Darnell Mee

Darnell Mee
Position	Shooting guard
Height	196 cm (6 ft 5 in)
Weight	79 kg (175 lb)
Nationality	United States /  Australia
Born	February 11, 1971 (1971-02-11) (age 40) Cleveland, Tennessee, USA
College/University	Western Kentucky University
Debut	1996
Previous Clubs	Denver Nuggets 1993-1994 Canberra Cannons 1996 Adelaide 36ers 1998-2001 Cairns Taipans 2003, 2006-2009 Wollongong Hawks 2004-05
Championships	1998, 1998-99
Career Highlights	NBL's Best Defensive Player (1999, 2000, 2001, 2005, 2006) NBL's First Team (2001, 2005) Adelaide 36ers Club MVP 1998, 2000-01

LaFarrell Darnell Mee (born February 11, 1971, in Cleveland, Tennessee) is an American-Australian basketball player and former NBA player. He was selected by the Golden State Warriors with the 34th overall pick (2nd round) of the 1993 NBA Draft.

Mee is a 6'5" (196 cm) guard who played college basketball at Western Kentucky University for three seasons between 1990 and 1993, playing in 91 games and averaging 13.8 points, 5.2 rebounds and 3 assists per game. Mee was then drafted by the Golden State Warriors and traded to the Denver Nuggets where he played 40 games in the NBA plus 3 of the Nuggets' 12 playoff games in 1994. He was mostly a 12th man averaging 1.9 points, 0.9 rebounds and 0.4 assists per game,

He also played in the CBA for the Yakima Sun Kings, France for BCM Gravelines, Italy for Kinder Bologna, and Germany for Leverkusen, before finally settling in Australia to play for the Canberra Cannons in the NBL.

He played for the Cannons for one season (1996) before signing with the Adelaide 36ers. There he was joined by former Denver team mate Kevin Brooks. The import duo helped the 36ers to win the 1998 and 1998-99 NBL championships. Mee continued with the team until the end of the end of 2001. He them moved to the Cairns Taipans for 2003 before moving again to the Wollongong Hawks for the 2004-05 NBL season. He then returned to the Taipans where he played until retiring at the end of the 2008-09 season.

During his NBL career, Mee was often regarded as the best defensive player in the league, winning the NBL's Best Defensive Player award in 1999, 2000, 2001, 2005 and 2006. He was also selected to the NBL's First Team in 2001 and 2005 and won selection in several NBL All-Star Game's including 2005.

References

External links

• Mee bio from basketball-reference.com

Awards
Preceded by Mike Kelly Ben Castle	NBL Best Defensive Player 1999-2001 2005-2006	Succeeded by Simon Dwight Sam Mackinnon

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Name	Mee, Darnell
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Date of birth	February 11, 1971
Place of birth	Cleveland, Tennessee, USA
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