DeMarre Carroll Articles - Page 2

Despite having a career-best season with the Brooklyn Nets, forward DeMarre Carroll is putting all of his eggs in young D’Angelo Russell, who came in as part of a trade for the team’s leading scorer from 2016-17, Brook Lopez. Russell showed flashes of becoming the go-to player for this system, but a knee injury set […]

With the Brooklyn Nets having nothing left to play for this year, they have decided to shut down DeMarre Carroll for the rest of the season. Told DeMarre Carroll has likely played his last game this season with only two games remaining on the schedule. He strained his hip in a loss against Philadelphia on […]

He was supposed to be a Spur for life. After winning a championship and the NBA Finals Most Valuable Player award in 2014, and finishing in the top three in the regular season MVP race last season, Kawhi Leonard was destined for greatness in a San Antonio Spurs jersey. He was the successor to Tim […]

The Cleveland Cavaliers are one of the most talented teams in the NBA, at least on paper. On the day of the NBA’s February 8 trade deadline, the Cavaliers did not disappoint. In just a few hours, the Cavaliers acquired George Hill, Jordan Clarkson, Larry Nance Jr, and Rodney Hood. To do this, the 2016 […]

DeMarre Carroll has been linked in trade rumors this week, alongside teammate Joe Harris, as first reported by ESPN’s Zach Lowe. Carroll was originally linked to the Miami Heat, according to Barry Jackson of The Miami Herald and while Brian Lewsis of The New York Post has confirmed the Nets won’t be shipping Carroll to Miami for Tyler […]

It appears that Brooklyn Nets forward DeMarre Carroll is a part of the trade deadline’s pool of available players. Per Brian Lewis of the NY Post, Carroll expressed that his agent informed him that several teams are interested in his services. “Mark just told me a lot of teams are interested. He talked to [GM] […]

The trade deadline is quickly approaching just over a month away, which has begun to spark up the rumor mill about potential players that could be on the move. One of which may be Brooklyn Nets veteran forward DeMarre Carroll as Adrian Wojnarowski of ESPN has reported is drawing interest from a few other teams […]

The Brooklyn Nets and the Minnesota Timberwolves faced off on Wednesday night, and it did not turn out to be a good game for DeMarre Carroll’s face, no thanks to Jimmy Butler. Jimmy Butler went up and got fouled by Quincy Acy, delivered an inadvertent flying kick to DeMarre Carroll's jaw pic.twitter.com/py0SnyD15h — CJ Fogler […]

The Brooklyn Nets small forward DeMarre Carroll remains questionable to return to the starting lineup for Tuesday night’s game against the Phoenix Suns due to a sore right ankle. DeMarre Carroll (right ankle soreness) is questionable tomorrow for the #Nets vs #Suns. Quincy Acy (left groin strain) is out. — Brian Lewis (@NYPost_Lewis) October 30, […]

The NBA regular season is upon us. What this means is that we’re done trying to stomach watching practice-squad quality players litter the floor during preseason games. We’re also about to see the best of the best duke it out for NBA supremacy. But let’s not forget that the intrigue isn’t solely on the basketball […]

Since DeMarre Carroll was traded to the Brooklyn Nets, he has been quite vocal about his displeasure on how things were run during his time with the Toronto Raptors. Despite all that, his former Raptors teammate Delon Wright told Sportnet’s Donnovan Bennett that he wasn’t surprised about Carroll’s comment in the slightest. “No, I wasn’t surprised. […]

Since the Toronto Raptors made the decision to trade DeMarre Carroll to the Brooklyn Nets, the veteran forward has continued to bash his former team. According to Brian Lewis of the New York Post, Carroll has voiced that he believes that he is a better fit with the Nets because the Raptors’ heavy tendency to play isolation offense centered around […]

DeMarre Carroll’s time with the Toronto Raptors was forgettable for both sides, as he barely made positive impact on the squad while saddling the franchise with a fat contract during his brief two-year stint above the border. Fortunately for the Raptors, though, they were able to ship Carroll and his salary to the Brooklyn Nets this […]

Since DeMarre Carroll‘s departure from the Toronto Raptors, he has continued to trash his former teammates for what he believed to be internal dysfunction. Carroll’s most recent comments went as far as stating that he’s a much better fit with the Brooklyn Nets. In light of all of that, former NBA player Steven Jackson has […]

