| Position | Shooting guard |
|---|---|
| Height | 6 ft 1 in (1. The Shooting guard ( SG) also known as the two or off guard, is one of five traditional positions on a Basketball team A foot (plural feet or foot; symbol or abbreviation ft or sometimes &prime – the prime symbol) is a non-SI unit Inches redirects here To see the Les Savy Fav album see Inches. 85 m) |
| Weight | 189 lb (86 kg) |
| Born | January 28, 1974 Covington, Tennessee |
| Nationality | USA |
| College | Kentucky |
| Draft | 16th overall, 1996 Charlotte Hornets |
| Pro career | 1996–2007 |
| Former teams | Charlotte Hornets (1996–1997) Golden State Warriors (1997–1999) Sacramento Kings (1999–2000) Phoenix Suns (2000–2002) Boston Celtics (2002–2003) Dallas Mavericks (2003–2004) Atlanta Hawks (2004–2006) Detroit Pistons (2006) Panathinaikos (2006–2007) |
Tony Lorenzo Delk (born January 28, 1974 in Covington, Tennessee) is a former American professional basketball player. The metre or meter is a unit of Length. It is the basic unit of Length in the Metric system and in the International The pound or pound-mass (abbreviation lb, lbm, or sometimes in the United States #) is a unit of Mass Events 1077 - Walk to Canossa: The Excommunication of Henry IV Holy Roman Emperor is lifted Year 1974 ( MCMLXXIV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the 1974 Gregorian calendar. Covington is a city in Tipton County, Tennessee, United States. The University of Kentucky, also known as UK, is a public, Co-educational, University, and is also the state's land-grant university located The 1996 NBA Draft was the 54th draft in the National Basketball Association. The New Orleans Hornets are a professional Basketball team based in New Orleans Louisiana, United States. The Golden State Warriors are an American professional Basketball team based in Oakland, California. The Sacramento Kings are a professional Basketball team based in Sacramento California. The Phoenix Suns are a professional Basketball team based in Phoenix Arizona. The Boston Celtics are an American professional Basketball team based in Boston, Massachusetts, playing in the Atlantic Division of the The Dallas Mavericks (also known as the Mavs) are the professional Basketball team of the National Basketball Association based in Dallas Texas The Atlanta Hawks are an American professional Basketball team based in Atlanta Georgia. The Detroit Pistons are a team in the National Basketball Association based in the Detroit metropolitan area See also Panathinaikos Panathinaikos Basketball Club ( Greek name Κ Events 1077 - Walk to Canossa: The Excommunication of Henry IV Holy Roman Emperor is lifted Year 1974 ( MCMLXXIV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the 1974 Gregorian calendar. Covington is a city in Tipton County, Tennessee, United States. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the Basketball is a team Sport in which two teams of five active players each try to score points against one another by propelling a ball through a 10 feet (3 m He was team leader of the 1996 University of Kentucky Wildcats that won the 1996 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament. Year 1996 ( MCMXCVI) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display full 1996 Gregorian calendar) The University of Kentucky, also known as UK, is a public, Co-educational, University, and is also the state's land-grant university located The Kentucky Wildcats are the men's and women's athletic teams representing the University of Kentucky (UK a founding member of the Southeastern Conference The 1996 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament involved 64 schools playing in single-elimination play to determine the national champion of men's NCAA Division
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High school
Delk attended Haywood Junior High School and Haywood High School in Brownsville, Tennessee. Brownsville is a city in Haywood County, Tennessee, United States. During his 1992 senior year of high school, Delk was named "Mr. Year 1992 ( MCMXCII) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1992 Gregorian calendar) High school is the name used in some parts of the world (in particular Scotland, North America and Australia) to describe an institution Basketball" in the state of Tennessee (TSSAA Class 3A Mr. Tennessee ( is a state located in the Southern United States. The Tennessee Secondary School Athletic Association or TSSAA is an organization which administers junior and senior high sporting events in the American state of Basketball 1992) and also to the Parade and McDonald's All-American Teams. For other uses of the word (with different case see Parade (disambiguation. The McDonald's All-American Team is named each year for boys' and girls' High school basketball.
College career
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. The Southeastern Conference (SEC is a College Athletic conference headquartered in Birmingham, Alabama, which operates in the southeastern The Associated Press ( AP) is an American News agency. The AP is a Cooperative owned by its contributing Newspapers radio Delk was named to the All-SEC 1st and All-NCAA Regional teams during the 1994-95 season. Year 1994 ( MCMXCIV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full 1994 Gregorian calendar) Year 1995 ( MCMXCV) was a Common year starting on Sunday. Events of 1995 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. An All-American "team" is an honorary Sports team composed of outstanding Amateur players those considered the best players of a specific season for At the conclusion of the NCAA men's and women's Division I Basketball championships (the "Final Four" tournaments the He also received SEC Player of the Year honors during the season. Delk joined Omega Psi Phi Fraternity while at Kentucky. Omega Psi Phi (ΩΨΦ is an international fraternity and was the first African-American national fraternal organization to be founded at a historically black Fraternities and sororities (from the Latin words la frater and la soror, meaning "brother" and "sister" respectively are fraternal
Professional career
Tony Delk was picked 16th overall in the 1996 NBA Draft by the Charlotte Hornets. The 1996 NBA Draft was the 54th draft in the National Basketball Association. The New Orleans Hornets are a professional Basketball team based in New Orleans Louisiana, United States. 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. Tyrone Curtis Bogues (born January 9 1965, in Baltimore Maryland) better known as Muggsy Bogues, is a retired American professional The Golden State Warriors are an American professional Basketball team based in Oakland, California. Benjamin Roy "BJ" Armstrong Jr (born September 9 1967 in Detroit Michigan) is a retired American professional Basketball Events 1492 - The Ensisheim Meteorite the oldest Meteorite with a known date of impact strikes the Earth around noon in a Wheat Year 1997 ( MCMXCVII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1997 Gregorian calendar The Sacramento Kings are a professional Basketball team based in Sacramento California. Events 1384 - The Hongwu Emperor of Ming China, Emperor Dong hears a case of a couple who tore paper money bills while fighting Year 1999 ( MCMXCIX) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1999 Gregorian calendar) He appeared in 46 games in 1999-00, subsequently joining the Phoenix Suns on August 1, 2000. The 1999–2000 NBA season was the 54th season of the National Basketball Association. The Phoenix Suns are a professional Basketball team based in Phoenix Arizona. Events 30 BC - Octavian (later known as Augustus enters Alexandria, Egypt, bringing it under the control of the Roman 2000 ( MM) was a Leap year that started on Saturday of the Common Era, in accordance with the Gregorian calendar.
