DeLisha Milton-Jones: Difference between revisions

| league = [[ConferenceSun USABelt Conference]]

| team = Old Dominion Lady Monarchs

| birth_place = [[Riceboro, Georgia]], U.S.

| career_position = [[Small forward]] / [[Power forward (basketball)|Powerpower forward]]

| team1 = [[Portland Power (basketball)|Portland Power]]

| cteam4 = [[Old Dominion Lady Monarchs women's basketball|Old Dominion]]

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* First-team [[Women's Basketball Coaches Association|Kodak]] All-American]] (1997)

'''DeLisha Lachell Milton-Jones''' (born September 11, 1974) is an American retired professional [[basketball]] player and head coach of [[Old Dominion Lady Monarchs women's basketball|Old Dominion]]. Milton-Jones played [[college basketball]] for the [[University of Florida]]. She was a first-team [[All-American]] and [[SEC Player of the Year]] her senior season.

Milton-Jones began her professional career in 1997 with the [[Portland Power (basketball)|Portland Power]], who drafted her second overall in the [[American Basketball League (1996–1998)|American Basketball League]] (ABL). After the dissolution of the ABL in 1998, Milton-Jones entered into the [[1999 WNBA Draftdraft]] and was selected fourth overall by the [[Los Angeles Sparks]]. In her seventeen-season WNBA career, she has played for the Los Angeles Sparks (1999–2004, 2008–2012), the [[Washington Mystics]] (2005–07), the the [[San Antonio Stars]] (2013), and the [[New York Liberty]] (2013–14).

Milton-Jones is a two-time [[Olympic Games|Olympic]] [[gold medal]]ist ([[Basketball at the 2000 Summer Olympics|2000]], [[Basketball at the 2008 Summer Olympics|2008]]) and a two-time WNBA champion ([[2001 WNBA Championship|2001]], [[2002 WNBA Finals|2002]]) and has been selected to the [[WNBA All-Star Game]] three times ([[2000 WNBA All-Star Game|2000]], [[The Game at Radio City|2004]], [[2007 WNBA All-Star Game|2007]]).

Milton-Jones was born DeLisha Lachell Milton in [[Riceboro, Georgia]], in 1974. She attended [[Bradwell Institute]] in [[Hinesville, Georgia]], where she played high school basketball for the Bradwell Tigers. Milton-Jones graduated from Bradwell in 1993.

Milton-Jones represented the USAUS at the 1997 World University Games held in [[Marsala|Marsala, Sicily]], [[Italy]], in August 1997. The USA team won all six games, earning the gold medal at the event. Milton-Jones averaged 10.3 points per game and recorded 14 steals, second highest on the team.<ref name="1997 WUG"/>

Milton-Jones was named to the U.S. national team in 1998. The national team traveled to [[Berlin, Germany]], in July and August 1998 for the FIBA World Championships. The U.S. team won a close opening game against Japan 95–89, then won their next six games easily. In the semifinal game against Brazil, the U.S. team was behind as much as ten points in the first half, but the U.S. team went on to win 93–79. The gold medal game was a rematch against Russia. In the first game, the Americans dominated almost from the beginning, but in the rematch, the Russian team took the early lead and led much of the way. With under two minutes remaining, the U.S. team was down by two points but the Americans responded, then held on to win the gold medal 71–65. Milton-Jones averaged 7.1 points per game.<ref name="1998 WC"/>

Milton-Jones was drafted second overall by the [[Portland Power (basketball)|Portland Power]] in the 1997 [[American Basketball League (1996–1998)|American Basketball League]] (ABL) Draft.<ref>{{cite news |title=Portland makes Milton No. 2 overall pick in ABL draft |url=https://www.tampabay.com/archive/1997/05/06/portland-makes-milton-no-2-overall-pick-in-abl-draft/ |access-date=9 February 2021 |work=Tampa Bay Times |date=1 October 2005}}</ref> During her rookie season, Milton-Jones played in all 44 games and started in 35 of them. She averaged 28.1 [[minutes per game]], 8.5 [[points per game|points]], 2.3 [[assist (basketball)|assists]], 1.5 [[steal (basketball)|steals]] and 4.9 [[rebound (basketball)|rebounds]].<ref>{{cite web |title=1997-98 Portland Power Statistics |url=https://www.statscrew.com/womensbasketball/stats/t-PRT/y-1997 |website=statscrew.com |publisher=Stats Crew |access-date=9 February 2021}}</ref> The ABL folded in December 1998. The Power played 13 games, all of which Milton-Jones started. She averaged 29.2 minutes per game, 11.9 points, 2.0 assists, 2.4 steals and 9.8 rebounds.<ref>{{cite web |title=1998-99 Portland Power Statistics |url=https://www.statscrew.com/womensbasketball/stats/t-PRT/y-1998 |website=statscrew.com |publisher=Stats Crew |access-date=9 February 2021}}</ref>

