Re-signing Marquis Daniels: Pros and Cons (merged)

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I feel he was our best bench player previous to surgery, better than rasheed, davis or tony.  Tony came in and took the minutes away but also Marquis role changed when we got an actual backup pg in nate.  To me (at the right price) he is needed.

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It's not like he didn't see the court again after his injury.  Look at his game log:

http://sports.yahoo.com/nba/players/3764/gamelog;_ylt=Aumj0BgnxVwH3rNAA1ya0WXqPKB4

He came back in early February.  The most minutes per game he averaged all season was February.  That was probably his best month all season, truth be told; he starting losing playing time as March rolled around, as his play started tailing off (and Tony's play started to improve).

But, Quis was fine, immediately post-injury.  He went into a slump (it happens to everyone), and Tony's good play didn't really leave much of a chance for him to work his way out of it.

Thanks, Bird.  I posted a reference to the game logs above, but apparently the notion that Quisy lost his spot due to injury persists.  

One correction, though:  Pierce was out for a bit in February as well, so there was some time for Quisy and also some cause for his scoring to be a bit higher...temporarily...
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I do tend to agree with the notion that the utility role diminished his production.  Perhaps playing strictly on the wing (no PG duties) will help, as will having a good handler and scorer like Nate on the court with him.  Nate/Quisy have the potential to complement each other well, though we didn't get much of a chance to see that combo last season.

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Nice article by ESPN Boston's Chris Forsberg:

http://sports.espn.go.com/boston/nba/columns/story?columnist=forsberg_chris&id=5395389