Austin Daye

Signed in Taiwan • New Taipei Kings • SF/PF • 6 years of NBA experience

Height6'11

Born5th June 1988 (age 38)

Weight200 lbs

Nationality🇺🇸USA

NBA Draft15th pick, 2009

Pre-draft teamGonzaga

HandRight

AgentUnknown

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Transactions

21 entries

Date	League	Transaction
2009 NBA Draft	NBA	Drafted 15th overall by Detroit.
24th July, 2009	NBA	Signed four year, $8,369,237 rookie scale contract with Detroit. Included team options for 2011/12 and 2012/13.
22nd October, 2010	NBA	Detroit exercised 2011/12 team option.
30th June, 2011	NBA	Detroit exercised 2012/13 team option.
23rd September, 2011	Russia	Signed for the duration of the NBA lockout with Khimky.
10th November, 2011	Russia	Left Kihmky.
30th January, 2013	NBA	As a part of a three team deal, traded by Detroit, along with Tayshaun Prince, to Memphis in exchange for Jose Calderon from Toronto.
1st August, 2013	NBA	Signed a partially guaranteed two year minimum salary contract with Toronto.
20th February, 2014	NBA	Traded by Toronto, along with cash, to San Antonio in exchange for Nando de Colo.
15th March, 2014	D-League	Assigned by San Antonio to Austin Toros of the D-League.
16th March, 2014	D-League	Recalled by San Antonio from Austin Toros of the D-League.
17th January, 2015	NBA	Waived by San Antonio.
13th February, 2015	D-League	Acquired by Erie BayHawks.
15th March, 2015	NBA	Signed a 10 day contract with Atlanta.
25th March, 2015	NBA	Signed a second 10 day contract with Atlanta.
4th April, 2015	NBA	Signed a partially guaranteed minimum salary contract for the remainder of the season and through 2016 with Atlanta.
9th July, 2015	NBA	Waived by Atlanta.
27th November, 2015	Italy	Signed for the remainder of the season with Pesaro.
6th May, 2016	Bahrain	Signed for the remainder of the season with Al Manama.
30th June, 2016	Turkey	Signed a one year contract with Galatasaray.
9th August, 2017	Israel	Signed a one year contract with Hapoel Jerusalem.

Teams

12 entries

Date	Team
2007 - 2009	Gonzaga (NCAA)
June 2009 - January 2013	Detroit Pistons (NBA)
September 2011 - November 2011	Memphis Grizzlies (NBA)
January 2013 - June 2013	Memphis Grizzlies (NBA)
August 2013 - February 2014	Toronto Raptors (NBA)
February 2014 - January 2015	San Antonio Spurs (NBA)
February 2015 - March 2015	Erie BayHawks (D-League)
March 2015 - July 2015	Atlanta Hawks (NBA)
November 2015 - May 2016	Pesaro (Italy)
May 2016 - June 2016	Al Manama (Bahrain)
June 2016 - June 2017	Galatasaray (Turkey)
August 2017 - present	Hapoel Jerusalem (Israel)

NBA Salary

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Listed total $23,150,000

2025/26	2026/27	2027/28	2028/29
$4,850,000 Signed in Taiwan Fully guaranteed	$5,475,000 Signed in Taiwan Fully guaranteed	$6,100,000 Signed in Taiwan $3,050,000 guaranteed Team option	$6,725,000 Signed in Taiwan $3,362,500 guaranteed Player option

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2010 Summer League Rosters: Detroit Pistons

July 18, 2010

Austin Daye

In spite of the disappointment of the Pistons season, Daye didn't play over 1,000 minutes. This is partly because he didn't do very well, particularly defensively. Daye can block shots, but he's too thin to do much else on defense, and his effort there wasn't particularly good either. He was better offensively, but made quite a lot of rookie mistakes and didn't show a dribble-drive game, taking only jumpshots and dunks that other people set up for him. This will be fine in the long run, but only if he ups his tree point percentage from 30%. And puts on weight. A lot of weight.

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