Tony Delk

Tony Delk

Delk as part of John Calipari's staff
Personal information
Born (1974-01-28) January 28, 1974
Covington, Tennessee
Nationality American
Listed height 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
Listed weight 189 lb (86 kg)
Career information
High school Haywood (Brownsville, Tennessee)
College Kentucky (1992–1996)
NBA draft 1996 / Round: 1 / Pick: 16th overall
Selected by the Charlotte Hornets
Playing career 1996–2008
Position Point guard / Shooting guard
Number 00, 28, 7
Career history
As player:
1996–1997 Charlotte Hornets
1997–1999 Golden State Warriors
1999–2000 Sacramento Kings
2000–2002 Phoenix Suns
2002–2003 Boston Celtics
2003–2004 Dallas Mavericks
2004–2006 Atlanta Hawks
2006 Detroit Pistons
2006–2007 Panathinaikos
2008 Carolina Giants
As coach:
2009–2011 Kentucky (asst.)
2011–2013 New Mexico State (asst.)
Career highlights and awards
Career NBA statistics
Points 4,957 (9.1 ppg)
Rebounds 1,351 (2.5 rpg)
Assists 1,024 (1.9 apg)
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com

Tony Lorenzo Delk (born January 28, 1974) is an American former professional basketball player and former college assistant coach, most recently for the New Mexico State Aggies men's basketball team. He was team leader of the 1996 University of Kentucky Wildcats team that won the 1996 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Championship Game. After college, he played for seven NBA teams over ten seasons.

High school

Delk attended Haywood Junior High School and Haywood High School in Brownsville, Tennessee. During his 1992 senior year of high school, Delk was named "Mr. Basketball" in the state of Tennessee (TSSAA Class 3A Mr.Basketball 1992) and also to the Parade and McDonald's All-American Teams.

College career

A jersey honoring Delk hangs in Rupp Arena.

As a sophomore at Kentucky, Delk was voted All-SEC 2nd Team by the coaches and All-SEC 3rd Team by the Associated Press, while also making the All-SEC Tournament Team for his outstanding play. Delk was named to the All-SEC 1st and All-NCAA Regional teams during the 1994-95 season. In the 1995-96 season, Delk was named to the All-American and All-SEC first teams and was named NCAA Basketball Tournament Most Outstanding Player. He also received SEC Player of the Year honors during the season. Delk joined Omega Psi Phi Fraternity while at Kentucky.

College statistics

Season Games
Played 		Minutes FG FGA % 3Pt
FG 		3Pt
FGA 		% FT FTA % Def Off Total
Rebs 		Asst. St. BS F TO Total
Points
 PPG APG SPG RPG
1992-93 30 287 47 104 45.2 18 51 35.3 24 33 72.7 38 19 57 22 17 3 24 19 136 4.5 .73 .57 1.9
1993-94 34 970 200 440 45.5 95 254 37.4 69 108 63.9 111 42 153 59 64 21 70 59 564 16.6 1.7 1.9 4.5
1994-95 33 960 207 433 47.8 77 197 39.1 60 89 67.4 77 33 110 65 53 9 67 51 551 16.7 1.97 1.6 3.3
1995-96 36 947 229 464 49.4 93 210 44.3 88 110 80 97 53 150 64 67 13 72 64 639 17.8 1.8 1.9 4.2
Total 133 3164 683 1441 47.4 283 712 39.7 241 340 70.9 323 147 470 210 201 46 233 193 189014.21.61.53.5

Playing career

Delk (right) guarded by Andrei Kirilenko in 2006.

Tony Delk was picked 16th overall in the 1996 NBA Draft by the Charlotte Hornets. He was traded by the Hornets along with Muggsy Bogues to the Golden State Warriors for B. J. Armstrong on November 7, 1997, where he played for two seasons before signing with the Sacramento Kings on August 16, 1999. He appeared in 46 games in 1999-00, subsequently joining the Phoenix Suns on August 1, 2000.

In a January 2, 2001 overtime game against his former Kings team, he scored a career-high 53 points on 20-for-27 field goal shooting.[1] Delk was eventually dealt with Rodney Rogers to the Celtics, for Joe Johnson, Milt Palacio, and Randy Brown.[2]

Prior to 2004-05, after a year with the Dallas Mavericks, Delk was again traded, this time to the Atlanta Hawks, along with Antoine Walker, in a deal for Jason Terry and Alan Henderson. Delk lasted one and a half seasons with the Hawks before being waived on February 25, 2006, signing with the Detroit Pistons on March 1, where he backed up point guard Chauncey Billups.

Delk finished his NBA career with averages of 9.1 PPG, 2.5 RPG and 1.9 APG as he, in August 2006, signed a contract with the Greek basketball team, Panathinaikos, in Athens. He won the Greek Cup, the Greek Championship and the European Championship with Panathinaikos, but was released in May 2007, citing compatibility issues. He announced his retirement from professional basketball in November 2007. In 2008, nonetheless, he played three games for the Gigantes of Carolina in the BSN, the professional basketball league of Puerto Rico. He retired, once again, and served as a technical assistant with the same team.[3]

Coaching career

On April 16, 2009 it was announced that Delk would be returning to his alma mater along with his former college teammate Scott Padgett to serve on coach John Calipari's staff at the University of Kentucky.[4]

In July 2011, the New Mexico State Aggies basketball team hired him as an assistant coach to Marvin Menzies.[5]

In June 2013, Delk left the New Mexico State staff to pursue other opportunities closer to his family in Atlanta. [6]

Broadcasting career

In October 2014, the SEC Network announced Delk had been hired as an in-studio analyst and announcer for the upcoming college basketball season.[7]

Personal life

Tony Delk is the president of the Taylor Delk Sickle Cell Foundation. The foundation is named after his daughter, who has sickle-cell disease.[8]

References

  1. ↑ "Kings prevail in OT despite Delk's 53, Webber's ejection". CNN.com. Associated Press. January 3, 2001. Retrieved August 16, 2011.
  2. ↑ "Mavs get Walker from Celtics in five-player deal". The Boston Globe. Associated Press. October 20, 2003. Retrieved August 16, 2011.
  3. ↑ Rosa Rosa, Carlos (May 25, 2008). "La carrera tiene que terminar". El Nuevo Dia (in Spanish). Archived from the original on May 27, 2008.
  4. ↑ Calipari to hire former Wildcats Delk, Padgett
  5. ↑ "New Mexico St. hires former Wildcat Tony Delk as assistant". USA Today. Associated Press. July 4, 2011. Retrieved August 16, 2011.
  6. ↑ Groves, Jason (24 June 2013). "Menzies makes two staff changes". Las Cruces Sun-News. Retrieved 17 April 2014.
  7. ↑ . Former UK star Delk joins SEC Network crew. Retrieved October 20, 2014.
  8. ↑ About Us. Taylor Delk Sickle Cell Foundation. Retrieved on March 20, 2010.
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