Kelly McCarty
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Personal information | |
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Born | Chicago, Illinois |
August 24, 1975
Nationality | American / Russian |
Listed height | 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) |
Listed weight | 235 lb (107 kg) |
Career information | |
High school | Quitman (Quitman, Mississippi) |
College | Southern Miss (1994–1998) |
NBA draft | 1998 / Undrafted |
Playing career | 1999–2013 |
Position | Small forward / Shooting guard |
Career history | |
1999 | Denver Nuggets |
1999–2001 | Maccabi Raanana |
2001 | Oklahoma Storm |
2001–2003 | Maccabi Giv'at Shmuel |
2003–2004 | Maccabi Rishon LeZion |
2004 | Hapoel Jerusalem |
2004–2006 | Dynamo Saint Petersburg |
2006–2010 | Khimki Moscow Region |
2010–2013 | UNICS Kazan |
Career highlights and awards | |
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Kelly Deshawn McCarty (born August 24, 1975 in Chicago, Illinois) is a naturalized Russian former professional basketball player, originally from the United States. He represented Russia internationally. At 2.01 m (6'7") 235 lbs., he played at both the shooting guard and small forward positions. His primary position was small forward.
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College career
McCarty played college basketball at the University of Southern Mississippi, with the Southern Miss Golden Eagles, leading the college team in scoring and rebounding during his senior year, in 1997-98.
Professional career
After playing in just 2 regular season games for the Denver Nuggets of the NBA in 1999, McCarty went on to play in Israel, spending 5 seasons there - at first with Maccabi Raanana. He then signed with the Israeli Super League club Hapoel Jerusalem, and with them he won the ULEB Cup in the 2003-04 season, being voted the Finals MVP. The next year, in the 2004-05 season, he moved to the Russian Superleague A club Dynamo Saint Petersburg, and without losing a single game in the FIBA Europe League competition, his team won the championship, and he was elected the Final Four MVP. He spent the last years of his career playing in Russia.
Russian national team
McCarty also played for the senior men's Russian national basketball team at FIBA EuroBasket 2009.
Club honors
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(3) - 2007-08, 2008-09, 2009-10;
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(3) - 2005-06, 2006-07, 2010-11;
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(1) - 1999-00;
External links
Media related to Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. at Wikimedia Commons
- NBA.com Profile
- Kelly McCarty at Basketball-Reference.com
- Euroleague.net Profile
- FIBA.com Profile
- FIBA Europe Profile
- Eurobasket.com Profile
- Russian League Profile
- 1975 births
- Living people
- American emigrants to Russia
- American expatriate basketball people in Israel
- American expatriate basketball people in Russia
- Basketball players from Illinois
- BC Dynamo Saint Petersburg players
- BC Khimki players
- BC UNICS players
- Denver Nuggets players
- Hapoel Jerusalem B.C. players
- Israeli Basketball Super League players
- Maccabi Givat Shmuel players
- Maccabi Ra'anana players
- Maccabi Rishon LeZion basketball players
- Naturalised citizens of Russia
- People from Clarke County, Mississippi
- Russian basketball players
- Shooting guards
- Small forwards
- Southern Miss Golden Eagles basketball players
- Sportspeople from Chicago, Illinois
- Undrafted National Basketball Association players
- American men's basketball players