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Danny Ainge
Danny Ainge (born 1959, Eugene, Oregon), NBA guard and executive; two-time Celtics champion player (1984, 1986), 2008 champion GM, Wooden Award winner at BYU, former Blue Jays player, now Utah Jazz CEO.
Danny Granger
Danny Granger Jr. (born 1983), NBA small forward drafted 17th overall by the Indiana Pacers in 2005; 2009 All-Star and Most Improved Player who averaged 25.8 points in 2008-09 before knee injuries ended his 10-year career.
Danny Green (basketball)
Danny Green (born 1987) is a retired American NBA shooting guard, 2009 second-round pick, who won championships with the Spurs (2014), Raptors (2019), and Lakers (2020), starting on all three, with 1,577 career three-pointers.
Danny Manning
Danny Manning (Danniel Ricardo Manning, born 1966), Kansas basketball legend, 1988 NCAA champion and Wooden Award winner, first overall 1988 NBA pick, two-time All-Star, 1998 Sixth Man of the Year; later college head coach at Tulsa, Wake Forest and Maryland, now a Colorado assistant.
Danny Wolf
Danny Wolf (born 2004) is an American NBA forward-center for the Brooklyn Nets, drafted 27th overall in 2025 from Michigan after two Yale seasons; a 6-11 playmaking big with Israel U20 silver.
Daouda Karaboue
Daouda Karaboué, born 1975 in Abidjan, is a French-Ivorian retired handball goalkeeper; two Olympic golds (2008, 2012), world and European champion with France, Montpellier and Toulouse player, later goalkeeper coach.
Dario Šarić
Dario Šarić is a Croatian professional basketball player, born in 1994, a 6-foot-10 forward who spent eight NBA seasons and reached the 2021 Finals with Phoenix.
Darius Acuff Jr.
Darius Acuff Jr. (born 2006) is an American NBA guard, drafted No. 7 in 2026 by the Sacramento Kings after a Arkansas freshman season leading the SEC in scoring (23.5 PPG) and assists (6.4 APG), first since Pete Maravich in 1970.
Darius Bazley
Darius Bazley (born 2000) is an American basketball forward, 23rd pick of the 2019 NBA Draft, first top prospect to choose the G League over college, then a New Balance intern; played for Oklahoma City, Phoenix, Philadelphia, and Utah.
Darius Garland
Darius Garland (born 2000) is an American NBA point guard, 6'1", drafted 5th overall in 2019 by Cleveland from Vanderbilt; two-time All-Star, traded to the LA Clippers for James Harden in February 2026.
Darius Miles
Darius Miles (Darius LaVar Miles, "D-Miles"), NBA small forward born 1981, drafted 3rd overall in 2000 by the Clippers straight from East St. Louis High; 446 games, 10.1 PPG; distinct from the former Alabama player charged in a 2023 capital murder case.
Darko Miličić
Darko Miličić (Дарко Миличић), born in 1985 in Novi Sad, is a Serbian former basketball player drafted second overall by Detroit in 2003, now an apple farmer.
Darrall Imhoff
Darrall Tucker Imhoff (1938-2017), American basketball center; 1960 Olympic gold medalist, Cal's 1959 NCAA champion center, 12-season NBA center for the Knicks, Lakers, 76ers, and others.
Darrell Armstrong
Darrell Armstrong (born 1968) is an American former NBA point guard and current Dallas Mavericks assistant coach. Undrafted from Fayetteville State, he won both Most Improved Player and Sixth Man of the Year in 1998-99 with Orlando and made the Magic Hall of Fame in 2020.
Darrell Griffith
Darrell Griffith, "Dr. Dunkenstein" (born 1958), Louisville star and 1980 NCAA champion and Wooden Award winner; 2nd pick of the 1980 draft who spent his whole NBA career with the Utah Jazz, winning 1981 Rookie of the Year.
