Celtics sign former Pacers G Marquis Daniels

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BOSTON (AP)—The Boston Celtics have signed free agent guard Marquis Daniels(notes).

Daniels is coming off the best of his six seasons, averaging career highs of 13.6 points and 4.6 rebounds in 54 games with the Indiana Pacers, 43 of them starts. The Celtics announced his signing on Tuesday.

The 28-year-old Daniels spent three seasons with Dallas before moving to Indiana. For his career, he is averaging 9.4 points in 351 games, including 109 starts.

At 6-feet-6, Daniels gives the Celtics a big guard to come off the bench. They already have 6-foot-1 Eddie House(notes), known for his 3-point shooting, to substitute for starters Ray Allen(notes) and Rajon Rondo(notes).

Updated Sep 1, 5:03 pm EDT
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  1. GO BACK TO IRELAND STUPID BOSTON KELTICS
    150. Posted by GO BACK TO IRELAND STUPID BOSTON KELTICS Sun Sep 13 10:52pm EDT

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    The boston smelltics!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
  2. Since"66"
    149. Posted by Since"66" Sun Sep 13 2:12am EDT

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    This year's leprecaun has a real big boner! Watch out little girls! Go Celtics!*********************
  3. GO BACK TO IRELAND STUPID BOSTON KELTICS
    148. Posted by GO BACK TO IRELAND STUPID BOSTON KELTICS Sat Sep 12 3:51am EDT

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    Wow joe, realy? sweep the lakers? Even if u guys stay 100% healthy the pick up of sheed stil makes the smelltics older and slower. sheed missed games with detroit due to injury and age last season, ray had major ankle surgery a couple of years ago, doc already said rajon is uncoachable, pierce is fat for his hight, lakers only have to worry about artest and phil will bench him if any crap happens. Lakers sweep smelltics!
  4. JoeD
    147. Posted by JoeD Fri Sep 11 2:48pm EDT

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    Celts got the East locked up. Cavs get Shaq- what a waste and all that will happen during the 25 minutes a game Shaq plays is going to slow down Lebron, Orlando will be sick but still dont compare to the Celtics, hopefully they all stay healthy and they should win easily 60+ games and coast thru to the championship. With this move and the others we've made so far if one does get hurt we are not totally screwed, still got a great chance of winning it all. But if all stay healthy 100% Celts sweep the Lakers in the championship.
  5. Jeff R
    146. Posted by Jeff R Fri Sep 11 9:02am EDT

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    All of the comments saying "The Celtics are one injury away from sucking this year!!". Well, so are the Lakers...Kobe goes...they go. So are the Cavs...LeBron goes...they go. Its the same with EVERY team. You lose a superstar and its hard to overcome. Just be thankful that we're talking about so many teams being in contention. Any long time NBA fan will tell you that it hasn't been this exciting in 10+ years or more. I hope the Celtics and Lakers are back in the Finals again this year. Its the best rivalry in sports!

    Good luck to whatever team you root for..... but GO C's!!!!
  6. Matthew
    145. Posted by Matthew Fri Sep 11 8:51am EDT

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    kobe is a rapist lakers suck
  7. Goose69er
    144. Posted by Goose69er Thu Sep 10 12:06am EDT

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    The Celtics can pick up all the role players they want, but can they mesh together like the Lakers team have? This Laker team has shared the agony of defeat and the thrill of victory together, unlike the Celtics, the Lakers have a band of brothers mentality and that will push the over the top. Also, Great pick up with Artest, not just for his game and stellar defense, but to punk them Celtics and flex some muscle. I see Artest *itch slapping Pierce or Garnett next season. The Celtics are one injury away from a wasted season.. Go Lakers!!!!
  8. GO BACK TO IRELAND STUPID BOSTON KELTICS
    143. Posted by GO BACK TO IRELAND STUPID BOSTON KELTICS Sun Sep 6 10:10pm EDT

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    The boston smelltics! why is brian scalabrine stil in the nba? to make racist larry bird happy? People think that the lakers got lucky 'cause kg got hurt but at his age its not luck its logic. kobe has pleanty of great years left cause hes well conditiones and thin while paul pierce big utters can be seen bouncing up and down from the nose bleed section. sheed, kg, big baby make the team to slow, orlando, cleveland , lakers will run the ball down their throats! SCALABRINE AND PITINO SHOULD GET married at the church of who gives a flying fudge!
  9. <i>earvin12321</i>
    142. Posted by earvin12321 Fri Sep 4 8:52pm EDT

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    Because all the Celtic players have puss*es instead big juicy dicks, the Lakers are definetly gonna kick their ass. Go to hell Celtics!!!! MOTHER @#$%*RS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
  10. marcus
    141. Posted by marcus Fri Sep 4 5:18pm EDT

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    Now picture this; Lebron James in a celtics jersey in 2010, just imagining, but rajon,ray, lebron, paul, and garnett, with sheed coming off the bench now who would b able to stop that team no one!!!! thats who...lol. who says a man cant have dreams??? that would be the olympic team right there.!!!
  11. bluemoon
    140. Posted by bluemoon Fri Sep 4 11:24am EDT

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    maybe we can get bruce bowen out of his retirement ,boost our defence !
  12. <i>traindriverivan</i>
    139. Posted by traindriverivan Thu Sep 3 6:55pm EDT

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    All hail Dr.Shock as the NEW NOSTRODAMEUS....
    He knows every thing.... LMAO
    CELTICS will be the ones to beat!!!
    DrShock you are a KNOB...LOL....LOL
  13. Dr. Shock
    138. Posted by Dr. Shock Thu Sep 3 6:34pm EDT

