Dan Dickau

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{{Short description|American basketball player (born 1978)}}
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{{Infobox basketball biography
| name = Dan Dickau
| image =
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| height_ft = 6 | height_in = 0
| weight_lbs = 180
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1978|9|16}}
| birth_place = [[Portland, Oregon]], U.S.
| highschool = [[Prairie High School (Vancouver, Washington)|Prairie]] ([[Brush Prairie, Washington]])
| college =
*[[Washington Huskies men's basketball|Washington]] (1997–1999)
*[[Gonzaga Bulldogs men's basketball|Gonzaga]] (2000–2002)
| draft_round = 1
| draft_pick = 28
| draft_team = [[Sacramento Kings]]
| draft_year = 2002
| career_start = 2002
| career_end = 2010
| career_number = 12, 7, 21, 2, 20, 10
| career_position = [[Point guard]]
| years1={{nbay|2002|start}}–{{nbay|2003|end}}|team1=[[Atlanta Hawks]]
| years2={{nbay|2003|end}}|team2=[[Portland Trail Blazers]]
| years3={{nbay|2004|start}}|team3=[[Dallas Mavericks]]
| years4={{nbay|2004|full=yes}}|team4=[[New Orleans Hornets]]
| years5={{nbay|2005|full=yes}}|team5=[[Boston Celtics]]
| years6={{nbay|2006|full=yes}}|team6=Portland Trail Blazers
| years7={{nbay|2007|full=yes}}|team7=[[Los Angeles Clippers]]
| years9=2009|team9=[[Brose Baskets]]
| years11={{nbay|2009|end}}|team11=[[Fort Wayne Mad Ants]]
| highlights =
* Consensus first-team [[NCAA Men's Basketball All-Americans|All-American]] ([[2002 NCAA Men's Basketball All-Americans|2002]])
* [[West Coast Conference Men's Basketball Player of the Year|WCC Player of the Year]] (2002)
* 2× First-team All-[[West Coast Conference|WCC]] (2001, 2002)
* 2x [[West Coast Conference men's basketball tournament|WCC Tournament]] MVP ([[2001 West Coast Conference men's basketball tournament|2001]], [[2002 West Coast Conference men's basketball tournament|2002]])
* No. 21 [[Gonzaga Bulldogs men's basketball#Retired numbers|retired by Gonzaga Bulldogs]]
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{{MedalCompetition|[[Summer Universiade]]}}
{{MedalBronze| [[Basketball at the 2001 Summer Universiade|2001 Beijing]] | [[United States national basketball team|Team competition]]}}
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'''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]], [[Fox Sports (United States)|Fox Sports]] and [[Westwood One]]. He is also a co-host of the ''Dickau and Slim Show'' on [[KXLX|Spokane's 700 ESPN]] with Sean "Slim" Widmer.

==Early life and college==
Born in [[Portland, Oregon]], Dickau graduated from [[Prairie High School (Vancouver, Washington)|Prairie High School]] in nearby [[Brush Prairie, Washington]]. He enrolled at the [[University of Washington]] in [[Seattle]] in 1997 and played for the [[Washington Huskies|Huskies]] under head coach [[Bob Bender]]. Dickau fractured his heel 13 games into the [[1998–99 NCAA Division I men's basketball season|1998–99]] season and announced his decision to transfer in April.<ref name=dtrtognz>{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=zNhYAAAAIBAJ&sjid=FPIDAAAAIBAJ&pg=1795%2C3227903 |newspaper=Spokesman-Review |last=Bergum |first=Steve |title=Dickau transfers to Gonzaga after starting at Washington |date=April 13, 1999 |page=C1 }}</ref>

He enrolled at [[Gonzaga University]] in [[Spokane, Washington|Spokane]] and sat out the [[1999–2000 NCAA Division I men's basketball season|1999–2000]] season as a transfer, a de facto [[Redshirt (college sports)|redshirt]] year.<ref name=frtopp>{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=K7IyAAAAIBAJ&sjid=ePIDAAAAIBAJ&pg=4674%2C5298325 |newspaper=Spokesman-Review |last=Bergum |first=Steve |title=Friendly rivals turn opponents |date=January 7, 2002 |page=C1}}</ref> He was a standout [[point guard]] for the [[Gonzaga Bulldogs men's basketball|Bulldogs]] for two seasons under head coach [[Mark Few]], named a first team All-American his senior year in [[2001–02 NCAA Division I men's basketball season|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.<ref>[https://sports.yahoo.com/nba/news?slug=txclippersdickau Clippers sign G Dickau], October 3, 2007.</ref><ref>[http://www.realgm.com/src_wiretap_archives/48352/20071003/clippers_sign_dan_dickau/ Clippers Sign Dan Dickau.] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071011021725/http://realgm.com/src_wiretap_archives/48352/20071003/clippers_sign_dan_dickau/ |date=2007-10-11 }}, October 3, 2007</ref>

