Darnell Lazare

Darnell Lazare (born January 29, 1985) is an American former professional basketball player who currently serves as an assistant coach for the Memphis Grizzlies of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He played college basketball for LSU.

Lazare played his high school basketball for coach Kenny Almond at Woodlawn High School, Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Lazare averaged 15 points and 10 rebounds in his final year at Woodlawn, and won back-to-back basketball state championships at Woodlawn in his junior and senior seasons. Lazare was a two-year member of the Louisiana Sports Writers Association All-State team, two-year member of the Advocate's All-Metro team and three-year All-District honoree.

Lazare averaged just over 12 minutes a game in his freshman season at Louisiana State University. He played in all 29 games, starting eight of them. He averaged 2.9 points and 2.4 rebounds per game.

In his sophomore season, he played in 25 games (no starts), averaging 2.0 points and 1.2 rebounds per game.

In his junior season, he played in 36 games (15 starts), averaging 6.7 points and 3.4 rebounds per game.

In his senior season, he played in 30 games (25 starts), averaging 7.4 points and 4.5 rebounds per game.

Lazare went undrafted in the 2007 NBA draft. He later signed with Stal Ostrów Wielkopolski of Poland but left after pre-season. He then moved to Gothia Basket of Sweden for the 2007–08 season.

In 2008, he signed with Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk of Ukraine for the 2008–09 season.