Saskatoon, Sask. - The Saskatchewan Rattlers of the Canadian Elite Basketball League (CEBL) announced Friday that they have signed Philadelphia-native guard Tony Carr for the 2022 CEBL season. Carr played with NCAA Division 1 Penn State, where he holds multiple scoring and assist records in the two years he played with the Nittany Lions. Carr was selected by the New Orleans Pelicans in the 2018 NBA Draft. He played in Italy in the Italian Lega Basket with two teams over 35 games in 2018-19. Carr joined the New Orleans Pelicans for the NBA Summer League in the 2019 and 2020 seasons. He played in the NBA G League with the Erie Bayhawks in the 2019-20 and 2020-21 seasons. Carr has played 72 professional games, averaging 10.0 points, 3.1 rebounds, 3.5 assists, and 25.3 minutes.

Prior to his time with Penn State, Carr played for Roman Catholic Highschool in Philadelphia where he helped lead the team to back-to-back PIA AAAA State Championships. In 2016, he was named Pennsylvania Player of the Year by USA Today, First-Team All-Philadelphia honors by PA Sports, All-Philadelphia by Daily News, and ESPN ranked him No. 50 in Top 100 as a four-star recruit. Carr began his career at Penn State in 2017 averaging 13.2 points, 4.2 assists, 4.8 rebounds, 32.8 minutes, and started in all 33 games. He led the team in eight statistical categories as a rookie including 436 total points, 13.2 points per game, and 139 total assists. Carr was named to the Big Ten All-Freshman team, and was one of the top 20 college players in America to join the NBA Elite Basketball Camp. As a sophomore, Carr averaged 19.6 points, 5.0 assists, 4.9 rebounds, 35.4 minutes, and started in all 37 games. Carr was named to the Big Ten All-Tournament team. In his final season with Penn State he tied a career-high 14 assists on March 29th, had two career-high 33 point games, and made a career-high six 3-pointers in the Big Ten Tournament in a win over Northwestern playing Rattlers teammate Scottie Lindsey. Carr ended the season as the first player to reach 1000-point milestone as a Sophomore, ranked 23rd in Penn State’s career scoring.

Starting his professional career, Carr was selected in the second round of the NBA Draft by the New Orleans Pelicans. He played 10 games in the 2018-19 and 2019-20 NBA Summer League averaging 6.6 points, 1.9 rebounds, 2.8 assists, and 18.9 minutes. Carr moved to Italy for the 2018-19 season, where he played in Lega Basket for Fiat Torino and Acqua San Bernardo Cantu. Carr played 35 games between the two Italian teams averaging 12.1 points, 3.8 rebounds, 3.5 assists, and 30.3 minutes. He joined the Erie Bayhawks in the 2019-20 season averaging 9.3 points, 2.6 rebounds, 2.0 assists, and 22.9 minutes in 14 games. He rejoined the Bayhawks in the 2020-21 season averaging 8.7 points, 2.9 rebounds, 4.7 assists, and 20.5 minutes in 11 games.

“We are thrilled to be able to announce the addition of a player with Tony’s talent and experience to our teams”, said Rattlers General Manager Barry Rawlyk. “He has played at the highest levels during his collegiate career and will bring a level of composure and understanding of how to play to the team, giving him the ability to make everyone around him better. He will bring toughness to every game he plays. He is just coming off of an injury so he is very eager to get back to competing and working towards his career goals. We believe the Rattlers organization can provide an environment that will allow him to do just that.”

“I’m excited for the opportunity to play with the team”, said Carr. “I can’t wait to get things going and get wins with the Rattlers.”

The 2022 CEBL season starts on May 25th at SaskTel Centre in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan. All tickets can be purchased at the Rattlers Front Office (306) 244-2181, Saskatchewan Rattlers website , or via Ticketmaster .

About the Canadian Elite Basketball League (CEBL)

The CEBL begins its fourth season on May 25. A league created by Canadians for Canadians, the CEBL has the highest percentage of Canadian players of any professional league in the country, with 75 percent of its current rosters being Canadians. Players bring experience from the NBA, NBA G League, top international leagues, the Canadian National team program, and top NCAA programs as well as U SPORTS. The only First Division Professional League Partner of Canada Basketball, the CEBL season runs from May through August. Head to CEBL.ca for more information or follow us (@cebleague) on Instagram , Twitter , TikTok , LinkedIn , Facebook , and YouTube .

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