Darren Collison
Darren Collison, born 1987, American NBA point guard from UCLA; drafted 21st overall in 2009 by New Orleans; played 11 seasons (Hornets, Pacers, Mavericks, Clippers, Kings, Lakers), led NBA in assist-to-turnover ratio and 3-point percentage in 2017-18, retired 2019.
Darryl Dawkins
Darryl Dawkins, "Chocolate Thunder" (1957–2015), NBA center drafted 5th overall in 1975 straight from high school by Philadelphia; shattered two backboards in 1979, forcing breakaway rims; 14 seasons, 12.0 ppg.
Darvin Ham
Darvin Ham, NBA assistant coach and former player, was Los Angeles Lakers head coach 2022-24 (90-74, 2023 Western Conference Finals, inaugural In-Season Tournament title), fired May 3, 2024, now a Milwaukee Bucks assistant.
Darya Dmitriyeva
Darya Dmitriyeva (Дмитриева) names two Russian Olympic medalists: handball centre back Darya Yevgenyevna Dmitriyeva (born 1995, Togliatti), 2016 gold and 2020 silver, and rhythmic gymnast Darya Andreyevna Dmitriyeva (born 1993, Irkutsk), 2012 all-around silver.
Daryl Bultor
Daryl Bultor (Daryl Georges Bultor), French volleyball middle blocker born 1995 in Basse-Terre, Guadeloupe; Olympic gold medalist with France at Tokyo 2020 and 2017 World League winner.
Daryl Morey
Daryl Morey (born 1972) is an American NBA executive, Houston Rockets general manager 2007-2020 and Philadelphia 76ers President of Basketball Operations 2020-2026, known for analytics-driven "Moreyball" and co-founding the MIT Sloan Sports Analytics Conference.
Dash Daniels
Dash Daniels (born 2007, Bendigo) is an Australian NBL guard, younger brother of Dyson Daniels; Next Stars signee with Melbourne United in NBL26 at 17, 2025 FIBA Asia Cup gold medalist, projected 2026 NBA first-round pick.
Dave Bing
Dave Bing (born 1943, Washington, DC) is a Hall of Fame guard, 1967 NBA Rookie of the Year and 1968 scoring champion with the Detroit Pistons, later a steel businessman and mayor of Detroit from 2009 to 2013.
Dave Cowens
Dave Cowens (born 1948) is an American Hall of Fame center, 1973 NBA MVP, and two-time champion (1974, 1976) with the Boston Celtics, later coach of the Hornets and Warriors.
Dave DeBusschere
Dave DeBusschere (Big D), 1940-2003, NBA forward for the Pistons and Knicks, 8x All-Star, 2x champion (1970, 1973), youngest NBA head coach, MLB pitcher, last ABA commissioner, and Knicks GM who drafted Patrick Ewing.
Dave Ildefonso
Dave Ildefonso (Sean Dave Ildefonso, born 2000), Filipino basketball forward, son of Danny Ildefonso; Ateneo Blue Eagles and NU collegiate player, Gilas pool member, drafted by NorthPort, plays for Rain or Shine and MPBL's Abra Weavers.
Dave Saunders
Dave Saunders (David Patrick Saunders, born 1960, Seattle) is an American volleyball player who won Olympic gold in 1984 and 1988, three NCAA titles at UCLA, and the 1986 World Championship.
David Blatt
David Blatt, Israeli-American basketball coach born in Boston, won the 2014 EuroLeague with Maccabi Tel Aviv and EuroBasket 2007 with Russia, coached the Cavaliers to the 2015 NBA Finals, and holds both EuroLeague and NBA championship rings.
David Fizdale
David Fizdale (born 1974, Los Angeles) is an American basketball coach, former NBA head coach of the Memphis Grizzlies and New York Knicks, two-time Miami Heat assistant champion, and head coach of Nigeria's D'Tigers.
David Jones García
David Jones García (born 2001, Santo Domingo) is a Dominican NBA guard/forward on a two-way contract with the San Antonio Spurs; undrafted 2024 from Memphis, G League All-Rookie, 2025 All-Summer League First Team.