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    FIRST OF ALL, IT WONT BE THE LAKERS VERSUS THE MAGIC IN THE FINALS AGAIN. That happened, let it go.
    Secondly, Boston is going to be worse than last year and look for a lot of trades made in February 2010. Garnett is not going to fully recover or he's going to reinjure himself. Doc's job is going to be on the line. Last year, there was only one person that ruined it for the Celts and that was Garnett. This season, he's going to be trying too hard and he's going to get frustrated that he's now a year older and missed basically the entire season. Get ready for the Celtics to fall apart. On top of that, Rondo's true self will be identified that he's only just as good as Steve Blake of the Portland Trailblazers. Big Baby will become a man when he finally stands up to Garnett and there are going to be fights. Garnett's injury will resurface but only because he got jumped in the locker room and beat down. LAST YEAR WAS IT FOR THE CELTS. THE LAST YEAR FOR KOBE'S LAKERS. ORLANDO IS DONE. VINCE CARTER IS A HAS BEEN. thank you.
  14. Michael
    137. Posted by Michael Thu Sep 3 6:23pm EDT

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    Wow..... what a bunch of haters. This is a great pic-up for the Celtics, and they'll be tough again...

    BUT it's gonna be back-to-back for the WORLD CHAMPION LOS ANGELES LAKERS !!!
  15. Andrew
    136. Posted by Andrew Thu Sep 3 3:51pm EDT

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    someone from the east will win the ship this year
  16. Jeffrey
    135. Posted by Jeffrey Thu Sep 3 3:12pm EDT

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    the celtics are the team to beat the cavs are going down like a 2 dollar whore+the lakers last year just got lucky!
  17. Reppin 4rm Big D to Jrzy
    134. Posted by Reppin 4rm Big D to Jrzy Thu Sep 3 11:41am EDT

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    damn they are smart, building up a very versatile and age-wise balanced team.....i can see them resting the big three on those "garbage nights" and letting these guys do work......daniels isnt bad, he's just a less explosive josh howard and i think he was still w/ the mavs when the gave the title to the heat...cavs and magic depth don't even touch the depth the c's have....now the c's just have to teach more than 5(perk, kg, pierce, rondo, house) ppl how to play defense and in house's case how to draw a foul instantly when you get pimp-slapped.....c's comin out the east but it wont be easy, i see some of the lesser east teams(tor, phi, atl) makin some noise in the playoffs this yr.....oh damn i forgot they had rasheed, never mind c's takin the east easy
  18. <i>derrickmiller59</i>
    133. Posted by derrickmiller59 Thu Sep 3 9:16am EDT

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    It should be Boston and the Lakers on Christmas. King James didnt deserve to play with santa claus.....
  19. ndongo M
    132. Posted by ndongo M Thu Sep 3 5:59am EDT

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    how many minutes do you think the celtics has to play all theses players? to be a good player, you have to play a lot of minutes. the more you play the better you becomes. the less you play the less you will do well. take kobe and give him few minutes to play on the lakers he will not be as effective as if he plays all the time.it's not about accumulating players. it is about having very good palyers at every position. not 3 players at the same position and some of them not even playing. how much is enough? they can accumulate every player in the nba if they want only few of them will play and quiet a few of them will be seating on the bench. isnt that why vlade radmavich was traded because he was complaning of not having minutes to play.
  20. Terry D
    131. Posted by Terry D Thu Sep 3 4:16am EDT

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    LOL I CAN see it already LA whinning cuz bird let boston sign daniels for 1.99 million. did a favor for his old team ?? lol. get real just like in 08 when the three got together they knew wut was gonna happen. and everybody in the league knew if boston got its bench back up they will win again that way daniels and wallace got on just like kg and allen did a in 2008. that also why posey sign and pj brown late in the season. LA really didnt do any improvement i kno artest is better than ariza but will his game fit LA compared to wut he's use to playing. they did nuthing to there bench. signing artest wont be enough MAtter fact yall saw his performance in the post it wasnt alll that and we saw it when they had a healthy roster and Tmac. KObe might have been relaxing this summmer but i bet boston dayum show just maade him go to bus and say we gotta do somethign about this
  21. <i>aintquittingsoon</i>
    130. Posted by aintquittingsoon Thu Sep 3 2:35am EDT

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    Larry Bird helped his former Celtics teammate Danny Ainge be a contender again this coming season.
  22. SelfScience
    129. Posted by SelfScience Thu Sep 3 1:01am EDT

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    this is a solid pick up. I think the Celtics has more than enough to win a championship. Health is a concern for any team. If your superstar goes down, so does your chances at a 'ship. The C's are deep. Sheed is still a threat. I see the bench getting a lot of playing time during the season. A veteran squad with age providing for ultimate fundamentals and knowledge of the game.
  23. DeVante
    128. Posted by DeVante Thu Sep 3 12:11am EDT

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    First off for my boy Marquise D. War Damn Eagle, them Auburn boys dont stop. Great pick up for the Celtics. I love the fact that people keep calling them old men. This team is just off the chain thats what they are. Rondo, R. Allen, Pierce, KG, Big Perk. Those are your starters then you got House, Daniels, Williams, Davis, and Sheed. OMG the rest is history. The only team that comes close in the East is Orlando, sorry King James, the NY is calling maybe you can send D Wade a letter.
  24. mikey b.
    127. Posted by mikey b. Wed Sep 2 10:06pm EDT

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    the MAGIC... Still the team to beat in the East... You all know that...
  25. Mr.Sexy
    126. Posted by Mr.Sexy Wed Sep 2 9:36pm EDT

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    even though i dont lyke da celtics that was a nice pick up
    but they still arent going to beat the cavs in the east...just lyke the cavs wont beat LA
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