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== Early years == |
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Milton-Jones was born in [[Riceboro, Georgia]] in 1974. |
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She attended [[Bradwell Institute]] in [[Hinesville, Georgia]], where she played [[high school basketball]] for the Bradwell Tigers. Milton-Jones graduated from Bradwell in 1993. |
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== College career == |
== College career == |
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Position | Forward | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
League | WNBA | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Born | Riceboro, Georgia | September 11, 1974|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Nationality | United States | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Listed height | 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Listed weight | 185 lb (84 kg) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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High school | Bradwell Institute | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
College | University of Florida | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
NBA draft | 1999: Supplemental round, 4th overall pick | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Selected by the Los Angeles Sparks | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Playing career | 1999–present | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Career history | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1999–2004 | Los Angeles Sparks | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2005–2007 | Washington Mystics | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2008–present | Los Angeles Sparks | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Career highlights and awards | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Stats at Basketball Reference | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Stats at Basketball Reference | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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DeLisha Milton-Jones (born September 11, 1974), née DeLisha Milton, is an American professional basketball player for the Los Angeles Sparks of the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA). Milton-Jones played college basketball for the University of Florida. In her twelve-season WNBA career, she has played for the Washington Mystics and Los Angeles Sparks (twice). She is a two-time Olympic gold medalist and a two-time WNBA champion, and has been selected to the WNBA All-Star Game three times.
Early years
Milton-Jones was born in Riceboro, Georgia in 1974. According to a DNA analysis, she descended, mainly, from Yoruba people and Hausa people of Nigeria. [1] She attended Bradwell Institute in Hinesville, Georgia, where she played high school basketball for the Bradwell Tigers. Milton-Jones graduated from Bradwell in 1993.
College career
Milton-Jones received an athletic scholarship to attend the University of Florida in Gainesville, Florida, where she played for the Florida Gators women's basketball team from 1993 to 1997. She was a four-year letterman, and led the Lady Gators to four NCAA Tournament appearances. As a senior in 1996–1997, she was recognized as an All-American by the Associated Press, Kodak and the Basketball Times; she was also the winner of the Wade Trophy, recognizing the best women's basketball player in NCAA Division I.
Milton-Jones was inducted into the University of Florida Athletic Hall of Fame as a "Gator Great" in 2007.[2][3]
Professional career
Milton-Jones is well known for the unusual length of her arms, which give her an eighty-four inch wingspan—typical of that of a seven-foot person. She was a member of the U.S. national women's basketball teams that won the gold medal at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia and the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, China,[4] as well as the U.S. women's teams that won world championships in 1998 and 2002.
In the WNBA, she played for the Los Angeles Sparks from 1999 to 2004. She was traded to the Washington Mystics in exchange for Chamique Holdsclaw and a first-round draft pick in the 2004 off-season. In 2003, she won the Euroleague Championship with team Ekaterinburg in Russia. In the 2005–2006 season, she won the Euroleague with Gambrinus Brno of the Czech Republic and for the season 2006–2007 she signed a two year contract with Ros Casares Valencia of Spain. During the 2008–2009 WNBA off-season, Milton-Jones played for Ros Casares Valencia in Spain.[5] for whom she also played during the 2007-08 off-season.[6]
She is a two-time WNBA champion and has been selected to the WNBA All Star Game multiple times. In her WNBA career, she has scored 3,944 career points (16th all-time). On April 22, 2008, Milton-Jones was reacquired by the Los Angeles Sparks in a trade for Taj McWilliams-Franklin.[7]
Coaching career
She became the second woman (after Ashley McElhiney) to coach a men's professional basketball team when, in 2005, she took over the ABA's Los Angeles Stars.
She appeared in the 2000 movie Love and Basketball as Delisha Milton. In her free time, she likes to relax by cooking, cleaning and playing tennis.
Europe
Awards and honors
