Austin Daye

Austin Daye

Daye during his tenure with the Pistons
No. 25 – Galatasaray Odeabank Istanbul
Position Forward
League Turkish Basketball Super League
Euroleague
Personal information
Born (1988-06-05) June 5, 1988
Irvine, California
Nationality American
Listed height 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m)
Listed weight 220 lb (100 kg)
Career information
High school Woodbridge (Irvine, California)
College Gonzaga (2007–2009)
NBA draft 2009 / Round: 1 / Pick: 15th overall
Selected by the Detroit Pistons
Playing career 2009–present
Career history
2009–2013 Detroit Pistons
2011 Khimki
2013 Memphis Grizzlies
2013–2014 Toronto Raptors
2014–2015 San Antonio Spurs
2014 →Austin Toros
2015 Erie BayHawks
2015 Atlanta Hawks
2015–2016 Consultinvest Pesaro
2016 Al-Manama
2016–present Galatasaray Odeabank
Career highlights and awards

Austin Darren Daye (born June 5, 1988) is an American professional basketball player for Galatasaray Odeabank of the Turkish Basketball Super League and the Euroleague. The 6'11" small forward played college basketball for Gonzaga before being drafted 15th overall by the Detroit Pistons in the 2009 NBA draft. He has previously played for the Pistons, Memphis Grizzlies, Toronto Raptors, San Antonio Spurs and Atlanta Hawks, while also spending time in Russia, Italy and the NBA Development League.

High school career

Daye attended Woodbridge High School in Irvine, California where he played for coach John Halagan. As a junior in 2005–06, he averaged 16 points, 9 rebounds and 3.4 blocks per game as he named to the All-CIF Southern Sectional Division II A first team and was an All-Orange County third team pick.[1]

In November 2006, Daye signed a National Letter of Intent to play college basketball for Gonzaga.[2]

As a senior in 2006–07, Daye averaged 30.9 points, 12.4 rebounds and 5.4 blocks per game as he was named to the Orange County Register first team after leading Orange County in scoring. He was also named Sea View League Player of the Year, CIF-Southern Section Division I Player of the Year and calhisports.com first-team All-State.[1]

Considered a five-star recruit by Rivals.com, Daye was listed as the No. 7 small forward and the No. 25 player in the nation in 2007.[3]

College career

In his freshman season at Gonzaga, Daye earned WCC All-Freshman Team and All-WCC Honorable Mention honors after averaging 10.5 points, 4.7 rebounds, 1.0 assists and 1.6 steals in 33 games.[1]

In his sophomore season, Daye earned All-WCC Honorable Mention honors for the second straight year, in addition to earning NABC Division I All-District 9 second team honors. In 34 games, he averaged 12.7 points, 6.8 rebounds, 1.1 assists and 2.1 blocks per game.[4]

In April 2009, Daye declared for the NBA draft, forgoing his final two years of college eligibility.[5]

Professional career

Daye was drafted by the Detroit Pistons with the 15th overall pick in the 2009 NBA draft. On August 7, 2009, he signed his rookie scale contract with the Pistons.[6]

On September 23, 2011, Daye signed a two-month contract with Khimki of the Russian Professional Basketball League.[7] In December 2011, he returned to the Pistons following the conclusion of the NBA lockout.

On January 30, 2013, Daye and Tayshaun Prince were traded to the Memphis Grizzlies in exchange for José Calderón as part of a three-way deal that landed Rudy Gay in Toronto.[8]

On August 1, 2013, Daye signed with the Toronto Raptors.[9] On February 20, 2014, he was traded to the San Antonio Spurs in exchange for Nando de Colo.[10] On March 15, 2014, he was assigned to the Austin Toros of the NBA Development League.[11] He was recalled the next day.[12] The Spurs went on to win the 2014 NBA championship with a 4-1 defeat of the Miami Heat in NBA Finals; Daye's contributions were limited to a single rebound in six minutes playing time throughout the entire playoff run.

On January 10, 2015, Daye scored a season-high 22 points, in addition to grabbing 10 rebounds, to help the Spurs defeat the Minnesota Timberwolves, 108-93.[13] A week later, he was waived by the Spurs.[14] On February 16, 2015, he was acquired by the Erie BayHawks of the NBA Development League.[15] On March 15, 2015, he signed a 10-day contract with the Atlanta Hawks.[16] He then signed a second 10-day contract with the Hawks on March 25,[17] and a multi-year contract on April 4.[18] On July 9, 2015, he was waived by the Hawks.[19]

On September 28, 2015, Daye signed with the Cleveland Cavaliers.[20] However, he was waived on October 23 after appearing in six preseason games.[21] On November 27, he moved to the Italian Serie A, signing with Consultinvest Pesaro.[22][23] In 21 games for the club in 2015–16, he averaged 21.2 points, 9.0 rebounds, 1.9 assists, 1.6 steals and 1.1 blocks and was selected to the Italian Serie A All-Star Game.[24]

On May 6, 2016, Daye signed with Al-Manama of the Bahraini Premier League for the 2016 GCC Basketball Clubs Championship.[24][25]

On June 30, 2016, Daye signed with Galatasaray Odeabank of Turkey for the 2016–17 season.[26]

