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.mw-parser-output .infobox-table th,body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table td{padding-left:inherit;padding-right:inherit}}</style><table class="infobox vcard" style="width:26em"><caption class="infobox-title fn summary" style="font-size: 125%">Mel Daniels</caption><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:Mel_Daniels.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/89/Mel_Daniels.jpg/220px-Mel_Daniels.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="318" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/89/Mel_Daniels.jpg/330px-Mel_Daniels.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/89/Mel_Daniels.jpg/440px-Mel_Daniels.jpg 2x" data-file-width="519" data-file-height="751" /></a></span><div class="infobox-caption">Daniels, circa 1967</div></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color: #DCDCDC !important; color: #000000 !important; border: 2.5px solid #DCDCDC !important;">Personal information</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align: left;">Born</th><td class="infobox-data"><span style="display:none">(<span class="bday">1944-07-20</span>)</span>July 20, 1944<br /><a href="/wiki/Detroit,_Michigan" class="mw-redirect" title="Detroit, Michigan">Detroit, Michigan</a>, U.S.</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align: left;">Died</th><td class="infobox-data">October 30, 2015<span style="display:none">(2015-10-30)</span> (aged 71)<br /><a href="/wiki/Sheridan,_Indiana" title="Sheridan, Indiana">Sheridan, Indiana</a>, U.S.</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align: left;">Listed height</th><td class="infobox-data">6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align: left;">Listed weight</th><td class="infobox-data">220 lb (100 kg)</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color: #DCDCDC !important; color: #000000 !important; border: 2.5px solid #DCDCDC !important;">Career information</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align: left;">High school</th><td class="infobox-data plainlist"><a href="/wiki/Pershing_High_School" title="Pershing High School">John J. Pershing</a><br />(Detroit, Michigan)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align: left;">College</th><td class="infobox-data plainlist"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Southeastern_Community_College_(Iowa)" title="Southeastern Community College (Iowa)">Southeastern CC</a> (1963–1964)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/New_Mexico_Lobos_men%27s_basketball" title="New Mexico Lobos men's basketball">New Mexico</a> (1964–1967)</li></ul> </td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/NBA_draft" title="NBA draft">NBA draft</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/1967_NBA_draft" title="1967 NBA draft">1967</a>: 1st round, 9th overall pick</td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data">Selected by the <a href="/wiki/Cincinnati_Royals" class="mw-redirect" title="Cincinnati Royals">Cincinnati Royals</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align: left;">Playing career</th><td class="infobox-data">1967–1976</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align: left;">Position</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Center_(basketball)" title="Center (basketball)">Center</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align: left;">Number</th><td class="infobox-data">34, 9</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align: left;">Coaching career</th><td class="infobox-data">1977–1993</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color: #DCDCDC !important; color: #000000 !important; border: 2.5px solid #DCDCDC !important;">Career history<link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546" /></th></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="line-height: 1.2em;text-align: left;">As player:</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="font-weight: normal;text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/1967%E2%80%9368_ABA_season" title="1967–68 ABA season">1967–1968</a></th><td class="infobox-data" style="line-height: 1.2em;text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Minnesota_Muskies" title="Minnesota Muskies">Minnesota Muskies</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="font-weight: normal;text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/1968%E2%80%9369_ABA_season" title="1968–69 ABA season">1968</a>–<a href="/wiki/1973%E2%80%9374_ABA_season" title="1973–74 ABA season">1974</a></th><td class="infobox-data" style="line-height: 1.2em;text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Indiana_Pacers" title="Indiana Pacers">Indiana Pacers</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="font-weight: normal;text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/1974%E2%80%9375_ABA_season" title="1974–75 ABA season">1974–1975</a></th><td class="infobox-data" style="line-height: 1.2em;text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Memphis_Sounds" title="Memphis Sounds">Memphis Sounds</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="font-weight: normal;text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/1976%E2%80%9377_NBA_season" title="1976–77 NBA season">1976</a></th><td class="infobox-data" style="line-height: 