Joe Barry Carroll (born July 24, 1958) is an American former professional

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player who spent ten seasons in the

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(NBA). After retiring from basketball, he became a wealth advisor, philanthropist, artist, author of the memoir ''Growing Up... In Words and Images,'' and recipient of the

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Champion for Justice award.

High school career

Carroll, a 7'0"

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, attended Denver East High School, located in

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, where he was selected as an ''All-American'' by Midwest Coach and Athlete Magazine. In his senior year, he averaged 20.3 points and 12.2 rebounds a game, while scoring 41 points in one contest.

College career

1976–77

After high school, Carroll moved on to play college basketball at

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. Under head coach

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, he helped lead the

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to a 20–8 record. In Carroll's first national televised appearance, against

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, he scored 12 points, had 6 rebounds and 3 blocks in 20 minutes coming off the bench in an 86–76 win. On December 10, 1977, he recorded the school's only triple-double with 16 points, 16 rebounds and a single-game school record 11 blocks. He recorded 206 rebounds and averaged 7.4 a game in his first season, the most for a Purdue freshman. Carroll also holds the freshman record for most blocks in a season with 82.

1977–78

Carroll set school records with 105 blocks on the season and averaged 3.9 blocks per game as a sophomore. With senior Walter Jordan, he helped lead the team to a 16–11 record and a fourth-place finish in conference play.

1978–79

Head coach

stepped down in 1978 and was replaced by Lee Rose. Playing with a slowed down, controlled system compared to Schaus' fast-pace style, Carroll and senior point guard

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led Purdue to a first place

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tie with an

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-led

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. Not receiving the favor of the two teams to advance to the NCAA Tournament, Carroll led Purdue to the NIT Finals his junior year, losing to in-state rivals,

. He averaged 22.8 points a game on the season and was named ''First Team All-Big Ten'' and a ''Third Team All-America'', while leading the Boilers to a 27–8 record. He grabbed a school record 352 rebounds on the season.

1979–80

During his senior year, he led the

to an NCAA Final Four appearance, losing to

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in the semi-finals. They won the

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game against

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, where Carroll scored a game-high 35 points in his last game as a Boilermaker. Leading Purdue to a 23–10 record on the season, he was named a ''First Team All-American'' and a second straight ''First Team All-Big Ten'' selection. He played 1,235 minutes on the season, the most by any player in school history.

College notes

Carroll holds the all-time school records for career rebounds (1,148) and blocks (349). With 2,175 points in his Purdue career, he ranks second to

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. He majored in economics at

Professional career

Golden State Warriors

1980–1981

Carroll was selected by the Golden State Warriors with the first overall pick of the

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. The Warriors traded Robert Parish and the draft choice used to select Kevin McHale to the Boston Celtics for the first overall pick used to select Carroll. Golden State’s decision to part with two future hall-of-famers, who would both go on to win multiple NBA Finals with Boston, would affect public perception of Carroll throughout his career. He averaged 18.9 points and 9.3

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as a rookie, and also scored a season high of 46 points and led the Warriors with 121 blocks during the season while being named an

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selection.

1981–1984

Two seasons later, he averaged a career high 24.1 points to go along with 8.7 rebounds. On March 5, 1983, he scored a career-best 52 points against the

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. Carroll’s tenure with the Warriors was tumultuous, and he was criticized for a lack of effort, even being nicknamed "Joe Barely Cares" and "Just Barely Carroll." To the surprise of many, Carroll left the Warriors in 1984 to play in Italy for Simac Milano. With Simac Milano, he won both the Italian League Championship, was selected to the All-League team and won the FIBA Korać Cup.

1985–1987

He returned to the NBA for the 1985–86 season and averaged 21.2 points for two consecutive seasons under head coach

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. On February 1, 1987, Carroll scored 43 points and grabbed 24 rebounds in a 150-147 fourth-overtime victory against the

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. He was later named to the 1987

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, where he scored 4 points and had 6 rebounds in 18 minutes. Carroll played in his first playoff game against the

in the 1987 NBA Playoffs. Carroll helped lead the team past the Jazz and to the Western Conference Semifinals, where despite him averaging 20 points, 4.8 rebounds and 1.6 blocks, Golden State lost to the eventual champion Los Angeles Lakers. Carroll is a top ten career franchise leader in defensive rebounds (3rd), offensive rebounds (4th), points per game (8th), total points (9th) and steals (9th). He scored at least 1,000 points in each of his seasons as a Warrior. He left Golden State as the franchise leader in blocks with 837, which is currently the second most behind

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's 1,090 from 1997 to 2007.

Houston Rockets

1987–1988

After his last full season with the Warriors in the 1986–87 season, his production began to decline. In December 1987, he was traded with

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to the Houston Rockets for

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and Steve Harris to play under head coach

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. Carroll averaged just 12.7 points during that season, where he averaged 20 or more a game the four prior seasons. He helped lead the Rockets to an NBA Playoff appearance, losing to the Dallas Mavericks in the first round.

Later career

1988–1991

Carroll was traded to the

for the 1988–89 season, where he averaged 14.1 points a game and shot 80 percent from the

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line. He was traded in the middle of the 1989–90 season to the Denver Nuggets for

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on February 21, 1990, where he averaged 10 points a game and appeared in the first round of the 1990 NBA Playoffs, losing to the

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. Joe Barry Carroll played his last NBA season for the Phoenix Suns. Only playing in 11 games and averaging 3.4 points, he shot a career high .917 percent from the line.

