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Guard · 1989–92

Delaney Rudd

Backing up John Stockton required patience, and Delaney Rudd had plenty — three seasons as the Jazz's reserve point guard after a college career at Wake Forest and two years with PAOK in Greece. His moment came in Game 5 of the 1992 Western Conference Finals: with Stockton out with an eye injury and Utah trailing late, Rudd swished a 23-foot three-pointer that silenced the Portland crowd and forced overtime.

The North Carolina native kept playing long after Utah, spending six seasons with ASVEL in France from 1993 to 1999 — a working guard's career that stretched from the CBA to the French league.

HOW HE CAME & WENTUtah drafted him 83rd overall in 1985 and waived him in camp. He went to Greece, came back on a one-year deal in November 1989, and spent three seasons backing up John Stockton before the club declined his option in 1992.

Full name: Edward Delaney Rudd
Utah Jazz tenure: 1989–92
Position: Guard
Born: 1962, Halifax, North Carolina
Height: 6′2″ (188 cm)
Weight: 181 lb (82 kg)
College: Wake Forest
Drafted: undrafted

Signature in the archive 1990-91 1990 NBA Hoops basketball card

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With the Jazz

DELANEY RUDD · 1989–92 · PER GAME

SEASON	TEAM	G	MPG	PPG	RPG	APG	SPG	FG%	3P%	FT%
1989–90	UTA	77	11.0	3.5	0.7	2.3	0.3	.429	.286	.660
1990–91	UTA	82	10.7	4.0	0.8	2.6	0.4	.435	.279	.831
1991–92	UTA	65	8.3	3.0	0.8	1.7	0.2	.399	.234	.762
JAZZ TOTAL	3 SEASONS	224	10.1	3.5	0.8	2.2	0.3	.423	.268	.759

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DELANEY RUDD · 10 NOTES

Spent years in the Dutch and Italian leagues before making the NBA at 27.
On February 1, 1992 he entered with 2:48 left in overtime after Stockton fouled out and hit an 18-footer with 2.6 seconds to beat Phoenix 117-116.
On being a deep reserve: "If I'm going to play one minute a game, then I guess I've just got to play the best one minute I can."
His No. 4 hangs retired at the Astroballe in Lyon, next to French great Alain Gilles, after 167 games and six All-Star selections with ASVEL.
Spent 35 days in hospital with Covid in late 2020 and nearly died, losing his father the same year.
He grew up in Halifax, North Carolina, a village of roughly 350 people, and did not find basketball until he was eight.
He earned his way to Wake Forest by being named MVP at a Demon Deacons summer camp.
He ran the point for the 1984 Wake Forest team that reached the Elite Eight, with a freshman named Muggsy Bogues alongside him.
After the minor leagues went badly he left basketball altogether and went into business in Greensboro before trying Europe.
He owns the NC Basketball Academy in Greensboro, where his daughter Tierra, once a six-year-old camper, now helps him coach.