Chris Daniels (basketball)
| No. 54 – Sporting Al Riyadi Beirut | |
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| Position | Center |
| League | Lebanese Basketball League |
| Personal information | |
| Born |
April 19, 1984 San Antonio, Texas |
| Nationality | American |
| Listed height | 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) |
| Listed weight | 265 lb (120 kg) |
| Career information | |
| High school | Sam Houston (San Antonio, Texas) |
| College | Texas A&M–Corpus Christi (2004–2008) |
| NBA draft | 2008 / Undrafted |
| Playing career | 2008–present |
| Career history | |
| 2008–2009 | Daegu Orions |
| 2009 | Wonju Dongbu Promy |
| 2009 | Incheon Elephants |
| 2009–2010 | Anyang KT&G Kites |
| 2010 | Cangrejeros de Santurce |
| 2010–2011 | Jeonju KCC Egis |
| 2011–2012 | Erie Bayhawks |
| 2012 | Anyang KGC |
| 2012 | Santa Cruz Warriors |
| 2012–2013 | Qingdao DoubleStar |
| 2013 | Rio Grande Valley Vipers |
| 2013 | Applied Science University |
| 2013 | Liaoning Flying Leopards |
| 2014 | Sagesse |
| 2014–2015 | Guangdong Southern Tigers |
| 2015–present | Al-Riyadi Beirut |
| Career highlights and awards | |
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Chris Daniels (born April 19, 1984) is an American professional basketball player for Al-Riyadi Beirut of the Lebanese FLB League. He played college basketball for Texas A&M–Corpus Christi.
As a four-year player in Texas A&M–Corpus Christi, he played in 114 games, starting 73 where he averaged 12.3 points, 6 rebounds and 1.5 blocks in 22.9 minutes per game being named Southland Player of the Year and to the All-Southland first-team in his junior season when he averaged 15.3 points, 6.7 rebounds and 1.6 blocks leading the Islanders to their only NCAA tournament in history.
After going undrafted on the 2008 NBA draft, Daniels joined the Houston Rockets for the 2008 NBA Summer League. After that, he signed with the Daegu Orions of the Korean Basketball League. For two years he had stints with Wonju Dongbu Promy, Incheon Electroland Elephants and the Anyang KT&G Kites where he averaged 21 points and 9.1 rebounds.
On March 18, 2010, Daniels moved to Puerto Rico, with the Cangrejeros de Santurce where he spent the rest of the 2009–10 season. Then he signed with Jeonju KCC Egis for the 2010–11 season where he won the 2011 Korean Championship against Dongbu Promy, his former team, in six games. On the final and decisive match, Daniels led the team with a game-high 25 point and 10 rebounds.
On November 3, 2011, Daniels was selected by the Erie BayHawks with the 9th pick of the 2011 NBA Development League Draft and then signed with them. On December 9, 2011, Daniels signed with the Los Angeles Lakers but was waived two weeks later and returned with the BayHawks. On January 16, 2012, Daniels returned to Korea, now with Anyang KGC, where he won his second Korean championship, again, defeating Dongbu Promy in six games. He scored 15 points on the decisive match.
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