Chaz Carr (born August 30, 1982) is a former Jamaican professional

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. He is 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) tall weighs 182 pounds, and plays

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. His last professional team was

Guaiqueríes de Margarita Guaiqueríes de Margarita is a professional basketball team based in La Asunción, Venezuela. The team currently plays in Venezuela's Liga Profesional de Baloncesto. The team has won the Venezuelan championships nine times. Current rosters LPB ...

in Venezuela's first division

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. In 2006, Carr appeared in the

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with Geoplin Slovan.

High school career

Carr scored 1.273 points during his career at Manchester high school and left the school as its all-time leading scorer. He averaged 21 points per game as a junior and 22 points per game as a senior. In July 2017 he was named to the Manchester Sports Hall of Fame.

College career

Carr graduated from

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in 2005, majoring in urban studies. He became the university's eighth all-time leader in scoring (1,406 points), fifth in three-pointers made (177) and 10th in field goals made (470).

Professional career

Besides playing professional basketball in

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, Carr has played in

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( Unia Tarnów,

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), the

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(

Águilas Cibaeñas The Águilas Cibaeñas (English lit. ''Cibaoan Eagles'') is a professional baseball team in the Dominican Republic's Dominican Professional Baseball League, winter baseball league. Founded on January 28, and based in Santiago de los Caballeros, S ...

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(

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(

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) and

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( Union Jeanne d'Arc Phalange Quimper). In August 2008, Carr signed with ÍR of the Úrvalsdeild karla. Due to the

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, ÍR released Carr from his contract in October 2008.

Jamaica national team

Carr has played for the

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on many occasions. His most noteworthy performance was at the

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2006 where he helped

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win the tournament by averaging 14.6 points, 2.6 rebounds and 3.0 assists per game.

References

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