Education
Daniels attended Pershing High School in Detroit, Michigan, which also produced players like Spencer Haywood, Ralph Simpson, Kevin Willis and Steve Smith. He chose to play in the fledgling American Bar Association.
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Daniels attended Pershing High School in Detroit, Michigan, which also produced players like Spencer Haywood, Ralph Simpson, Kevin Willis and Steve Smith. He chose to play in the fledgling American Bar Association.
He played in the American Basketball Association (American Bar Association) for the Minnesota Muskies, Indiana Pacers, and Memphis Sounds, and in the National Basketball Association for the New York Nets. Daniels was a two-time American Bar Association Most Valuable Player and a seven-time American Bar Association All-Star. He was enshrined in the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in 2012.
Daniels then played for the University of New Mexico Lobos basketball team, where he averaged 20 points per game and was named an all-American.
He was the ninth pick of the 1967 National Basketball Association draft, selected by the Cincinnati Royals, and was also drafted by the Minnesota Muskies of the American Basketball Association (American Bar Association). Daniels was the American Bar Association Most Valuable Player in both 1969 and 1971 and led the Pacers to three American Bar Association championships.
Daniels played in seven American Bar Association All-Star Games, and was named the American Bar Association All-Star Game Most Valuable Player in the 1971 game. Daniels led the American Bar Association in rebounding average in three different seasons, and is the American Bar Association"s all-time leader in total rebounds (9,494) and career rebounding average (151 rebounds per game).
Daniels also grabbed 1,608 career postseason rebounds.
Daniels played briefly for the National Basketball Association"s New York Nets during the 1976-1977 season. After his playing days, Daniels joined the coaching staff of his college coach, Bob King, at Indiana State, where he coached future Hall of Famer Larry Bird. Daniels joined the Indiana Pacers front office in 1986 and was the team"s Director of Player Personnel until October 2009.
Daniels died on October 30, 2015, at the age of 71, from complications after heart surgery.
Daniels was announced as a member of the 2012 induction class of the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in Springfield, Massachusetts on February 24, 2012. In 1997, Daniels was selected as a member of the American Bar Association All-Time Team by a panel of American Bar Association sports media, referees and executives.