Finn Patrick King Delany (born 12 August 1995) is a New Zealand professional basketball player for Telekom Baskets Bonn of the German Basketball Bundesliga and the Basketball Champions League. He played college basketball for the Southwest Baptist Bearcats.
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Position | Forward | |||||||||||||
League | Basketball Bundesliga Basketball Champions League | |||||||||||||
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Born | (1995-08-12) 12 August 1995 (age 27) Nelson, New Zealand | |||||||||||||
Nationality | New Zealander | |||||||||||||
Listed height | 2.00 m (6 ft 7 in) | |||||||||||||
Listed weight | 107 kg (236 lb) | |||||||||||||
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High school | Nelson College | |||||||||||||
College | Southwest Baptist (2014–2015) | |||||||||||||
NBA draft | 2016 / Undrafted | |||||||||||||
Playing career | 2013–present | |||||||||||||
Career history | ||||||||||||||
2013–2018 | Nelson Giants | |||||||||||||
2015–2022 | New Zealand Breakers | |||||||||||||
2019 | FMP | |||||||||||||
2022–present | Telekom Baskets Bonn | |||||||||||||
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On 12 July 2022, Delany signed with Telekom Baskets Bonn of the German Basketball Bundesliga and the Basketball Champions League.[1]
Finn Delany has played for the New Zealand Breakers of the Australian NBL since 2015. In 2021 he averaged 16.2 points, 6.8 rebounds and 2.2 assists per game while shooting 46% from the floor[2] and was consequently named to the All-NBL Second Team.
Year | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG |
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2020-21 | 33.49 | 46 | 34 | 83 | 6.8 | 2.2 | 0.56 | 0.33 | 16.22 |
2019-20 | 29.31 | 47 | 40 | 81 | 6 | 2 | 0.55 | 0.35 | 12.35 |
2018-19 | 14.95 | 57 | 39 | 69 | 2.76 | 1.32 | 0.28 | 0.08 | 8.04 |
2017-18 | 14.96 | 50 | 22 | 66 | 3.36 | 0.82 | 0.36 | 0.18 | 5.18 |
2016-17 | 8.92 | 53 | 47 | 74 | 2.24 | 0.52 | 0.16 | 0.04 | 3.24 |
2015-16 | 2.33 | 0 | 0 | - | 1 | 0.33 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
In July 2019, Delany joined the Dallas Mavericks for the 2019 NBA Summer League.[3] He averaged 6.3 points, 2 rebounds and 1.3 assists in 10 minutes per game.
In February 2019, Delany signed a contract with Serbian team KK FMP Belgrade for the rest of the 2018–19 season.[4][5][6] His best showing for the club came against EuroLeague team KK Crvena Zvezda on 4 May 2019 when he had 18 points, 4 rebounds and 3 assists on 89% field goal shooting.[7]
Finn Delany first played for his hometown Nelson Giants in the 2013 New Zealand NBL season when he was still at high school. He continued playing for the team until 2018 when he averaged 19.9 points, 7.7 rebounds and 2.5 assists on 57% field goal shooting[8] and was named the league's best forward, the leagues best local forward/centre and to the All-Star Five.
Delany was a member of the New Zealand national team that won 4th place at the 2017 FIBA Asia Cup in Beirut, Lebanon. Over six tournament games, he averaged 12.7 points, 7.0 rebounds and 0.8 assists per game.[9] He was a Tall Blacks member who won the bronze medal at the 2018 Commonwealth Games.[10]
In November 2017, 2018, and February 2019, Delany represented the Tall Blacks during the 2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup qualifiers. Over nine qualifiers games, he averaged 7.2 points, 3.8 rebounds and 1.1 assists per game.[11]
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