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Finn Delany
New Zealand basketball player
Finn Delany (born 12 August 1995) is a New Zealand-Irish professional basketball player for Basket Zaragoza of the Liga ACB. He is also contracted with the New Zealand Breakers of the National Basketball League (NBL). He played college basketball for the Southwest Baptist Bearcats.
 Delany with Bonn in 2023 | |||||||||||||||
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| Position | Forward | ||||||||||||||
| League | Liga ACB | ||||||||||||||
| Personal information | |||||||||||||||
| Born | (1995-08-12) 12 August 1995 (age 28) Nelson, New Zealand | ||||||||||||||
| Nationality | New Zealand / Irish | ||||||||||||||
| Listed height | 200 cm (6 ft 7 in) | ||||||||||||||
| Listed weight | 106 kg (234 lb) | ||||||||||||||
| Career information | |||||||||||||||
| High school | Nelson College (Nelson, New Zealand) | ||||||||||||||
| 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 | ||||||||||||||
| 2022–2023 | Telekom Baskets Bonn | ||||||||||||||
| 2023–present | New Zealand Breakers | ||||||||||||||
| 2024–present | Basket Zaragoza | ||||||||||||||
| Career highlights and awards | |||||||||||||||
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Nelson Giants (2013–2018)
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[1] and was named the league's best forward, the league's best local forward/centre and to the All-Star Five.
FMP (2019)
In February 2019, Delany signed a contract with Serbian team FMP for the rest of the 2018–19 season.[2][3][4] His best showing for the club came against EuroLeague team Crvena zvezda on 4 May 2019 when he had 18 points, 4 rebounds and 3 assists on 89% field goal shooting.[5]
NBA Summer League (2019)
In July 2019, Delany joined the Dallas Mavericks for the 2019 NBA Summer League.[6] He averaged 6.3 points, 2 rebounds and 1.3 assists in 10 minutes per game.
New Zealand Breakers (2015–2022)
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[7] and was consequently named to the All-NBL Second Team.
Telekom Baskets Bonn (2022–2023)
On 12 July 2022, Delany signed with Telekom Baskets Bonn of the German Basketball Bundesliga and the Basketball Champions League.[8]
New Zealand Breakers and Basket Zaragoza (2023–present)
On 13 July 2023, Delany signed a two-year deal with the New Zealand Breakers.[9][10] His court time was limited in the 2023–24 NBL season due to a calf injury.[11]
On 7 March 2024, Delany signed with Basket Zaragoza of the Liga ACB for the rest of the 2023–24 season.[12]
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.[13] He was a Tall Blacks member who won the bronze medal at the 2018 Commonwealth Games.[14]
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.[15]
NBL
| Year | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
Delany is a dual national of New Zealand and Ireland.[16]
- "NZNBL: New Zealand National Basketball League". Retrieved 2 May 2022.
- "Finn Delany Heading to Serbia". nbl.com.au. Retrieved 28 April 2019.
- "SERBIA BOUND FINN DELANY PROMISES NO LET UP FROM TALL BLACKS IN WORLD CUP QUALIFIERS". nz.basketball. Archived from the original on 29 April 2019. Retrieved 28 April 2019.
- "Finn Delany confirms move to Serbian club FMP Belgrade after Tall Blacks games". stuff.co.nz. Retrieved 28 April 2019.
- "Finn Delany Game Logs, Southwest Baptist, NCAA Stats, International Stats, Events Stats, Awards – RealGM". basketball.realgm.com. Retrieved 2 May 2022.
- "Now that he's in NBA summer league training camp, Finn Delany is on top of the world". mavs.com. Retrieved 4 July 2019.
- "National Basketball League | NBL". National Basketball League | NBL. Retrieved 2 May 2022.
- "Unermüdlich, aggressiv und ein harter Arbeiter: Baskets verpflichten Finn Delany". telekom-baskets-bonn.de (in German). Retrieved 12 July 2022.
- "Breakers Announce Shock Return of Fan-Favourite for NBL24". nzbreakers.basketball. 13 July 2023. Retrieved 13 July 2023.
- Uluc, Olgun (12 July 2023). "Finn Delany signs 2 year deal with NZ Breakers". ESPN.com.au. Retrieved 13 July 2023.
- Reive, Christopher (10 January 2024). "NZ Breakers expect Finn Delany to miss a further three to five weeks with calf injury". nzherald.co.nz. Retrieved 11 January 2024.
- "PODERÍO, ENERGÍA Y POLIVALENCIA: LLEGA FINN DELANY". casademontzaragoza.es. 7 March 2024. Retrieved 8 March 2024.
- "2017 – #3 Finn DELANY Forward". fiba.basketball. Retrieved 28 April 2019.
- "Finn DELANY New Zealand BKB Basketball". results.gc2018.com. Retrieved 28 April 2019.
- "Finn DELANY 2019 FIBA WC asian qualifiers". fiba.basketball. Retrieved 28 April 2019.
- "Finn Delany". fiba.basketball. Retrieved 13 July 2023.
- Player Profile at realgm.com