Daniel Orton
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| No. 3 – Champville SC | |
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| Position | Center |
| League | Lebanese Basketball League |
| Personal information | |
| Born |
August 6, 1990 Oklahoma City, Oklahoma |
| Nationality | American |
| Listed height | 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) |
| Listed weight | 265 lb (120 kg) |
| Career information | |
| High school |
Bishop McGuinness (Oklahoma City, Oklahoma) |
| College | Kentucky (2009–2010) |
| NBA draft | 2010 / Round: 1 / Pick: 29th overall |
| Selected by the Orlando Magic | |
| Playing career | 2010–present |
| Career history | |
| 2010–2012 | Orlando Magic |
| 2010 | →New Mexico Thunderbirds |
| 2012–2013 | Oklahoma City Thunder |
| 2012–2013 | →Tulsa 66ers |
| 2013–2014 | Philadelphia 76ers |
| 2014 | Maine Red Claws |
| 2014–2015 | Sichuan Blue Whales |
| 2015 | Purefoods Star Hotshots |
| 2015 | Grand Rapids Drive |
| 2015–2016 | Santa Cruz Warriors |
| 2016 | Leones de Ponce |
| 2016 | Hunan Yongsheng |
| 2016–2017 | Mayrouba Club |
| 2017 | Kymis |
| 2017–present | Champville |
Daniel Joseph Orton (born August 6, 1990) is an American professional basketball player for Champville of the Lebanese Basketball League. He is a 6-foot 10-inch, 265-pound center who played college basketball for the University of Kentucky.
Orton played for Bishop McGuinness High School in Oklahoma City. Bishop McGuinness won the class 4A state championship Orton's freshman, sophomore, and junior year. During his senior season, he tore his anterior cruciate ligament in his knee, cutting his final season of high school basketball short. He averaged 14 points, 11 rebounds and 5 blocks per game as a junior.
Considered a five-star recruit by Rivals.com, Orton was listed as the No. 4 center and the No. 22 player in the nation in 2009.
He was recruited to the University of Kentucky by Billy Gillispie; however, Gillispie was fired following Orton's senior season. Orton kept his commitment to Kentucky after John Calipari was hired by the university.
Orton was a reserve on the 2009–10 Kentucky Wildcats basketball team, where he averaged 3.4 points, 3.3 rebounds, and 1.4 blocks in 13.2 minutes per game. On May 8, 2010, Orton hired an agent and declared himself eligible for the 2010 NBA draft.
Orton was picked by the Orlando Magic with the 29th overall pick in the 2010 NBA draft. On July 1, 2010, Orton signed his rookie contract with the Magic. On December 1, 2010, it was announced that Orton would be sent to the New Mexico Thunderbirds of the NBA Development League. In his second game for the Thunderbirds, Orton suffered a season-ending knee injury.
Orton made his NBA debut on January 27, 2012, in a Magic loss to the New Orleans Hornets.
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