DeMarre Carroll never quite fitted well with the Toronto Raptors and now that he’s been traded to the Brooklyn Nets, the forward is busy putting some salt on his tracks as he makes his way out of Canada. While admitting that his salary had reduced greatly the Raptors’ leg room financially, Carroll commented that his style of […]

Despite having no picks in last month’s draft, the Brooklyn Nets managed to add some key pieces to their roster via trades. Following the arrival of D’Angelo Russell and Timofey Mozgov, the team was able to bring in former Toronto Raptors swingman DeMarre Carroll to further improve their lineup. Jeremy Lin recently spoke about his […]

Toronto Raptors forward DeMarre Carroll, along with a future first and second-round pick have been traded to the Brooklyn Nets for center Justin Hamilton. The biggest catalyst for the trade, according to ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski, is a substantial savings from the luxury tax. Carroll’s remaining salary is set at $14.8 million next season and $15.4 million in the 2018-19 […]

Back in 2014-15 season, the Atlanta Hawks turned a lot of heads by winning 60 games, and making it all the way to the conference finals. Although they were swept by the Cleveland Cavaliers, they still established themselves as a legitimate contender in the East. However, they were not able to follow up on the […]

The Toronto Raptors have faced their share of struggles throughout the postseason — going down 2-1 to the sixth-seeded Milwaukee Bucks in the first round and now in the hole for one game against the Cleveland Cavaliers in the Eastern Conference semifinals. Head coach Dwane Casey took out center Jonas Valanciunas midway through the series […]

DeMarre Carroll recently revealed that he’s been playing with a rare liver disease throughout his seven seasons in the NBA. The Toronto Raptors forward has kept his condition quiet, but recently spoke out about it at NBPA.com: “I’m basically the first NBA player that played that I know of with a liver disease, and I’m […]

Boston Celtics forward Jae Crowder has made it clear that the Toronto Raptors are a team that they aren’t worried about playing. Well, Raptors small forward DeMarre Carroll has heard his comments, and has delivered his own response to them in a video by Sportsnet.ca. “It’s a comment from a person who hasn’t really been in […]

When DeMarre Carroll signed a four-year, $58 million deal with the Toronto Raptors last summer, he was expected to make an impact. Known as a defensive stopper and a capable three-point shooter with the Atlanta Hawks, it was expected Carroll would fill the same role with a rising Raptors team. While Toronto ended up exceeding […]

The priorities of DeMarre Carroll and Cory Joseph are under question. Steve Simmons of the Toronto Sun reported that both Carroll and Joseph were spotted at a large casino in Cleveland around 2 AM the morning before Game 5. It would be short-sighted to blame this for the Toronto Raptors‘ horrible performance yesterday against the Cavs […]

DeMarre Carroll may have a sore wrist, but it doesn’t sound like it’s going to prevent him from playing in Game 6. With the Toronto Raptors one win away from advancing to the Eastern Conference Finals, Carroll sounded confident that he’ll play on Friday night while talking to reporters on Thursday: “I’ll have a lot […]

Despite being swept out of the Eastern Conference playoffs by the Cleveland Cavaliers for the second straight season, Kent Bazemore wants to remain an Atlanta Hawk. The 26-year-old swingman stated during the team’s exit interviews that he would love to return to Atlanta, via Chris Vivlamore of the Atlanta Journal-Constitution: “I would love to return […]

Despite some late-game heroics by Kyle Lowry to force overtime (which literally brought Dwyane Wade to his knees), the Toronto Raptors dropped Game 1 of their second round matchup with the Miami Heat. On the night, Lowry shot an abysmal 3-for-13 from the field and 1-for-7 from 3-point range (the one make came from beyond […]

If there is such a thing as a Toronto Raptors playoff curse, DeMarre Carroll doesn’t seem all too threatened by it. Following the Raptors’ first ever seven-game series playoff victory, the small forward responded to the notion of a Toronto curse: Carroll: "I hear so many people talking about the Toronto curse and all this, […]

The Pacers blew a late lead in Game 5 of their opening round playoff series against the Raptors. Down by 13 points, Toronto used a 25-9 fourth quarter to take a 3-2 series lead. Intensity was certainly never lacking for the Canadian squad throughout the game. Hustle plays such as this one, with Kyle Lowry […]