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

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player who currently plays for Crailsheim Merlins of the German

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. Standing at , he plays at the

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and

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positions.

High school career

Darden played high school basketball at

Las Vegas High School Las Vegas High School is a Public school (government funded), public high school in Sunrise Manor, Nevada, part of the Clark County School District. It is the oldest high school in Las Vegas and originally opened in 1905 on what was then the out ...

, 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 the census-designated place Niagara University, New York, in the town of Lewiston near Niagara Falls. It is run by the Congregation of the Mission and ...

, 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. 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 Basket, 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 which ...

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, Darden 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. The ...

of France's

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. In 2010, he was named a French League Foreign Players

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. 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, Darden 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 Unicaja Málaga 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

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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 (, Olympic Association of Fans of Piraeus) is a major multi-sport club based in Piraeus, Greece. Olympiacos is parent to a number of different competitive departments which participate in football, ...

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

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of the LBA league for the

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. Darden played for

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of the

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

Riesen Ludwigsburg BG Ludwigsburg, for sponsorship reasons MHP Riesen Ludwigsburg (), is a professional basketball club that is based in Ludwigsburg, Germany. The club currently plays in the Basketball Bundesliga (BBL), the first tier of basketball in Germany. Fou ...

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 signed with

of the German

. On January 2, 2024, at the age of 42, Darden once more returned to the German

, signing a contract with Crailsheim Merlins for the remainder of the 2023-24 BBL season.

Career statistics

EuroLeague

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High school career

College career

Professional career

Career statistics

EuroLeague

References

External links