Finn Delany

Finn Delany
	Delany with Bonn in 2023
Free Agent
Position	Forward
Personal information
Born	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
2023–2024	New Zealand Breakers
2024	Basket Zaragoza
Career highlights and awards
	Champions League champion (2023); All-NBL Second Team (2021); NZNBL Most Outstanding Forward (2018); NZNBL Most Outstanding Kiwi Forward/Centre (2018); NZNBL All-Star Five (2018);
Men's Basketball
Representing New Zealand
Commonwealth Games

Finn Delany (born 12 August 1995) is a New Zealand-Irish professional basketball player who last played for Basket Zaragoza of the Liga ACB. He played college basketball for the Southwest Baptist Bearcats.

Professional career

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 (2023–2024)

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] He parted ways with the Breakers after one season.^[12]

On 7 March 2024, Delany signed with Basket Zaragoza of the Liga ACB for the rest of the 2023–24 season.^[13]

National team career

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.^[14] He was a Tall Blacks member who won the bronze medal at the 2018 Commonwealth Games.^[15]

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.^[16]

Career statistics

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