To be honest, West's face has always given people a neurotic, paranoid feeling, and for many of his behaviors, it is best to understand him from the patient's point of view.
Born in Washington, D.C., he is a native of the capital and was named The Washington Post's Player of the Year in the Washington D.C. metropolitan area in high school.
After graduating from high school, he entered St. Joseph's University, averaged 18.9 points, 5.4 rebounds and 4.7 assists in his junior year, shot 41.2% from three-point range, was selected as the All-American All-American First Team by the Basketball Times, won the All-American Best Player Honor Listing Award by the Associated Press, and was named to the All-American First Team, helping the team to a 30-2 record, including 27 consecutive regular season wins. The team tops the national rankings and is the top seed in the NCAA semi-finals for the first time ever. West scored a college-high 33 points against the Shavels, shooting all 12 from the field, including three three-pointers and six free throws. He was named Player of the Week four times and made 37 consecutive free throws to break varsity history.
In the 2004 draft, the Greens selected him with the 24th pick, along with A.I. Jefferson (15th pick) and Tony Allen (25th pick).
In the 2004–05 season, Tony Allen was a semi-regular player , averaging 6.4 points, 2.9 rebounds and 1 steal per game and participated in the All-Star Rookie Challenge; Jefferson was an important bench on the inside, averaging 6.7 points and 4.4 rebounds per game and was selected to the rookie second team; West was the most inconspicuous, playing only 39 games.
In the second year, Tony and Big AI stagnated, but West filled the gap of the glove and became the team's main controller, averaging 11.8 points, 4.1 rebounds, 4.6 assists and 1.8 steals per game, his two-point shooting rate of 53.4%, ranking 11th in the league, ranking 10th in the league in effective shooting, seems to have the potential to become the next Tony Parker. The Green Army has had a frequent turnover this season, with West and Pierce being the only two players to start more than 70 games.
On All-Star Weekend 2006, West represented the sophomore team in the Rookie Challenge.
In the 2006-07 season, West scored a career-high 12.2 points, averaging 10.4 shots per game is also a career-most one, he crumbled between the first and second positions, playing easily, he and Tony Allen seem to be the future backcourt double guns of the Green Army, oh no, it's a double wall, not a gun, because the defense of the two is better than the offense, it is said that they were very optimistic about Danny Angie back then, during that time West's single defense and Tony Allen's energetic rush made the audience stunned and enthusiastic, And neither of them is an idol type of player, low-key, ruthless, stubborn, this is very "old Celtic".
On November 8, 2006, the Green Army played against the Bobcats, and in the last second of overtime, West received a pass from Pierce and hit the killer shot!
On February 2, 2007, the Green Army lost to the Clippers, and West grabbed a career-high 11 rebounds and handed out 11 assists, but unfortunately did not feel good, scoring only 6 points and passing a triple-double.
On March 4 , 2007 , the Greens beat the Timberwolves in double overtime , and in the final moments of the first overtime , West executed free throws , one made eight free throws and hit seven of them, and he scored a career-high 31 points , including 23 in the fourth quarter and two overtime games, in addition to 10 assists, 14 free throws and 12 shots.
Then came the fall apart in the summer of 2007, when four young men were sent to the Timberwolves, there was no West, but he didn't stay either, he was sent to the Sonics as one of the chips in exchange for Ray Allen.
In the 2007-08 season, after being a teammate with Durant for half a season, he was sent to the Cavaliers in a three-way trade and crossed paths with LeBron. He played the remaining 26 games for the Cavaliers as a lead point guard, averaging 10.3 points and 4.5 assists per game.
In the first round of the playoffs that year, the Cavaliers faced the Wizards for the third year in a row, and West averaged 10.2 points per game on 50% three-point shooting, and in the fourth game, he received LeBron's assist in the final 5.4 seconds to shoot a three-point shot to complete the quasi-final.
