Carroll named MVP
March 31, 2005 - NBA G League (G League)
Roanoke Dazzle News Release
ROANOKE, VA – Current Charlotte Bobcats guard Matt Carroll has been named the National Basketball Development League’s Most Valuable Player for the 2004-05 season. Carroll, who played the majority of the season for the Roanoke Dazzle, was selected by a vote of the league’s head coaches.
Carroll, 6-6 and 212-pounds, was signed by the Bobcats on February 23. At the time of his GATORADE Call-Up, Carroll led the NBDL in scoring (20.1 ppg) and three-point field goal percentage at (.605, 23-38). He was the NBDL player of the month for January after averaging 22.3 points and making 64-percent from behind the three-point line (9-14).
“When Matt called me and said he wanted to come back to Roanoke after training camp at Golden State, I was obviously very happy,” Dazzle head coach Kent Davison said. “I knew we were getting a great player back, and secondly, I knew we were getting a player who would do the things he needed to do to get better and make us better. He had made his mind up that he was going to be the best player in this league.”
Carroll has played in 12 games since signing with the Bobcats, averaging 15.4 minutes, 7.5 points and 2.6 rebounds. He scored a season-high 18 points against the Boston Celtics on March 14.
“Matt displayed a tremendous work ethic and focus this season, which ultimately earned him a call-up to the Bobcats,” NBDL director of basketball operations Chris Alpert said. “His ability to shoot the long-range jump shot and create using the dribble makes him difficult to guard.”
Carroll put up the top scoring game in the NBDL this season with 43 points against the Florida Flame on February 9. That output is the second-best single game effort in D-League history. He tied the NBDL single game record by making 19 field goals in that game.
‘Matt’s continued development speaks volumes of the tremendous job the Roanoke coaches did preparing him to play in the NBA.” Alpert said. “We anticipate Matt will follow along the similar path of past NBDL MVPs who are proving to be valuable contributors to NBA teams.”
Carroll joins current NBA players Devin Brown (Spurs) and Tierre Brown (Lakers), as well as former NBA forward Ansu Sesay (Sonics) as winners of the NBDL Most Valuable Player Award. Sesay was the leagueÂ’s inaugural winner while playing for Greenville in 2001-02, while Devin Brown claimed the honor as a Fayetteville Patriot in 2002-03. Tierre Brown won it last season while playing at Charleston.
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