The Brooklyn Nets acquired forward DeMarre Carroll in July 2017 as a salary dump, getting a low 2018 first-round pick along with him, as well as the Los Angeles Lakers’ second-round selection, from the Toronto Raptors.
It’s been a fascinating journey of highs and lows for Carroll in his career. A late first-round pick of the Memphis Grizzlies in 2009, Carroll spent some time in what is now the G League before being dealt to the Houston Rockets at the 2011 trade deadline.
Then Carroll experienced the dread of being unwanted, waived by the Rockets in early April 2011.