Daye attended Woodbridge High School in Irvine, California where he played for coach John Halagan. As a junior in 2005–06, he averaged 16 points, 9 rebounds and 3.4 blocks per game as he named to the All-CIF Southern Sectional Division II A first team and was an All-Orange County third team pick.[1]
As a senior in 2006–07, Daye averaged 30.9 points, 12.4 rebounds and 5.4 blocks per game as he was named to the Orange County Register first team after leading Orange County in scoring. He was also named Sea View League Player of the Year, CIF-Southern Section Division I Player of the Year and calhisports.com first-team All-State.[1]
Considered a five-star recruit by Rivals.com, Daye was listed as the No. 7 small forward and the No. 25 player in the nation in 2007.[3]
College career
Daye (with ball) during his sophomore year at Gonzaga
In his freshman season at Gonzaga, Daye earned WCC All-Freshman Team and All-WCC Honorable Mention honors after averaging 10.5 points, 4.7 rebounds, 1.0 assists and 1.6 steals in 33 games.[1]
In his sophomore season, Daye earned All-WCC Honorable Mention honors for the second straight year, in addition to earning NABC Division I All-District 9 second team honors. In 34 games, he averaged 12.7 points, 6.8 rebounds, 1.1 assists and 2.1 blocks per game.[4]
In April 2009, Daye declared for the NBA draft, forgoing his final two years of college eligibility.[5]
On January 30, 2013, Daye and Tayshaun Prince were traded to the Memphis Grizzlies in exchange for José Calderón as part of a three-way deal that landed Rudy Gay in Toronto.[7] At that time, Steve von Horn of SBNation.com wrote that Daye "came into the league with the physical tools to become a versatile contributor on both ends of the floor, but his virtues never quite materialized".[8]
On February 20, 2014, Daye was traded to the San Antonio Spurs in exchange for Nando de Colo.[10] Daye won a championship ring as a member of the Spurs,[11] who defeated the Miami Heat 4–1 in the NBA finals.[12] Daye played only six minutes during the 2014 postseason and did not score.[13] On January 10, 2015, Daye tallied 22 points and 10 rebounds to help the Spurs defeat the Minnesota Timberwolves, 108–93.[14] A week later, he was waived by the Spurs.[15]
On March 15, 2015, Daye signed a 10-day contract with the Atlanta Hawks.[16] He then signed a second 10-day contract with the Hawks on March 25,[17] and a multi-year contract on April 4.[18] On July 9, 2015, he was waived by the Hawks.[19]
On September 28, 2015, Daye signed with the Cleveland Cavaliers.[20] However, he was waived on October 23 after appearing in six preseason games.[21]
On March 15, 2014, Daye was assigned by the San Antonio Spurs to the Austin Toros of the NBA Development League.[23] He was recalled the next day[24] after having played one game with the team.[25]
On February 16, 2015, Daye was acquired by the Erie BayHawks.[26] He played 10 games with the team.[25]
Lega Basket Serie A (2015–2016)
On November 27, 2015, Daye moved to the Italian Lega Basket Serie A, signing with Consultinvest Pesaro.[27][28] In 21 games for the club in 2015–16, he averaged 21.2 points, 9.0 rebounds, 1.9 assists, 1.6 steals and 1.1 blocks and was selected to the Italian Serie A All-Star Game.[29]
In the summers of 2016, and 2017, Daye played in The Basketball Tournament on ESPN for Team Challenge ALS. He competed for the $2 million prize in 2017, and for Team Challenge ALS, he averaged 13.3 points per game, also shooting 77 percent from the free-throw line. Daye helped take the sixth-seeded Team Challenge ALS to the Championship Game of the tournament, where they lost in a close game to Overseas Elite 86–83.[31]
On August 9, 2017, Daye signed with the Israeli club Hapoel Jerusalem for the 2017–18 season.[33] However, on January 3, 2018, Daye parted ways with Jerusalem after appearing in 19 games (both in the EuroCup and the Israeli Premier League competitions) and averaged 10.9 points and 3.7 rebounds per game.[34]
Lega Basket Serie A (2018–2022)
On January 29, 2018, Daye returned to Italy for a second stint, signing with Umana Reyer Venezia for the rest of the season.[35] On May 2, Daye won the FIBA Europe Cup championship with Reyer.[36] He signed a two-year extension with the team on July 6, 2018.[37]
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