Just the other day, I was blogging about the lack of attention given to the Marquis Daniels acquisition. Turns out, Doc Rivers agrees with me:
“Marquis, that’s the guy no one talks about,’’ Rivers said. “I’m really looking forward to coaching him. I didn’t like coaching against him; I thought he was very difficult to match up to. He can play 2 or 3 and he has the ability to handle the ball. We’ll use him at point forward.
“Defensively is where I like him. I thought last year, without having Posey, we didn’t have that other guy that could guard guys off the bench, and that put a lot of stress on Ray and Paul. And this year, we’ll have another guy to defend.
“He’s going to replace [Posey] as far as minutes, but they are totally different. Both of them are very tough-minded, which is good. Posey was a guy who spread the floor more, Marquis will be a guy with the ball in his hands more and making decisions.
With Daniels, the Celtics are getting a back-up for Posey and Rondo all in one package, and he's coming here for $2 million. What a freakin' steal.
After Marquis helps the Celtics hoist Banner 18, executives from around the league will ask each other - "Why didn't we throw more money at that guy?"
According to Daniels' Twitter page, he's packing and headed to Boston soon. He's also looking for someone to take care of his hyena while he's out of town. I'm hoping that's a joke.