1.2em;text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/New_York_Nets" class="mw-redirect" title="New York Nets">New York Nets</a></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="line-height: 1.2em;text-align: left;">As coach:</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="font-weight: normal;text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/1977%E2%80%9378_NCAA_Division_I_men%27s_basketball_season" title="1977–78 NCAA Division I men's basketball season">1977</a>–<a href="/wiki/1978%E2%80%9379_NCAA_Division_I_men%27s_basketball_season" title="1978–79 NCAA Division I men's basketball season">1979</a></th><td class="infobox-data" style="line-height: 1.2em;text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Indiana_State_Sycamores_men%27s_basketball" title="Indiana State Sycamores men's basketball">Indiana State</a> (assistant)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="font-weight: normal;text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/1984%E2%80%9385_NBA_season" title="1984–85 NBA season">1984</a>–<a href="/wiki/1992%E2%80%9393_NBA_season" title="1992–93 NBA season">1993</a></th><td class="infobox-data" style="line-height: 1.2em;text-align: left;">Indiana Pacers (assistant)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="font-weight: normal;text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/1988%E2%80%9389_NBA_season" title="1988–89 NBA season">1988</a></th><td class="infobox-data" style="line-height: 1.2em;text-align: left;">Indiana Pacers (interim)</td></tr><tr style="display:none"><th colspan="2"> </th></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color: #DCDCDC !important; color: #000000 !important; border: 2.5px solid #DCDCDC !important;"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546" />Career highlights and awards</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="text-align: left;"> <ul><li>3× <a href="/wiki/List_of_ABA_champions" title="List of ABA champions">ABA champion</a> (<a href="/wiki/1970_ABA_Playoffs" title="1970 ABA Playoffs">1970</a>, <a href="/wiki/1972_ABA_Playoffs" title="1972 ABA Playoffs">1972</a>, <a href="/wiki/1973_ABA_Playoffs" title="1973 ABA Playoffs">1973</a>)</li> <li>2× <a href="/wiki/List_of_American_Basketball_Association_awards_and_honors#Most_Valuable_Player" title="List of American Basketball Association awards and honors">ABA MVP</a> (<a href="/wiki/1968%E2%80%9369_ABA_season" title="1968–69 ABA season">1969</a>, <a href="/wiki/1970%E2%80%9371_ABA_season" title="1970–71 ABA season">1971</a>)</li> <li>7× ABA <a href="/wiki/ABA_All-Star_Game" title="ABA All-Star Game">All-Star</a> (<a href="/wiki/1968_ABA_All-Star_Game" title="1968 ABA All-Star Game">1968</a>–<a href="/wiki/1974_ABA_All-Star_Game" title="1974 ABA All-Star Game">1974</a>)</li> <li>ABA All-Star Game MVP (<a href="/wiki/1969_ABA_All-Star_Game" title="1969 ABA All-Star Game">1969</a>)</li> <li>4× <a href="/wiki/List_of_American_Basketball_Association_awards_and_honors#All-ABA_Team" title="List of American Basketball Association awards and honors">All-ABA First Team</a> (1968–1971)</li> <li>All-ABA Second Team (<a href="/wiki/1972%E2%80%9373_ABA_season" title="1972–73 ABA season">1973</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_American_Basketball_Association_awards_and_honors#Rookie_of_the_Year" title="List of American Basketball Association awards and honors">ABA Rookie of the Year</a> (<a href="/wiki/1967%E2%80%9368_ABA_season" title="1967–68 ABA season">1968</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_American_Basketball_Association_awards_and_honors#All-Rookie_Team" title="List of American Basketball Association awards and honors">ABA All-Rookie First Team</a> (1968)</li> <li>3× <a href="/wiki/American_Basketball_Association#Rebounding_leaders" title="American Basketball Association">ABA rebounding champion</a> (<a href="/wiki/1967%E2%80%9368_ABA_season" title="1967–68 ABA season">1968</a>, <a href="/wiki/1968%E2%80%9369_ABA_season" title="1968–69 ABA season">1969</a>, <a href="/wiki/1970%E2%80%9371_ABA_season" title="1970–71 ABA season">1971</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/ABA_All-Time_Team" title="ABA All-Time Team">ABA All-Time Team</a></li> <li>No. 34 <a href="/wiki/Indiana_Pacers#Retired_numbers" title="Indiana Pacers">retired by Indiana Pacers</a></li> <li>Consensus second-team <a href="/wiki/NCAA_Men%27s_Basketball_All-Americans" title="NCAA Men's Basketball All-Americans">All-American</a> (<a href="/wiki/1967_NCAA_Men%27s_Basketball_All-Americans" title="1967 NCAA Men's Basketball All-Americans">1967</a>)</li> <li>2× First-team All-<a href="/wiki/Western_Athletic_Conference" title="Western Athletic Conference">WAC</a> (1966, 1967)</li></ul> </td></tr><tr style="display:none"><th colspan="2"> </th></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color: #DCDCDC !important; color: #000000 !important; border: 2.5px solid #DCDCDC !important;"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546" />Career ABA and NBA statistics</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align: right; line-height: 1.2em"><a href="/wiki/Point_(basketball)" class="mw-redirect" title="Point (basketball)">Points</a></th><td class="infobox-data" style="line-height: 1.2em">11,778 (18.4 ppg)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align: right; line-height: 