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Darrell Arthur

Arthur with the Memphis Grizzlies in 2008
Power forward
Personal information
Born	(1988-03-25) March 25, 1988 (age 36) Dallas, Texas, U.S.
Nationality	American
High school	South Oak Cliff (Dallas, Texas)
Listed height	6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)
Listed weight	235 lb (107 kg)
Career information
College	Kansas (2006–2008)
NBA Draft	2008 / Round: 1 / Pick: 27th overall
Selected by the New Orleans Hornets
Pro career	2008–2018
Career history
2008–2013	Memphis Grizzlies
2013–2018	Denver Nuggets
Career highlights and awards
NCAA champion (2008) First-team All-Big 12 (2008) Big 12 All-Rookie Team (2007) McDonald's All-American (2006) Third-team Parade All-American (2006) Texas Mr. Basketball (2006)
Stats at NBA.com

Darrell Antwonne Arthur (born March 25, 1988) is an American former professional basketball player. He played college basketball for the Kansas Jayhawks for two seasons where he was part of the 2007–08 national championship team. He was drafted by the New Orleans Hornets in the 2008 NBA draft but after two trades, he ended up with the Memphis Grizzlies, with whom he signed on July 8, 2008. He is listed at 6 feet 9 inches (2.06 m), 235 lb (107 kg) and played the power forward position.

Darrell is now a part of the Denver Nuggets Front Office.

Arthur is the first cousin of fellow basketball player Quinton Ross.

Early life

In high school, Arthur guided South Oak Cliff High School to back-to-back Texas 4A state titles in 2005 and 2006 and was the tournament's MVP both years.

Those state titles were later forfeited after it was determined that the school had played an ineligible athlete.

During his senior year, Arthur was named a McDonald's All-American and third-team Parade All-American honors in 2006.

In regards to college recruiting, Arthur was considered a five-star recruit by Rivals.com, and 247Sports.com listed him as the consensus top recruit in Texas and the 13th best recruit in the country. .

College career

Arthur's uniform number in college was 00, making him the first Jayhawk to wear that number since Greg Ostertag. He was named to the Big 12 All-Rookie team his Freshmen year in 2006–07. Arthur was named to the All-Big 12 first team the year Kansas won the NCAA championship.

Professional career

Memphis Grizzlies (2008–2013)

Arthur was selected by the New Orleans Hornets as the 27th overall pick in the 2008 NBA draft but was promptly traded to the Portland Trail Blazers for cash. The Trail Blazers then traded Arthur to the Houston Rockets for draft rights to 25th overall pick Nicolas Batum. Soon afterwards, the Rockets traded Arthur to the Memphis Grizzlies for draft rights to the 28th overall pick Donté Greene.

..... Fellow NBA rookie Michael Beasley was also reported to have been in the room at the time, but was not asked to leave camp. Beasley was later fined $50,000 for his involvement in the incident .....

On June 29, 2012, the Grizzlies extended a qualifying offer to Arthur, making him a restricted free agent.

Denver Nuggets (2013–2018)

On June 27, 2013, Arthur was traded to the Denver Nuggets along with 55th overall draft pick Joffrey Lauvergne in exchange for Kosta Koufos. On June 23, 2014, he exercised his player option for the 2014–15 season.

On August 7, 2015, Arthur re-signed with the Nuggets. On March 31, 2016, he tied a career high with 24 points off the bench in a 101–95 loss to the New Orleans Pelicans.

On July 9, 2016, Arthur again re-signed with the Nuggets.

On July 13, 2018, Arthur was traded, along with Kenneth Faried, a protected 2019 first round draft pick and a 2020 second round draft pick, to the Brooklyn Nets in exchange for Isaiah Whitehead. Seven days later, Arthur was traded to the Phoenix Suns in exchange for Jared Dudley and a 2021 second round draft pick. On October 15, 2018, he was waived by the Suns.

NBA career statistics

Regular season

Playoffs

See also

In Spanish: Darrell Arthur para niños

• 2006 boys high school basketball All-Americans