Antonio Daniels
Antonio Daniels | |
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| Born | March 19, 1975 United States |
| Occupation(s) | Professional basketball player (retired), television color analyst, radio analyst |
| Years active | 1997–2012 (player), 2015–present (broadcaster) |
| Known for | NBA player, NBA champion (1999), New Orleans Pelicans analyst |
Antonio Robert Daniels (born March 19, 1975) is a retired American professional basketball athlete who played 13 seasons in the National Basketball Association (NBA). He currently works as a television color analyst for the New Orleans Pelicans on Bally Sports New Orleans and serves as a co-host and analyst on SiriusXM NBA Radio.
College career
Daniels competed collegiately at Bowling Green State University from 1994 through 1997. He was honored as the MAC Freshman of the Year in 1994 and later earned the MAC Player of the Year award in 1997, guiding the Falcons to a MAC regular-season championship. By the end of his tenure, he ranked second in Bowling Green’s all-time scoring with 1,789 points and stood tenth in the MAC’s historical scoring records at that time.
Professional career
Following his collegiate career at Bowling Green, Daniels was picked fourth overall in the 1997 NBA draft by the Vancouver Grizzlies. On June 24, 1998, he was traded by Vancouver to the San Antonio Spurs in exchange for rookie Felipe López and Carl Herrera, shortly after Vancouver selected Mike Bibby with the second overall pick. Daniels played a role in securing the Spurs' 1999 NBA championship title. On August 5, 2002, he was traded alongside Charles Smith and Amal McCaskill to the Portland Trail Blazers in return for Erick Barkley, Steve Kerr, and a conditional second-round selection in the 2003 NBA draft. Subsequently, Daniels signed contracts with the Seattle SuperSonics and later with the Washington Wizards as a free agent.
On December 10, 2008, Daniels joined the New Orleans Hornets through a three-team trade involving both the Wizards and the Memphis Grizzlies.
On September 9, 2009, he was traded to the Minnesota Timberwolves, along with a second-round pick for 2014, in exchange for Bobby Brown and Darius Songaila. Shortly thereafter, on September 24, 2009, Daniels agreed to a contract buyout.
On November 1, 2010, Daniels was selected by the Texas Legends in the second round (13th overall) of the 2010 NBA Development League draft. He signed a 10-day contract with the Philadelphia 76ers on April 5, 2011. Afterward, he returned to play for the Texas Legends during the following season before retiring from professional basketball.
Post-playing career
Daniels transitioned to broadcasting on October 22, 2015, when he was appointed as an analyst for Fox Sports Oklahoma, providing commentary on Oklahoma City Thunder matchups. Later, on June 27, 2019, he took on the role of television color commentator for Fox Sports New Orleans, collaborating with Joel Meyers to cover the New Orleans Pelicans.
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..0|||8..4 |- |- |- |- |- |- |- |- |- |- |- |- |- |- |- |- |- |- |- |- |- |- |- |- |- |- |- |- |- |- |- |- |- |- |-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | !
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Playoffs
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