Tony Delk (born January 28, 1974 in Covington, Tennessee) is a professional basketball player in the NBA and was team leader of the University of Kentucky Wildcats 1996 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Championship. In the 1995-96 season Delk was named to the All-American and All-SEC 1st Teams as well as named NCAA Final Four and NCAA Regional Most Outstanding Player. Also during the season he received SEC Player of the Year honors. Prior to the 1995-96 season he was named to the All-SEC 1st and All-NCAA Regional teams during the 1994-95 campaign. As a sophomore in the 1993-94 season Delk was voted All-SEC 2nd Team by the coaches and All-SEC 3rd Team by the AP while also making the All-SEC Tournament Team for his outstanding play. During his 1992 senior year of high school Delk was named Mr. Basketball in the state of Tennessee and also to the Parade and McDonald's All-American Teams.
After playing for the University of Kentucky Delk was picked 16th overall in the 1996 NBA Draft by the Charlotte Hornets. He was traded by the Hornets along with Muggsy Bogues to the Golden State Warriors for B.J. Armstrong on November 7, 1997 where he played for two seasons before signing with the Sacramento Kings on August 16, 1999. There he played one season before signing with the Phoenix Suns on August 1, 2000. In a January 2, 2001 overtime game against his former Kings team, he scored a career-high 53 points on 20-for-27 field goal shooting.
On February 25, 2006, Delk was released by the Atlanta Hawks, which led to his signing by the Detroit Pistons on March 1st. He is the uncle of current Mississippi State University basketball-playing twins Richard and Reginald Delk.
Member of Omega Psi Phi Fraternity, Inc.
