Antonio Daniels Explained

Antonio Daniels
Height Ft:6
Height In:4
Weight Lb:205
Birth Date:19 March 1975
Birth Place:Columbus, Ohio, U.S.
High School:St. Francis DeSales
(Columbus, Ohio)
College:Bowling Green (1993–1997)
Draft Year:1997
Draft Round:1
Draft Pick:4
Draft Team:Vancouver Grizzlies
Career Start:1997
Career End:2011
Career Position:Point guard / shooting guard
Career Number:33, 10, 6, 50, 22
Team1:Vancouver Grizzlies
Years2:
Team2:San Antonio Spurs
Team3:Portland Trail Blazers
Years4:
Team4:Seattle SuperSonics
Years5:
Team5:Washington Wizards
Team6:New Orleans Hornets
Years7:2010–2011
Team7:Texas Legends
Team8:Philadelphia 76ers
Years9:2011
Team9:Texas Legends
Stat1label:Points
Stat1value:6,623 (7.6 ppg)
Stat2label:Assists
Stat2value:2,934 (3.4 apg)
Stat3label:Steals
Stat3value:564 (0.6 spg)
Highlights:

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.

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

Regular season

|-| align="left" | | align="left" | Vancouver| 74 || 50 || 26.4 || .416 || .212 || .659 || 1.9 || 4.5 || .7 || .1 || 7.8|-| style="text-align:left;background:#afe6ba;"| †| align="left" | San Antonio| 47 || 0 || 13.1 || .454 || .294 || .754 || 1.1 || 2.3 || .6 || .1 || 4.7|-| align="left" | | align="left" | San Antonio| 68 || 1 || 17.6 || .474 || .333 || .713 || 1.3 || 2.6 || .8 || .1 || 6.2|-| align="left" | | align="left" | San Antonio| 79 || 23 || 26.1 || .468 || .404 || .776 || 2.1 || 3.8 || .8 || .2 || 9.4|-| align="left" | | align="left" | San Antonio| 82 || 13 || 26.5 || .440 || .291 || .752 || 2.1 || 2.8 || .6 || .1 || 9.2|-| align="left" | | align="left" | Portland| 67 || 2 || 13.0 || .452 || .305 || .855 || 1.1 || 1.3 || .5 || .1 || 3.7|-| align="left" | | align="left" | Seattle| 71 || 32 || 21.3 || .470 || .362 || .842 || 2.0 || 4.2 || .6 || .1 || 8.0|-| align="left" | | align="left" | Seattle| 75 || 2 || 27.0 || .438 || .297 || .816 || 2.3 || 4.1 || .7 || .0 || 11.2|-| align="left" | | align="left" | Washington| 80 || 17 || 28.5 || .418 || .228 || .845 || 2.2 || 3.6 || .7 || .1 || 9.6|-| align="left" | | align="left" | Washington| 80 || 8 || 22.0 || .442 || .302 || .832 || 1.9 || 3.6 || .5 || .1 || 7.1|-| align="left" | | align="left" | Washington| 71 || 63 || 30.4 || .459 || .230 || .776 || 2.9 || 4.8 || 1.0 || .0 || 8.4|-| align="left" | | align="left" | Washington| 13 || 5 || 22.2 || .400 || .455 || .758 || 1.7 || 3.6 || .5 || .0 || 5.1|-| align="left" | | align="left" | New Orleans| 61 || 4 || 12.0 || .424 || .347 || .821 || .9 || 2.1 || .3 || .0 || 3.8|-| align="left" | | align="left" | Philadelphia| 4 || 0 || 8.8 || .400 || .000 || 1.000 || 1.3 || .5 || .0 || .0 || 1.5|- class="sortbottom"| style="text-align:center;" colspan="2"| Career| 872 || 220 || 22.6 || .444 || .311 || .793 || 1.8 || 3.4 || .6 || .1 || 7.6

