American professional basketball executive and former player
Dell Demps
Minnesota Timberwolves
Position
Front office assistant
League
NBA
Personal information
Born
(1970-02-12) February 12, 1970 (age 54) Long Beach, California, U.S.
Listed height
6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)
Listed weight
205 lb (93 kg)
Career information
High school
Mount Eden (Hayward, California)
College
Pacific (1988–1992)
NBA draft
1992: undrafted
Playing career
1992–2000
Position
Point guard / shooting guard
Number
20, 5
Coaching career
2001–2003, 2020–2022
Career history
As player:
1992
7-Up Uncolas
1992–1993
Yakima Sun Kings
1993
Oklahoma City Cavalry
1993
Rochester Renegade
1993
Golden State Warriors
1993–1994
Yakima Sun Kings
1994
Shell Rimula-X
1994
SLUC Nancy Basket
1994–1995
Yakima Sun Kings
1995–1996
San Antonio Spurs
1996
Orlando Magic
1996–1997
Yakima Sun Kings
1997
P.A.O.K.
1998
Yakima Sun Kings
1998–1999
Cibona Zagreb
1999–2000
Trenton Shooting Stars
2000
Galatasaray
As coach:
2001–2003
Mobile Revelers (assistant)
2020–2022
Utah Jazz (assistant)
Career highlights and awards
As player:
CBA champion (1995)
Croatian Cup winner (1999)
First-team All-Big West (1992)
No. 5 retired by Pacific Tigers
As assistant coach:
NBDL champion (2003)
Stats at NBA.com
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com
Delano Demps (born February 12, 1970) is an American professional basketball executive and former player who is a front office assistant for the Minnesota Timberwolves of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He previously served as an assistant coach for the Utah Jazz and the general manager of the New Orleans Hornets/Pelicans from 2010 to 2019.[1] Demps played in the NBA for the Golden State Warriors, San Antonio Spurs and Orlando Magic after a college basketball career with the Pacific Tigers.
He also played internationally in France, Greece, Croatia, Turkey and the Philippines. He played with Shell and 7-Up.[2]
^Demps officially Hornets’ new GM
^"Former PBA import Dell Demps out as Pelicans GM". Rappler. 16 February 2019. Retrieved 2021-01-19.
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