Editing Danny Manning (section)

==Professional career==
Manning was drafted with the first overall pick by the [[Los Angeles Clippers]] in the [[1988 NBA draft]]. He played only 26 games as a rookie after a torn [[anterior cruciate ligament]] required him to undergo [[Arthroscopy|arthroscopic]] knee surgery, but he returned for the 1989–1990 season. His most productive NBA season was [[1992-93 NBA season|1992–1993]], when he averaged 22.8 points a game for the Clippers and was selected to play in the [[National Basketball Association All-Star Game|All-Star Game]]. He also was selected as an All-Star the following season. On February 24, 1994, Manning was traded to the Atlanta Hawks for [[Dominique Wilkins]] and a first-round draft pick. In Los Angeles, he played for head coaches Gene Shue, Don Casey, Mike Schuler, Mack Calvin, Larry Brown and Bob Weiss. In Atlanta, he played for [[Lenny Wilkens]].

He won the [[1997-98 NBA season|1997–1998]] [[NBA Sixth Man of the Year Award|Sixth Man Award]], while playing for the [[Phoenix Suns]], as the best reserve player in the NBA, averaging 13.5 points while playing about 26 minutes a game. Manning holds the distinction of being the first NBA player to have returned to play after reconstructive surgeries on both knees (a feat since duplicated by [[Kenyon Martin]], [[Amar'e Stoudemire]], [[Greg Oden]] and [[Derrick Rose]]). In Phoenix, he played for head coaches Paul Westphal, Cotton Fitzsimmons, Danny Ainge, and Scott Skiles.

Manning was traded to the [[Orlando Magic]] along with [[Pat Garrity]] and a conditional first-round draft pick for [[Penny Hardaway]] in 1999, and was subsequently traded to the [[Milwaukee Bucks]] with [[Dale Ellis]] in exchange for [[Armen Gilliam]] and [[Chris Gatling]] prior to the start of the 1999–2000 season. He played for George Karl. He spent the final three years of his career with the [[Utah Jazz]], [[Dallas Mavericks]], and [[Detroit Pistons]]. In Utah, he provided valuable scoring off the bench, as the Jazz were on the lookout for veteran role players to surround stars [[John Stockton]] and [[Karl Malone]]. He would average 7.4 points per game and 2.6 rebounds during the 2001 season as the Jazz qualified for the NBA Playoffs, where they faced a young and talented Dallas Mavericks team. He would average 10.6 points in the series. In 2001, Manning headed to Dallas to play for Hall of Fame coach [[Don Nelson]]. He finished his NBA career in Detroit (2003) playing for head coach Rick Carlisle.