Education
Daye attended Woodbridge High School in Irvine, California where he played for coach John Halagan.
Daye attended Woodbridge High School in Irvine, California where he played for coach John Halagan.
He has previously played for the Pistons, Memphis Grizzlies, Toronto Raptors, San Antonio Spurs and Atlanta Hawks, while also spending time in Russia and the National Basketball Association Development League. As a junior in 2005-2006, 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. In November 2006, Daye signed a National Letter of Intent to play college basketball for Gonzaga.
As a senior in 2006-2007, 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.
Considered a five-star recruit by Rivals.com, Daye was listed as the Number. 7 Power forward and the Number.
25 player in the nation in 2007. In 34 games, he averaged 12.7 points, 6.8 rebounds, 1.1 assists and 2.1 blocks per game.
In April 2009, Daye declared for the National Basketball Association draft, forgoing his final two years of college eligibility.
Daye was drafted by the Detroit Pistons with the 15th overall pick in the 2009 National Basketball Association draft. On August 7, 2009, he signed his rookie scale contract with the Pistons. On September 23, 2011, Daye signed a two-month contract with British Columbia Khimki of the Russian Professional Basketball League.
In December 2011, he returned to the Pistons following the conclusion of the National Basketball Association lockout.
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. On August 1, 2013, Daye signed with the Toronto Raptors.
On February 20, 2014, he was traded to the San Antonio Spurs in exchange for Nando de Colorado On March 15, 2014, he was assigned to the Austin Toros of the National Basketball Association Development League.
He was recalled the next day.
On January 10, 2015, Daye scored a season-high 22 points, in addition to grabbing 10 rebounds, to help the Spurs defeat the Minnesota Timberwolves, 108-93. A week later, he was waived by the Spurs. On February 16, 2015, he was acquired by the Erie BayHawks of the National Basketball Association Development League.
On March 15, 2015, he signed a 10-day contract with the Atlanta Hawks.
He then signed a second 10-day contract with the Hawks on March 25, and a multi-year contract on April 4. On July 9, 2015, he was waived by the Hawks.
On September 28, 2015, Daye signed with the Cleveland Cavaliers. However, he was waived on October 23 after appearing in six preseason games.
On November 27, he moved to the Italian Serie A, signing with Consultinvest Pesaro.
Daye"s father, Darren, played five seasons in the National Basketball Association.