Darren Collison is a professional basketball player for the Indiana Pacers of the National Basketball Association.http://espn.go.com/nba/players/profile?playerId=3973 Collison was the twenty-first overall selection of the 2009 NBA Draft by the New Orleans Hornets after playing four seasons with the University of California Los Angeles (UCLA) Bruins. He averaged 11.5 points, 4.1 assists and 1.6 steals during his collegiate career with UCLA.http://sports.espn.go.com/ncb/player/profile?playerId=26892 In his junior season, Collison was named an AP All America Third Team after averaging 14.5 points, 3.8 assists and 1.8 steals per game.http://www.basketball-reference.com/players/c/collida01.html During his freshman season, he was part of the UCLA team that lost to the University of Florida Gators for the 2006 NCAA Tournament title.http://nbcsports.msnbc.com/id/7320301/

During his NBA rookie season, Collison averaged 12.5 points, 5.7 assists, 1.0 steal and 27.8 minutes in 76 games, which earned him a selection to the NBA All-Rookie First Team. He started 37 games, averaging 18.8 points, 9.1 assists, 1.4 steals in 40.3 minutes per game.http://sports.yahoo.com/nba/players/4626/splits?year=2009&type=Fielding On August 11, 2010, Collison was traded to the Pacers as part of a four-team trade. The trade sent Collison and James Posey to the Pacers, Trevor Ariza to the Hornets, Troy Murphy to the New Jersey Nets and Courtney Lee to the Houston Rockets.http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE67B04K20100812

2009-10 Season

Collison scored a career-high 35 points on February 28, 2010 versus the Dallas Mavericks, shooting 15-for-21 from the field.http://sports.yahoo.com/nba/players/4626/gamelog;_ylt=AneYW2e.z5cffVCQy1TH2ZWkvLYF?year=2009 He passed for a career-high 20 assists (to go along with 16 points) on March 8, 2010 against the Golden State Warriors.http://sports.yahoo.com/nba/players/4626/gamelog;_ylt=AneYW2e.z5cffVCQy1TH2ZWkvLYF?year=2009 He had a career-best five steals on March 3, 2010 against the Memphis Grizzlies.