Official:-Spears Confirms Marquis coming to Boston (merged)

[MVP]

Here's the story.

http://sports.yahoo.com/nba/news;_ylt=Ar17nOxmgAcBav4LOwAGHHm8vLYF?slug=ys-mdaniels071709&prov=yhoo&type=lgns

[Rida]

Thanks, Rida. Just found that myself.

Still, I'll believe it when I see it. I hope it's via trade, not LLE. I still want to save that bullet.

Only reason I believe it is because Spears is an incredibly legit source and these guys are very conscience of their posts.

@ricbucher

http://twitter.com/RicBucher

got very flustered when people questioned some of the stuff he was putting out on Twitter today and defended himself vehemently.

Even Simmons had a dig at him which was highly entertaining

[Marqui]

Pfft
Ill believe this when I see it.

[Rida]

from Twitter

SpearsNBAYahoo: marquis daniels going to bos for 1.9 bi annual or sign n trade

well that's good when we can get more info is this really true or is some kind of bull****

Daniels heading to Celtics

By Marc Spears, Yahoo! Sports 20 minutes ago

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Free-agent guard Marquis Daniels(notes) has committed to sign with the Boston Celtics, a league source said Friday.

Daniels will receive the Celtics’ $1.9 million biannual salary-cap exception if the Indiana Pacers aren’t interested in a sign-and-trade deal. The 6-foot-6 Daniels averaged 13.6 points and 4.6 rebounds in 54 games with Indiana last season, his third with the team. Daniels previously played three seasons with the Mavericks.

Daniels, 28, will help improve the Celtics’ perimeter depth. Boston signed free-agent forward Rasheed Wallace(notes) last week and remains interested in keeping forward Glen Davis(notes).

[jdpapa3]

Daniels for the LLE is probably the best find out there. Didn't think he'd be available for this money, but guys are getting desperate. Phenomenal job by Danny and the boys!

[Rida]

This should silence the haters, I thought i'd get a couple of Tommy points for posting this stuff first instead of ridicule

[paintitgreen]

I'm a little worried about the fact that he can't shoot at all and has never been a good defender, but he can play alongside House, so that's a nice bonus and maybe he'll pick up the defensive intensity. Still need a backup at the 3, but it's a good move for the money.

[Emmette Bryant]

http://sports.yahoo.com/nba/news?slug=ys-mdaniels071709&prov=yhoo&type=lgns

[jdpapa3]

I'm a little worried about the fact that he can't shoot at all and has never been a good defender, but he can play alongside House, so that's a nice bonus and maybe he'll pick up the defensive intensity. Still need a backup at the 3, but it's a good move for the money.

Uh, I don't think so. I think the backup swingman position is shored up with this move.

[RebusRankin]

Good back up at the 2 and 3. Now get BBD back and maybe a vet minimum pg and we're set.

[Champzilla]

We have Eddie and Sheed, do we really need someone else to shoot the 3? We need that slasher.

[SalmonAndMashedPotatoes]

I'm a little worried about the fact that he can't shoot at all and has never been a good defender, but he can play alongside House, so that's a nice bonus and maybe he'll pick up the defensive intensity. Still need a backup at the 3, but it's a good move for the money.

Well, don't worry about it, because it's not a 'fact.'  Daniels is a good, tenacious perimeter defender.  When he broke onto the scene as a rookie for Dallas it was because he could defend and play point guard.  

Daniels is perfect as our backup 1/2/3--he's a deft penetrator, great finisher around the rim (with a slough of runners, floaters, and finger rolls at his disposal) and a good ballhandler.  He also has good size (6'6") and will allow Eddie to play at the 2 guard spot.

Daniels isn't a good percentage shooter from 3, but he's streaky as all hell.  I could definitely see him living large off the corner 3...

[perks-a-beast]

This has to be the biggest steal of the offseason so far. Danny sure is making up for the 2008 offseason  

[indeedproceed]

Thanks, Rida. Just found that myself.

Still, I'll believe it when I see it. I hope it's via trade, not LLE. I still want to save that bullet.

Only reason I believe it is because Spears is an incredibly legit source and these guys are very conscience of their posts.

@ricbucher

http://twitter.com/RicBucher

got very flustered when people questioned some of the stuff he was putting out on Twitter today and defended himself vehemently.

Even Simmons had a dig at him which was highly entertaining

Thank you for breaking the story. I put it on the FP. Next time you see something like this first, pop down a fanshot, and get famous

[SalmonAndMashedPotatoes]

This has to be the biggest steal of the offseason so far. Danny sure is making up for the 2008 offseason  

You do realize that the 2009 offseason would not have been possible without the 2008 offseason going down the way it did, right? 

Danny drew the line on Posey because he knew that the summer of '09 would be a buyer's market with lots of good bargains to be had...