Celtics will introduce Marquis Daniels to Boston media today
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Waltham, MA -- The Celtics will hold a press conference this morning at 10 to introduce their newest acquisition, Marquis Daniels, who officially signed with the team on Tuesday. The former Indiana free agent will play a primary role for Boston's second unit. Daniels refused higher-paying offers to get a chance to play for the NBA title with the Celtics this season. He made $6.37 million last year, and the option on his contract would have been worth $7.35 million this year. But he chose to sign with the Celtics for the $1.99 million bi-annual exception and the chance to win a title. Daniels averaged a career-high 13.6 points and a career-high 4.6 rebounds per game last season. The former Auburn Tiger scored 20-or-more points 12 times during the 2008-09 season. Daniels would also post career-highs in points (733), rebounds (248), field goals made (311) and attempted (689). The 6-foot-6, 200-pound guard posted all of these career-highs while appearing in just 54 games (43 starts). During his rookie campaign with Dallas in 2003-04, Daniels was named to the All-Rookie Second team. Despite playing limited time until March, Daniels would impress over the final 24 games of the season averaging 14.0 points, 4.8 rebounds, 3.8 assists and 1.50 steals in 30.7 minutes per game. Daniels would rank eighth among rookies in scoring (8.5 ppg) and would lead all rookies in field goal percentage (.494). Daniels has made three trips to the postseason and has posted career averages of 6.1 points and 2.4 rebounds in 36 career games. Daniels best postseason came during his rookie campaign when he averaged 15.8 points in five games. More to come... 
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