| Finn Delany | |
| Position: | Forward |
| Height Cm: | 200 |
| Weight Kg: | 106 |
| Team: | Free Agent |
| Birth Date: | 12 August 1995 |
| Birth Place: | Nelson, New Zealand |
| Nationality: | New Zealand / Irish |
| High School: | Nelson College (Nelson, New Zealand) |
| College: | Southwest Baptist (2014–2015) |
| Draft Year: | 2016 |
| Career Start: | 2013 |
| Years1: | 2013–2018 |
| Team1: | Nelson Giants |
| Years2: | 2015–2022 |
| Team2: | New Zealand Breakers |
| Years3: | 2019 |
| Team3: | FMP |
| Years4: | 2022–2023 |
| Team4: | Telekom Baskets Bonn |
| Years5: | 2023–2024 |
| Team5: | New Zealand Breakers |
| Years6: | 2024 |
| Team6: | Basket Zaragoza |
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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.
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.
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]
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.
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.
On 12 July 2022, Delany signed with Telekom Baskets Bonn of the German Basketball Bundesliga and the Basketball Champions League.[8]
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]
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]
| 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.[17]