Tony Lorenzo Delk (born January 28, 1974) is an American former professional basketball player and college assistant coach. He last served as an assistant coach for the New Mexico State Aggies men's basketball team. During his playing days, he was team leader of the

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team that won the 1996 NCAA Championship Game. After college, he played for eight

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(NBA) teams over 10 seasons.

High school

Delk attended Haywood Junior High School and

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. During his 1992 senior year of

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, Delk was named "Mr. Basketball" in the state of

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Class 3A Mr.Basketball 1992) and also to the '' Parade'' and

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College career

As a sophomore at Kentucky, Delk was voted All- SEC 2nd Team by the coaches and All-SEC 3rd Team by the

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, 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

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n and All-SEC first teams and was named

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. He also received SEC Player of the Year honors during the season. Delk joined Omega Psi Phi Fraternity while at Kentucky.

College statistics

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Playing career

Tony Delk was picked 16th overall in the

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by the Charlotte Hornets. He was traded by the Hornets along with

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to the Golden State Warriors for

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on November 7, 1997, where he played for two seasons before signing with the

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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,

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game against the Kings, he scored a career-high 53 points on 20-for-27 field goal shooting. This was the only game of Delk's career in which he scored 30 or more points. Delk was eventually dealt with

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to the Celtics, for Joe Johnson,

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, and Randy Brown. On October 20, 2003, Delk was traded to the Dallas Mavericks, along with

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for Chris Mills, Jiří Welsch,

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, and a 2004 first-round pick. After a year with the Mavericks, Delk and Walker were again traded, in a deal for

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and

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. Delk lasted one and a half seasons with the Hawks before being waived on February 25, 2006, signing with the

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on March 1, where he backed up point guard

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. 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

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. He won the

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, the

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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 de Carolina in the BSN, the professional basketball league of

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. 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

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. 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

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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

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. Delk divorced from his former Spouse, Margie Delk, in 2007.

References

External links

Tennessee Secondary School Athletic Association "Mr. Basketball" List

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