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 (Greece)
2008	Carolina Giants (Puerto Rico)
As coach:
2009–2011	Kentucky (asst.)
2011–2013	New Mexico State (asst.)
Career highlights and awards
Euroleague champion (2007) NCAA champion (1996) Final Four Most Outstanding Player (1996) Consensus first-team All-American (1996) SEC player of the year (1996)
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

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	1890	14.2	1.6	1.5	3.5

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. Delk was eventually dealt with Rodney Rogers to the Celtics, for Joe Johnson, Milt Palacio, and Randy Brown.

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.

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.

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

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

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.

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.

External links

• Career statistics and player information from NBA.com and Basketball-Reference.com
• Career statistics and player information from WNBA.com and Basketball-Reference.com
• Tony Delk at Basketball-Reference.com
• Tennessee Secondary School Athletic Association "Mr. Basketball" List
• Taylor Delk Sickle Cell Foundation