Austin Darren Daye is an American

United States

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 professional basketball

Basketball

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 player from Irvine

Irvine, California

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, California

California

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 who currently plays for BC Khimki Moscow in Russia

Russia

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. He was drafted 15th overall in the 2009 NBA Draft

2009 NBA Draft

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 by the Detroit Pistons

Detroit Pistons

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 of the National Basketball Association

National Basketball Association

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 (NBA), and is still under contract with the Pistons; he is expected to return to them when the 2011 NBA lockout

2011 NBA lockout

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 ends. Daye is following in the footsteps of his father, Darren Daye

Darren Daye

Darren Keefe Daye is a retired American professional basketball player. The 6'8", 220 lb guard-forward played high-school basketball for Kennedy High School in Granada Hills, CA, and attended UCLA...

, who played five seasons in the NBA.

During Daye's senior year at Woodbridge High School he averaged 30.9 points, 12.4 rebounds and 5.4 blocks per game. He played college basketball

College basketball

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 at Gonzaga University

Gonzaga Bulldogs men's basketball

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Regular season

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| style="text-align:left;"| 2009–10

2009–10 NBA season

The 2009–10 NBA season was the 64th season of the National Basketball Association . The 1,230-game regular season began on Tuesday, October 27, 2009, and ended on Wednesday, April 14, 2010....

| style="text-align:left;"| Detroit

Detroit Pistons

The Detroit Pistons are a franchise of the National Basketball Association based in Auburn Hills, Michigan. The team's home arena is The Palace of Auburn Hills. It was originally founded in Fort Wayne, Indiana as the Fort Wayne Pistons as a member of the National Basketball League in 1941, where...

| 69 || 4 || 13.3 || .464 || .305 || .821 || 2.5 || .5 || .4 || .4 || 5.1
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| style="text-align:left;"| 2010–11

2010–11 NBA season

The 2010–11 NBA season was the 65th season of the National Basketball Association . The 2011 NBA All-Star Game was played on February 20, 2011 at Staples Center in Los Angeles, California. The Dallas Mavericks defeated the Miami Heat in six games, 4 games to 2, to win their first NBA title, and...

| style="text-align:left;"| Detroit
| 72 || 16 || 20.1 || .410 || .401 || .759 || 3.8 || 1.1 || .5 || .5 || 7.5
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| style="text-align:left;"| Career
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| 141 || 20 || 16.7 || .431 || .367 || .780 || 3.2 || .8 || .5 || .5 || 6.3