Marquis Daniels News

Boston Celtics guard Marquis Daniels has had surgery to repair a torn ligament in his left thumb.

Yesterday, when our post on Marquis Daniels missing tonight's game hit Twitter, I got this reply: @RedsArmy Wait? Marquis Daniels is hurt? Can't believe it.

Marquis Daniels missed the last month of last season with the Pacers because of a right wrist strain.

One of the NBA's most involved owners is closely watching his team's recent struggles, realizing that, though veteran-laden, it is experiencing growing pains.

Jamaal Tinsley: Not the veteran free agent guard Griz fans were expecting to see.

Marquis Daniels saw the writing on the wall when it came to his future with the Indiana Pacers last summer.

Although he resides in his home state as president of the Indiana Pacers, Larry Bird keeps close tabs on the team he always will be identified with, and he lauded its revamped roster.

He's angry for the lackluster effort on the boards against the Hawks. And with the Pacers missing two of their top big men , Jim O'Brien has been forced to go with a small lineup that features Danny Granger at power forward.

In this June 22, 2009, file photo Larry Bird, Indiana Pacers president of basketball operations, talks about the NBA basketball draft in Indianapolis.

Second-year players Roy Hibbert and Brandon Rush will see plenty of court time for the 2009-2010 Indiana Pacers.

Big Baby, just a rookie, had scored a total of 10 points and had two DNPs in his previous seven games when the Celts dribbled into the suburbs north of Detroit on Jan.

There was a recent live chat on ESPN which featured Scouts Inc's David Thorpe and Jared Wade from EightPointsNineSeconds.com. Check here for the transcript .

The Celtics have one of the most talented teams in the NBA, but when Garnett was lost to injury last year, Boston wasn't the same team, they lacked energy, and hunger.

Very nice open and honest assesment of your favorite team. it must hurt to think that they will miss the playoffs again.

Two years ago, Doc Rivers shined a spotlight on the wall where he hoped the Celtics [ team stats ] ' next championship banner - the franchise's 17th - would hang in the team's practice facility.

The basketball coverage crew at the Orlando Sentinel has put together its preseason NBA power rankings, complete with predictions we have no business making in September.

Want to know who's heating up for a big season on the hardwood? Insider is tapping into John Hollinger's projected player efficiency ratings to see who's trending up and down across the NBA.

There's not much to like about Indiana this year. Injury plagued point guard , starting 2 guard is out until January , your starting power forward doesn't play defense , you lost your backup point , and you didn't improve on a team that won just 36 games last year and finished 3 games out of the playoffs.

Well, the whole changing of the culture bit has certainly been a success in Indiana.

In most stories about Marquis Daniels , the writer notes that Daniels played some point guard during his rookie season in Dallas under the Mad Genius Don Nelson .