On October 1, 2008, Dickau signed with the Golden State Warriors. Terms of the agreement were not disclosed per team policy.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nba.com/warriors/news/warriors_sign_dan_dickau.html|title=Warriors Sign Dan Dickau|publisher=Golden State Warriors|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081005181847/http://www.nba.com/warriors/news/warriors_sign_dan_dickau.html|archive-date=October 5, 2008|date=October 1, 2008}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{cite web|title=Dan Dickau game log|url=http://www.nba.com/playerfile/dan_dickau/game_by_game_stats.html|publisher=NBA|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081226050201/http://www.nba.com/playerfile/dan_dickau/game_by_game_stats.html|archive-date=December 26, 2008}}</ref> On October 19, 2008, Dickau was waived by the Warriors. On September 23, 2009, Dickau accepted an invitation to the Phoenix Suns training camp.<ref>[http://www.boston.com/sports/basketball/celtics/extras/celtics_blog/2009/09/dickau_chooses.html Dickau Chooses Suns Camp Over Celtics]</ref> He was waived by the Suns on October 21.<ref>[http://realgm.com/src_wiretap_archives/62256/20091021/dickau_and_powell_waived_by_phoenix/ Dickau And Powell Waived By Phoenix] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091024043050/http://www.realgm.com/src_wiretap_archives/62256/20091021/dickau_and_powell_waived_by_phoenix |date=2009-10-24 }}</ref> With the Suns, Dickau played in five preseason games.<ref name="game log 2009">{{cite web|title=Dan Dickau game log|url=http://www.nba.com/playerfile/dan_dickau/game_by_game_stats.html|publisher=NBA|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100321184942/http://www.nba.com/playerfile/dan_dickau/game_by_game_stats.html|archive-date=March 21, 2010}}</ref>

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.<ref>[http://www.news-sentinel.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20100216/SPORTS/2160307 NBA veteran Dickau joins Ants]</ref>

=== Coach ===
Before the beginning of the 2011–12 season, Dickau was hired by the Trail Blazers as a player development assistant.<ref>{{Cite news | url=http://www.oregonlive.com/blazers/index.ssf/2011/12/trail_blazers_complete_coachin.html | title=Trail Blazers complete coaching staff as they hire Dan Dickau, promote Larry Greer to assistant coach | date=December 7, 2011 | first=Mike | last=Tokito | access-date=2011-12-09 | work=The Oregonian}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web | url=https://sports.yahoo.com/nba/news?slug=ap-trailblazers-staff | title=Blazers promote Greer, add Dickau | date=December 7, 2011 | access-date=2011-12-09}}</ref>

==International career==
On August 12, 2008, Dickau signed with [[S.S. Felice Scandone|Air Avellino]] of the [[Serie A (basketball)|Italian League]]. Dickau and the team agreed to terminate his contract on September 29, 2008. He joined the [[Brose Baskets]] of the [[Basketball Bundesliga|German Basketball Bundesliga]] in January 2009.<ref>[http://www.sportal.de/sportal/generated/article/tnt_basketball/2009/01/19/11804800000.html Brose Baskets verpflichten Dan Dickau] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110723001750/http://www.sportal.de/sportal/generated/article/tnt_basketball/2009/01/19/11804800000.html |date=2011-07-23 }} {{in lang|de}}</ref><ref>[http://www.schoenen-dunk.de/basketball/bbl/article.php?sid=30242 Brose Baskets verpflichten Dan Dickau]{{Dead link|date=July 2025 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} {{in lang|de}}</ref>

