career in the NBA was cut short at the age of 28 because of recurring back troubles. He never played another game after the 1993–94 season, though he did make one appearance in uniform for the Whoopi Goldberg movie Eddie along with teammates Hot Rod Williams, John Battle, Terrell Brandon, and Bobby Phills. After two consecutive seasons of inactivity, he announced his retirement after the 1995–96 season. His #43 jersey, a number he picked as a tribute to NASCAR legend Richard Petty (whom Daugherty lists as his favorite sportsman) was retired by the Cavaliers on March 1, 1997. NBA career statistics Regular season |- | align="left" | 1986–87 | align="left" | Cleveland | 80 || 80 || 33.7 || .538 || .000 || .696 || 8.1 || 3.8 || 0.6 || 0.8 || 15.7 |- | align="left" | 1987–88 | align="left" | Cleveland | 79 || 78 || 37.4 || .510 || .000 || .716 || 8.4 || 4.2 || 0.6 || 0.7 || 18.7 |- | align="left" | 1988–89 | align="left" | Cleveland | 78 || 78 || 36.2 || .538 || .333 || .737 || 9.2 || 3.7 || 0.8 || 0.5 || 18.9 |- | align="left" | 1989–90 | align="left" | Cleveland | 41 || 40 || 35.1 || .479 || .000 || .704 || 9.1 || 3.2 || 0.7 || 0.5 || 16.8 |- | align="left" | 1990–91 | align="left" | Cleveland | 76 || 76 || 38.8 || .524 || .000 || .751 || 10.9 || 3.3 || 1.0 || 0.6 || 21.6 |- | align="left" | 1991–92 | align="left" | Cleveland | 73 || 73 || 36.2 || .570 || .000 || .777 || 10.4 || 3.6 || 0.9 || 1.1 || 21.5 |- | align="left" | 1992–93 | align="left" | Cleveland | 71 || 71 || 37.9 || .571 || .500 || .795 || 10.2 || 4.4 || 0.7 || 0.8 || 20.2 |- | align="left" | 1993–94 | align="left" | Cleveland | 50 || 50 || 36.8 || .488 || .000 || .785 || 10.2 || 3.0 || 0.8 || 0.7 || 17.0 |- class=sortbottom | style="text-align:center;" colspan=2| Career | 548 || 546 || 36.5 || .532 || .143 || .747 || 9.5 || 3.7 || 0.8 || 0.7 || 19.0 |- Playoffs |- |style="text-align:left;"|1988 |style="text-align:left;"|Cleveland |5||5||40.8||.460||.000||.677||9.2||3.2||0.4||1.4||15.8 |- |style="text-align:left;"|1989 |style="text-align:left;"|Cleveland |5||5||33.4||.362||.000||.600||9.2||2.4||1.2||1.0||11.0 |- |style="text-align:left;"|1990 |style="text-align:left;"|Cleveland |5||5||37.2||.586||.000||.696||9.6||4.0||0.4||0.8||22.8 |- |style="text-align:left;"|1992 |style="text-align:left;"|Cleveland |17||17||40.4||.528||.000||.814||10.2||3.4||0.6||1.0||21.5 |- |style="text-align:left;"|1993 |style="text-align:left;"|Cleveland