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Antonio Daniels
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Daniels during his tenure with the Wizards in 2007
Personal information
Born (1975-03-19) March 19, 1975 (age 49)
Columbus, Ohio, U.S.
Nationality American
High school St. Francis DeSales
(Columbus, Ohio)
Listed height 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)
Listed weight 205 lb (93 kg)
Career information
College Bowling Green (1993–1997)
NBA Draft 1997 / Round: 1 / Pick: 4th overall
Selected by the Vancouver Grizzlies
Pro career 1997–2011
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
2011 Texas Legends
Career highlights and awards
  • NBA champion (1999)
  • MAC Player of the Year (1997)
  • First-team All-MAC (1997)
Career statistics
Points 6,623 (7.6 ppg)
Assists 2,934 (3.4 apg)
Steals 564 (0.6 spg)

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 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, he was traded to the San Antonio Spurs in exchange for rookie Felipe López and Carl Herrera. 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.

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. On September 24, 2009, Daniels agreed to a contract buyout.

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. He returned to Texas Legends for the next season.

Post-playing career

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

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

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
1997–98 Vancouver 74 50 26.4 .416 .212 .659 1.9 4.5 .7 .1 7.8
1998–99† San Antonio 47 0 13.1 .454 .294 .754 1.1 2.3 .6 .1 4.7
1999–00 San Antonio 68 1 17.6 .474 .333 .713 1.3 2.6 .8 .1 6.2
2000–01 San Antonio 79 23 26.1 .468 .404 .776 2.1 3.8 .8 .2 9.4
2001–02 San Antonio 82 13 26.5 .440 .291 .752 2.1 2.8 .6 .1 9.2
2002–03 Portland 67 2 13.0 .452 .305 .855 1.1 1.3 .5 .1 3.7
2003–04 Seattle 71 32 21.3 .470 .362 .842 2.0 4.2 .6 .1 8.0
2004–05 Seattle 75 2 27.0 .438 .297 .816 2.3 4.1 .7 .0 11.2
2005–06 Washington 80 17 28.5 .418 .228 .845 2.2 3.6 .7 .1 9.6
2006–07 Washington 80 8 22.0 .442 .302 .832 1.9 3.6 .5 .1 7.1
2007–08 Washington 71 63 30.4 .459 .230 .776 2.9 4.8 1.0 .0 8.4
2008–09 Washington 13 5 22.2 .400 .455 .758 1.7 3.6 .5 .0 5.1
2008–09 New Orleans 61 4 12.0 .424 .347 .821 .9 2.1 .3 .0 3.8
2010–11 Philadelphia 4 0 8.8 .400 .000 1.000 1.3 .5 .0 .0 1.5
Career 872 220 22.6 .444 .311 .793 1.8 3.4 .6 .1 7.6

Playoffs

Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
1999† San Antonio 15 0 7.1 .429 .667 .833 .7 1.1 .3 .0 1.8
2000 San Antonio 4 0 20.5 .391 .250 .692 2.5 1.5 1.8 .0 7.3
2001 San Antonio 13 8 31.2 .481 .370 .943 2.0 2.9 .5 .1 13.5
2002 San Antonio 10 0 22.4 .455 .375 .864 2.7 1.5 .7 .3 9.5
2003 Portland 6 1 16.3 .474 .600 .500 1.3 2.0 .2 .2 3.7
2005 Seattle 11 3 30.1 .468 .286 .857 2.8 4.5 1.0 .0 13.8
2006 Washington 6 0 36.0 .538 .273 .909 2.8 3.3 .5 .2 13.2
2007 Washington 4 4 44.0 .447 .200 .857 4.5 11.8 1.3 .3 13.3
2008 Washington 6 4 25.7 .452 .250 .882 2.3 3.0 .3 .3 7.3
2009 New Orleans 5 0 12.8 .154 .250 .818 .6 1.8 .4 .2 2.8
Career 80 20 23.2 .461 .353 .863 2.1 2.9 .6 .1 8.6

See also

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