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M.L. Carr

Michael Leon Carr (M.L.)

Position: Forward-Guard
Height: 6-6    Weight: 205 lbs.
Born: January 9, 1951 in Wallace, North Carolina
High School: Wallace Rose Hill in Teachey, North Carolina
College: Guilford College

Drafted by the Kansas City-Omaha Kings in the 5th round (7th pick, 76th overall) of the 1973 NBA draft.

Coaching Record

30
Spirits of St. Louis
1976		 30
Detroit Pistons
1977-1979		 30
Boston Celtics
1980-1985

Totals

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Season Age Tm Lg G GS MP FG FGA FG% 3P 3PA 3P% FT FTA FT% ORB DRB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS
1975-76 25 SSL ABA 74 2174 380 786 .483 9 24 .375 137 206 .665 171 288 459 224 127 44 162 225 906
1976-77 26 DET NBA 82 2643 443 931 .476 205 279 .735 211 420 631 181 165 58 287 1091
1977-78 27 DET NBA 79 2556 390 857 .455 200 271 .738 202 355 557 185 147 27 210 243 980
1978-79 28 DET NBA 80 3207 587 1143 .514 323 435 .743 219 370 589 262 197 46 255 279 1497
1979-80 29 BOS NBA 82 7 1994 362 763 .474 12 41 .293 178 241 .739 106 224 330 156 120 36 143 214 914
1980-81 30 BOS NBA 41 7 655 97 216 .449 1 14 .071 53 67 .791 26 57 83 56 30 18 47 74 248
1981-82 31 BOS NBA 56 27 1296 184 409 .450 5 17 .294 82 116 .707 56 94 150 128 67 21 63 136 455
1982-83 32 BOS NBA 77 0 883 135 315 .429 3 19 .158 60 81 .741 51 86 137 71 48 10 79 140 333
1983-84 33 BOS NBA 60 1 585 70 171 .409 3 15 .200 42 48 .875 26 49 75 49 17 4 46 67 185
1984-85 34 BOS NBA 47 0 397 62 149 .416 9 23 .391 17 17 1.000 21 22 43 24 21 6 24 44 150
Career TOT 678 42 16390 2710 5740 .472 42 153 .275 1297 1761 .737 1089 1965 3054 1336 939 270 1029 1709 6759
NBA 604 42 14216 2330 4954 .470 33 129 .256 1160 1555 .746 918 1677 2595 1112 812 226 867 1484 5853
ABA 74 2174 380 786 .483 9 24 .375 137 206 .665 171 288 459 224 127 44 162 225 906

Per Game

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Season Age Tm Lg G GS MP FG FGA FG% 3P 3PA 3P% FT FTA FT% ORB DRB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS
1975-76 25 SSL ABA 74 29.4 5.1 10.6 .483 0.1 0.3 .375 1.9 2.8 .665 2.3 3.9 6.2 3.0 1.7 0.6 2.2 3.0 12.2
1976-77 26 DET NBA 82 32.2 5.4 11.4 .476 2.5 3.4 .735 2.6 5.1 7.7 2.2 2.0 0.7 3.5 13.3
1977-78 27 DET NBA 79 32.4 4.9 10.8 .455 2.5 3.4 .738 2.6 4.5 7.1 2.3 1.9 0.3 2.7 3.1 12.4
1978-79 28 DET NBA 80 40.1 7.3 14.3 .514 4.0 5.4 .743 2.7 4.6 7.4 3.3 2.5 0.6 3.2 3.5 18.7
1979-80 29 BOS NBA 82 7 24.3 4.4 9.3 .474 0.1 0.5 .293 2.2 2.9 .739 1.3 2.7 4.0 1.9 1.5 0.4 1.7 2.6 11.1
1980-81 30 BOS NBA 41 7 16.0 2.4 5.3 .449 0.0 0.3 .071 1.3 1.6 .791 0.6 1.4 2.0 1.4 0.7 0.4 1.1 1.8 6.0
1981-82 31 BOS NBA 56 27 23.1 3.3 7.3 .450 0.1 0.3 .294 1.5 2.1 .707 1.0 1.7 2.7 2.3 1.2 0.4 1.1 2.4 8.1
1982-83 32 BOS NBA 77 0 11.5 1.8 4.1 .429 0.0 0.2 .158 0.8 1.1 .741 0.7 1.1 1.8 0.9 0.6 0.1 1.0 1.8 4.3
1983-84 33 BOS NBA 60 1 9.8 1.2 2.9 .409 0.1 0.3 .200 0.7 0.8 .875 0.4 0.8 1.3 0.8 0.3 0.1 0.8 1.1 3.1
1984-85 34 BOS NBA 47 0 8.4 1.3 3.2 .416 0.2 0.5 .391 0.4 0.4 1.000 0.4 0.5 0.9 0.5 0.4 0.1 0.5 0.9 3.2
Career TOT 678 42 24.2 4.0 8.5 .472 0.1 0.4 .275 1.9 2.6 .737 1.6 2.9 4.5 2.0 1.4 0.4 1.7 2.5 10.0
NBA 604 42 23.5 3.9 8.2 .470 0.1 0.4 .256 1.9 2.6 .746 1.5 2.8 4.3 1.8 1.3 0.4 1.7 2.5 9.7
ABA 74 29.4 5.1 10.6 .483 0.1 0.3 .375 1.9 2.8 .665 2.3 3.9 6.2 3.0 1.7 0.6 2.2 3.0 12.2

