Darius Myron Washington Jr. (born December 6, 1985) is an American-Macedonian professional basketball player who last played for Peja of the Kosovo Superleague.

An AAU national champion at age 10,[citation needed] Washington attended Edgewater High School in Orlando, Florida.

[2] In his senior year, he played in an ESPN High School Showcase game against future NBA player Sebastian Telfair.

[citation needed] He went to University of Memphis, where he earned Conference USA Rookie of the Year and freshman All-American honors on averages of 15.4 points per game and a team-best 3.8 assists.

With no time remaining in the championship game of the 2005 Conference-USA tournament, Washington was given three free throws to overcome a 75–73 lead by the sixth-ranked Louisville Cardinals.

[3][4][5] In his sophomore season at Memphis, Washington helped lead the #1-seeded Tigers to an Elite Eight appearance in the 2006 NCAA tournament, losing to eventual runner-up UCLA.

Although analyst Dick Vitale and others believed Washington had a shot to make an NBA roster as a free agent,[6] he failed to do so after trying out with several teams during training camp.

Washington signed with the San Antonio Spurs on October 1, 2007, and was assigned to the Austin Toros of the NBA D-League in late November.

However, during the performance, Phish guitarist Trey Anastasio mistakenly referred to Washington as having played for Michigan State, and the missed free throws as having taken place during the Final Four.