Townsville Heat inks DeAndre Daniels, ex Jets

Townsville Heat (NBL1 North) agreed terms with 29-year old American forward DeAndre Daniels (206cm-100kg-1992, college: UConn) for new 2022 season. He played last summer at Jets in New Zealand NBL league. In 16 games he had very impressive stats: 16.4ppg, 8.6rpg (#5 in the league) and 2.3bpg. The last season he played at KTP Basket in Finnish Korisliiga where in 9 games he recorded 4.7ppg and 3.1rpg.
In 2014 he was drafted by Toronto Raptors (NBA) in second round (37th overall). The former University of Connecticut standout is in his ninth season in pro basketball.
Daniels is quite experienced player. His career allowed him to visit four different continents, while he played in six different countries. He tasted the life as pro basketball player in Europe, Latin America, Australia and of course North America. Daniels has played previously professionally in Italy (Mantova), Russia (Spartak Primorie Vladivostok), Turkey (Yesilgiresun), Australia (Perth Wildcats), Dominican Republic (Caneros) and NBA G League (Texas Legends, College Park SkyHawks, Maine Celtics, Raptors 905 Missisauga and Agua Caliente Clippers of Ontario).
On Daniels: He has great speed and is able to get up and down the floor quickly in transition faster than most players his size.
Offensively, Daniels has struggled to find one definitive skill he can hang his hat on to allow him to put up points on a nightly basis, besides filling the lane in transition. Daniels can be tough to matchup against, as he can shoot over smaller defenders in the post from the small forward position and beat bigger defenders off the dribble in isolation situations as a power forward. At this point in his career, his ball handling skills are merely average and he is not strong enough to back down post defenders, so it remains to be seen if he can find sustained success in either of these areas.



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