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Milwaukee Bucks | #55 | Guard

Delon

Wright

PPG

2.5

RPG

0.7

APG

1.0

PIE

3.6

HEIGHT

6'5" (1.96m)

WEIGHT

185lb (84kg)

COUNTRY

USA

LAST ATTENDED

Utah

AGE

32 years

BIRTHDATE

April 26, 1992

DRAFT

2015 R1 Pick 20

EXPERIENCE

9 Years

6'5" | 185lb | 32 years

DRAFT

2015 R1 Pick 20

BIRTHDATE

April 26, 1992

COUNTRY

USA

LAST ATTENDED

Utah

EXPERIENCE

9 Years

Player Bio

PROFESSIONAL CAREER

2023-24 (Washington Wizards/Miami Heat): Split the season between the Miami Heat and the Washington Wizards…appeared in 47 games (one start) and averaged 4.5 points (.394 FG%, .822 FT%), 2.5 assists, 1.8 rebounds, 1.15 steals and 15.8 minutes…missed 20 games (Nov. 12-Dec. 22) with a sprained left knee, one due to rest (vs. Toronto, Dec. 27) and was a DNP-CD on 13 occasions…scored in double figures three times…appeared in 14 games (one start) with the HEAT  and averaged 5.4 points (.394 FG%, .813 FT%), 2.6 assists, 1.9 rebounds, 1.36 steals and 20.4 minutes…topped the HEAT in steals five times and blocks twice…came off the bench in all 33 games in which he appeared with the Wizards and averaged 4.1 points (.393 FG%, .828 FT%), 2.5 assists, 1.8 rebounds, 1.06 steals and 13.8 minutes…topped the Wizards in steals seven times, assists five times and blocks twice…appeared in his 500th career game on Mar. 20 at Cleveland.

2022-23 (Washington Wizards): Saw action in 50 games (14 starts) for the Washington Wizards and averaged 7.4 points (.474 FG%, .867 FT%), 3.9 assists, 3.6 rebounds, 1.84 steals and 24.4 minutes…missed a total of 31 games due to injury/illness and one (Apr. 9) as a DNP-CD…sat out 29 games (Oct. 28-Dec. 22) with a right hamstring strain and two games (Apr. 4-5) due to a Non-COVID illness…led the Wizards in steals and finished second in assist-to-turnover ratio (career-high 4.41)…topped the Wizards in steals a team-high 32 times, assists 12 times and blocks six times…scored in double figures 13 times, including a pair of 20-point performances…handed out double-figure assists twice…scored his 3,000th career point on Jan. 1 at Milwaukee…recorded his 500th career steal on Jan. 9 vs. New Orleans…matched his career high with six steals on Mar. 4 vs. Toronto.

2021-22 (Atlanta Hawks): Appeared in a team-high 77 games (eight starts) for the Atlanta Hawks and averaged 4.4 points (.454 FG%, .857 FT%), 2.9 rebounds, 2.4 assists, 1.21 steals and 18.9 minutes…missed three games (Dec. 27-31) while in health and safety protocols and was a DNP-CD twice…ranked 30th in the NBA in steals per game…led the Hawks in steals and finished fourth in assists…topped the Hawks in assists on three occasions and in scoring and rebounding once each…set a single-season career high in games played…scored in double figures on six occasions, including one 20-point effort…appeared in his 400th career game on Mar. 20 vs. New Orleans.

PLAYOFF HISTORY … (41 games, 1 start) … 2024: Appeared in four games (one start) for the HEAT in their Opening Round series vs. Boston and averaged 8.0 points (.600 FG%, 1.000 FT%), 3.0 rebounds, 1.8 assists, 1.00 steals and 26.8 minutes…missed one game (Game 3 on Apr. 27) due to personal reasons…topped the HEAT in steals twice and blocks once…was Miami’s leading scorer off the bench once and also led the HEAT reserves in assists three times and in minutes and rebounds twice each…scored in double figures once…scored 17 points off the bench in Game 1 at Boston on Apr. 21 while setting postseason career highs in both three-point field goals made (5) and attempted (5)…his five fourth quarter treys in Game 1 set a HEAT individual record for three-pointers in a quarter and his five second half triples tied the franchise postseason record for threes in a half…made his first career postseason start in Game 5 at Boston on May 1 

BEFORE NBA

COLLEGE ... Spent two years each at the City College of San Francisco (2011-13) and the University of Utah (2013-15)…started all 68 games in which he appeared for the Utes and averaged 15.0 points (.535 FG%, .814 FT%), 5.8 rebounds, 5.2 assists, 2.28 steals, 1.13 blocks and 34.8 minutes…finished his career at Utah with 1,022 points, 397 rebounds, 352 assists, 155 steals and 77 blocks…left Utah among the Utes all-time leaders in minutes averaged (2nd), steals (3rd), assists (4th) and free throw percentage (10th)…as a senior in 2015 he was the recipient of the Bob Cousy Award, given to the nation’s top point guard…earned all-Pac 12 First Team and Pac-12 All-Defensive Team honors in both of his seasons with the Utes…his 82 steals as a junior in 2013-14 were two shy of Andre Miller’s single-season school high and his 73 steals as a senior in 2014-15 tied Miller for the third highest single-season total in school history…scored in double figures in 61 of his 68 games, including 15 games with 20-or-more points…was the recipient of the Tom Hansen Conference Medal which is awarded to each Pac-12 school’s outstanding senior male and female student-athlete based on the greatest combination of scholarship, athletics and leadership.