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Howard Carter

Age 64 · USA · 196 cm (6'5") · 98 kg · Born Oct 26, 1961 · Louisiana State

5.3 PPG 1.4 RPG 1.2 APG 66 games 2 seasons
Howard Carter

Career snapshot

2seasons
66games
349career pts
2.3PER (avg)
Most-played franchise: Denver Nuggets · 55 games · 1983-84–1983-84

Position rank · 1983-84

#69PPG rank
#49PER rank
#57WS rank
Among 87 Guard players (min. 41 games)

Career highs (single season)

PPG 6.2 1983-84 · DEN
RPG 1.6 1983-84 · DEN
APG 1.3 1983-84 · DEN
PER 12.0 1983-84 · DEN
WS 0.4 1983-84 · DEN

Draft

1983
Round 1 · Pick 15
from Louisiana State

Career by team

Dallas Mavericks
1984-85 – 1984-85 · 1 seasons
0.8 PPG 0.3 RPG 0.4 APG
11 games
Denver Nuggets
1983-84 – 1983-84 · 1 seasons
6.2 PPG 1.6 RPG 1.3 APG
55 games

Stats by season

SeasonTeamGGSMIN PTSREBASTSTLBLK FG%3P%FT%PERWS
1983-84 DEN 55 5 12.5 6.2 1.6 1.3 0.3 0.1 45.9 26.3 77.0 12.0 0.4
1984-85 DAL 11 0 6.0 0.8 0.3 0.4 0.1 0.0 17.4 0.0 100.0 -7.4 -0.4

Transfers & team changes

Derived from season-by-season team membership.

Date Move
Jul 1984 Denver Nuggets Dallas Mavericks

All entries are season change.

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Born on October 26

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About Howard Carter

Howard O'Neal Carter is a retired American-French professional basketball player. He played college basketball for Louisiana State University (LSU) before being drafted 15th overall by the Denver Nuggets in the 1983 NBA draft.