1.2em"><a href="/wiki/Rebound_(basketball)" title="Rebound (basketball)">Rebounds</a></th><td class="infobox-data" style="line-height: 1.2em">9,528 (14.9 rpg)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align: right; line-height: 1.2em"><a href="/wiki/Assist_(basketball)" title="Assist (basketball)">Assists</a></th><td class="infobox-data" style="line-height: 1.2em">1,140 (1.8 apg)</td></tr><tr style="display:none"><th colspan="2"> </th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><b><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.nba.com/player/76502">Stats</a> at NBA.com</b> <span class="mw-valign-text-top noprint" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q288853#P3647" title="Edit this at Wikidata"><img alt="Edit this at Wikidata" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/10px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png" decoding="async" width="10" height="10" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/15px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/20px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="20" data-file-height="20" /></a></span></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><b><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.basketball-reference.com/players/d/danieme01.html">Stats</a> at <a href="/wiki/Basketball_Reference" class="mw-redirect" title="Basketball Reference">Basketball Reference</a></b></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546" /></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="font-weight:bold; background-color: #DCDCDC !important;"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.hoophall.com/hall-of-famers/mel-daniels">Basketball Hall of Fame</a></td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Melvin Joe Daniels</b> (July 20, 1944 – October 30, 2015) was an American professional <a href="/wiki/Basketball" title="Basketball">basketball</a> player. He played in the <a href="/wiki/American_Basketball_Association" title="American Basketball Association">American Basketball Association</a> (ABA) for the <a href="/wiki/Minnesota_Muskies" title="Minnesota Muskies">Minnesota Muskies</a>, <a href="/wiki/Indiana_Pacers" title="Indiana Pacers">Indiana Pacers</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Memphis_Sounds" title="Memphis Sounds">Memphis Sounds</a>, and in the <a href="/wiki/National_Basketball_Association" title="National Basketball Association">National Basketball Association</a> for the <a href="/wiki/New_York_Nets" class="mw-redirect" title="New York Nets">New York Nets</a>. Daniels was a two-time <a href="/wiki/List_of_American_Basketball_Association_awards_and_honors#Most_Valuable_Player" title="List of American Basketball Association awards and honors">ABA Most Valuable Player</a>, three-time ABA Champion and a seven-time ABA All-Star. Daniels was the All-time ABA rebounding leader, and in 1997 was named a unanimous selection to the <a href="/wiki/ABA_All-Time_Team" title="ABA All-Time Team">ABA All-Time Team</a>. Daniels was enshrined into the <a href="/wiki/Naismith_Memorial_Basketball_Hall_of_Fame" title="Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame">Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame</a> in 2012. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Early_life">Early life</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mel_Daniels&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Early life"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The son of Maceo and Bernice Daniels, Mel Daniels moved with his family back to his birthplace of <a href="/wiki/Detroit,_Michigan" class="mw-redirect" title="Detroit, Michigan">Detroit, Michigan</a>, from <a href="/wiki/Lincoln_County,_North_Carolina" title="Lincoln County, North Carolina">Lincoln, North Carolina</a>, when Mel was a toddler. Mel had two sisters. Back in Detroit, the family first lived with Mel's grandfather, then in a tenement on 8 Mile Road and finally in a house on McDougall Street. Maceo Daniels worked in an automobile parts factory.<sup id="cite_ref-nba.com_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nba.com-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Bernice read poetry to Mel. He began writing poems by age eight and continued to write them throughout the rest of his life, generally focusing on the lives of athletes, but wrote poems about non-sports topics as well. Daniels mostly did not share his poems with his teammates, “This is the side I’ve kept quiet,” he said of his poems.<sup id="cite_ref-auto_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-auto-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Daniels attended <a href="/wiki/Pershing_High_School" title="Pershing High School">Pershing High School</a> in Detroit. Pershing also produced <a href="/wiki/Spencer_Haywood" title="Spencer Haywood">Spencer Haywood</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ralph_Simpson" title="Ralph Simpson">Ralph Simpson</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kevin_Willis" title="Kevin Willis">Kevin Willis</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ted_Sizemore" title="Ted Sizemore">Ted Sizemore</a> and <a href="/wiki/Steve_Smith_(basketball)" title="Steve Smith (basketball)">Steve Smith</a>. </p><p><a href="/wiki/Will_Robinson_(basketball)" title="Will Robinson (basketball)">Will Robinson</a>, physical education teacher and basketball coach at Pershing High School, recalled Daniels being absent from PE class for a few weeks. So Mr. Robinson went looking for the truant Daniels and finally found him in the hallway and ordered him to the gym. A few days later, Daniels still had not appeared in class, so Robinson went looking for him again. The way Mel Daniels, then a sophomore, remembered it, he was ordered by Coach Robinson to report to the gymnasium at 3:30 to join the basketball team.