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Carr wreck: The summer of Tony Carr and its effect on Penn State basketball | Opinion

Former Penn State men's basketball player Tony Carr is leaving his mark on the program even after departing for the NBA.

Courtesy of New Orleans Pelicans/Layne Murdoch, Jr.

The worst part about a climb is the inevitable descent. Eventually you have to come down.

With reports of Tony Carr’s signing by the Italian club Fiat Torino, the first Penn State basketball player to be drafted since 1999 had his climb to the NBA come to a screeching halt today, and with it, any momentum that Pat Chambers and his Nittany Lion program could have hoped to gain from the ordeal.