Former second-round pick DeAndre Daniels appears ticketed for Italy for the upcoming season, according to international basketball reporter David Pick. Pick reports (via Twitter) that Daniels has agreed to terms with Italian team Stings Mantova (Pallacanestro Mantovana).
Daniels, 24, was a key member of the 2014 UConn squad that won a national championship. After declaring for the draft that year, the 6’9″ forward was selected in the second round – 37th overall – by the Raptors.
Since being drafted, Daniels has honed his game elsewhere, spending a year in Australia and playing for Toronto’s D-League team last season. A Jones fracture in his right foot derailed Daniels’ 2015/16 season, limiting him to just eight games for the Raptors 905 in the spring. After playing for the Raptors’ in Summer League play this July, Daniels will head to Europe in the hopes of logging a healthy, productive season overseas.
While Toronto continues to hold Daniels’ NBA rights, the Raptors added two more rookies to their roster this year and have several young players in the mix. The team also holds an extra first-round pick next year, so it remains to be seen if there will be room for Daniels on the roster anytime soon — the Raps could potentially include the forward’s rights in a trade if they make a move at the deadline.
A Uconn player overseas, who would have see that coming!
Of course some Cuse fan would say that… Look around the league and let’s compare current Orange vs Huskies… Yeah case closed
Players on rosters with contracts.
Uconn 5
Drum, walker, lamp, Napier, gay
Syracuse 9
Anthony, carter-Williams, Christmas, Ennis, grant, Johnson, McCullough, onuaku, waiters.
Know the fact scrub before you type something!
Are you talking about the Chinese league? If so you are right!