Kelly McCarty

For the 1991 Miss USA pageant winner, see Kelli McCarty.

Kelly McCarty

Position	Small Forward Shooting Guard
Height	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)
Weight	235 lb (107 kg)
League	VTB United League Euroleague
Team	UNICS Kazan
Number	21
Born	August 24, 1975 (1975-08-24) Chicago, Illinois, USA
Nationality	American/Russian
High school	Quitman High school, Quitman, Mississippi
College	University of Southern Mississippi
Draft	Undrafted, 1998
Pro career	1999–present
Career history	Denver Nuggets (1999) Maccabi Raanana (1999-01) Oklahoma Storm (2001) Maccabi Giv'at Shmuel (2001-03) Maccabi Rishon LeZion (2003-04) Hapoel Jerusalem (2004) Dynamo Saint Petersburg (2004-06) Khimki Moscow Region (2006-10)
Awards	ULEB cup Finals MVP 2004 FIBA Europe League Final Four MVP 2005

Kelly Deshawn McCarty (born August 24, 1975 in Chicago, Illinois) is a naturalized Russian professional basketball player, originally from the United States (represents Russia internationally). He currently plays with UNICS Kazan of the VTB United League.

Pro career

The 2.01 m (6'7") 235 lb. guard-forward was a graduate of the University of Southern Mississippi leading the college team in scoring and rebounding during his senior year in 1997-98. After playing just 2 regular season games for Denver Nuggets of the NBA in 1999 he went on to play in Israel spending there 5 seasons - at first, with Maccabi Raanana. He then signed with the Israeli Super League club Hapoel Jerusalem and won with them the ULEB Cup in the 2003-04 season, being voted the Finals MVP. The next year, in the 2004-05 season, he moved to the Russian Superleague A club Dynamo Saint Petersburg, and without losing a single game in the FIBA Europe League competition, his team won the championship and he was elected the Final Four MVP.

Club Honors

• ULEB Eurocup:

- (2) - 2003/04, 2010/11;

- (1) - 2008/09;

• FIBA Europe League:

- (1) - 2004/05;

• Russian Championship:

- 2 ! (3) - 2007/08, 2008/09, 2009/10;

- 3 ! (3) - 2005/06, 2006/07, 2010/11;

• Russian Basketball Cup:

- (1) - 2008;

• Israeli Super League

- 2 ! (1) - 1999/00;

• Israeli Cup:

- (1) - 2003, 2004;

Russian national team

McCarty has also been a member of the senior Russian national basketball team, and he played at the EuroBasket 2009.

External links

Media related to Kelly McCarty at Wikimedia Commons

• NBA.com Profile
• Kelly McCarty at Basketball-Reference.com
• Euroleague.net Profile
• United League Profile
• Russian League Profile
• FIBA Europe Profile