Cory Carr
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Biography
Cory Jermaine Carr (born December 5, 1975) is an American-born Israeli basketball player, formerly of the Chicago Bulls and the Texas Tech Red Raiders. After a successful high school basketball career in Kingsland, Arkansas, he went on to play at Texas Tech. During his college career, he scored 1,904 career points and grabbed 411 rebounds. He also made 262 three-point shots.
After being selected in the second round of the NBA Draft in 1998 by the Atlanta Hawks, Carr would play that sole season (the lockout-shortened 1999 season) with the Chicago Bulls, averaging 4 points in 42 appearances.
In 2000, Carr arrived at Israel, beginning a long career in this country. He played in Ironi Nahariya, Elitzur Ashkelon, Maccabi Givat Shmuel, Ironi Ashkelon, Hapoel Tel Aviv, Maccabi Haifa B.C.. During that period, he has also played overseas in France, Italy and Cyprus.In the beginning of the 2009/2010 season Carr became an Israeli citizen.