Playoffs

|-| style="text-align:left;background:#afe6ba;"| 1999†| align="left" | San Antonio| 15 || 0 || 7.1 || .429 || .667 || .833 || .7 || 1.1 || .3 || .0 || 1.8|-| align="left" | 2000| align="left" | San Antonio| 4 || 0 || 20.5 || .391 || .250 || .692 || 2.5 || 1.5 || 1.8 || .0 || 7.3|-| align="left" | 2001| align="left" | San Antonio| 13 || 8 || 31.2 || .481 || .370 || .943 || 2.0 || 2.9 || .5 || .1 || 13.5|-| align="left" | 2002| align="left" | San Antonio| 10 || 0 || 22.4 || .455 || .375 || .864 || 2.7 || 1.5 || .7 || .3 || 9.5|-| align="left" | 2003| align="left" | Portland| 6 || 1 || 16.3 || .474 || .600 || .500 || 1.3 || 2.0 || .2 || .2 || 3.7|-| align="left" | 2005| align="left" | Seattle| 11 || 3 || 30.1 || .468 || .286 || .857 || 2.8 || 4.5 || 1.0 || .0 || 13.8|-| align="left" | 2006| align="left" | Washington| 6 || 0 || 36.0 || .538 || .273 || .909 || 2.8 || 3.3 || .5 || .2 || 13.2|-| align="left" | 2007| align="left" | Washington| 4 || 4 || 44.0 || .447 || .200 || .857 || 4.5 || 11.8 || 1.3 || .3 || 13.3|-| align="left" | 2008| align="left" | Washington| 6 || 4 || 25.7 || .452 || .250 || .882 || 2.3 || 3.0 || .3 || .3 || 7.3|-| align="left" | 2009| align="left" | New Orleans| 5 || 0 || 12.8 || .154 || .250 || .818 || .6 || 1.8 || .4 || .2 || 2.8|- class="sortbottom"| style="text-align:center;" colspan="2"| Career| 80 || 20 || 23.2 || .461 || .353 || .863 || 2.1 || 2.9 || .6 || .1 || 8.6

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Spurs used the 1998 draft to acquire Antonio Daniels. Jeph. Duarte. June 1, 2018. Pounding The Rock.
  2. Web site: San Antonio Spurs: 25 Best Players To Play For The Spurs. August 29, 2016.
  3. News: PRO BASKETBALL; Lopez of St. John's Ends Up With Grizzlies. Steve. Popper. The New York Times. June 25, 1998.
  4. Web site: HORNETS ACQUIRE ANTONIO DANIELS FROM WIZARDS. NBA. August 2, 2016. December 10, 2008.
  5. Web site: Dallas Acquire Antonio Daniels from New Orleans . . September 9, 2009 . September 9, 2009.
  6. Web site: Dallas Request Waivers on Antonio Daniels . . October 24, 2009 . October 25, 2009. https://web.archive.org/web/20091028211533/http://www.nba.com/timberwolves/news/Wolves_Request_Waivers_on_Antonio_Daniels_2009_10_24.html. October 28, 2009 . live.
  7. Web site: Texas' Antonio Daniels Signs With Philadelphia 76ers. NBA D-League. August 1, 2016. April 5, 2011. https://web.archive.org/web/20160910210631/http://www.nba.com/dleague/texas/daniels_110405.html. September 10, 2016. dead.
  8. Web site: ANTONIO DANIELS REJOINS THE LEGENDS. NBA D-League. August 1, 2016. January 17, 2012. https://web.archive.org/web/20160910210628/http://www.nba.com/dleague/texas/antonio_daniels_rejoins_the_le_2012_01_17.html. September 10, 2016. dead.
  9. Web site: Antonio Daniels named Thunder Live analyst for FOX Sports Oklahoma. Fox Sports. August 1, 2016. October 22, 2015.
  10. Web site: New Orleans Pelicans and Fox Sports New Orleans announce hiring of Antonio Daniels as television color analyst. .