Ángel Delgado

Ángel Delgado
No. 26 – Los Angeles Clippers
Position Center
League NBA
Personal information
Born (1994-11-20) November 20, 1994
Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
Nationality Dominican
Listed height 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)
Listed weight 240 lb (109 kg)
Career information
High school The Patrick School
(Elizabeth, New Jersey)
College Seton Hall (2014–2018)
NBA draft 2018 / Undrafted
Playing career 2018–present
Career history
2018–present Los Angeles Clippers
2018–present →Agua Caliente Clippers
Career highlights and awards
Medals
Men's basketball
Representing  Dominican Republic
Centrobasket
2016 PanamaNational team

Ángel Luis Delgado Astacio (born November 20, 1994) is a Dominican professional basketball player for the Los Angeles Clippers of the National Basketball Association (NBA), on a two-way contract with the Agua Caliente Clippers of the NBA G League. He competed in college basketball for Seton Hall University. Delgado has also played on the Dominican national team.[1]

College career

Delgado committed to play college basketball with the Pirates of Seton Hall University on August 16, 2013, after receiving offers from Florida State, Fordham, Virginia, among others.[2] Delgado was elected Rookie of the Year of the Big East Conference in the 2014-15 season, after averaging 9.3 points and a conference-high 9.9 rebounds per game.[3]

In his junior year at Seton Hall, Delgado lead the NCAA in rebounds with 13.1 rebounds per game that season to go along with 15.2 points per game. He was one assist shy of a triple double in the Big East Tournament matchup versus Marquette.[4] He was named to the First Team All-Big East and led Seton Hall to a 21-12 overall mark and 10-8 record in the Big East. Delgado entered the 2017 NBA draft without an agent, although decided to return to Seton Hall for his senior year of college after not being invited to the NBA Combine.[5]

Delgado broke Derrick Coleman's record for most rebounds in the Big East with a 19-rebound performance against DePaul on January 27, 2018.[6] In his final game in college, a 83-79 loss to Kansas in the Round of 32 of the NCAA Tournament, he had 24 points and 23 rebounds.[7] As a senior, Delgado averaged 13.6 points, 11.8 rebounds and 2.8 assists per game. He won the Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Award for top center and Haggerty Award for top New York-area player. In his career at Seton Hall he pulled down 1,432 rebounds. He participated in the 2018 Portsmouth Invitational Tournament.[8]

Professional career

After being undrafted in the 2018 NBA draft, it was reported that Delgado would sign a two-way contract with the Los Angeles Clippers. For the 2018–19 season, he will split his playing time between the Clippers and their NBA G League affiliate, the Agua Caliente Clippers.[9]

National team career

Delgado represented the Dominican Republic at the 2016 Centrobasket, where he won a bronze medal. He averaged 12.5 points per game, 10th best in the tournament, and 7.5 rebounds per game, sixth best.[1] Delgado later played in the 2017 FIBA AmeriCup, appearing in three games and, averaging 8.7 points and 8.3 rebounds in 23.5 minutes per game.[9]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 "Delgado Leads Dominican Republic to CentroBasket Bronze". Seton Hall Pirates. June 27, 2016. Retrieved April 16, 2018.
  2. ↑ "Angel Delgado - Basketball Recruiting". ESPN. Retrieved April 16, 2018.
  3. ↑ "Angel Delgado Named Big East Rookie of the Year". Seton Hall Pirates. March 11, 2015. Retrieved April 16, 2018.
  4. ↑ Carino, Jerry (October 26, 2017). "Seton Hall basketball: Is Angel Delgado the nation's best big man? A closer look". Asbury Park Press. Retrieved April 16, 2018.
  5. ↑ "Seton Hall Angel Delgado withdraws from NBA draft". United Press International. May 27, 2017. Retrieved April 16, 2018.
  6. ↑ Carino, Jerry (January 28, 2018). "Seton Hall basketball: Angel Delgado breaks Big East rebounding record in romp of DePaul". Asbury Park Press. Retrieved April 16, 2018.
  7. ↑ "NCAA Tournament: Kansas holds off Seton Hall despite Angel Delgado's huge game". The Trentonian. Associated Press. March 17, 2018. Retrieved April 16, 2018.
  8. ↑ Carino, Jerry (April 6, 2018). "Seton Hall basketball: Angel Delgado wins Kareem Abdul-Jabbar award as nation's top center". Asbury Park Press. Retrieved April 16, 2018.
  9. 1 2 "Clippers sign Angel Delgado to two-way contract". Sportando. Retrieved July 7, 2018.
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