==Career statistics==
{{NBA player statistics legend}}

===College===
{{NBA player statistics start}}
|-
| style="text-align:left;"| [[1997–98 NCAA Division I men's basketball season|1997–98]]
| style="text-align:left;"| [[1997–98 Washington Huskies men's basketball team|Washington]]
| 28 || 0 || 9.4 || .420 || '''.533''' || .795 || .9 || 1.0 || .3 || – || 3.8
|-
| style="text-align:left;"| [[1998–99 NCAA Division I men's basketball season|1998–99]]
| style="text-align:left;"| [[1998–99 Washington Huskies men's basketball team|Washington]]
| 13 || 11 || 22.8 || .393 || .355 || .714 || 2.9 || 2.6 || '''.8''' || – || 4.6
|-
| style="text-align:left;"| [[1999–2000 NCAA Division I men's basketball season|1999–2000]]
| style="text-align:left;"| [[1999–2000 Gonzaga Bulldogs men's basketball team|Gonzaga]]
| style="text-align:center;" colspan="11"| Transfer
|-
| style="text-align:left;"| [[2000–01 NCAA Division I men's basketball season|2000–01]]
| style="text-align:left;"| [[2000–01 Gonzaga Bulldogs men's basketball team|Gonzaga]]
| 24 || 24 || 33.7 || '''.485''' || .480 || '''.866''' || '''3.3''' || '''6.3''' || '''.8''' || '''.1''' || 18.9
|-
| style="text-align:left;"| [[2001–02 NCAA Division I men's basketball season|2001–02]]
| style="text-align:left;"| [[2001–02 Gonzaga Bulldogs men's basketball team|Gonzaga]]
| '''32''' || '''32''' || '''34.7''' || .441 || .457 || .864 || 3.0 || 4.7 || '''.8''' || '''.1''' || '''21.0'''
|- class="sortbottom"
| style="text-align:center;" colspan="2"| Career
| 97 || 67 || 25.5 || .451 || .462 || .854 || 2.4 || 3.7 || .7 || .1 || 13.3
{{S-end}}

===NBA===

====Regular season====
{{NBA player statistics start}}
|-
| align="left" | [[2002–03 NBA season|2002–03]]
| align="left" | [[2002–03 Atlanta Hawks season|Atlanta]]
| 50 || 0 || 10.3 || .412 || .361 || .808 || .9 || 1.7 || .3 || .0 || 3.7
|-
| style="text-align:left;" rowspan=2| [[2003–04 NBA season|2003–04]]
| align="left" | [[2003–04 Atlanta Hawks season|Atlanta]]
| 23 || 0 || 6.2 || '''.429''' || .300 || .667 || .7 || .8 || .4 || .0 || 2.1
|-
| align="left" | [[2003–04 Portland Trail Blazers season|Portland]]
| 20 || 0 || 7.6 || .327 || .350 || .875 || .5 || 1.0 || .4 || .0 || 2.3
|-
| style="text-align:left;" rowspan=2| [[2004–05 NBA season|2004–05]]
| align="left" | [[2004–05 Dallas Mavericks season|Dallas]]
| 4 || 0 || 4.0 || .125 || .333 || .667 || .3 || .3 || .0 || .0 || 1.3
|-
| align="left" | [[2004–05 New Orleans Hornets season|New Orleans]]
| 67 || '''46''' || '''31.0''' || .408 || .347 || .836 || '''2.7''' || '''5.2''' || '''1.1''' || '''.1''' || '''13.2'''
|-
| align="left" | [[2005–06 NBA season|2005–06]]
| align="left" | [[2005–06 Boston Celtics season|Boston]]
| 19 || 0 || 12.3 || .370 || '''.500''' || '''1.000''' || .8 || 2.1 || .6 || '''.1''' || 3.3
|-
| align="left" | [[2006–07 NBA season|2006–07]]
| align="left" | [[2006–07 Portland Trail Blazers season|Portland]]
| 50 || 3 || 8.9 || .358 || .262 || .792 || .9 || 1.4 || .3 || .0 || 3.3
|-
| align="left" | [[2007–08 NBA season|2007–08]]
| align="left" | [[2007–08 Los Angeles Clippers season|L.A. Clippers]]
| 67 || 8 || 15.5 || .419 || .333 || .829 || 1.4 || 2.6 || .5 || .0 || 5.3
|- class="sortbottom"
| align="center" colspan="2"| Career
| 300 || 57 || 15.4 || .401 || .341 || .831 || 1.4 || 2.5 || .5 || .0 || 5.8
{{S-end}}

==Personal life==
Dickau is a [[Christianity|Christian]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Korver shooting to be like Jesus|url=http://www.bpsports.net/bpsports.asp?ID=5628|access-date=2015-10-17|archive-date=2018-05-22|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180522180927/http://www.bpsports.net/bpsports.asp?ID=5628|url-status=dead}}</ref> Dickau and his wife Heather married in the fall of 2002 and have 7 children (2 boys and 5 girls). He also has 3 nieces and 2 nephews

==References==
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==External links==
* {{basketballstats|nba_historical=dan_dickau}}
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20091203120731/http://www.nba.com/playerfile/dan_dickau/ Dan Dickau] expanded profile at NBA.com
*{{basketballstats|bbr=d/dickada01}}
*[http://dandickau.com Dan Dickau Basketball – Official Dan Dickau webpage] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140517022127/http://dandickau.com/ |date=May 17, 2014 }}
*[http://www.dickauacademy.com/ Dan Dickau Basketball Academy]
*[http://basketpedya.com/Acc002InfJug.php?idjug=22674 Basketpedya.com Player Profile]{{dead link|date=March 2025|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}

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