Carlos Arroyo
The Navigator
Judgement in the fog, money, risk and the call others cannot make.
Carlos Arroyo is The Navigator because his entire career unfolded in hostile terrain. Undrafted, waived, traded mid-season, playing undiscovered from a small island, he charted his own course anyway, reading the systems of Sloan, Brown, and Riley and extracting growth from each.
“I knew my path was what's that one. I was thinking already ahead, like if I go here and I play and I do well colleges and everything — I thought since I was a kid, it was happening like step by step.”
“Every time I had the opportunity to represent Puerto Rico, I had all those things in mind — I got to prove to the NBA what I can do, I have to prove to the fans, and I wanted the doors to open for me worldwide.”
“Utah gave me patience on the floor, allowed me to see the game differently. You don't know how much you've grown until you start playing the season.”
Knuckleheads with Quentin Richardson & Darius Miles: “Carlos Arroyo”
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