Per 36 Minutes

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Season Age Tm Lg G GS MP FG FGA FG% 3P 3PA 3P% FT FTA FT% ORB DRB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS
1975-76 25 SSL ABA 74 2174 6.3 13.0 .483 0.1 0.4 .375 2.3 3.4 .665 2.8 4.8 7.6 3.7 2.1 0.7 2.7 3.7 15.0
1976-77 26 DET NBA 82 2643 6.0 12.7 .476 2.8 3.8 .735 2.9 5.7 8.6 2.5 2.2 0.8 3.9 14.9
1977-78 27 DET NBA 79 2556 5.5 12.1 .455 2.8 3.8 .738 2.8 5.0 7.8 2.6 2.1 0.4 3.0 3.4 13.8
1978-79 28 DET NBA 80 3207 6.6 12.8 .514 3.6 4.9 .743 2.5 4.2 6.6 2.9 2.2 0.5 2.9 3.1 16.8
1979-80 29 BOS NBA 82 7 1994 6.5 13.8 .474 0.2 0.7 .293 3.2 4.4 .739 1.9 4.0 6.0 2.8 2.2 0.6 2.6 3.9 16.5
1980-81 30 BOS NBA 41 7 655 5.3 11.9 .449 0.1 0.8 .071 2.9 3.7 .791 1.4 3.1 4.6 3.1 1.6 1.0 2.6 4.1 13.6
1981-82 31 BOS NBA 56 27 1296 5.1 11.4 .450 0.1 0.5 .294 2.3 3.2 .707 1.6 2.6 4.2 3.6 1.9 0.6 1.7 3.8 12.6
1982-83 32 BOS NBA 77 0 883 5.5 12.8 .429 0.1 0.8 .158 2.4 3.3 .741 2.1 3.5 5.6 2.9 2.0 0.4 3.2 5.7 13.6
1983-84 33 BOS NBA 60 1 585 4.3 10.5 .409 0.2 0.9 .200 2.6 3.0 .875 1.6 3.0 4.6 3.0 1.0 0.2 2.8 4.1 11.4
1984-85 34 BOS NBA 47 0 397 5.6 13.5 .416 0.8 2.1 .391 1.5 1.5 1.000 1.9 2.0 3.9 2.2 1.9 0.5 2.2 4.0 13.6
Career TOT 678 42 16390 6.0 12.6 .472 0.2 0.7 .275 2.8 3.9 .737 2.4 4.3 6.7 2.9 2.1 0.6 2.7 3.8 14.8
NBA 604 42 14216 5.9 12.5 .470 0.2 0.8 .256 2.9 3.9 .746 2.3 4.2 6.6 2.8 2.1 0.6 2.7 3.8 14.8
ABA 74 2174 6.3 13.0 .483 0.1 0.4 .375 2.3 3.4 .665 2.8 4.8 7.6 3.7 2.1 0.7 2.7 3.7 15.0

