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Marquis Daniels
No. 7 – Boston Celtics
PositionGuard/Forward
LeagueNBA
Personal information
Born (1981-01-07) January 7, 1981 (age 43)
Orlando, Florida
NationalityAmerican
Listed height6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)
Listed weight200 lb (91 kg)
Career information
High schoolEdgewater
Orlando, Florida
Mt. Zion Christian Academy
Durham, North Carolina
CollegeAuburn
NBA draft2003: Undrafted
Playing career2003–present
Career highlights and awards
NBA All-Rookie Second Team (2003)
Stats at NBA.com Edit this at Wikidata
Stats at Basketball Reference Edit this at Wikidata

Marquis Antwane Daniels (born January 7, 1981 in Orlando, Florida) is a 6'6" (198 cm), 200 lb (91 kg) shooting guard–small forward for the Boston Celtics. Daniels was an undrafted guard in the 2003 NBA Draft, yet has become a regular rotation player averaging at least 17.8 minutes per game in each one of his first six seasons. He played his first three years for the Dallas Mavericks and was subsequently traded to the Indiana Pacers, where he finished the final three guaranteed years of his contract. Daniels then signed with the Boston Celtics after a period in free agency.

High school career

Daniels attended Edgewater High School in his hometown Orlando, Florida, before transferring to Mt. Zion Christian Academy (the same school as current NBA star Tracy McGrady).

College career

Daniels had a quiet college career until Auburn University reached the Sweet 16 in the 2003 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Championship. He averaged 23.3 points and 7.0 rebounds in three games, including an impressive 27-point, nine-rebound performance in a close one-point loss against the eventual national champion Syracuse.[1]

Daniels graduated from Auburn University with a degree in Sociology in just three-and-a-half years. At Auburn, he averaged 18.4 points, 6.2 rebounds, 3.3 assists and 2.3 steals per game as a senior and was named to the All SEC Second Team as a senior and team MVP as a sophomore, junior and senior.

NBA Draft

Projected as a second-round pick, Daniels waited for his name to be called. The Mavericks' head coach Don Nelson initially planned on using their 2nd round pick to select Daniels (whom they accidentally discovered while watching game tapes of Josh Howard) but his son Donnie Nelson convinced him to trade the pick to Denver instead and assured his father that they would get him one way or the other. As the calls started pouring in on Daniels' agent's cellphone (among the callers were Magic head coach Doc Rivers), it was later revealed that they had a gentleman's agreement with the Mavericks that his client would sign with them in the event that he did not get drafted.

After a remarkable stint at the team's summer league games, Daniels was signed to a one-year, minimum contract.

NBA career

Daniels was mostly a third-stringer during his rookie season, used only when victory was all but sure. In the short minutes he was on the floor however, he showed flashes of brilliance. When Steve Nash was out with a stomach flu, Nelson plugged in Daniels as the starting point guard and the rookie delivered with a near triple-double finishing with 14 points, 9 rebounds and 9 assists followed by a 16 point, 7 rebound and 8 assist game in a loss against the T-Wolves the next night.

Although his reign as a starter was cut short, Nelson grew tired of the team's lackluster play following their third-straight loss and decided to bring back the classic small ball line-up that he innovated in a 118–88 triumph over the Orlando Magic. This line-up had the 6'9" Antoine Walker at center and Daniels at the two-guard position and was the permanent starting five until their post-season demise. Daniels averaged 19.7 points, 6 rebounds and 5 assists during that 10-game stretch. Daniels signed a 6-year, $38-million contract with the Mavs in the 2004 off-season.

On July 6, 2006 Marquis Daniels was traded to the Indiana Pacers for Austin Croshere.[2] The Pacers did not pick up their $7.3 million team option for Daniels in 2009, which made him a free agent. [3] Daniels signed with the Boston Celtics on September 1, 2009.[4]

Tattoos

Daniels is noted for having several tattoos inscribed on different parts of his body. The tattoos range from a detailed map of Florida that covers his entire back, a caricature of a man blowing his head off with a shotgun on his lower right arm, and Chinese characters on his other arm which were intended to represent his initials, but translate to English as "healthy woman roof".[5]

NBA career statistics

Legend
  GP Games played   GS  Games started  MPG  Minutes per game
 FG%  Field goal percentage  3P%  3-point field goal percentage  FT%  Free throw percentage
 RPG  Rebounds per game  APG  Assists per game  SPG  Steals per game
 BPG  Blocks per game  PPG  Points per game  Bold  Career high

Regular season

Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
2003–04 Dallas 56 15 18.6 .494 .306 .769 2.6 2.1 .9 .2 8.5
2004–05 Dallas 60 17 23.5 .437 .200 .737 3.6 2.1 1.4 .2 9.1
2005–06 Dallas 62 29 28.5 .480 .211 .754 3.6 2.8 1.1 .2 10.2
2006–07 Indiana 45 4 17.8 .459 .231 .700 1.8 1.3 .6 .2 7.1
2007–08 Indiana 74 1 20.9 .430 .265 .698 2.9 1.9 1.1 .2 8.2
2008–09 Indiana 54 43 31.5 .451 .200 .721 4.6 2.1 1.1 .5 13.6
Career 351 109 23.5 .456 .237 .730 3.2 2.1 1.1 .2 9.4

Playoffs

Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
2003–04 Dallas 5 5 36.8 .427 .143 .636 6.2 3.0 2.0 .6 15.8
2004–05 Dallas 11 0 15.0 .433 .167 .704 3.1 1.3 .6 .3 6.5
2005–06 Dallas 20 0 11.1 .446 .400 .762 1.1 1.3 .2 .1 3.4
Career 36 5 15.9 .435 .222 .700 2.4 1.5 .6 .2 6.1

References

  1. ^ http://www.usatoday.com/sports/scores103/103087/20030328NCAABSYRACUSE--0nr.htm
  2. ^ ESPN - Sources: Mavs deal Daniels for Croshere - NBA
  3. ^ Pacers won't pick up option on Marquis Daniels
  4. ^ Celtics sign former Pacers G Marquis Daniels. NBA.com. Retrieved on September 2, 2009.
  5. ^ [1]
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