Ben Carter (basketball)

Carter was born in Tel Aviv, Israel, and is Jewish.[3][4] He said that the fact that he is Israeli "means a lot. I take pride in my Israeli citizenship, my Israeli heritage, even though I haven’t lived there my whole life. I was born there. I still have roots there. I still take pride in my culture. Just to be able to represent my country whenever I can, every time I step out on the court, it’s really an honor."[5]

Carter's parents are Mike and Israeli-born Hadar, a former lieutenant in the Israeli Army.[6][7][2] His father, Mike Carter, played one of his 17 professional seasons for Hapoel Jerusalem (1988-89), and played 13 seasons in Israel in total.[8][9][3] Carter also played 13 seasons in Tel Aviv, before the family relocated to Las Vegas, Nevada.[3] His father coached him growing up and playing for the Las Vegas Lakers on the AAU circuit.[3][2]

Carter is 6' 9" (2.03 metres) tall.[1][3] He weighs 224 pounds (102 kg).[10] He attended Bishop Gorman High School ('12) in Las Vegas.[10][2] Carter averaged 12.5 points and 8.5 rebounds per game as a junior, and was all-state and all-conference.[2][5] He averaged 10.1 points and 7.4 rebounds per game as a senior, and was third-team all-state and all-conference.[2]

In 2013 Carter and his brother Tim played basketball for Team USA at the 2013 Maccabiah Games, winning a gold medal.[11] He was the youngest member on the team, and his father was assistant coach to head coach Brad Greenberg.[7]

Carter played his first two seasons of college basketball for the University of Oregon.[9] In his sophomore season in 2013-14 he was an honorable mention Academic All-Pac-12 selection.[2]

Carter then transferred to and played for UNLV, where earned his bachelor's degree.[9][11] He sat out the 2014–15 season at UNLV as a redshirt.[2] Carter averaged 8.6 points and six rebounds in his first and only year at UNLV.[12]

Carter transferred to Michigan State University in the summer of 2016.[11] He was granted a sixth year of eligibility the summer of 2017.[3][12] Carter spent two years at Michigan State University as a graduate transfer.[11] He sat out the 2016–17 season after suffering his second left knee injury in nine months, and averaged 0.7 points and 1.2 rebounds in 7.7 minutes over 23 games in 2017-18, while struggling with an ankle injury.[13][14][10][3][9]

In March 2018 Carter signed with the Hapoel Bank Yahav Jerusalem basketball club.[9]

As of 2020, he plays for Hapoel Eilat of the Israel Basketball Premier League.[15]

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