Tremmell Darden

Tremmell Lequincy Dushun Darden (born December 17, 1981) is an American professional basketball player who last played for Mitteldeutscher BC of the German Basketball Bundesliga. Standing at 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m),^[1] he plays at the small forward and power forward positions.

Tremmell Darden

Darden with Riesen Ludwigsburg in 2022.
Free Agent
Position	Small forward / power forward
Personal information
Born	(1981-11-17) November 17, 1981 (age 42) Inglewood, California
Nationality	American
Listed height	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)
Listed weight	220 lb (100 kg)
Career information
High school	Las Vegas (Las Vegas, Nevada)
College	Niagara (2000–2004)
NBA draft	2004: undrafted
Playing career	2004–present
Career history
2004–2005	Erdemirspor Kdz. Ereğli
2005–2006	Leuven
2006–2008	Spirou Charleroi
2008–2009	South Dragons
2009–2010	SIG Strasbourg
2010–2011	SLUC Nancy
2011–2012	Unicaja Málaga
2012–2013	Žalgiris Kaunas
2013–2014	Real Madrid
2014–2015	Olympiacos
2015–2016	Beşiktaş
2016–2017	Cantù
2018	Antwerp Giants
2018–2020	Mitteldeutscher BC
2020–2022	Riesen Ludwigsburg
2022–2023	Mitteldeutscher BC
Career highlights and awards
Belgian League champion (2008) Australian League champion (2009) French League Foreign Players All-Star (2010) French League champion (2011) Lithuanian Supercup winner (2012) Spanish League champion (2013) Spanish Supercup winner (2013) Spanish Cup winner (2014) Greek League champion (2015) 2× Second-team All-MAAC (2003, 2004)

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.^[2]

In August 2009, he signed a one-year deal with Strasbourg IG of France's LNB Pro A.^[3] In 2010, he was named a French League Foreign Players All-Star.^[4] In July 2010, he signed a one-year deal with another French team, SLUC Nancy Basket.^[5] 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).^[6]

In August 2011, he signed a one-year deal with the Spanish club Unicaja Málaga, of the Liga ACB.^[7]

On July 20, 2012, Darden signed a one-year deal with Žalgiris Kaunas of Lithuania's LKL league.^[8] On March 11, 2013, he left Žalgiris.^[9] Two days later, he signed with the Spanish EuroLeague club, Real Madrid, for the rest of the season.^[10] In July 2013, he extended his contract with Real Madrid for one more season.^[11]

In July 2014, Darden signed a two-year deal with Olympiacos, of Greece's Greek Basket League.^[12] On June 24, 2015, he parted ways with Olympiacos.^[13]

On September 12, 2015, he signed a one-year contract with the Turkish team Beşiktaş, of the BSL league.^[14]

On September 14, 2016, Darden signed with Italian club Pallacanestro Cantù, of the LBA league, for the 2016–17 LBA season.^[15]

Darden played for Mitteldeutscher BC of the Basketball Bundesliga during the 2019–20 season. He parted ways with the team on July 21, 2020.^[16]

On October 15, 2020, he has signed with Riesen Ludwigsburg of the Basketball Bundesliga.^[17] Darden averaged 7.3 points and 2.9 rebounds per game. He re-signed with the team on September 8, 2021.^[18]

On August 21, 2022, he has signed with Mitteldeutscher BC of the German Basketball Bundesliga.^[19]

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

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

References

1. TREMMELL DARDEN Height 1.96m.
2. "South Dragons win NBL Championship against Melbourne Tigers 102–81". heraldsun.com.au. March 13, 2009. Retrieved September 7, 2014.
3. "Strasbourg signs Tremmell Darden". Sportando.com. August 1, 2009. Retrieved September 7, 2014.
4. (in French). basketsession.com. December 7, 2010. Archived from the original on February 11, 2011. Retrieved October 28, 2011.
5. "SLUC Nancy inks Tremmell Darden". Sportando.com. July 1, 2010. Retrieved September 7, 2014.
6. . L'Équipe (in French). March 11, 2011. Archived from the original on August 18, 2011. Retrieved October 28, 2011.
7. "Unicaja adds Darden". Euroleague.net. August 5, 2011. Retrieved September 7, 2014.
8. "Zalgiris brings back Lavrinovic, adds Darden". Euroleague.net. July 20, 2012. Retrieved September 7, 2014.
9. "Darden leaves Zalgiris". Euroleague.net. March 11, 2013. Retrieved September 7, 2014.
10. "Real Madrid officially announced Tremmell Darden". Sportando.com. March 13, 2013. Retrieved September 7, 2014.
11. "Real Madrid will pick up option on Tremmell Darden's contract". Sportando.com. June 24, 2013. Retrieved September 7, 2014.
12. "Olympiacos inks veteran forward Darden to 2-year deal". Euroleague.net. July 24, 2014. Retrieved September 7, 2014.
13. "Tremmell Darden, Olympiacos part ways". Sportando.com. June 24, 2015. Retrieved June 24, 2015.
14. "Tremmell Darden Beşiktaş'ta". bjk.com.tr (in Turkish). September 12, 2015. Retrieved September 12, 2015.
15. "LA PALLACANESTRO CANTU' COMPLETA IL QUINTETTO CON TREMMELL DARDEN". pallacanestrocantu.com (in Italian). September 14, 2016. Retrieved September 14, 2016.
16. Carchia, Emiliano (July 21, 2020). "MBC parts ways with Darden, Dorsey and Warren". Sportando. Retrieved July 21, 2020.
17. Carchia, Emiliano (October 15, 2020). "Yanni Wetzell returns to NBL's Phoenix, Ludwigsburg replaces him with Darden". Sportando. Retrieved October 15, 2020.
18. Borghesan, Ennio Terrasi (September 8, 2021). "Ludwigsburg re-signs veteran guard Tremmell Darden". Sportando. Retrieved September 8, 2021.
19. "Auch Tremmell Darden kehrt zurück". syntainics-mbc.de (in German). August 21, 2022. Retrieved September 3, 2022.

External links

• Tremmell Darden at acb.com (in Spanish)
• Tremmell Darden at esake.gr (in Greek)
• Tremmell Darden at eurobasket.com
• Tremmell Darden at euroleague.net
• Tremmell Darden at draftexpress.com
• at fiba.com (game center)
• Tremmell Darden at fibaeurope.com
• Tremmell Darden at legabasket.it (in Italian)
• Tremmell Darden at myhoopjourney.com
• Tremmell Darden at twitter.com