Mel Daniels

Mel Daniels

Daniels, circa 1967
Personal information
Born	(1944-07-20)July 20, 1944 Detroit, Michigan
Died	October 30, 2015(2015-10-30) (aged 71) Sheridan, Indiana
Nationality	American
Listed height	6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)
Listed weight	220 lb (100 kg)
Career information
High school	Pershing (Detroit, Michigan)
College	Burlington CC (1963–1964) New Mexico (1964–1967)
NBA draft	1967 / Round: 1 / Pick: 9th overall
Selected by the Cincinnati Royals
Playing career	1967–1976
Position	Center
Number	34, 9
Career history
As player:
1967–1968	Minnesota Muskies (ABA)
1968–1974	Indiana Pacers (ABA)
1974–1975	Memphis Sounds (ABA)
1976	New York Nets
As coach:
1988	Indiana Pacers
Career highlights and awards
3× ABA champion (1970, 1972, 1973) 2× ABA MVP (1969, 1971) 7× ABA All-Star (1968–1974) ABA All-Star Game MVP (1969) 4× All-ABA First Team (1968–1971) All-ABA Second Team (1973) ABA Rookie of the Year (1968) ABA All-Rookie First Team (1968) ABA All-Time Team No. 34 retired by Indiana Pacers Consensus second-team All-American (1967) 2× First-team All-WAC (1966–1967)
Career ABA and NBA statistics
Points	11,778 (18.4 ppg)
Rebounds	9,528 (14.9 rpg)
Assists	1,140 (1.8 apg)
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com
Basketball Hall of Fame as player

Melvin Joe Daniels (July 20, 1944 – October 30, 2015) was an American professional basketball player. He played in the American Basketball Association (ABA) for the Minnesota Muskies, Indiana Pacers, and Memphis Sounds, and in the National Basketball Association for the New York Nets. Daniels was a two-time ABA Most Valuable Player and a seven-time ABA All-Star. He was enshrined in the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in 2012.

Daniels died on October 30, 2015, at the age of 71. He had recently undergone heart surgery.

Other websites

• ABA RecordsArchived 2005-09-11 at the Wayback Machine