Iman Shumpert recalls and praises Malcolm Delaney, Tyrese Rice / News - Basketnews.com

Iman Shumpert remembered the playing days with Tyrese Rice and Malcolm Delaney, calling the latter James Harden before James Harden.

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Former NBA champion Iman Shumpert talked about his time at Georgia Tech University and revealed interesting memories of Malcolm Delaney and Tyrese Rice.

Iman Shumpert

Position:SG, SFAge:33Height:196 cmWeight:100 kgBirth place:Illinois, United States of AmericaProfileNewsStatistics

Shumpert took part in the All The Smoke podcast and was asked by host Stephen Jackson about the memories and tough matchups at Georgia Tech.

"Malcolm Delaney, f****** headache, and Tyrese Rice," Shumpert said. "Tyrese Rice pissed me off. I'll never forget this, this is my biggest memory of somebody like... It's not too many people that do stuff in a game that I feel like in my mind I know when they did it like I have no response."

"Tyrese Rice did some s*** where he would get the ball in the corner, and most people get the ball in the corner with a live dribble, and no matter if it's live dribble or not, it's something about me playing defense on them that intimated them. That man took the ball and put it through his legs, held it back, and just kinda stared at me," Shumpert continued.

Speaking of Delaney, Shumpert compared the 34-year-old guard to James Harden.

"Then Malcolm Delaney was another one. That was James Harden before James Harden. Delaney knew how to get ten free throws a game, and I couldn't understand it. I would shoot like two, three free throws a game.

I was not trying to flop for a foul. I would try and dunk everything. I'm gonna try and finish everything. I don't wanna look soft because my father is watching the game. Malcolm Delaney would sit at the free throw line. He had games where he shot fifteen free throws, and I was like, 'Damn, that's crazy.' Headache at Georgia Tech," Shumpert concluded.

The last time Shumpert played was in February 2021, when he represented the Brooklyn Nets.

Meanwhile, Delaney hasn't played since he finished the 2021-22 season with EA7 Emporio Armani Milan in the EuroLeague. Although he's not officially retired, it's very likely that campaign has been his career-last.

Rice is already retired, as he lastly played for AEK Athens in the BCL Final Four held in the Greek capital in autumn 2020. Throughout his career, he became the EuroLeague champion, Final Four MVP, and the Finals Top Scorer (all in 2014).

He played for such teams as FC Barcelona, Maccabi Playtika Tel Aviv, and Panathinaikos Athens.

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