Dan Dickau

Not to be confused with Danny Dichio.

Daniel David Dickau (born September 16, 1978) is an American former professional basketball player who currently works as an on-air broadcaster for ESPN, the Pac-12 Network, CBS Sports Network and Westwood One. He is also a co-host of the Dickau and Slim Show on Spokane's 700 ESPN with Sean "Slim" Widmer.

Dan Dickau

Personal information
Born	(1978-09-16) September 16, 1978 (age 46) Portland, Oregon, U.S.
Listed height	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
Listed weight	180 lb (82 kg)
Career information
High school	Prairie (Brush Prairie, Washington)
College	Washington (1997–1999) Gonzaga (2000–2002)
NBA draft	2002: 1st round, 28th overall pick
Selected by the Sacramento Kings
Playing career	2002–2010
Position	Point guard
Number	12, 7, 21, 2, 20, 10
Career history
2002–2004	Atlanta Hawks
2004	Portland Trail Blazers
2004	Dallas Mavericks
2004–2005	New Orleans Hornets
2005–2006	Boston Celtics
2006–2007	Portland Trail Blazers
2007–2008	Los Angeles Clippers
2009	Brose Baskets
2010	Fort Wayne Mad Ants
Career highlights and awards
Consensus first-team All-American (2002) WCC Player of the Year (2002) 2× First-team All-WCC (2001, 2002) No. 21 retired by Gonzaga Bulldogs
Stats at NBA.com
Stats at Basketball Reference
Medals Men's Basketball Representing  United States Summer Universiade 2001 Beijing Team competition

Early life and college

Born in Portland, Oregon, Dickau graduated from Prairie High School in nearby Brush Prairie, Washington. He enrolled at the University of Washington in Seattle in 1997 and played for the Huskies under head coach Bob Bender. Dickau fractured his heel 13 games into the 1998–99 season and announced his decision to transfer in April.^[1]

He enrolled at Gonzaga University in Spokane and sat out the 1999–2000 season as a transfer, a de facto redshirt year.^[2] He was a standout point guard for the Bulldogs for two seasons under head coach Mark Few, named a first team All-American his senior year in 2002.

NBA career

Player

Dickau was selected in the first round of the 2002 NBA draft by the Sacramento Kings, the 28th overall pick. He was traded eight times and wore various jersey numbers in his six-year NBA career:

• to the Atlanta Hawks (#12) on June 26, 2002 (on draft night for a first-round pick);
• to the Portland Trail Blazers (#7) on February 9, 2004 (Rasheed Wallace trade);
• to the Golden State Warriors (#10) on July 20, 2004 (Nick Van Exel trade);
• to the Dallas Mavericks (#21) on August 24, 2004 (Erick Dampier trade);
• to the New Orleans Hornets (#2) on December 3, 2004 (Darrell Armstrong trade);
• to the Boston Celtics (#20) on October 1, 2005 (New Orleans received a second-round draft pick);
• to the Portland Trail Blazers (for a second time, via a trade involving former teammate Theo Ratliff) (#2) on June 28, 2006, and
• to the New York Knicks (#1) on June 28, 2007 (Zach Randolph and Steve Francis trade).

For two years in a row, Dickau was traded in a draft-day trade package, first from the Celtics to the Trail Blazers, then from the Trail Blazers to the Knicks.

Dickau's best season came in 2004–05 with the New Orleans Hornets, where he saw significant playing time and led the team in total assists, total steals, and 3-pointers made. During the season, he scored 20 or more points in seven games and had five double-doubles.

On December 17, 2005, as a member of the Celtics, his season was ended by a ruptured Achilles tendon sustained while playing against the Chicago Bulls. At the time, he was averaging 3.3 points per game and 2.1 assists per game. On June 28, 2006, the Celtics traded Dickau, center Raef LaFrentz and the 7th pick in the 2006 NBA draft to the Trail Blazers for center Theo Ratliff and guard Sebastian Telfair. Dickau was then sent to the Knicks along with Randolph, only to be waived when the Knicks acquired Jared Jordan. Two days later, Dickau signed with the Clippers.^[3][4]

On October 1, 2008, Dickau signed with the Golden State Warriors. Terms of the agreement were not disclosed per team policy.^[5] He played in two preseason games. Against the Portland Trail Blazers on October 8, Dickau played 21 minutes and scored 8 points and grabbed 5 rebounds.^[6] On October 19, 2008, Dickau was waived by the Warriors. On September 23, 2009, Dickau accepted an invitation to the Phoenix Suns training camp.^[7] He was waived by the Suns on October 21.^[8] With the Suns, Dickau played in five preseason games.^[9]

Dickau's final regular season NBA game was played on April 16, 2008, in a 75–93 loss to the Houston Rockets where he recorded 2 points, 1 assist and 1 rebound.

