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{{Short description|American basketball player (born 1975)}}
{{For|the 1991 Miss USA pageant winner|Kelli McCarty}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=July 2024}}
{{Infobox basketball biography
 | name              = Kelly McCarty
 | image             = Kelly McCarty at all-star PBL game 2011.JPG
 | image_size        = 
 | caption           = McCarty, in 2011.
 | height_ft         = 6
 | height_in         = 7
 | weight_lbs        = 235
 | league            = [[NBA G League]]
 | team              = Iowa Wolves
 | position          = Assistant coach
 | nationality       = American / Russian
 | birth_date        = {{birth date and age|1975|8|24}}
 | birth_place       = [[Chicago, Illinois]]
 | high_school       = Quitman ([[Quitman, Mississippi]])
 | college           = [[Southern Miss Golden Eagles basketball|Southern Miss]] (1994–1998)
 | draft_year        = 1998
 | career_start      = 1999
 | career_end        = 2013
 | career_number     = 11, 21
 | career_position   = [[Small forward]] / [[shooting guard]]
 | years1            = {{nbay|1998|end}}
 | team1             = [[Denver Nuggets]]
 | years2            = 1999–2001
 | team2             = [[Maccabi Raanana]]
 | years3            = 2001
 | team3             = [[Oklahoma Storm]]
 | years4            = 2001–2003
 | team4             = [[Maccabi Giv'at Shmuel]]
 | years5            = 2003–2004
 | team5             = [[Maccabi Rishon LeZion (basketball)|Maccabi Rishon LeZion]]
 | years6            = 2004
 | team6             = [[Hapoel Jerusalem B.C.|Hapoel Jerusalem]]
 | years7            = 2004–2006
 | team7             = [[BC Dynamo Saint Petersburg]]
 | years8            = 2006–2010
 | team8             = [[Khimki Moscow Region]]
 | years9            = 2010–2013
 | team9             = [[UNICS Kazan]]
 | cyears1           = [[2023–24 NBA G League season|2023]]–present
 | cteam1            = [[Iowa Wolves]] (assistant)
 | highlights        = 
*2× [[EuroCup Basketball|EuroCup]] champion (2004, 2011)
*[[EuroCup Basketball Finals MVP|EuroCup Finals MVP]] (2004)
*2× [[EuroCup Basketball All-EuroCup Team|All-EuroCup Team]] (2009, 2011)
*[[FIBA EuroChallenge]] champion (2005)
*[[FIBA EuroChallenge Final Four MVP]] (2005)
*[[Russian Basketball Cup|Russian Cup]] winner (2008)
 | bbr               = mccarke01
}}
'''Kelly Deshawn McCarty''' (born August 24, 1975) is a naturalized Russian<ref>[http://www.euroleague.net/competition/players/showplayer?clubcode=KHI&seasoncode=E2011&pcode=DHI#!careerstats McCARTY, KELLY NATIONALITY: RUSSIAN FEDERATION.]</ref><ref>[http://www.fibaeurope.com/compID_qMRZdYCZI6EoANOrUf9le2.season_2009.roundID_6328.playerID_34528.teamID_381.html KELLY MC CARTY RUSSIA Nationality RUS.]</ref><ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20180519120855/http://archive.fiba.com/pages/eng/fa/p/rpp//q/Kelly%20MC%20CARTY/pid/34528/_//players.html Kelly MC CARTY (RUS).]</ref> former professional [[basketball]] player who is currently an assistant coach for the [[Iowa Wolves]] of the [[NBA G League]]. He represented the senior men's [[Russian national basketball team]] internationally. At {{convert|2.01|m|ftin|abbr=on}} {{convert|235|lb|kg}}, he played at both the  [[shooting guard]] and [[small forward]] positions. His primary position was small forward.

==High school==
Born in [[Chicago]], McCarty played high school basketball at Quitman High School, in [[Quitman, Mississippi]].

