The Potential of Marquis Daniels 3.0 - 2011 Free Agents

"When the time comes, he's going to look at and explore all his options. But Boston is certainly a team he knows well, has a great amount of respect for and really enjoyed his time there." - Marquis' Agent Mark Bartelstein

There has been a lot of speculation in regards towards the 2011 Free Agents, largely due to the potential of a lockout and lack of a CBA. With just over $72.4 million on the books, Jeff Green's situation unresolved and a hard cap looming, the Celtics are options are going to be pretty thin. Sure they would love to make a run at Jamal Crawford, JR Smith or Josh Howard, but in reality they would have to clear cap space for those players and that is just not going to happen.

But one likely possibility is the return of Marquis Daniels. He was an integral contributor until the severe injury to his spinal cord forced the Celtics into a series of erratic stop-gap solutions. The Celtics actually paid cash to Sacramento to move Daniels and clear a roster spot, which turned into the under-utilized Sasha Pavolvic. But most importantly, Daniels has the support of Doc Rivers, which is why he returned to the C's last season for his resurgence prior to the injury.

"I just know what he has," Doc Rivers said of Daniels this past season. "You know the old saying with coaches: 'You don't coach a player to what he is today. You coach him to what you think he should be someday.' I just think he can do that a lot, and I think he wants to do that."

Obviously nothing is set in stone, but the foundation is there for Daniels, its a scheme he already fully knows which would allow him time to concentrate on recovering fully not learning a new playbook. Dallas seems like the only other logical destination for him, where he would have a chance for a ring and has a strong relationship with Darrell Armstrong, Jason Terry, etc, but once again he'd be learning a whole new system.

Looking at his Media Day interview from last season, one can only think Marquis has unfinished business in Boston:



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