{{Short description|American basketball player (born 1960)}} {{For|the British actor|Darren Day}} {{Use mdy dates|date=July 2024}} {{Infobox basketball biography | name = Darren Daye | image = | image_size = | caption = | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1960|11|30}} | birth_place = Des Moines, Iowa, U.S. | height_ft = 6 | height_in = 8 | weight_lb = 220 | high_school = John F. Kennedy<br />(Los Angeles, California) | college = UCLA (1979–1983) | draft_year = 1983 | draft_round = 3 | draft_pick = 57 | draft_team = Washington Bullets | career_start = 1983 | career_end = 1997 | career_position = Small forward / shooting guard | career_number = 25, 30, 20 | years1 = {{nbay|1983|start}}–{{nbay|1985|end}} | team1 = Washington Bullets | years2 = {{nbay|1986|start}} | team2 = Chicago Bulls | years3 = {{nbay|1986|start}}–{{nbay|1987|end}} | team3 = Boston Celtics | years4 = 1988–1992 | team4 = Scavolini Pesaro | years5 = 1992–1994 | team5 = Mens Sana Siena | years6 = 1994–1995 | team6 = Hapoel Galil Elyon | years7 = 1995–1996 | team7 = Pau-Orthez | years8 = 1996–1997 | team8 = Maccabi Rishon LeZion | highlights = * Second-team ''Parade'' All-American (1979) * McDonald's All-American MVP (1979) * California Mr. Basketball (1979) | bbr = dayeda01 | medal_templates = {{MedalSport | Men's basketball}} {{MedalCountry|{{flagu|United States}}}} {{MedalCompetition|FIBA U19 World Cup}} {{MedalGold| 1979 Salvador | National team}} }} '''Darren Keefe Daye''' (born November 30, 1960) is an American former professional basketball player. Born in Des Moines, Iowa, at a height of {{height|ft=6|in=8}}, and a weight of {{convert|220|lb|abbr=on}}, he played as a shooting guard and small forward.
==High school== Daye played high-school basketball with John F. Kennedy High School, in the Granada Hills district{{citation needed|date=October 2013}} of Los Angeles. Daye was the Most Valuable Player of the 1979 McDonald's All-American Game. Playing for the West team, Daye recorded a double-double, with 22 points and 14 rebounds. It was not enough though, as the West lost the game by one point.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.espn.com/college-sports/recruiting/basketball/mens/columns/story?columnist=lawlor_christopher&id=4017799|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170912192600/https://www.espn.com/college-sports/recruiting/basketball/mens/columns/story?columnist=lawlor_christopher&id=4017799|title=Lawlor: Revisiting the 1979 McDonald's All-American Game|date=March 26, 2009|archive-date=September 12, 2017|website=ESPN.com|url-status=dead}}</ref>
==College career== Daye attended and played college basketball for the UCLA Bruins from 1979 to 1983.
==Professional career== Daye was selected by the Washington Bullets, in the third round (57th pick overall) of the 1983 NBA draft. Daye played in five National Basketball Association (NBA) seasons, from 1983 to 1988, with the Bullets, Chicago Bulls, and Boston Celtics. Daye's season with the Celtics in 1987–88, was his final season in the NBA. One of his most notable games was Game 4 of the 1987 Eastern Conference Semifinals against the Milwaukee Bucks when he scored a huge field goal as well as the deciding free throws, all in the second overtime, helping the Celtics win the game.
He later played overseas in Italy,<ref name="Darren">{{Cite web|url=http://195.56.77.208/player/?id=DAY-DAR|title=Legabasket|website=195.56.77.208|access-date=2009-11-15|archive-date=2011-07-04|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110704055720/http://195.56.77.208/player/?id=DAY-DAR|url-status=dead}}</ref> France,<ref name="ELAN">{{Cite web|url=http://www.elan-bearnais.fr/erreur-404|title=ERREUR 404|first=Super|last=Utilisateur|website=www.elan-bearnais.fr|date=3 October 2017 }}</ref> and Israel,<ref>[http://www.basket.co.il/StatsPage_PlayersPoints.asp?PlayerId=10550 דארן דיי] {{in lang|he}}</ref> before he retired from playing professional basketball in 1997.
==Personal== Daye's son, Austin Daye, played with Gonzaga University's men's basketball team, and he was drafted 15th overall by the Detroit Pistons in the 2009 NBA draft. Austin also won an NBA championship with the San Antonio Spurs, after they defeated the Miami Heat, in the 2014 NBA Finals.
==Career statistics== {{NBA player statistics legend}}
===NBA=== Source<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.basketball-reference.com/players/d/dayeda01.html|title=Darren Daye NBA stats|website=Basketball Reference|publisher=Sports Reference LLC|accessdate=3 February 2026}}</ref>
====Regular season==== {{NBA player statistics start}} |- | style="text-align:left;"|{{nbay|1983}} | style="text-align:left;"|Washington | 75 || 0 || 15.7 || .441 || .000 || .714 || 2.5 || 2.3 || .5 || '''.2''' || 6.1 |- | style="text-align:left;"|{{nbay|1984}} | style="text-align:left;"|Washington | '''80''' || '''8''' || '''19.7''' || .512 || .143 || '''.715''' || '''3.4''' || '''3.0''' || '''.7''' || '''.2''' || '''8.7''' |- | style="text-align:left;"|{{nbay|1985}} | style="text-align:left;"|Washington | 64 || 4 || 16.8 || .496 || '''.333''' || .671 || 2.9 || 1.7 || '''.7''' || '''.2''' || '''8.7''' |- | style="text-align:left;" rowspan="2"|{{nbay|1986}} | style="text-align:left;"|Chicago | 1 || 0 || 7.0 || – || – || – || 1.0 || 1.0 || .0 || .0 || .0 |- | style="text-align:left;"|Boston | 61 || 2 || 11.9 || .500 || – || .523 || 2.0 || 1.2 || .4 || .1 || 3.9 |- | style="text-align:left;"|{{nbay|1987}} | style="text-align:left;"|Boston | 47 || '''8''' || 13.9 || '''.516''' || .000 || .678 || 1.6 || 1.5 || .6 || .1 || 6.0 |- class="sortbottom" | style="text-align:center;" colspan="2"|Career | 328 || 22 || 15.9 || .491 || .118 || .681 || 2.6 || 2.0 || .6 || .2 || 6.8 {{s-end}}
====Playoffs==== {{NBA player statistics start}} |- | style="text-align:left;"|1984 | style="text-align:left;"|Washington | 3 || 0 || 5.0 || .200 || – || '''1.000''' || .0 || .3 || .0 || '''.3''' || 1.3 |- | style="text-align:left;"|1985 | style="text-align:left;"|Washington | 4 || '''4''' || '''21.3''' || .567 || – || .438 || '''3.0''' || '''3.5''' || '''.8''' || .0 || '''10.3''' |- | style="text-align:left;"|1986 | style="text-align:left;"|Washington | 4 || 0 || 8.0 || .333 || – || .000 || 2.0 || .0 || .0 || .0 || 2.0 |- | style="text-align:left;"|1987 | style="text-align:left;"|Boston | '''23''' || 1 || 10.4 || '''.583''' || – || .865 || 1.4 || .6 || .4 || .1 || 5.0 |- class="sortbottom" | style="text-align:center;" colspan="2"|Career | 34 || 5 || 10.9 || .538 || – || .719 || 1.5 || .8 || .4 || .1 || 5.0 {{s-end}}
==References== {{reflist}}
==External links== {{basketballstats|nba=76543|bbr=d/dayeda01}}
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