Kevin Daley
{{Short description|Panamanian basketball player (born 1976)}}
{{About||the politician|Kevin Daley (politician)|the musician|Kevin Dailey|the architect|Kevin Daly (architect)}}
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{{MedalSport | Men’s Basketball}}
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{{MedalCompetition|Centrobasket}}
{{MedalBronze| 2004 Dominican Republic | Team}}
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Kevin Alex Daley Hewitt{{cite web |title=Kevin Alex Daley Hewitt (Panama) - Basketball Stats, Height, Age |url=https://www.fiba.basketball/en/players/137125-kevin-alex-daley-hewitt |website=FIBA Basketball |access-date=2 March 2025}} (born October 7, 1976) is a Panamanian former basketball player for the Harlem Globetrotters. He also played on the Panama national team.
Early life
Daley was born in Panama City.{{cite news|last=Jenkins|first=Chris|title=Red, white...and still true|date=February 13, 2005|newspaper=The San Diego Union-Tribune|url=http://legacy.sandiegouniontribune.com/uniontrib/20050213/news_1s13globies.html|accessdate=September 18, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180826044028/http://legacy.sandiegouniontribune.com/uniontrib/20050213/news_1s13globies.html|archive-date=August 26, 2018|url-status=dead}} He grew up in Los Angeles County, and graduated from Artesia High in Lakewood, California.{{cite news|last=Moe|first=Scott|title=Daley Affirmation: He Can Play|date=February 5, 2000|newspaper=Los Angeles Times|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2000-feb-05-sp-61316-story.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151017112822/http://articles.latimes.com/2000/feb/05/sports/sp-61316|archive-date=October 17, 2015|url-status=live}}
College career
Daley played as a freshman for Nevada. However, he grew homesick and transferred to the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA). After sitting out a year, he played as a sophomore for the Bruins in 1997–98. Unhappy with the limited playing time he received, he transferred again to Azusa Pacific University. Daley led the Cougars to the NAIA Final Four, and earned the Conference Most Valuable Player honors in 2000.{{cite web|last=Reid|first=Dixie|work=The Sacramento Bee|url=http://www.sacbee.com/118/story/480137.html |title=From here, they'll trot the globe|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080128025258/http://www.sacbee.com/118/story/480137.html |archivedate=2008-01-28 |url-status=dead }}
Professional career
He played overseas in Australia, Taiwan, the Netherlands and for the Panama national team before joining the Harlem Globetrotters after they saw him play in a 2004 summer league. Kevin played with the Globetrotters for 10 years and performed shows in both Spanish and English.[http://www.harlemglobetrotters.com/team/players/index.html?player_id=7 Special K Daley] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100113114448/http://www.harlemglobetrotters.com/team/players/index.html?player_id=7 |date=2010-01-13 }}. Retrieved 2010-02-12. During the team's 2005 World Tour, Daley played as a dunker and Showman.{{cite news|last=Wertheim|first=L. John|title=Still Crazy After All These Years|date=March 30, 2009|work=Sports Illustrated|url=https://www.si.com/vault/2009/03/30/105792769/still-crazy-after-all-these-years|accessdate=September 18, 2018}}
After basketball
In 2007, Daley became an American citizen. He also received a Sociology degree from Ashford University in 2010. Since retiring from basketball Daley has written an autobiography called “I Never Stopped Smiling”, and delivered speeches based on it, as well as working as a Sales Director for Velocity Global.
In 2023, Kevin Daley made his acting debut in the feature film Sweetwater. He also coordinated the basketball scenes in the film.
Michael Jordan's double
Daley was a body double portraying a young Michael Jordan in the Gatorade 2002 commercial "23 vs 39", in which a Bulls-era Jordan takes on his Wizards-era counterpart in a game of 1-on-1. The spot makers interposed a CGI reproduction of a young Jordan onto Daley's body and face in post-production.{{cite web|last=Neel|first=Eric|date=January 16, 2003|url=https://www.espn.com/page2/s/neel/030116.html|title=MJ's ready for his close-up|website=ESPN.com|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180614071815/http://www.espn.com/page2/s/neel/030116.html|archive-date=June 14, 2018|url-status=live}}
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Category:Azusa Pacific Cougars men's basketball players
Category:Galatasaray S.K. (men's basketball) players
Category:Harlem Globetrotters players
Category:Nevada Wolf Pack men's basketball players
Category:Panamanian men's basketball players
Category:Sportspeople from Panama City
Category:UCLA Bruins men's basketball players
Category:2006 FIBA World Championship players
Category:American men's basketball players
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