==College career==
McCarty played [[college basketball]] at the [[University of Southern Mississippi]], with the [[Southern Miss Golden Eagles basketball|Southern Miss Golden Eagles]], leading the college team in scoring and rebounding during his senior year, in 1997–98.

==Professional career==
After playing in just 2 regular season games for the [[Denver Nuggets]] of the [[National Basketball Association|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 Basketball Premiere League|Israeli Premier League]] club [[Hapoel Jerusalem B.C.|Hapoel Jerusalem]], and with them he won the [[EuroCup Basketball|ULEB Cup]] (now called [[EuroCup Basketball|EuroCup]]) in the 2003–04 season, being voted the [[ULEB Cup Finals MVP|EuroCup Finals MVP]].

The next year, in the 2004–05 season, he moved to the [[Russian Basketball Superleague A|Russian Super League A]] club [[BC Dynamo Saint Petersburg|Dynamo Saint Petersburg]], and without losing a single game in the [[FIBA EuroCup|FIBA Europe League]] competition, his team won the championship, and he was elected [[FIBA EuroChallenge Final Four MVP|the Final Four MVP of that tournament]]. He spent the last years of his career playing in Russia.

==National team career==
McCarty also played for the senior men's [[Russian national basketball team]] at [[EuroBasket 2009]].<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20180519121608/http://archive.fiba.com/pages/eng/fa/player/p/pid/34528/sid/6328/tid/381/_/2009_EuroBasket_Final_Round/index.html Russia 8 - Kelly Mc Carty.]</ref>

==Coaching career==
On November 9, 2023, McCarty joined tne [[Iowa Wolves]] as an assistant coach.<ref>{{cite web|title=Iowa Wolves Announce 2023-24 Roster|url=https://iowa.gleague.nba.com/news/iowa-wolves-announce-2023-24-roster|website=NBA.com|date=November 9, 2023|access-date=December 6, 2023}}</ref>

==Club honors==
* [[EuroCup Basketball|EuroCup]]:
**Winner (2): 2003–04, 2010–11
**Runner-up (1): 2008–09
* [[FIBA Europe League]]:
**Winner (1): 2004–05
* [[Russian Professional Basketball Championship|Russian Championship]]:
**Runner-up (3): 2007–08, 2008–09, 2009–10
**Third place (3): 2005–06, 2006–07, 2010–11
* [[Russian Basketball Cup|Russian Cup]]:
**Winner (1): 2008
* [[Israeli Basketball Premier League|Israeli Premier League]]
**Runner-up (1): 1999–2000
* [[Israeli Basketball State Cup|Israeli Cup]]:
**Runner-up (1): 2003, 2004

==References==
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==External links==
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*{{Basketballstats |nba= 1820 |bbr= m/mccarke01 }}
*[http://www.euroleague.net/competition/players/showplayer?clubcode=KHI&seasoncode=E2011&pcode=DHI#!careerstats Euroleague.net Profile]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20180519120855/http://archive.fiba.com/pages/eng/fa/p/rpp//q/Kelly%20MC%20CARTY/pid/34528/_//players.html FIBA.com Profile]
*[http://www.fibaeurope.com/compID_qMRZdYCZI6EoANOrUf9le2.season_2009.roundID_6328.playerID_34528.teamID_381.html FIBA Europe Profile]
*[http://basketball.eurobasket.com/player/Kelly_McCarty/Russia/Unics_Kazan/3896 Eurobasket.com Profile]
*[http://www.pbleague.ru/en/players/88 Russian League Profile]

{{Iowa Wolves current roster}}
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{{Hapoel Jerusalem 2003–04 ULEB Cup Champions}}
{{BC Dynamo Saint Petersburg 2004–05 FIBA Europe League champions}}
{{BC UNICS 2010–11 Eurocup champions}}
{{Eurocup Finals MVP Award}}
{{EuroChallenge Final Four MVP}}
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