Tremmell Lequincy Dushun Darden (born December 17, 1981) is an American professional

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player for Mitteldeutscher BC of the German

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. Standing at , he plays at the

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and power forward positions.

High school career

Darden played high school basketball at

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, in

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College career

Darden played

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Niagara University Niagara University (NU) is a private Catholic university in the Vincentian tradition in Lewiston in Niagara County, New York. It is run by the Congregation of the Mission and has 3,300 undergraduate students in 50 academic programs. App ...

, where he played with the

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, from 2000 to 2004. He was named to the All-

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2nd Team, in both 2003 and 2004.

Professional career

Darden began his professional career in Turkey, in the 2004–05 season, with

Erdemirspor Erdemir Spor Kulübü, also referred to as Erdemirspor or Erdemir Zonguldak, is a professional basketball team based in the city of Zonguldak in Turkey that plays in the Turkish Basketball League. The team was founded in 2000. Their home arena is ...

. He then moved to the Belgian club

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, where he spent the 2005–06 season. From 2006 to 2008, Darden played with

Spirou Charleroi Spirou Charleroi, commonly known simply as Spirou, is a Belgian professional basketball club that is located in Charleroi. The club competes in the BNXT League, the highest tier of basketball in Belgium. The club's home arena is the Spiroudome wh ...

of Belgium. With Charleroi, he won the

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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 Strasbourg Illkirch-Graffenstaden Basket, most commonly known as SIG Basket or SIG Strasbourg, is a French professional basketball club that is based in Strasbourg. The club, founded in 1929, competes domestically in the French Pro A League, and i ...

of France's

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. 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,

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. Over the two-year period that he spent with the French teams, he was twice named the French League Player of the Month: (Dec.

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, Feb.

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). In August 2011, he signed a one-year deal with the Spanish club

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, of the

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. 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,

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, 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 Olympiacós Sýndesmos Filáthlon Peiraiós ( el, Ολυμπιακός Σύνδεσμος Φιλάθλων Πειραιώς, Olympic Club of Fans of Piraeus) is a major multi-sport club based in Piraeus, Greece. Olympiacos is parent to a numbe ...

, of Greece's

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. On June 24, 2015, he parted ways with Olympiacos. On September 12, 2015, he signed a one-year contract with the Turkish team

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, 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. Darden played for Mitteldeutscher BC of the

during the 2019–20 season. He parted ways with the team on July 21, 2020. On October 15, 2020, he has signed with

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of the

. Darden averaged 7.3 points and 2.9 rebounds per game. He re-signed with the team on September 8, 2021. On August 21, 2022, he has signed with Mitteldeutscher BC of the German

Career statistics

EuroLeague

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, 31 , , 30 , , 20.0 , , .459 , , .464 , , .720 , , 2.6 , , .8 , , .3 , , .5 , , 5.7 , , 6.2 , - , style="text-align:left;", 2014–15 , style="text-align:left;",

, 27 , , 26 , , 15.7 , , .387 , , .265 , , .783 , , 1.8 , , .5 , , .5 , , .4 , , 4.2 , , 3.5 , - class="sortbottom" , style="text-align:left;", Career , style="text-align:left;", , 87 , , 85 , , 20.6 , , .486 , , .410 , , .750 , , 2.7 , , .7 , , .4 , , .5 , , 6.5 , , 6.7

High school career

College career

Professional career

Career statistics

EuroLeague

References

External links