Career notes

Carroll retired from the NBA in 1991. He ended his career with totals of 12,455 points and 5,404 rebounds, topping 20+ points a game in scoring for 4 seasons. He appeared in 19 playoff games, where he averaged 27 minutes, 5 rebounds and 13.7 points per game. Over his career, he averaged 17.7 points, 7.7 rebounds, 1.8 assists, 1 steal, 1.6 blocks per game, with a .474 field goal and .747 free throw percentage in 705 games. He averaged 32 minutes of playing time per game.

NBA career statistics

Regular season

, - , style="text-align:left;", , style="text-align:left;", Golden State , 82 , , , , 35.6 , , .491 , , .000 , , .716 , , 9.3 , , 1.4 , , 0.6 , , 1.5 , , 18.9 , - , style="text-align:left;", , style="text-align:left;", Golden State , 76 , , 75 , , 34.6 , , .519 , , .000 , , .728 , , 8.3 , , 0.8 , , 0.8 , , 1.7 , , 17.0 , - , style="text-align:left;", , style="text-align:left;", Golden State , 79 , , 79 , , 37.8 , , .513 , , .000 , , .719 , , 8.7 , , 2.1 , , 1.4 , , 2.0 , , 24.1 , - , style="text-align:left;", , style="text-align:left;", Golden State , 80 , , 80 , , 37.0 , , .477 , , .000 , , .723 , , 8.0 , , 2.5 , , 1.3 , , 1.8 , , 20.5 , - , style="text-align:left;", , style="text-align:left;", Golden State , 79 , , 79 , , 35.5 , , .463 , , .000 , , .752 , , 8.5 , , 2.2 , , 1.3 , , 1.8 , , 21.2 , - , style="text-align:left;", , style="text-align:left;", Golden State , 81 , , 81 , , 33.6 , , .472 , , – , , .787 , , 7.3 , , 2.6 , , 1.1 , , 1.5 , , 21.2 , - , style="text-align:left;", , style="text-align:left;", Golden State , 14 , , 14 , , 29.1 , , .378 , , .000 , , .797 , , 6.6 , , 1.4 , , 0.9 , , 1.8 , , 15.5 , - , style="text-align:left;", , style="text-align:left;",

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, 46 , , 20 , , 21.8 , , .393 , , .000 , , .794 , , 5.4 , , 0.9 , , 0.4 , , 1.2 , , 8.8 , - , style="text-align:left;", , style="text-align:left;",

, 30 , , 27 , , 24.0 , , .432 , , – , , .743 , , 6.4 , , 1.8 , , 0.9 , , 2.0 , , 11.9 , - , style="text-align:left;", , style="text-align:left;",

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Playoffs

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, style="text-align:left;",

, 4, , 4, , 29.0, , .383, , –, , .800, , 4.8, , 0.5, , 0.8, , 0.3, , 11.0 , - , style="text-align:left;",

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, style="text-align:left;",

, 3, , 3, , 15.3, , .563, , –, , 1.000, , 3.0, , 1.0, , 0.3, , 1.7, , 6.7 , - , style="text-align:left;",

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, style="text-align:left;",

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After retirement

Carroll is currently an investment advisor, author, and painter living outside of

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. At the age of 26, Carroll established the BroadView Foundation to financially support and participate in organizations and programs that serve lower socio-economic groups and individuals in communities of color. In addition to establishing college scholarships, Carroll and BroadView have funded afterschool programs, elder care, Aid to Children of Imprisoned Mothers, True Colors Theatre, Task Force for the Homeless, and

Georgia Innocence Project The Georgia Innocence Project is a non-profit corporation based in Atlanta, Georgia, United States. Its mission "is to free the wrongly prosecuted through DNA testing, to advance practices that minimize the chances that others suffer the same fate, ...

. In 2013, Carroll expanded his support of the Georgia Innocence Project by fully funding the salary for a full-time staff position. All proceeds from Joe Barry Carroll Publishing are donated to selected nonprofit entities including the Georgia Innocence Project. In 1993, he founded The Carroll Group, a wealth advisory company located in

. Carroll advises high-net-worth families and professional athletes. Carroll has published books under the Joe Barry Carroll Publishing imprint. "Coach Lee Rose: On Family and Basketball" was published in 2021. "My View From Seven Feet" (2019) includes his paintings and narratives. "Black American Voices: Shared Culture Values and Emotions" includes art from the Tony & Betty Zamora Collection of African Art was published in 2017. "Growing Up . . . In Words and Images" a memoir, coffee table book that contains paintings by Carroll and narratives about life as the tenth of 13 children growing up in

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and

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, life in the NBA and creating a fulfilling life after retiring from professional basketball. The book has received praise from

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winning Broadway stage, Television and Film Director

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;

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Associate Professor of Art History and African American Studies, Michael D. Harris;

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Publisher, M. Alexis Scott; and WABE/

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Director of Arts and Cultural Programming, Lois Reitzes. In 2014 Carroll received the Hank Aaron Champion for Justice award from the

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and the

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in recognition of his ongoing philanthropy and activism.

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High school career

College career

1976–77

1977–78

1978–79

1979–80

College notes

Professional career

Golden State Warriors

1980–1981

1981–1984

1985–1987

Houston Rockets

1987–1988

Later career

1988–1991

Career notes

NBA career statistics

Regular season

Playoffs

After retirement

See also

References

External links