Chris Carrawell

  • Nationality: USA
  • Date of Birth: 25/11/1977
  • Place of Birth: St. Louis, Missouri (USA)
  • Position: FRD
  • Height (CM): 198
  • Weight (KG): 100
  • Junior Assoc:
  • College: Duke (1996–2000)
  • NBL DEBUT: 10/01/04
  • AGE AT DEBUT: 26
  • LAST NBL GAME: 6/04/04
  • AGE AT LAST GAME: 26
  • NBL History: Sydney 2004
  • Championships: 1
  • Sydney (2004)

BIO: Born in St. Louis, Missouri (USA), Chris Carrawell is best known for his All-American college career at Duke University.

He is currently a assistant men’s basketball coach under Mike Krzyzewski, his former coach at Duke.

Born in a rough inner city neighborhood in north St. Louis and growing up without his father (he saw him for the first time in 1999), Carrawell attended high school at Cardinal Ritter College Prep in St. Louis.

Among his teammates were future NBA players Loren Woods and Jahidi White.

In four years on the Cardinal Ritter varsity, he led the team to a overall 80–13 record, including a three-year undefeated streak at home.

As a sophomore he posted averages of 19.4 points, 10.1 rebounds, 5.4 assists, 5.5 steals and 2.8 blocks per game.

Carrawell was a USA today Top 40 All American going into his junior season, where he averaged 20.6 points and 10 rebounds per game as Cardinal Ritter won the state’s Class AA championship.

The following season, Cardinal Ritter defended its state title.

Carrawell again led the team, averaging 17.4 points, 8.2 rebounds, and 5.5 assists per game.

Carrawell was named conference Player of the Year twice, earned Central Region honours as Gatorade Player of the Year, and was a fourth-team Parade All-American.

He set school career records for points (2,087), rebounds (1,076), and assists (555).

Cardinal Ritter made USA Today’s list of the top 25 high school team’s in the country twice during Carrawell’s prep career.

NBL EXPERIENCE

Chris Carrawell made his NBL debut with the Sydney Kings at 26 years of age. He scored 15 points in his first game.

Chris Carrawell played one season in the NBL. He averaged 13.2 points, 7.2 rebounds, and 2.8 assists in 18 NBL games.

NBL TOTAL STATISTICS

SEASONAGETEAMTEAM RECORDGPMINSPTSREBASTORDRSTLBLKTOPFFGMFGAFG%3PM3PA3P%FTMFTAFT%TS%EFG%HS
2003-0426Sydney26-7 (1)1858523712950527792331219818952%51436%365961%55%53%26
Totals1858523712950527792331219818951.9%51435.7%365961.0%55%53%26

NBL PER GAME STATISTICS

SEASONAGETEAMTEAM RECORDGPMINSPTSREBASTORDRSTLBLKTOPFFGMFGAFG%3PM3PA3P%FTMFTAFT%TS%EFG%HS
2003-0426Sydney26-7 (1)1832.513.27.22.82.94.30.51.31.71.25.410.552%0.30.836%2.03.361%55%53%26
Total1832.513.27.22.82.94.30.51.31.71.25.410.551.9%0.30.835.7%2.03.361.0%55%53%26

CAREER HIGHS

POINTS REBOUNDS ASSISTS STEALS BLOCKS TURNOVERS TRIPLE DOUBLES
261163430

NBA EXPERIENCE

Chris Carrawell was drafted by the San Antonio Spurs with pick #41 in the 2000 NBA Draft.

Carrawell played games in the NBA. He averaged 0 points, 0 rebounds, and 0 assists per game over his NBA career.

INTERNATIONAL EXPERIENCE

  • Italy - Media Broker Messina (2000–2001) | Lithuania - Žalgiris Kaunas (2002–2003) | Germany - Brandt Hagen (2003) | Venezuela - Gaiteros del Zulia (2006) | Netherlands - Matrixx Magixx (2006–2007)

Carrawell joined Media Broker Messina for the 2000–01 Serie A2 season, playing his first season in Italy.

With Media Broker Messina in Italy’s Serie A2 in 2000–01, Carrawell played for a squad that finished ninth in the regular-season standings and reached the promotion playoffs before being eliminated by Record Napoli, sharing the roster with imports and key contributors such as Simon Kerle, Malcolm Mackey, LaShun McDaniel, Gerrod Abram and Scooter Barry under coach Giovanni Perdichizzi.

Carrawell moved to Lithuania for the 2002–03 EuroLeague season with Žalgiris Kaunas, appearing in six EuroLeague games and averaging 5.5 points, 2.0 rebounds and 0.5 assists in 18.5 minutes per game, alongside teammates including Ed Cota, Tanoka Beard, Saulius Štombergas and Kornel David.

He joined German club Brandt Hagen during the 2003 Basketball Bundesliga season, playing under head coach Armin Andres with teammates such as Adrian Autry, Chuck Evans, Todor Gecevski and Bernd Kruel, before the club’s season was disrupted by bankruptcy in December 2003.

After later returning overseas in 2006, Carrawell had a stint in Venezuela with Gaiteros del Zulia before moving to the Netherlands for the 2006–07 season with Matrixx Magixx, where he won the Dutch Cup in 2007 when Magixx claimed their first cup title by defeating Hanzevast Capitals in the final on 25 March 2007, with teammate Alhaji Mohammed leading Magixx in scoring in the title game.

COLLEGE

Carrawell played college basketball at Duke during the 1996–97 season and competed with the Blue Devils from 1996 to 2000 under head coach Mike Krzyzewski in the Atlantic Coast Conference.

As a freshman in 1996–97, he appeared in 31 games off the bench for a Duke team that finished 24–9 overall and 12–4 in ACC play, averaging 4.2 points and 1.4 rebounds per game while shooting over 50 percent from the field in limited minutes.

In 1997–98, Carrawell played 32 games and averaged 5.3 points and 1.8 rebounds per game for a Duke squad that went 32–4 overall and 15–1 in ACC play, advancing to the NCAA Tournament Elite Eight.

During the 1998–99 season, Duke finished 37–2 overall and 16–0 in ACC play, winning the ACC regular-season and tournament titles and advancing to the NCAA national championship game, with Carrawell appearing in all 39 games and averaging 8.5 points, 3.6 rebounds and 2.2 assists per game while shooting above 50 percent from the field.

As a senior in 1999–2000, Carrawell started all 34 games for a Duke team that finished 29–5 overall and 15–1 in ACC play, and he led the team in scoring at 16.9 points per game while also averaging 6.1 rebounds, 3.6 assists and 1.6 steals per game.

In that 1999–2000 season, he scored 576 total points, finished among the ACC leaders in scoring, and shot 48.3 percent from the field while playing over 33 minutes per game.

He recorded multiple 20-point performances as a senior, including a 30-point game against Michigan State, and closed his Duke career with 1,190 total points across 136 games.

Carrawell was named the 2000 ACC Player of the Year, earned First-Team All-ACC honours, and was selected as a consensus First-Team All-American in his senior season.

Over his four-year Duke career, he participated in four NCAA Tournaments, reached the Elite Eight twice, played in the 1999 NCAA national championship game, and was part of teams that won three ACC regular-season titles and two ACC Tournament championships.

He completed his collegiate eligibility in 2000 and graduated prior to 2003.

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