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Biography
Tremmell Lequincy Dushun Darden (born December 17, 1981) is an American professional basketball player for Pallacanestro Cantù of the Italian Serie A. Standing at 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m), he plays at the small forward and shooting guard positions.
High school career
Darden played high school basketball at Las Vegas High School, in Las Vegas, Nevada.
College career
Darden played college basketball at Niagara University, where he played with the Niagara Purple Eagles, from 2000 to 2004. He was named to the All-Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference 2nd Team, in both 2003 and 2004.
Professional career
Darden began his professional career in Turkey, in the 2004–05 season, with Erdemirspor. He then moved to the Belgian club Leuven Bears, where he spent the 2005–06 season. From 2006 to 2008, Darden played with Spirou Charleroi of Belgium. With Charleroi, he won the Belgian League championship, in the 2007–08 season.
In 2008, Darden signed with the South Dragons of Australia's NBL league. With the Dragons, he won the 2008–09 NBL season.
In August 2009, he signed a one-year deal with Strasbourg IG of France's LNB Pro A. In 2010, he was named a French League Foreign Players All-Star. In July 2010, he signed a one-year deal with another French team, SLUC Nancy Basket. Over the two-year period that he spent with the French teams, he was twice named the French League Player of the Month: (Dec. 2010, Feb. 2011).
In August 2011, he signed a one-year deal with the Spanish club Unicaja Málaga, of the Liga ACB.
On July 20, 2012, Darden signed a one-year deal with Žalgiris Kaunas of Lithuania's LKL league. On March 11, 2013, he left Žalgiris. Two days later, he signed with the Spanish EuroLeague club, Real Madrid, for the rest of the season. In July 2013, he extended his contract with Real Madrid for one more season.
In July 2014, Darden signed a two-year deal with Olympiacos, of Greece's Greek Basket League. On June 24, 2015, he parted ways with Olympiacos.
On September 12, 2015, he signed a one-year contract with the Turkish team Beşiktaş, of the BSL league.
On September 14, 2016, Darden signed with Italian club Pallacanestro Cantù, of the LBA league, for the 2016–17 LBA season.
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 | PIR | Performance Index Rating | ||
| Bold | Career high | ||||||
Note: The EuroLeague is not the only competition in which the player participated for the team during the season. He also played in domestic competition, and regional competition if applicable.
EuroLeague
| Year | Team | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG | PIR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011–12 | Unicaja | 10 | 10 | 26.4 | .429 | .333 | .783 | 3.5 | .8 | .3 | .9 | 8.3 | 7.2 |
| 2012–13 | Žalgiris | 20 | 19 | 24.2 | .633 | .517 | .724 | 3.9 | .8 | .5 | .2 | 9.9 | 11.1 |
| 2013–14 | Real Madrid | 31 | 30 | 20.0 | .459 | .464 | .720 | 2.6 | .8 | .3 | .5 | 5.7 | 6.2 |
| 2014–15 | Olympiacos | 27 | 26 | 15.7 | .387 | .265 | .783 | 1.8 | .5 | .5 | .4 | 4.2 | 3.5 |
| Career | 87 | 85 | 20.6 | .486 | .410 | .750 | 2.7 | .7 | .4 | .5 | 6.5 | 6.7 |