Kelly McCarty

{{Infobox basketball biography

| name = Kelly McCarty

| image = Kelly McCarty at all-star PBL game 2011.JPG

| image_size =

| caption = McCarty, in 2011.

| height_ft = 6

| height_in = 7

| weight_lbs = 235

| league = NBA G League

| team = Iowa Wolves

| position = Assistant coach

| nationality = American / Russian

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1975|8|24}}

| birth_place = Chicago, Illinois

| high_school = Quitman (Quitman, Mississippi)

| college = Southern Miss (1994–1998)

| draft_year = 1998

| career_start = 1999

| career_end = 2013

| career_number = 11, 21

| career_position = Small forward / shooting guard

| years1 = {{nbay|1998|end}}

| team1 = Denver Nuggets

| years2 = 1999–2001

| team2 = Maccabi Raanana

| years3 = 2001

| team3 = Oklahoma Storm

| years4 = 2001–2003

| team4 = Maccabi Giv'at Shmuel

| years5 = 2003–2004

| team5 = Maccabi Rishon LeZion

| years6 = 2004

| team6 = Hapoel Jerusalem

| years7 = 2004–2006

| team7 = BC Dynamo Saint Petersburg

| years8 = 2006–2010

| team8 = Khimki Moscow Region

| years9 = 2010–2013

| team9 = UNICS Kazan

| cyears1 = 2023–present

| cteam1 = Iowa Wolves (assistant)

| highlights =

2× EuroCup champion (2004, 2011)
EuroCup Finals MVP (2004)
2× All-EuroCup Team (2009, 2011)
FIBA EuroChallenge champion (2005)
FIBA EuroChallenge Final Four MVP (2005)
Russian Cup winner (2008)

| bbr = mccarke01

}}

Kelly Deshawn McCarty (born August 24, 1975) is a naturalized Russian[http://www.euroleague.net/competition/players/showplayer?clubcode=KHI&seasoncode=E2011&pcode=DHI#!careerstats McCARTY, KELLY NATIONALITY: RUSSIAN FEDERATION.][http://www.fibaeurope.com/compID_qMRZdYCZI6EoANOrUf9le2.season_2009.roundID_6328.playerID_34528.teamID_381.html KELLY MC CARTY RUSSIA Nationality RUS.][https://web.archive.org/web/20180519120855/http://archive.fiba.com/pages/eng/fa/p/rpp//q/Kelly%20MC%20CARTY/pid/34528/_//players.html Kelly MC CARTY (RUS).] former professional basketball player who is currently an assistant coach for the Iowa Wolves of the NBA G League. He represented the senior men's Russian national basketball team internationally. At {{convert|2.01|m|ftin|abbr=on}} {{convert|235|lb|kg}}, he played at both the shooting guard and small forward positions. His primary position was small forward.

High school

Born in Chicago, McCarty played high school basketball at Quitman High School, in Quitman, Mississippi.

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 Premier League club Hapoel Jerusalem, and with them he won the ULEB Cup (now called EuroCup) in the 2003–04 season, being voted the EuroCup Finals MVP.

The next year, in the 2004–05 season, he moved to the Russian Super League 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 of that tournament. He spent the last years of his career playing in Russia.

National team career

McCarty also played for the senior men's Russian national basketball team at EuroBasket 2009.[https://web.archive.org/web/20180519121608/http://archive.fiba.com/pages/eng/fa/player/p/pid/34528/sid/6328/tid/381/_/2009_EuroBasket_Final_Round/index.html Russia 8 - Kelly Mc Carty.]

Coaching career

On November 9, 2023, McCarty joined tne Iowa Wolves as an assistant coach.{{cite web|title=Iowa Wolves Announce 2023-24 Roster|url=https://iowa.gleague.nba.com/news/iowa-wolves-announce-2023-24-roster|website=NBA.com|date=November 9, 2023|access-date=December 6, 2023}}

Club honors

EuroCup:
Winner (2): 2003–04, 2010–11
Runner-up (1): 2008–09
FIBA Europe League:
Winner (1): 2004–05
Russian Championship:
Runner-up (3): 2007–08, 2008–09, 2009–10
Third place (3): 2005–06, 2006–07, 2010–11
Russian Cup:
Winner (1): 2008
Israeli Premier League
Runner-up (1): 1999–2000
Israeli Cup:
Runner-up (1): 2003, 2004

References

External links

{{Basketballstats |nba= 1820 |bbr= m/mccarke01 }}
[http://www.euroleague.net/competition/players/showplayer?clubcode=KHI&seasoncode=E2011&pcode=DHI#!careerstats Euroleague.net Profile]
[https://web.archive.org/web/20180519120855/http://archive.fiba.com/pages/eng/fa/p/rpp//q/Kelly%20MC%20CARTY/pid/34528/_//players.html FIBA.com Profile]
[http://www.fibaeurope.com/compID_qMRZdYCZI6EoANOrUf9le2.season_2009.roundID_6328.playerID_34528.teamID_381.html FIBA Europe Profile]
[http://basketball.eurobasket.com/player/Kelly_McCarty/Russia/Unics_Kazan/3896 Eurobasket.com Profile]
[http://www.pbleague.ru/en/players/88 Russian League Profile]

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Category:1975 births

Category:Living people

Category:American emigrants to Russia

Category:American expatriate basketball people in Israel

Category:American expatriate basketball people in Russia

Category:American men's basketball players

Category:BC Dynamo Saint Petersburg players

Category:BC Khimki players

Category:BC UNICS players