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Marquis Daniels has always been injury prone, even before his head struck Gilbert Arenas, his body crumpled to the floor and spinal cord surgery ensued. Daniels has played more than 62 regular-season games just once in his eight-year career. During two seasons with the Celtics, he has played in just 100 out of 164 possible games. He has injured ligaments in his thumb, experienced severe soreness in his wrist, and suffered the aforementioned bruised spinal cord — and that’s just during his time in Boston.But Daniels believes he should be less injury prone now following the spinal cord surgery. (Green Street — read the whole article, because it’s a good one)The only difference Daniels notices is the lack of pain. He feels stronger than ever, and he’s confident the injury woes that limited him to just 100 games over his first two seasons in Boston are over. In fact, his doctor told him even the thumb injury he suffered during the 2009-10 season could be traced b...
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