Carlos Delfino

Carlos Delfino is a 6’6” swingman who can play either the guard or forward position for the NBA’s Milwaukee Bucks. Delfino is originally from Santa Fe, Argentina and has been playing in the National Basketball Association since the 2004/05 season.

Delfino played his first three years with the Detroit Pistons before moving to the Toronto Raptors for a season and coming to the Milwaukee Bucks in the 2009/10 season.

Delfino began his professional basketball career playing in Argentina’s pro league for Olimpia Venado Tuerto, La Union and Skipper Bologna. Delfino was never much a high scorer but he was considered a good enough player to play his home country’s Olympic team in 2004. He helped Argentina win the gold medal in the Athens games.

While not married, Delfino does have a four year old daughter named Milagros who he spends a good deal of his spare time with.

A movie buff, Delfino says his favorite actors are Robert DeNiro and Al Pacino while his favorite movie is Scarface.http://www.nba.com/playerfile/carlos_delfino/bio.html

In the 2010 playoffs, the Milwaukee Bucks squared off against the Atlanta Hawks in the Eastern Conference Quarterfinals. The Bucks lost the first two games of the series but managed to rally for a three games to two lead, but could not close the series out and lost the final two games, being bounced from the playoffs in the first round.

Carlos Delfino played in all seven games, averaging 10.0 points, 4.0 rebounds and 2.6 assists per game. http://www.basketball-reference.com/players/d/delfica01.html

In his first season in Milwaukee, Delfino is playing his best basketball. Delfino has gone from being almost exclusively a bench player with the Detroit Pistons and Toronto Raptors to starting a majority of the games with the Bucks.

While most of the regular season was a great one for Delfino he did have a run-in with Detroit’s Austin Daye during the pre-season that caused him to miss one start due to suspension. He missed another game due to flu-like symptoms but appeared in 75 total games for the Bucks, while starting 66 of them.

In 2009/10 Delfino averaged a career high in points, rebounds, assists and minutes played. 2009/10 was the first season in which Delfino has averaged double digits in points scored (11.0) for an entire season in the NBA.

After spending his first three seasons with the Detroit Pistons, Delfino signed with the Toronto Raptors as a free agent before the 2008/09 season. Delfino saw a career high in minutes played equal what were at the time career highs in points, rebounds, and assists.

While Delfino spent his one season with the Raptors in the same fashion he had the previous three years, as someone who only came off the bench; Toronto allowed him to stay on the court longer and contribute more to his team’s performance.

While Toronto thought about offering Delfino a contract following the 2008/09 season, in the end they didn’t show an interest and he later signed with the Bucks.