Derrick Caracter

Derrick Caracter

Los Angeles Lakers
Forward / Center
Personal information
Date of birth	May 4, 1988 (1988-05-04) (age 23)
Place of birth	Fanwood, New Jersey
Listed height	6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)
Listed weight	275 lb (125 kg)
Career information
College	UTEP
NBA Draft	2010 / Round: 2 / Pick: 58th overall
Selected by the Los Angeles Lakers
Career history
2010–2011	Los Angeles Lakers
2011	→Bakersfield Jam (D-League)
Stats at NBA.com

Derrick Caracter (born May 4, 1988) is a power forward–center for the Los Angeles Lakers.

Caracter grew up in Fanwood, New Jersey. He played high school basketball at St. Patrick High School as a freshman, and attended Scotch Plains-Fanwood High School as a sophomore, to team with fellow SPF native, and subsequent Duke Blue Devil PF, Lance Thomas, before returning to St. Patrick's for his junior year. Caracter transferred to a boarding school, Notre Dame Preparatory School, during his senior year to focus on academics. He then began his college career at the University of Louisville.^[1]

He withdrew from the 2008 NBA Draft and later that summer left the University of Louisville. He then enrolled at the University of Texas at El Paso and, as required by NCAA regulations, sat out the 2008–09 basketball season. He became eligible to play in the second half of the 2009–2010 season. On June 24, 2010, Caracter was selected 58th overall by the Los Angeles Lakers in the 2010 NBA Draft.

On March 29, 2011, Caracter was assigned to the Bakersfield Jam of the NBA D-League.^[2]

On April 24, 2011, Caracter, who was in New Orleans for the Lakers' playoff series against the New Orleans Hornets, was arrested for allegedly assaulting a waitress at an IHOP restaurant.^[3]

NBA career statistics

Legend
GP	Games played	GS	Games started	MPG	Minutes per game
FG%	Field-goal percentage	3P%	3-point field-goal percentage	FT%	Free-throw percentage
RPG	Rebounds per game	APG	Assists per game	SPG	Steals per game
BPG	Blocks per game	PPG	Points per game	Bold	Career high

Regular season

Year	Team	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
2010–11	L.A. Lakers	41	0	5.2	.485	.000	.739	1.0	.2	.1	.2	2.0
Career		41	0	5.2	.485	.000	.739	1.0	.2	.1	.2	2.0

References

1. ^ Pete Thamel."Can’t-Miss Prospect May Make It After All". New York Times. March 17, 2010. Retrieved on October 26, 2010.
2. ^ Derrick Caracter sent by Lakers to D-League team in Bakersfield
3. ^ Brendan McCarthy, "Los Angeles Lakers player arrested in New Orleans for alleged battery", The Times-Picayune, April 26, 2011.

External links

• Derrick Caracter at NBA.com

Persondata
Name	Caracter, Derrick
Alternative names
Short description
Date of birth	May 4, 1988
Place of birth	Fanwood, New Jersey
Date of death
Place of death