Milton-Jones has received numerous awards and honors, some of which are listed below.
Gold Medals
- 2000 & 2008 Olympic Games
- 2007 Tournament of Americas
- 1998 & 2002 FIBA World Championship
- 2002 Opals World Challenge
- 1999 U.S. Olympic Cup
- 1997 World University Games
- 1994 U.S. Olympic Festival
Bronze Medal
- 2006 FIBA World Championship
Collegiate honors
- 1997 SEC Player of the Year
- 1997 State Farm Wade Trophy
- 1997 First-team All-American
- 1997 First-team All-Southeastern Conference
- 1996 First-team All-Southeastern Conference
- 1995 Second-team All-Southeastern Conference
- 1994 Southeastern Conference All-Freshman team
- SEC Player of the Week (February 27, 1995; December 15, 1996; January 5, 1997; January 26, 1997)
WNBA career statistics
GP | Games played | GS | Games started | MPG | Minutes per game | RPG | Rebounds per game |
APG | Assists per game | SPG | Steals per game | BPG | Blocks per game | PPG | Points per game |
TO | Turnovers per game | FG% | Field-goal percentage | 3P% | 3-point field-goal percentage | FT% | Free-throw percentage |
Bold | Career best | ° | League leader |
Regular season
Year | Team | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | TO | PPG |
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1999 | Los Angeles | 32 | 32 | 26.1 | .530 | .000 | .791 | 5.5 | 1.6 | 1.5 | 0.5 | 2.22 | 9.9 |
2000 | Los Angeles | 32 | 32 | 30.7 | .512 | .250 | .745 | 6.1 | 2.1 | 1.4 | 0.9 | 2.09 | 11.8 |
2001 | Los Angeles | 32 | 27 | 29.3 | .453 | .343 | .794 | 5.3 | 2.1 | 1.5 | 0.9 | 1.81 | 10.3 |
2002 | Los Angeles | 32 | 25 | 30.2 | .487 | .420 | .740 | 6.6 | 1.4 | 1.6 | 1.1 | 2.94 | 11.3 |
2003 | Los Angeles | 31 | 30 | 35.0 | .424 | .377 | .804 | 7.1 | 2.1 | 1.6 | 1.3 | 2.55 | 13.4 |
2004 | Los Angeles | 19 | 19 | 31.8 | .404 | .297 | .726 | 4.7 | 1.6 | 1.2 | 0.5 | 2.53 | 9.8 |
2005 | Washington | 33 | 30 | 32.4 | .417 | .328 | .798 | 5.2 | 1.8 | 1.7 | 0.5 | 2.27 | 11.9 |
2006 | Washington | 23 | 20 | 29.3 | .472 | .430 | .810 | 4.9 | 2.1 | 1.5 | 0.7 | 2.91 | 14.6 |
2007 | Washington | 34 | 34 | 33.6 | .349 | .235 | .845 | 6.4 | 1.6 | 1.5 | 1.1 | 3.56 | 13.4 |
2008 | Los Angeles | 31 | 31 | 32.8 | .480 | .358 | .774 | 6.3 | 2.4 | 1.1 | 0.6 | 3.09 | 13.9 |
2009 | Los Angeles | 33 | 33 | 31.6 | .401 | .293 | .757 | 4.8 | 2.2 | 1.2 | 0.2 | 2.24 | 10.2 |
2010 | Los Angeles | 34 | 34 | 32.2 | .470 | .317 | .866 | 4.7 | 2.5 | 1.1 | 0.6 | 2.82 | 15.4 |
2011 | Los Angeles | 34 | 34 | 26.2 | .462 | .352 | .831 | 4.6 | 2.0 | 0.9 | 0.4 | 2.44 | 11.7 |
Career | 13 years, 2 teams | 401 | 381 | 30.8 | .446 | .332 | .795 | 5.6 | 2.0 | 1.4 | 0.7 | 2.57 | 12.1 |
Postseason
Year | Team | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | TO | PPG |
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1999 | Los Angeles | 4 | 4 | 31.8 | .450 | .000 | .429 | 5.3 | 2.5 | 1.8 | 1.5 | 1.25 | 9.8 |
2000 | Los Angeles | 4 | 4 | 34.0 | .541 | .000 | .833 | 5.5 | 3.0 | 1.5 | 0.5 | 2.50 | 12.5 |
2001 | Los Angeles | 7 | 7 | 32.3 | .547 | .375 | .684 | 6.3 | 2.9 | 1.0 | 1.4 | 1.57 | 12.3 |
2002 | Los Angeles | 6 | 3 | 34.0 | .450 | .563 | .938 | 6.8 | 1.3 | 1.7 | 1.5 | 1.83 | 13.0 |
2003 | Los Angeles | 9 | 9 | 37.6 | .443 | .556 | .771 | 6.3 | 2.8 | 1.9 | 1.4 | 2.22 | 14.6 |
2006 | Washington | 2 | 2 | 34.5 | .379 | .444 | 1.000 | 9.0 | 2.5 | 1.5 | 0.5 | 3.00 | 14.0 |
2008 | Los Angeles | 6 | 6 | 34.3 | .407 | .357 | .733 | 6.0 | 1.8 | 1.3 | 0.7 | 2.17 | 10.7 |
2009 | Los Angeles | 6 | 6 | 31.7 | .351 | .308 | .625 | 5.8 | 2.5 | 1.7 | 0.2 | 2.17 | 9.0 |
2010 | Los Angeles | 2 | 2 | 35.5 | .360 | 1.000 | .500 | 8.5 | 1.0 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 2.50 | 10.5 |
Career | 9 years, 2 teams | 46 | 43 | 34.0 | .442 | .456 | .738 | 6.3 | 2.3 | 1.5 | 1.0 | 2.04 | 12.0 |
See also
- Florida Gators
- List of Florida Gators basketball players
- List of multiple Olympic gold medalists
- List of Olympic medalists in basketball
- List of University of Florida alumni
- List of University of Florida Olympians
References
- ^ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e5UtsdBCSyU DeLisha Milton Jones Ancestry Reveal
- ^ F Club, Hall of Fame, Gator Greats. Retrieved July 21, 2011.
- ^ "Nine Members Inducted Into University of Florida Athletics Hall of Fame," GatorZone.com (April 13, 2007). Retrieved July 21, 2011.
- ^ Sports-Reference.com, Olympic Sports, Athletes, DeLisha Milton-Jones. Retrieved September 12, 2011.
- ^ Offseason 2008-09: Overseas Roster
- ^ Offseason 2007-08: Overseas Roster
- ^ Milton-Jones traded back to the Sparks for McWilliams-Franklin
External links
- WNBA player profile of Delisha Milton-Jones
- USA basketball bio of Delisha Milton-Jones
- WNBA mini-interview with Delisha Milton-Jones
- 1974 births
- Living people
- African-American basketball coaches
- African-American basketball players
- American Basketball Association (2000–present) coaches
- American expatriate basketball people in Spain
- American women's basketball players
- Basketball players at the 2000 Summer Olympics
- Basketball players at the 2008 Summer Olympics
- Basketball players from Georgia (U.S. state)
- Florida Gators women's basketball players
- Los Angeles Sparks players
- Olympic basketball players of the United States
- Olympic gold medalists for the United States
- Olympic medalists in basketball
- People from Liberty County, Georgia
- Portland Power players
- Small forwards
- Washington Mystics players