Players
Finn Delany
Finn Delany
2023 Averages
(New Zealand Breakers)
8.8
PPG
0.9
APG
3.5
RPG
40
FG%
Biography
The star New Zealand forward makes his return to the Breakers in the NBL after a season playing in Germany and fresh off being part of the FIBA World Cup campaign with the Tall Blacks.
Having grown up in Nelson, started playing with the Nelson Giants of the NZ NBL as a 17-year-old in 2013, before spending a year in college at Southwest Baptist University where he put up 7.9 points and 3.5 rebounds.
Following that season, returned home and joined the Breakers for the first time as a development player in the 2015/16 season and continued to improve and grow, and earn more opportunities up until being a genuine star of the NBL by 2020/21.
He averaged 16.2 points, 6.8 rebounds and 2.2 assists that season with the Breakers, as one of the toughest and most consistent and versatile forwards in the competition.
Was named to the All-NBL Second Team on the back of that, but found the going a little tougher in NBL22 and then decided to try his luck in Turkey playing with Telekom Baskets Bonn in 2022/23.
Won the Basketball Champions League while there, before being part of the Tall Black FIBA World Cup campaign in 2023. He averaged 16.4 rebounds, 6.6 rebounds and 2.2 assists a game while shooting the three ball at 44.4 per cent.
Now returns to the Breakers to add to his 163-game NBL career and reassert himself as one of the standout forwards of the league.