–2012
Team 3Bnei HaSharon
Years 42012
Team 4Cibona Zagreb
Years 52012–2013
Team 5ČEZ Nymburk
Years 62013–2014
Team 6s.Oliver Würzburg
Years 72014
Team 7ASVEL
Years 82014–2015
Team 8SOMB
Years 92015–2016
Team 9Pieno žvaigdžės
Years 102016
Team 10Boulazac Dordogne
Years 112016–2017
Team 11Turów Zgorzelec
Years 122017–2018
Team 12ESSM Le Portel
Years 132018–2019
Team 13Kolossos Rodou
Years 142019
Team 14Spójnia Stargard
Years 152019–2020
Team 15Start Lublin
Years 162020–2021
Team 16Benfica
Years 172021–2022
Team 17Start Lublin
Cyears 12024–present
Cteam 1Baylor (assistant)
Highlights

Demond "Tweety" Carter (born October 25, 1986) is an American basketball coach and former professional player who is an assistant coach for the Baylor Bears. He played college basketball for Baylor from 2006 to 2010. Carter played professionally in the NBA Development League, Latvia, Israel, Croatia, the Czech Republic, Germany, France, Lithuania, Poland, Greece and Portugal. He returned to Baylor in 2022 as director of player development and was promoted to assistant coach in 2024.

High school career

Tweety Carter had one of the greatest high school careers in the history of the sport while attending Reserve Christian School in Reserve, Louisiana. In six years playing varsity Carter scored 7,457 points, making him the highest scoring high school player in U.S. history, leading the Eagles to five state championships. Carter was named McDonald's All-American, Parade All-American (third team), Jordan All-American, EA Sports All-American and MaxPreps All-American following senior season in 2006. He was a 4-time MVP of the Louisiana State Tournament and named Louisiana "Mr. Basketball" in 2006.

College career

Carter committed to the Baylor Bears at the beginning of his junior year in high school. At the time, Baylor was going through the murder of student-athlete Patrick Dennehy and numerous NCAA violations. He started on the 2009–2010 team that went to the Elite Eight of the NCAA tournament.

Freshman year

Carter played in all 31 games during his freshman campaign and started the final 13 for the Bears.

YearGames PlayedMinutes/GamePoints/GameAssists/Game
2006–07 Baylor Bears basketball team|2006–073125.58.72.7

Sophomore year

As a sophomore, Carter played in all 32 games and started the final eight. Scored season-high 22 points on 7-of-11 shooting from the floor, including a season-best 5-of-8 from 3-point range in a win over Prairie View A&M on December 31.

YearGames PlayedMinutes/GamePoints/GameAssists/Game
2007–083225.89.62.8

Junior year

In his junior year, Carter started 36 games for the Bears. Carter scored a season high 30 points including seven 3-pointers on February 21, 2009. Carter averaged 11 points and five assists during the Bears' NIT run.

YearGames PlayedMinutes/GamePoints/GameAssists/Game
2008–093633.210.63.2

Senior year

During his senior year, Carter, along with transfer Ekpe Udoh, led Baylor to the Elite Eight and was named fourth team All-American by Sporting News Magazine. Carter scored in double figures in 23 of his 31 outings, including 14 games with 15 or more points. He also had four double-doubles.

YearGames PlayedMinutes/GamePoints/GameAssists/Game
2009–103136.215.15.9

Professional career

In June 2010, Carter joined the New Jersey Nets for the Orlando Pro Summer League 2010.[1] On September 27, 2010, the Oklahoma City Thunder invited Carter to their training camp.[2] However, he was later waived on October 15, 2010.[3]

On November 4, 2010, he was acquired by the Tulsa 66ers of the NBA D-League.[4] In February 2011, he signed with BK Ventspils of Latvia for the rest of the season.[5][6]

In July 2011, he signed with Bnei HaSharon of Israel for the 2011–12 season.[7]

On August 7, 2012, he signed with Cibona Zagreb of Croatia.[8] In November 2012, he parted ways with Cibona.[9] In December 2012, he moved to Czech Republic and signed with ČEZ Nymburk for the rest of the season.[10]

On August 8, 2013, Carter signed a one-year deal with s.Oliver Baskets of Germany.[11] On January 17, 2014, he parted ways with them [12] and signed with ASVEL Basket of France for the rest of the season.[13][14]

On November 9, 2014, Carter signed with SO Maritime Boulogne of France for the rest of the 2014–15 season.[15]

On June 11, 2017, Carter signed with ESSM Le Portel of France for the 2017–18 season.[16]

On December 13, 2018, Carter joined Kolossos Rodou of the Greek Basket League.

On August 6, 2020, Carter joined Benfica of the Liga Portuguesa de Basquetebol.[17] He averaged 8.5 points, 2.6 rebounds, and 4.6 assists per game.

On June 27, 2021, Carter signed with Start Lublin of the Polish Basketball League.[18]

Coaching career

Carter was named Baylor Men’s Basketball Director of Player Development on March 29, 2022, spending two seasons in that role, before being promoted to an assistant coach in May of 2024. [19]

References

  1. ^ Nets Announce Summer League Roster
  2. ^ Thunder Announces Training Camp Roster
  3. ^ Thunder Waives Carter and Longar
  4. ^ 66ers Announce Training Camp Roster
  5. ^ 66ers Guard Carter Leaves Team for Latvian League
  6. ^ Tweety Carter moves to BK Ventspils
  7. ^ Bnei Hasharon lands Tweety Carter
  8. ^ Cibona Zagreb signs Tweety Carter
  9. ^ Tweety Carter on his way to leave Cibona Zagreb
  10. ^ CEZ Nymburk puts Tweety Carter at point
  11. ^ S.Oliver Baskets sign Tweety Carter
  12. ^ S.Oliver Baskets sign Dominic Waters, part ways with Tweety Carter
  13. ^ ASVEL Villeurbanne announced Tweety Carter
  14. ^ L’ASVEL engage Tweety Carter! (in French)
  15. ^ Tweety Carter inks with Maritime Boulogne
  16. ^ Le Portel inks Tweety Carter
  17. ^ "Demond Tweety Carter chega para a posição de base"
  18. ^ "Carter comes back to Start, ex Benfica". Eurobasket. June 27, 2021. Retrieved June 27, 2021.
  19. ^ https://baylorbears.com/sports/mens-basketball/roster/coaches/tweety-carter/1871