In the 2008-09 season, Mo Bu passed to the Cavaliers, and LeBron formed a "royal power" combination, West and Xiao Mo jointly started the backcourt, on the surface Xiao Mo is the main control, but in fact, his main task is to score, West is named the second position, in fact, he is mainly responsible for defense, Averaging 11.7 points, 3.5 assists and 1.5 steals per game, he averaged a career-high playing time (33 minutes) and three-point shooting percentage, and his defensive efficiency and steal percentage were among the top 20 in the league, and on March 4, 2009, the Cavaliers defeated the Bucks at home, and West handed out a career-high 8 steals!
The 2009 semifinals against the Hawks was West's most outstanding series , averaging 15 points and 4.8 assists per game while shooting 50 percent from the field and 43 percent from three-point range , replacing Mo as the Cavaliers' second-leading scorer.
In the first game of the Eastern Conference, after Lewis hit that bottom corner three-pointer, West intended to return the color from beyond the three-point line, but the result was unsuccessful, and the Cavaliers did not usher in a good start.
He was relegated to the bench in 2009–10 and had a mediocre season, sending him to the Timberwolves in June 2010, cutting him in August, and returning to Boston in September after signing a one-year contract with his former club, the Greens.
In the 2010-11 season, he played only 24 games due to injuries, but made the playoff squad, and in the second game of the first round, he made both free throws in the final minute to ensure the team won.
Facing the Heat in the semifinals, I don't know if meeting LeBron made him impulsive, West was reused, averaging 10.2 points in 23 minutes per game, second only to the Big Three, shooting as high as 53%, perhaps the Green Army felt that letting West on the court could disturb LeBron's mind and make him bad.
At the end of the season, the Greens did not renew West's contract, and the Mavericks signed him.
In 2011-12, his final season in the NBA, he still had the quality of a regular player, playing in 44 games (66 in the shrinking season), starting 33 games, averaging 9.6 points, 3.2 assists and 1.3 steals per game, still playing 22 minutes per game in the playoffs with Kidd and Terry, and he is only 29 years old, and he still has the strength to be a green leaf player.
However, on October 26, 2012, Mavericks operating president Don Nelson announced an indefinite suspension of West. Then, on October 30, the Mavericks officially announced that they had cut West, who had been suspended by the team.
The reason? It is said that West has become a locker room cancer.
Okay, now let's talk about West's condition.
West is a depressed patient who has struggled with depression for a long time. Before the 2008–09 season, West was out of the team for two weeks for treatment in Washington, D.C., where he was diagnosed with bipolar disorder. So it's easy to get out of control and easy to go to extremes:
In September 2009, West illegally carried a gun on the Maryland Ring Road while riding a heavy motorcycle with a loaded shotgun and an 8.5-inch hunting knife, and was speeding. On August 21 , 2010 , West pleaded guilty to a gun possession crime , resulting in a 10-match ban by the league.
On October 30 , 2010 , West clashed with Vaughan Weaver during a three-on-three confrontation with the Celtics , and then boxed the latter in the locker room.
During the 2011 shutdown, West was sentenced to seven months of home detention for illegal gun possession, and faced two years of unsupervised probation and unable to play overseas. He chose to work in a furniture store and drove a big truck. He also asked well-wishers on Weibo to buy medicine for his child.
Very depressed.
On October 2, 2013, West signed a one-year contract with CBA Fujian. In October 2014, the Shanghai team signed with West. He scored 29 points against Zhejiang West in the first game, but he suffered a technical foul on the court because he was dissatisfied with the referee and kicked the billboard on the sidelines because of his uncontrollable emotions. On November 16, the Shanghai team officially announced that the team had officially cut West.
West has since disappeared from view.
On January 21, 2020, US media reported that West was photographed being beaten on the street of Washington, USA. [
In September 2020, foreign media reported that West was living on the streets, begging along the streets. According to the report, West suffers from mental illness and wanders outside the home all year round. It is said that he later became a floor worker. If it weren't for illness, how could a former professional player under the age of 40 not even have the opportunity to play wild ball!
Regarding his character, Nelson, his former college teammate/later Magic Raccoon, said: "I just want to say he's a good guy. ”
Moon Boy Moon also said: "Delonty West is a good guy. ”