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Bub Carrington Sets Wizards Rookie Record

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Former Pitt basketball star Carlton "Bub" Carrington plays for the NBA's Washington Wizards. Here he is at practice on October 24, 2024. Photo via George Michalowski.

Former Pitt guard Bub Carrington has cemented himself in the Washington Wizards record books.

Carrington has set the Washington Wizards all-time record for most three pointers in one season.

 

Carrington made his 113th three of the season on Thursday night, surpassing current Wizards player Corey Kispert on the team’s all-time list.

According to WizardsMuse, there are only four players with 100+ threes, 250+ rebounds, and 300+ assists, and Carrington is one of the four. A 6-foot-4 rookie guard, Carrington has played in 73 games in his rookie campaign, averaging 9.1 points, 4.1 rebounds, and 4.2 assists per game. He is shooting 40% from the field and 33% from three-point range so far this year. Carrington has scored 666 points so far in his NBA career and has dished out more than 300 assists.

He has started 48 of the 73 games that he has played this season, including his career debut back in the fall.

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.

Bub Carrington was the first former Pitt Panther to be selected in the NBA Draft since Cameron Johnson (Minnesota Timberwolves, 11th overall) in the 2019 NBA Draft — and the first Panther selected directly out of Pittsburgh since Lamar Patterson (Milwaukee Bucks, 48th overall) in 2014.

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