Position Forward NBA draft 2014 / Undrafted Weight 100 kg Listed weight 220 lb (100 kg) Height 2.03 m | Listed height 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) Role Basketball Player Nationality American Name Sampson Carter Parents Alice Carter | |
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Born September 11, 1990 (age 33)
Baton Rouge, Louisiana ( 1990-09-11 ) High school Ridgeway (Memphis, Tennessee) College UMass Minutemen basketball Number 22 (UMass Minutemen basketball / Forward) Siblings Shyrone Chatman, Marcus Chatman, Natasha Chatman | ||
Umass basketball player profile sampson carter
Sampson Carter (born September 11, 1990) is an American professional basketball player who last played for the Alab Pilipinas of the ASEAN Basketball League (ABL). He played college basketball for the University of Massachusetts Amherst.
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- Umass basketball player profile sampson carter
- Sampson carter final career highlights
- High school career
- College career
- Professional career
- Personal life
- References
Sampson carter final career highlights
High school career
Carter played high school basketball at Ridgeway High School in Memphis, Tennessee where he led the Roadrunners to their fourth state title with a 34-3 record, being named the MVP the Tennessee State Tournament and also, state MVP, player of the year, all district, and all state after averaging 17 points, seven rebounds and two blocks.
College career
In five years at Massachusetts, Carter averaged 7.1 points, 4.2 rebounds, 0.8 assists and 0.7 steals on 135 games (starting 88).
Professional career
After going undrafted in the 2014 NBA draft, Carter signed with BC Prievidza of the Slovakian league on August 16, 2014. However, he left the Slovak team before appearing in a game for them and signed with CAB Madeira from the Portuguese League on October 2. After a short three-game stint in Portugal ended in mid-November, he signed with Dominican outift Cupes de Los Pepines in February 2015 and then with Club Virgilio Castillo the following month where he played out the 2014–15 campaign.
On October 6, 2015, Carter signed with the Memphis Grizzlies. However, he was waived on October 24 after appearing in six preseason games. On October 31, Carter was selected by the Canton Charge in the fifth round of the 2015 NBA Development League draft. However, he was waived by Canton on November 11. On March 7, 2016, Carter signed with Caballeros de Culiacán of the Mexican CIBACOPA. The next day, he made his debut for Culiacán in a 103–77 loss to the Frayles de Guasave, recording 28 points, four rebounds, four assists and one block in 28 minutes.
Personal life
Carter is the son of Alice Carter and the brother of UMass Director of Player Personnel Shyrone Chatman. His other siblings include Natasha and Marcus Chatman. While at UMass, he majored in Communications.