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. Events 366 - The Alamanni cross the frozen Rhine River in large numbers invading the Roman Empire. Year 2001 ( MMI) was a Common year starting on Monday according to the Gregorian calendar. Overtime is an additional period of play specified under the rules of a Sport in order to bring the game to a decision and avoid declaring the contest a tie or draw Delk was eventually dealt with Rodney Rogers to the Celtics, for Joe Johnson, Milt Palacio and Randy Brown. Rodney Ray Rogers (born June 20, 1971, in Durham North Carolina) is a retired American Basketball player who last played power forward Joe Marcus Johnson (born June 29 1981) is a National Basketball Association player currently a member of the Atlanta Hawks of the Milton ( Milt) S Palacio (born February 7 1978) is an American professional Basketball player formerly in the NBA For other uses see Randy Brown (disambiguation. Randy Brown (born May 22, 1968, in Chicago, Illinois
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. The 2004–05 NBA season was the 59th season of the National Basketball Association (NBA The Dallas Mavericks (also known as the Mavs) are the professional Basketball team of the National Basketball Association based in Dallas Texas The Atlanta Hawks are an American professional Basketball team based in Atlanta Georgia. Antoine Devon Walker (born August 12 1976 in Chicago, Illinois, United States) is an American professional Basketball player with the Jason Eugene Terry (born September 15 1977) is an American professional Basketball player currently playing with the NBA 's Alan Lybrooks Henderson (born December 2 1972 in Morgantown West Virginia) is a former American professional Basketball player of the NBA Delk lasted 1 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. Events 138 - The Emperor Hadrian adopts Antoninus Pius, effectively making him his successor Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. The Detroit Pistons are a team in the National Basketball Association based in the Detroit metropolitan area Events 86 BC - Lucius Cornelius Sulla, at the head of a Roman Republic army enters in Athens, removing the Tyrant Chauncey Ray Billups (born September 25 1976 in Denver Colorado) is an American professional Basketball player
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. See also Panathinaikos Panathinaikos Basketball Club ( Greek name Κ Athens (ˈæθənz Αθήνα Athina,) the Capital and largest city of Greece, dominates the Attica periphery as one of the world's He won the Greek Cup, the Greek Championship and the European Championship with Panathinaikos, but was released in May 2007, citing compatibility issues. The Greek Basketball Cup or Hellenic Cup is an annual cup Competition, organized by the Greek Basketball Federation since 1976. A1 Ethniki 2006-07 season saw Panathinaikos finish both in first place in the regular season and win the championship via the playoff The Euroleague 2006-07 final was a Basketball game held in Greece, in Olympic Indoor Hall, Athens. 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 is currently a technical assistant with the same team. [1]
Personal life
Tony Delk is the uncle of current basketball-playing twins Richard and Reginald Delk. He also sponsors the Tony Delk Legends Game, a benefit for the Taylor Delk Sickle Cell Foundation. Sickle-cell disease or sickle-cell anaemia (or anemia) is a Blood disorder characterized by Red blood cells that assume an abnormal rigid
College stats for the University of Kentucky
| Season | Games Played | Minutes | FG | FGA | % | 3Pt FG | 3Pt FGA | % | FT | FTA | % | Def | Off | Total Rebs | Asst. | St. | BS | F | TO | Total Points |
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| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 1995-96 | 36 | 947 | 229 | 464 | 49. 4 | 93 | 210 | 44. 3 | 88 | 110 | 80 | 97 | 53 | 150 | 64 | 67 | 13 | 72 | 64 | 639 |
| Total | 133 | 3164 | 683 | 1441 | 47. 4 | 283 | 712 | 39. 7 | 241 | 340 | 70. 9 | 323 | 147 | 470 | 210 | 201 | 46 | 233 | 193 | 1890 |
External links
- Tony Delk Info Page at NBA. com
- Tennessee Secondary School Athletic Association "Mr. Basketball" List
| Preceded by Corliss Williamson | SEC Men's Basketball Player of the Year 1996 | Succeeded by Ron Mercer |
| Preceded by Ed O'Bannon | NCAA Basketball Tournament Most Outstanding Player (men's) 1996 | Succeeded by Miles Simon |
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