Kelly McCarty

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

Kelly McCarty
Personal information

Born	(1975-08-24) August 24, 1975 Chicago, Illinois
Nationality	American / Russian
Listed height	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)
Listed weight	235 lb (107 kg)
Career information
High school	Quitman (Quitman, Mississippi)
College	Southern Miss (1994–1998)
NBA draft	1998 / Undrafted
Playing career	1999–2013
Position	Small forward / Shooting guard
Career history
1999	Denver Nuggets
1999–2001	Maccabi Raanana
2001	Oklahoma Storm
2001–2003	Maccabi Giv'at Shmuel
2003–2004	Maccabi Rishon LeZion
2004	Hapoel Jerusalem
2004–2006	Dynamo Saint Petersburg
2006–2010	Khimki Moscow Region
2010–2013	UNICS Kazan
Career highlights and 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 former professional basketball player, originally from the United States. He represented the senior men's Russian national basketball team internationally. At 2.01 m (6'7") 235 lbs., he played at both the shooting guard and small forward positions. His primary position was small forward.

College career

McCarty played college basketball at the University of Southern Mississippi, with the Southern Miss Golden Eagles, leading the college team in scoring and rebounding during his senior year, in 1997-98.

After playing in just 2 regular season games for the Denver Nuggets of the NBA in 1999, McCarty went on to play in Israel, spending 5 seasons there - at first with Maccabi Raanana. He then signed with the Israeli Premier League club Hapoel Jerusalem, and with them he won the ULEB Cup in the 2003-04 season, being voted the ULEB Cup Finals MVP. The next year, in the 2004-05 season, he moved to the Russian Super League 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 of that tournament. He spent the last years of his career playing in Russia.

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ULEB Cup and EuroCup Finals MVP

2003: Tomašević 2004: McCarty 2005: Javtokas 2006: Douglas 2007: Smith 2008: Fernández 2009: Petravičius 2010: Nielsen 2011: Popović 2012: Planinić 2013: Hendrix 2014: Doellman 2015: Rice 2016: Lasme

FIBA EuroChallenge Final Four MVP

2004: Müürsepp 2005: McCarty 2006: Fernández 2007: McDonald 2008: Gustas 2009: Langford 2010: Rochestie 2011: Ikonić 2012: Mensah-Bonsu 2013: Simmons 2014: Cinciarini 2015: Shuler

Russia squad – EuroBasket 2009 – 7th place

4 Vorontsevich 5 Kurbanov 6 Bykov 7 Fridzon 8 McCarty 9 Sokolov 10 Dmitriev 11 Vyaltsev 12 Monia 13 Ponkrashov 14 Zozulin 15 Mozgov Coach: Blatt

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