Two years ago Marquis Daniels was brought to Boston, the signing was immediately praised across the board. On opening night Marquis played 18 minutes of tenacious defense against Lebron James and the Celtics beat the heavily favored Cleveland Cavaliers.
About a month later Daniels was out for 2 months, he came back and played effectively, was re-injured, and Tony Allen essentially took over his minutes through the playoffs. The Celtics played through Game 7 of the NBA Finals but Quis only played 37 total minutes in the Playoffs.
Many fans felt that Daniels was done in Boston when he returned in 2010. With former teammate Jermaine O'Neal donning the Celtics #7, Marquis had to switch another former teammate's number... Antoine Walker's infamous number 8. Daniels once again started off strong. When at his best Daniels is an effective slasher with an extremely smooth game, strong ball handling, lock down defense, and the ability to slow down the game.
Then tragedy st...
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