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
2009–10 Detroit 69 4 13.3 .464 .305 .821 2.5 .5 .4 .4 5.1
2010–11 Detroit 72 16 20.1 .410 .401 .759 3.8 1.1 .5 .5 7.5
2011–12 Detroit 41 4 14.7 .322 .210 .814 2.2 .8 .5 .5 4.7
2012–13 Detroit 24 0 14.5 .443 .525 .833 2.6 .9 .2 .3 5.1
2012–13 Memphis 31 0 10.6 .423 .345 .688 1.9 .7 .3 .5 4.0
2013–14 Toronto 8 0 4.1 .231 .000 .667 .9 .3 .0 .0 1.0
2013–14 San Antonio 14 1 8.2 .382 .414 .571 1.4 .4 .3 .4 4.1
2014–15 San Antonio 26 4 10.3 .348 .333 1.000 2.3 .3 .3 .1 4.0
2014–15 Atlanta 8 0 9.5 .385 .357 .500 1.8 1.0 .5 .3 3.3
Career 293 29 14.1 .402 .351 .778 2.6 .7 .4 .4 5.2

Playoffs

Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
2013 Memphis 4 0 5.0 .375 .000 1.000 .3 .0 .0 .3 1.8
2014 San Antonio 1 0 6.0 .000 .000 .000 1.0 .0 .0 .0 .0
Career 5 0 5.2 .300 .000 1.000 .4 .0 .0 .2 1.4

Personal

Daye's father, Darren, played five seasons in the NBA.[27]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 "#5 Austin Daye". GoZags.com. Archived from the original on December 11, 2014. Retrieved April 15, 2009.
  2. ↑ "2007 LOIs Roll in to GU". Scout.com. November 8, 2006. Retrieved April 15, 2009.
  3. ↑ "Austin Daye – Yahoo! Sports". Rivals.com. Retrieved April 15, 2009.
  4. ↑ "Austin Daye Stats". Sports-Reference.com. Retrieved April 15, 2009.
  5. ↑ "Daye declares for NBA draft: 'Basically, I want to test the waters'". KHQ.com. April 15, 2009. Retrieved April 15, 2009.
  6. ↑ "Pistons Sign Draft Picks Austin Daye, DaJuan Summers and Jonas Jerebko". NBA.com. August 7, 2009. Retrieved August 7, 2009.
  7. ↑ "Khimki adds big man Daye". Euroleague.com. September 23, 2011. Retrieved September 23, 2011.
  8. ↑ "Grizzlies acquire Tayshaun Prince, Austin Daye, Ed Davis and 2013 second round draft pick in three-team deal". NBA.com. January 30, 2013. Retrieved January 30, 2013.
  9. ↑ "Raptors Sign Free-Agent Austin Daye". NBA.com. August 1, 2013. Archived from the original on October 10, 2014. Retrieved August 1, 2013.
  10. ↑ "Spurs Acquire Austin Daye". NBA.com. February 20, 2014. Retrieved February 20, 2014.
  11. ↑ "Spurs Assign Austin Daye to Toros". NBA.com. March 15, 2014. Retrieved March 15, 2014.
  12. ↑ "Spurs Recall Austin Daye". NBA.com. March 16, 2014. Retrieved March 16, 2014.
  13. ↑ "Spurs give Timberwolves 15th straight loss, 108-93". NBA.com. January 10, 2015. Retrieved January 10, 2015.
  14. ↑ "Spurs Waive Austin Daye". NBA.com. January 17, 2015. Retrieved January 17, 2015.
  15. ↑ "BayHawks Acquire Daye". NBA.com. February 16, 2015. Retrieved February 16, 2015.
  16. ↑ "Hawks Sign Austin Daye to 10-Day Contract". NBA.com. March 15, 2015. Retrieved March 15, 2015.
  17. ↑ "Hawks Sign Austin Daye to Second 10-Day Contract". NBA.com. March 25, 2015. Retrieved March 25, 2015.
  18. ↑ "Atlanta Hawks Sign Austin Daye To Multi-Year Contract". NBA.com. April 4, 2015. Retrieved April 4, 2015.
  19. ↑ "Hawks Request Waivers On Austin Daye". NBA.com. July 9, 2015. Retrieved July 13, 2015.
  20. ↑ "Cavaliers Announce 2015-16 Training Camp Roster". NBA.com. September 28, 2015. Archived from the original on September 29, 2015. Retrieved September 28, 2015.
  21. ↑ "Cavaliers Waive Four Players". NBA.com. October 23, 2015. Retrieved October 23, 2015.
  22. ↑ "Victoria Libertas Pesaro announces Austin Daye". Sportando.com. November 27, 2015. Retrieved November 27, 2015.
  23. ↑ "Consultinvest, il nuovo acquisto è il figlio di Darren Daye". ilrestodelcarlino.it (in Italian). November 27, 2015. Retrieved November 27, 2015.
  24. 1 2 Madwar, Ahmad (May 6, 2016). "Al Manama lands Austin Daye, ex VL Pesaro for GCC!!". Eurobasket.com. Retrieved May 6, 2016.
  25. ↑ "Manama off to a winning start". Eurobasket.com. May 14, 2016. Retrieved May 14, 2016.
  26. ↑ "Austin Daye Galatasaray Odeabank'ta". galatasaray.org (in Turkish). June 30, 2016. Retrieved June 30, 2016.
  27. ↑ "Zags' Daye hopes to prove he can be physical". ESPN.com. May 25, 2009. Retrieved May 25, 2009.

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