Advanced

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Season Age Tm Lg G MP PER TS% eFG% ORB% DRB% TRB% AST% STL% BLK% TOV% Usg% ORtg DRtg OWS DWS WS LS WSAA
1975-76 25 SSL ABA 74 2174 15.3 .517 .489 7.6 12.9 10.2 13.7 2.7 1.1 15.6 18.2 104 103 6.0 7.2 13 12 0.5
1976-77 26 DET NBA 82 2643 15.2 .518 .476 8.3 16.4 12.4 8.7 2.8 1.1 99 10.0 10.4 20 12 4.0
1977-78 27 DET NBA 79 2556 13.6 .502 .455 8.4 14.3 11.4 9.8 2.6 0.5 17.7 17.8 99 100 4.8 8.6 13 16 -1.5
1978-79 28 DET NBA 80 3207 16.3 .561 .514 6.9 12.4 9.5 10.8 2.8 0.7 16.0 18.9 107 104 9.8 8.8 19 17 1.0
1979-80 29 BOS NBA 82 1994 14.6 .526 .482 6.0 12.3 9.2 10.7 2.8 1.0 14.1 20.2 105 100 5.7 10.1 16 7 4.5
1980-81 30 BOS NBA 41 655 11.6 .505 .451 4.7 9.5 7.2 11.3 2.2 1.5 16.1 18.2 100 103 0.8 3.0 4 3 0.5
1981-82 31 BOS NBA 56 1296 11.9 .495 .456 4.9 7.8 6.4 12.6 2.4 0.9 12.0 16.2 106 104 3.3 6.1 9 4 2.5
1982-83 32 BOS NBA 77 883 9.7 .475 .433 6.2 10.4 8.3 10.3 2.5 0.6 18.4 19.1 93 102 0.0 3.8 4 7 -1.5
1983-84 33 BOS NBA 60 585 7.8 .481 .418 5.2 9.2 7.3 10.7 1.4 0.4 19.3 16.7 95 107 0.0 2.2 2 4 -1.0
1984-85 34 BOS NBA 47 397 9.9 .479 .446 6.1 5.8 6.0 7.7 2.5 0.8 13.3 18.5 98 107 0.0 1.5 2 2 0.0
Career TOT 678 16390 14.0 .519 .476 7.0 12.5 9.8 10.7 2.6 0.9 15.9 18.4 103 102 40.4 61.6 102 84 9.0
NBA 604 14216 13.8 .519 .474 6.9 12.5 9.7 10.3 2.6 0.8 15.9 18.4 103 102 34.4 54.4 89 72 8.5
ABA 74 2174 15.3 .517 .489 7.6 12.9 10.2 13.7 2.7 1.1 15.6 18.2 104 103 6.0 7.2 13 12 0.5

Playoffs

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Totals Shooting Per Game
Season Age Tm Lg G MP FG FGA 3P 3PA FT FTA ORB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS FG% 3P% FT% MP PTS TRB AST
1976-77 26 DET NBA 3 112 12 31 4 7 9 17 6 1 3 9 28 .387 .571 37.3 9.3 5.7 2.0
1979-80 29 BOS NBA 9 172 32 80 2 5 16 24 14 33 11 6 1 7 20 82 .400 .400 .667 19.1 9.1 3.7 1.2
1980-81 30 BOS NBA 17 288 42 101 0 4 18 24 8 25 14 10 6 8 32 102 .416 .000 .750 16.9 6.0 1.5 0.8
1981-82 31 BOS NBA 12 305 37 105 0 4 15 23 21 43 28 11 0 21 30 89 .352 .000 .652 25.4 7.4 3.6 2.3
1982-83 32 BOS NBA 3 22 2 8 0 1 2 2 1 1 0 2 0 0 3 6 .250 .000 1.000 7.3 2.0 0.3 0.0
1983-84 33 BOS NBA 16 82 13 32 2 6 10 11 5 8 4 7 0 3 13 38 .406 .333 .909 5.1 2.4 0.5 0.3
1984-85 34 BOS NBA 7 24 4 15 1 2 0 0 1 2 1 1 0 1 4 9 .267 .500 3.4 1.3 0.3 0.1
Career NBA 67 1005 142 372 5 22 65 91 59 129 64 38 10 40 111 354 .382 .227 .714 15.0 5.3 1.9 1.0

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Glossary

Honors

1975-76 ABA All-Rookie (1st)
1978-79 NBA All-Defensive (2nd)

Games

1976-77 NBA 82 (3)
1979-80 NBA 82 (2)

Minutes Played

1978-79 NBA 3207 (3)

Steals

1978-79 NBA 197 (3)
Career ABA 127 (63)

Blocks

Career ABA 44 (67)

Minutes Per Game

1978-79 NBA 40.1 (2)

Steals Per Game

1978-79 NBA 2.5 (1)

Steal Pct

1975-76 ABA 2.7 (5)
1978-79 NBA 2.8 (9)

Defensive Rating

Career NBA 101.8 (99)

Offensive Win Shares

Career ABA 6.0 (73)

Defensive Win Shares

Career ABA 7.2 (78)

Win Shares

Career ABA 13 (82)

Win Shares Above Average

Career ABA 0.5 (50)

Hall of Fame Probability

Career 0.000 (431)
    

Salaries

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Season Team Lg Salary
1978-79 Detroit Pistons NBA $350,000
1979-80 Boston Celtics NBA $350,000
1980-81 Boston Celtics NBA $350,000
1981-82 Boston Celtics NBA *$306,250
1982-83 Boston Celtics NBA *$262,500
1983-84 Boston Celtics NBA *$218,750
1984-85 Boston Celtics NBA $175,000
Career (may be incomplete) $2,012,500
Estimated salaries are marked with an asterisk (*).