Persistence pays off in DeMarre Carroll’s lengthy NBA career JACK PARODI/Missourian Source: MISSOURIAN REPORTING Through seven years and 10 teams, the former Missouri basketball star has become one of the league’s premier ‘3-and-D’ players — a combination of a 3-point shooting specialist and a lock-down defender. 2006-09 ROCKETS NUGGETS 2009-11 2011-13 2013-15 2015-17 2017-19 NEW 8 24 $ 10 Summer 2006 Transfers to Missouri from Vanderbilt March 2008 Wins Big 12 Newcomer of the Year award March 2009 Named to first- team All-Big 12 Conference March 2009 Pushes Tigers to NCAA Elite Eight March 2009 Helps Missouri win first ever Big 12 tournament title June 2009 Drafted 27th overall by Memphis Grizzlies 2010 to 2012 Injuries and time in D-League temporarily derail NBA career February 2014 Scores 24 points twice in three games 2012 to 2013 Given role as Utah’s sixth man August 2013 Signs contract with Hawks, earns role in starting five May 2015 Assigned to guard LeBron James in playoffs July 2015 Signs four-year, $58 million contract with Toronto Raptors 2018-19 Current season marks the veteran’s 10th year in the NBA