In August 2015, Milton-Jones played in her 497th WNBA game, a then league-record for most WNBA games played (since been broken by [[Sue Bird]]).<ref name="WNBA record"/><ref>[http{{Cite web|url=https://www.espn.com/wnba/story/_/id/24168716/sue-bird-seattle-storm-sets-wnba-record-games-played |title=Sue Bird plays 500thsets WNBA gamerecord tofor setgames all-timeplayed|date=July record]22, 2018|website=ESPN.com}}</ref>

In 2016, Milton-Jones was released by the Dream.<ref>[{{Cite web|url=https://apnews.com/article/3f5246f91c9f461389a7b3ca02483394/atlanta-cuts-41-year-old-milton-jones-wnbas-oldest-player |title=Atlanta cuts 41-year-old Milton-Jones, WNBA’sWNBA's oldest player]|website=AP NEWS|date=12 May 2016 }}</ref>

In September 2016, Miton-Jones officially announced her retirement.<ref>[http{{Cite web|url=https://www.espn.com/wnba/story/_/id/17650159/wnba-veteran-delisha-milton-jones-retires-ready-next-phase DeLisha |title=Milton-Jones retires, is ready for next phase]|date=September 27, 2016|website=ESPN.com}}</ref>

In 2003, she won the Euroleague Championship with team [[Ekaterinburg]] in [[Russia]]. In the 2005–06 season, she won the Euroleague with [[Gambrinus Brno]] of the [[Czech Republic]] and for the season 2006–07 she signed a two-year contract with Ros Casares Valencia of Spain. During the 2008–2009 WNBA off-season, Milton-Jones played for Ros Casares Valencia in Spain.<ref>[http{{Cite web|url=https://www.wnba.com/archive/wnba/news/overseas_0809.html|title=WNBA.com: Offseason 2008-09: Overseas Roster]|website=wnba.com}}</ref> for whom she also played during the 2007-08 off-season.<ref>[http{{Cite web|url=https://www.wnba.com/archive/wnba/news/overseas_0708.html|title=WNBA.com: Offseason 2007-08: Overseas Roster]|website=wnba.com}}</ref>

|name=[[Old Dominion Lady Monarchs women's basketball|Old Dominion Lady Monarchs]]

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| confstanding = T–5th (East)

| overall = {{Winning percentage|081|042|record=y}}

| confrecord = {{Winning percentage|043|027|record=y}}

|overall = {{Winning percentage|32113|3274|record=y}}

Milton-Jones appeared in the 2000 movie ''[[Love and Basketball]]'' as Delisha Milton. In 2003, Milton-Jones married Roland Jones.<ref>[{{Cite web|url=https://josephyoo.com/delisha-milton-jones-and-her-husband-and-moving-on-ad14cc4c4ff9 |title=DeLisha Milton-Jones and Her Husband (And Moving On)]}}{{Dead link|date=JulyMarch 20192023 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>

<ref name="1997 WUG">{{cite web|title=Eighteenth World University Games -- 1993|url=http://www.usab.com/history/world-university-games-womens/eighteenth-world-university-games-1997.aspx|publisher=USA Basketball|access-date=12 October 2015| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20150907193900/http://www.usab.com/history/world-university-games-womens/eighteenth-world-university-games-1997.aspx | archive-date =7 September 2015|url-status=livedead}}</ref>

<ref name="1998 WC">{{cite web|title=Thirteenth World Championship For Women -- 1998|date=June 10, 2010|url=http://www.usab.com/history/national-team-womens/thirteenth-world-championship-for-women-1998.aspx|publisher=USA Basketball|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150905203810/http://www.usab.com/history/national-team-womens/thirteenth-world-championship-for-women-1998.aspx|archive-date=5 September 2015|url-status=livedead|access-date=19 October 2015}}</ref>

<ref name="WNBA record">{{cite web|title=DeLisha Milton-Jones plays in 497th WNBA game, setting record|url=httphttps://espnwww.goespn.com/wnba/story/_/id/13535637/delisha-milton-jones-atlanta-dream-breaks-wnba-record-games-played|website=ESPN|date=29 August 2015 |access-date=August 29, 2015}}</ref>

<ref name="Perrot 2015">{{cite web|title=Dream’sDream's Delisha Milton-Jones Wins 2015 Kim Perrot Sportsmanship Award|date=October 1, 2015|url=http://www.wnba.com/news/dreams-delisha-milton-jones-wins-2015-kim-perrot-sportsmanship-award/|website=www.wnba.com/|access-date=1 Oct 2015}}</ref>

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