{{Short description|American basketball player}} {{Use mdy dates|date=July 2024}} {{Infobox basketball biography | name =
| image = | width = | caption = | height_ft = 6 | height_in = 8 | weight_lb = 220 | birth_date = {{birth date|1941|7|4}} | birth_place = West Plains, Missouri, U.S. | death_date = {{death date and age|2017|5|4|1941|7|4}} | death_place = Santa Barbara, California, U.S. | high_school = Sherman E. Burroughs<br/>(Ridgecrest, California) | college = Oregon State (1959–1962) | draft_year = 1962 | draft_round = 6 | draft_pick = 46 | draft_team = St. Louis Hawks | career_start = 1968 | career_end = 1969 | career_number = 52 | career_position = Power forward | years1 = {{nbay|1968|full=y}} | team1 = Los Angeles Lakers | bbr = cartyja01 }} '''Jay J. Carty Jr.''' (July 4, 1941 – May 4, 2017) was an American basketball player, public speaker, church consultant, and ministry leader.
He played collegiate basketball for Oregon State University, and was selected by the St. Louis Hawks in the 6th round (48th pick overall) of the 1962 NBA draft. He played for the Los Angeles Lakers (1968–69) in the National Basketball Association for 28 games.
Later, Carty worked in business in Oregon and Southern California.
Jay went on to a career in public speaking, founding "Yes! Ministries," speaking to thousands of youth and families across America. Jay authored many books, including books written with UCLA coach, John Wooden.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=http://www.jaycarty.com/about/|title=About Jay Carty|last=Kumar|first=Anugrah|website=Jay Carty|language=en|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180618052421/http://www.jaycarty.com/about/|archive-date=June 18, 2018|access-date=June 17, 2018|url-status=dead}}</ref>
In 2012, Carty was diagnosed with multiple myeloma. He died from this disease on May 4, 2017, aged 75.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.christianpost.com/news/former-nba-player-jay-carty-dies-heres-why-he-called-his-cancer-the-best-gift-god-ever-gave-me-182785/|title=Former NBA Player Jay Carty Dies; Here's Why He Called His Cancer 'The Best Gift God Ever Gave Me'|last=Kumar|first=Anugrah|date=May 6, 2017|website=The Christian Post|language=en|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=May 7, 2017}}</ref>
==Career statistics== {{NBA player statistics legend}}
===NBA=== Source<ref name=bbr>{{cite web|url=https://www.basketball-reference.com/players/c/cartyja01.html|title=Jay Carty NBA stats|website=Basketball Reference|publisher=Sports Reference LLC|accessdate=1 August 2024}}</ref>
====Regular season==== {| class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size:95%; text-align:right;" !Year !Team !GP !MPG !FG% !FT% !RPG !APG !PPG |- | style="text-align:left;"| {{nbay|1968}} | style="text-align:left;"| L.A. Lakers | 28 || 6.7 || .382 || .727 || 2.1 || .4 || 2.7 {{S-end}}
====Playoffs==== {| class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size:95%; text-align:right;" !Year !Team !GP !MPG !FG% !FT% !RPG !APG !PPG |- | style="text-align:left;"| 1969 | style="text-align:left;"| L.A. Lakers | 3 || 3.3 || .000 || .333 || .7 || .3 || .3 {{S-end}}
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== {{basketballstats|bbr=c/cartyja01|name=Jay Carty}} *[http://www.nba.com/historical/playerfile/index.html?player=jay_carty]
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