PRINT TEMPLATE 2.0Persistence pays off in DeMarre Carroll’s lengthy NBA career

JACK PARODI/MissourianSource: MISSOURIAN REPORTING

Through seven years and 10 teams, the former Missouri basketball star has become one of the league’s premier ‘3-and-D’ players — a combination of a 3-point shooting specialist and a lock-down defender.

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10Summer 2006Transfers to

Missouri from Vanderbilt

March 2008Wins Big 12 Newcomer of

the Year award

March 2009Named to �rst-

team All-Big 12 Conference

March 2009Pushes Tigers to NCAA Elite

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March 2009Helps Missouri

win �rst ever Big 12 tournament

title

June 2009Drafted 27th

overall by Memphis Grizzlies

2010 to 2012Injuries and time

in D-League temporarily derail NBA

career

February 2014Scores 24

points twice in three games

2012 to 2013Given role as Utah’s sixth

man

August 2013Signs contract with Hawks, earns role in starting �ve

May 2015Assigned to

guard LeBron James in playoffs

July 2015Signs four-year,

$58 million contract with

Toronto Raptors

2018-19Current season

marks the veteran’s 10th year in the NBA