Dickau signed with the Fort Wayne Mad Ants on February 16, 2010.^[10]

Coach

Before the beginning of the 2011–12 season, Dickau was hired by the Trail Blazers as a player development assistant.^[11][12]

International career

On August 12, 2008, Dickau signed with Air Avellino of the Italian League. Dickau and the team agreed to terminate his contract on September 29, 2008. he joined the Brose Baskets of the German Basketball Bundesliga in January 2009.^[13][14]

NBA career statistics

Legend

GP	Games played	GS	Games started	MPG	Minutes per game
FG%	Field goal percentage	3P%	3-point field goal percentage	FT%	Free throw percentage
RPG	Rebounds per game	APG	Assists per game	SPG	Steals per game
BPG	Blocks per game	PPG	Points per game	Bold	Career high

Regular season

Year	Team	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
2002–03	Atlanta	50	0	10.3	.412	.361	.808	.9	1.7	.3	.0	3.7
2003–04	Atlanta	23	0	6.2	.429	.300	.667	.7	.8	.4	.0	2.1
2003–04	Portland	20	0	7.6	.327	.350	.875	.5	1.0	.4	.0	2.3
2004–05	Dallas	4	0	4.0	.125	.333	.667	.3	.3	.0	.0	1.3
2004–05	New Orleans	67	46	31.0	.408	.347	.836	2.7	5.2	1.1	.1	13.2
2005–06	Boston	19	0	12.3	.370	.500	1.000	.8	2.1	.6	.1	3.3
2006–07	Portland	50	3	8.9	.358	.262	.792	.9	1.4	.3	.0	3.3
2007–08	L.A. Clippers	67	8	15.5	.419	.333	.829	1.4	2.6	.5	.0	5.3
Career		300	57	15.4	.401	.341	.831	1.4	2.5	.5	.0	5.8

Personal life

Dickau is a Christian.^[15] Dickau and his wife Heather married in the fall of 2002 and have 7 children (2 boys and 5 girls).

References

1. Bergum, Steve (April 13, 1999). "Dickau transfers to Gonzaga after starting at Washington". Spokesman-Review. p. C1.
2. Bergum, Steve (January 7, 2002). "Friendly rivals turn opponents". Spokesman-Review. p. C1.
3. Clippers sign G Dickau, October 3, 2007.
4. Clippers Sign Dan Dickau. Archived 2007-10-11 at the Wayback Machine, October 3, 2007
5. "Warriors Sign Dan Dickau". Golden State Warriors. October 1, 2008. Archived from the original on October 5, 2008.
6. "Dan Dickau game log". NBA. Archived from the original on December 26, 2008.
7. Dickau Chooses Suns Camp Over Celtics
8. Dickau And Powell Waived By Phoenix Archived 2009-10-24 at the Wayback Machine
9. "Dan Dickau game log". NBA. Archived from the original on March 21, 2010.
10. NBA veteran Dickau joins Ants
11. Tokito, Mike (December 7, 2011). "Trail Blazers complete coaching staff as they hire Dan Dickau, promote Larry Greer to assistant coach". The Oregonian. Retrieved December 9, 2011.
12. "Blazers promote Greer, add Dickau". December 7, 2011. Retrieved December 9, 2011.
13. Brose Baskets verpflichten Dan Dickau Archived 2011-07-23 at the Wayback Machine (in German)
14. Brose Baskets verpflichten Dan Dickau (in German)
15. "Korver shooting to be like Jesus". Archived from the original on May 22, 2018. Retrieved October 17, 2015.

External links

• Career statistics and player information from NBA.com  and Basketball-Reference.com 
• Dan Dickau expanded profile at NBA.com
• Career statistics and player information from NBA.com  and Basketball-Reference.com
• Dan Dickau Basketball – Official Dan Dickau webpage
• Dan Dickau Basketball Academy
• Basketpedya.com Player Profile