Bub Carrington is on a tear right now for the Washington Wizards.
The former Pitt basketball guard is averaging 10.6 points per game across his last ten games in the NBA, as first noted by The Drop Step, an NBA account on Twitter.
Carrington has had at least four assists in each of his last seven games, dating back to Dec. 28. Carrington has posted scoring efforts of 17, 16, and 14 points in that span, with the 17-point outburst coming against the New York Knicks in overtime. In that game, Carrington went 8 for 13 from the field while adding five rebounds and five assists.
Carrington is leading all NBA rookies in minutes per game, averaging 30.2, as well as assists per game, with 4.1. He is eighth among rookies in points per game, at 9.3. He is fourth in three pointers per game among all rookies, making 1.6 per contest (at 36%).
The Wizards have won three of their last 11 games. On the year, they are 6-29.
Carrington started 33 games for Pitt as a rookie, averaging 13.8 points, 5.2 rebounds, and 4.1 assists per game. The Baltimore, Maryland native shot 41% from the field and 32% from three-point range in his freshman campaign, and alongside Jaland Lowe and Ishmael Leggett, starred for the Panthers in the back court.
Carrington went No. 14 overall in the most recent NBA Draft, making his way from the Portland Trail Blazers to the Washington Wizards via trade. Carrington was the first player drafted in the first round from a Jeff-Capel-led Pitt team.
