Pitt Basketball
Bub Carrington Takes the Stage at NBA All-Star Weekend
Team M may not have won the NBA Rising Stars tournament, but former Pitt guard Bub Carrington made an impression on the national stage.
Carrington — a 6-foot-4, 190-pound guard from Baltimore, Md. — played in the premier All-Star event for the NBA’s youngest stars. He scored five points (2-of-2 from the field), dished out three assists and grabbed a rebound.
He worked on a team that featured Washington Wizards teammate Bilal Coulibaly, playing Team G-League tight in a 1-point loss.
“We just all familiar with each other, like, that team has probably never, ever played on the same team together,” Carrington told Taylor Rooks of TNT. “Like you said, we got family, we got teammates, it just will make it that much easier.”
The @WashWizards guard Bub Carrington caught up with @TaylorRooks before Team M's #CastrolRisingStars matchup 🎤 pic.twitter.com/oUHiQO3Cnb
— NBA on TNT (@NBAonTNT) February 15, 2025
It’s a big moment for Carrington, who is in the middle of a rookie season that seems to get better and better as he adapts to the highest level of basketball.
In 54 games this season, at just 19 years old, Carrington is averaging 9.1 points, four rebounds and four assists per game, on 40/36/83 shooting splits. Over the last five games, he’s averaging 18 points, 4.8 rebounds and six assists on 57/55/100 shooting splits.
The Wizards selected Carrington with the 14th pick in the 2024 NBA Draft, trading with the Portland Trail Blazers to secure his talents, and he is getting a chance to play big minutes as a rookie.
It was a highly successful single season for Carrington in Pittsburgh, as he averaged 13.8 points, 5.2 rebounds and 4.1 assists per game, on 41/32/79 shooting splits, and emerged as one of the top true freshmen in college basketball.
Carrington scored in double digits 22 times last season, including four performances of 20 plus points, and he was the only freshman in college basketball who averaged 13.5 points, 5.0 rebounds and 4.0 assists per game. 15 freshmen hit that mark since 1992-93.
