Cameron Carr, who started career at Tennessee, lands with Lakers after Knicks trade
Cameron Carr’s winding path to the NBA took one a few turns during the first round of the draft on June 23.
Carr picked up a New York Knicks hat before shaking NBA commissioner Adam Silver’s hand on stage. The former Tennessee basketball guard was selected with the No. 24 pick by the Knicks before being traded to the Los Angeles Lakers.
The Knicks acquired the 25th pick along with cash considerations.
Carr averaged 18.9 points, 5.8 rebounds and 2.6 assists per game at Baylor during the 2025-26 season, earning All-Big 12 Third Team honors and setting the program’s single-season sophomore scoring record with 642 points.
Carr departed Tennessee midseason in December 2024, averaging 2.3 points in 18 career games. Tennessee coach Rick Barnes said at the time that Carr had given no warning before leaving.
“He just walked out,” Barnes said after Carr made his announcement prior to a game on Dec. 23, 2024 against Middle Tennessee State.
Carr wrote on Instagram following his departure that he was pursuing a fresh start.
“I have nothing but love for Coach Barnes, the Tennessee staff and Vol Nation,” Carr wrote Jan. 23, 2025.
He delivered on that fresh start for Baylor.
In Los Angeles, Carr will join former teammate Dalton Knecht, the 2024 SEC Player of the Year the Lakers selected 17th overall in 2024.
Carr is the son of Chris Carr, who played six NBA seasons and finished runner-up to Kobe Bryant in the 1997 Slam Dunk Contest.
This article originally appeared on Knoxville News Sentinel: Cameron Carr, who started career at Tennessee, drafted by Knicks, traded to Lakers
