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Daniel Ricardo Manning (born May 17, 1966 in Hattiesburg, Mississippi) is a former professional basketball player in the National Basketball Association. He is the son of former NBA player, Ed Manning.

Considered one of the greatest players in University of Kansas and college basketball history, the Lawrence, Kansas high school graduate left KU as the team's all-time leading scorer and rebounder after leading the Jayhawks to the 1988 NCAA Championship. Manning set a Big Eight Conference record with 2,951 career points. The 6-foot-10, 234-pound forward won the Wooden, Naismith, and Eastman Awards as the college player of the year in 1988. In Kansas's 83-79 victory over the University of Oklahoma for the NCAA championship, Manning had 31 points, 18 rebounds, and 5 steals to be named Most Valuable Player in the tournament. Manning, a two-time All-American while at KU, also was named the Big Eight player of the decade.

He was a member of the 1988 Summer Olympics basketball team.

He was drafted with the first overall pick by the Los Angeles Clippers in the 1988 NBA Draft and spent more than a decade in the league. He played only 26 games as a rookie because of arthroscopic knee surgery, but returned for the 1989-1990 season. His most productive NBA season was 1992-1993, when he averaged 22.8 points a game and was selected to play in the All-Star Game. He was also an All-Star the following season.

But continuing knee problems forced Manning to become a part-time player in 1996, after he had undergone two more surgeries. He won the 1997-1998 Sixth Man Award as the best off the bench in the NBA, averaging 13.5 points, though he played only about 17 minutes a game. Manning was the first and only NBA player to have returned to play after reconstructive surgeries on both knees.

Manning went to the Milwaukee Bucks in 1999 and played for different teams during his final four seasons in the league. He announced his retirement in the summer of 2003 and is currently at the University of Kansas as director of student-athlete development and team manager, under KU basketball coach Bill Self.

Career transactions

Drafted by Los Angeles Clippers in 1st round of 1988 NBA Draft (1st overall) on 28 June 1988
Traded by Clippers to Atlanta Hawks for Dominique Wilkins
and 1994 or 1995 conditional 1st-round pick (1994 - #25 - Greg Minor) on 24 February 1994
Signed as free agent by Phoenix Suns to one-year, $1 million contract on 3 September 1994
Re-signed by Suns to six-year, USD $40 million contract with team-option for seventh year on 12 October 1995
Traded by Suns with Pat Garrity
, the New York Knicks' 2001 1st-round pick (#18 - Jason Collins
) and 2002 1st-round pick (#9 - Amare Stoudemire) to Orlando Magic for Anfernee "Penny" Hardaway
on 5 August 1999
Traded by Magic with Dale Ellis
to Milwaukee Bucks for Chris Gatling
and Armon Gilliam on 19 August 1999
Waived by Bucks on 2 August 2000
Signed by Utah Jazz on 11 August 2000
Signed by Dallas Mavericks on 31 July 2001

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