Antonio Daniels

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Antonio Daniels
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Daniels with the Washington Wizards in 2007
Personal information
Born (1975-03-19) March 19, 1975 (age 50)
Columbus, Ohio, U.S.
Listed height6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)
Listed weight205 lb (93 kg)
Career information
High school St. Francis DeSales
(Columbus, Ohio)
College Bowling Green (1993–1997)
NBA draft 1997: 1st round, 4th overall
Drafted by Vancouver Grizzlies
Playing career1997–2011
Position Point guard / shooting guard
Number33, 10, 6, 50, 22
Career history
1997–1998 Vancouver Grizzlies
1998–2002 San Antonio Spurs
2002–2003 Portland Trail Blazers
2003–2005 Seattle SuperSonics
2005–2008 Washington Wizards
2008–2009 New Orleans Hornets
2010–2011 Texas Legends
2011 Philadelphia 76ers
2012Texas Legends
Career highlights
Career statistics
Points 6,623 (7.6 ppg)
Assists 2,934 (3.4 apg)
Steals 564 (0.6 spg)
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Antonio Robert Daniels (born March 19, 1975) is an American former professional basketball player who played 13 seasons in the National Basketball Association (NBA). He is currently the television color analyst for the New Orleans Pelicans on Bally Sports New Orleans and co-host/analyst on SiriusXM NBA Radio.

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College career

He played college basketball at Bowling Green State University from 1994 to 1997. In 1994, he was named MAC freshman of the Year. In 1997, he was named MAC Player of the Year helping the Falcons to the MAC regular-season championship. He finished his career second on the Bowling Green career scoring chart with 1,789 points, ranking 10th in MAC history at the time.

Professional career

After playing college basketball at Bowling Green, Daniels was selected by the Vancouver Grizzlies with the fourth overall pick of the 1997 NBA draft. On June 24, 1998, Vancouver gave up on Daniels by drafting Mike Bibby with the 2nd overall pick and he was traded to the San Antonio Spurs in exchange for rookie Felipe López and Carl Herrera. [1] [2] [3] He helped the Spurs win an NBA championship in 1999. On August 5, 2002, Daniels along with Spurs teammates Charles Smith and Amal McCaskill was traded to the Portland Trail Blazers in exchange for Erick Barkley, Steve Kerr, and a conditional second-round pick in the 2003 NBA draft. He later signed as a free agent with the Seattle SuperSonics. After his run with the Sonics had come to an end, he signed with the Washington Wizards.

He was sent to the New Orleans Hornets in a three-team trade with the Washington Wizards and the Memphis Grizzlies on December 10, 2008. [4]

On September 9, 2009, he was traded to the Minnesota Timberwolves along with a 2014 second round pick in exchange for Bobby Brown and Darius Songaila. [5] On September 24, 2009, Daniels agreed to a contract buyout. [6]

On November 1, 2010, Daniels was selected by the Texas Legends of the NBA Development League in the second round (pick 13) of the 2010 NBA Development League draft.

On April 5, 2011, Daniels was signed to a 10-day contract by the Philadelphia 76ers. [7] He returned to Texas Legends for the next season. [8] and then retired.

Post-playing career

On October 22, 2015, Daniels was named as an analyst for Fox Sports Oklahoma covering the Oklahoma City Thunder games. [9]

On June 27, 2019, Daniels was named the television color analyst for Fox Sports New Orleans covering the New Orleans Pelicans alongside Joel Meyers. [10]

NBA career statistics

Legend
  GPGames 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
 † Won an NBA championship

Regular season

YearTeamGPGSMPGFG%3P%FT%RPGAPGSPGBPGPPG
1997–98 Vancouver 745026.4.416.212.6591.94.5.7.17.8
1998–99† San Antonio 47013.1.454.294.7541.12.3.6.14.7
1999–00 San Antonio 68117.6.474.333.7131.32.6.8.16.2
2000–01 San Antonio 792326.1.468.404.7762.13.8.8.29.4
2001–02 San Antonio 821326.5.440.291.7522.12.8.6.19.2
2002–03 Portland 67213.0.452.305.8551.11.3.5.13.7
2003–04 Seattle 713221.3.470.362.8422.04.2.6.18.0
2004–05 Seattle 75227.0.438.297.8162.34.1.7.011.2
2005–06 Washington 801728.5.418.228.8452.23.6.7.19.6
2006–07 Washington 80822.0.442.302.8321.93.6.5.17.1
2007–08 Washington 716330.4.459.230.7762.94.81.0.08.4
2008–09 Washington 13522.2.400.455.7581.73.6.5.05.1
2008–09 New Orleans 61412.0.424.347.821.92.1.3.03.8
2010–11 Philadelphia 408.8.400.0001.0001.3.5.0.01.5
Career87222022.6.444.311.7931.83.4.6.17.6

Playoffs

YearTeamGPGSMPGFG%3P%FT%RPGAPGSPGBPGPPG
1999† San Antonio 1507.1.429.667.833.71.1.3.01.8
2000 San Antonio 4020.5.391.250.6922.51.51.8.07.3
2001 San Antonio 13831.2.481.370.9432.02.9.5.113.5
2002 San Antonio 10022.4.455.375.8642.71.5.7.39.5
2003 Portland 6116.3.474.600.5001.32.0.2.23.7
2005 Seattle 11330.1.468.286.8572.84.51.0.013.8
2006 Washington 6036.0.538.273.9092.83.3.5.213.2
2007 Washington 4444.0.447.200.8574.511.81.3.313.3
2008 Washington 6425.7.452.250.8822.33.0.3.37.3
2009 New Orleans 5012.8.154.250.818.61.8.4.22.8
Career802023.2.461.353.8632.12.9.6.18.6

References

  1. ↑ Duarte, Jeph (June 1, 2018). "Spurs used the 1998 draft to acquire Antonio Daniels". Pounding The Rock.
  2. ↑ "San Antonio Spurs: 25 Best Players To Play For The Spurs". August 29, 2016.
  3. ↑ Popper, Steve (June 25, 1998). "PRO BASKETBALL; Lopez of St. John's Ends Up With Grizzlies". The New York Times.
  4. ↑ "HORNETS ACQUIRE ANTONIO DANIELS FROM WIZARDS". NBA. December 10, 2008. Retrieved August 2, 2016.
  5. ↑ "Dallas Acquire Antonio Daniels from New Orleans". NBA.com . September 9, 2009. Retrieved September 9, 2009.
  6. ↑ "Dallas Request Waivers on Antonio Daniels". NBA.com . October 24, 2009. Archived from the original on October 28, 2009. Retrieved October 25, 2009.
  7. ↑ "Texas' Antonio Daniels Signs With Philadelphia 76ers". NBA D-League. April 5, 2011. Archived from the original on September 10, 2016. Retrieved August 1, 2016.
  8. ↑ "ANTONIO DANIELS REJOINS THE LEGENDS". NBA D-League. January 17, 2012. Archived from the original on September 10, 2016. Retrieved August 1, 2016.
  9. ↑ "Antonio Daniels named Thunder Live analyst for FOX Sports Oklahoma". Fox Sports. October 22, 2015. Retrieved August 1, 2016.
  10. ↑ "New Orleans Pelicans and Fox Sports New Orleans announce hiring of Antonio Daniels as television color analyst". NBA.com .
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