<sup id="cite_ref-nba.com_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nba.com-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>"Chief, I want you in the gym today," Daniels recalled Coach Robinson telling him. "If you're not in the gym, I'm going to come get you and beat your a—."<sup id="cite_ref-nba.com_1-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nba.com-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Will Robinson would win two state championships at Pershing, become the first black NCAA Division I coach at <a href="/wiki/Illinois_State" class="mw-redirect" title="Illinois State">Illinois State</a> in 1970 and later scout for the NFL <a href="/wiki/Detroit_Lions" title="Detroit Lions">Detroit Lions</a> and NBA <a href="/wiki/Detroit_Pistons" title="Detroit Pistons">Detroit Pistons</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-nba.com_1-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nba.com-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Daniels was slow to earn playing time in high school, playing sparingly in junior varsity games his first two seasons. He was also slow in running fitness laps under Coach Robinson's direction. "Jesus Christ, he would always be a bad last," Robinson recalled. "Not just last, but a bad last. The guys would lap him. He had a winning spirit. He tried all the time after he found out the swing of things."<sup id="cite_ref-nba.com_1-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nba.com-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Ted Sizemore, later a major league baseball player, was a high school basketball teammate of Daniels and recalled, "Will (Robinson) worked him. One thing Mel never did was give up. He kept coming back and Will made him work, work, work. He just kept developing and developing. He just did a lot of work. A lot of drills, footwork, handling the ball. He just got coordinated all of a sudden."<sup id="cite_ref-nba.com_1-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nba.com-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>After growing to 6'9", Daniels showed his potential as a senior and Robinson helped him secure a scholarship at Burlington Community College in Iowa.<sup id="cite_ref-nba.com_1-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nba.com-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="College_career_(1963–1967)"><span id="College_career_.281963.E2.80.931967.29"></span>College career (1963–1967)</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mel_Daniels&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: College career (1963–1967)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Daniels continued to improve in college. Playing the 1963–1964 season at <a href="/wiki/Southeastern_Community_College_(Iowa)" title="Southeastern Community College (Iowa)">Burlington Community College</a> in <a href="/wiki/Burlington,_Iowa" title="Burlington, Iowa">Burlington, Iowa</a>, Daniels averaged 25.2 points and 10.0 rebounds and was named a Junior College All-American.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> While at Burlington, Daniels was recruited to play for the <a href="/wiki/New_Mexico_Lobos_men%27s_basketball" title="New Mexico Lobos men's basketball">New Mexico Lobos</a> by coach Bob King. Daniels transferred, played for New Mexico from 1964 to 1967, averaged 20 points per game in his New Mexico Lobo career and was named an All-American.<sup id="cite_ref-goldstein_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-goldstein-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Starting as a sophomore in 1964–65, the 6–9 power forward played in 27 games and averaged 17.0 points and 11.2 rebounds as New Mexico finished 19–8.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>During the 1965–66 season, Daniels suffered a severe injury when he put his arm through a glass door at <a href="/wiki/Johnson_Gymnasium" title="Johnson Gymnasium">Johnson Gymnasium</a>, requiring 352 stitches and almost ending his athletic career.<sup id="cite_ref-golobos.com_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-golobos.com-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The sutures notwithstanding, Daniels missed only one game and averaged 21.2 points and 10.3 rebounds as the Lobos finished 16–8.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The 1966–67 team won a school-record 17 straight games to start the season as New Mexico climbed to No. 3 in the national rankings. Daniels led the Western Athletic Conference in scoring at 21.5 points, along with 11.6 rebounds as New Mexico finished 19–8.<sup id="cite_ref-golobos.com_6-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-golobos.com-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>For his career, Daniels averaged 20.0 points and 11.1 rebounds in 77 games at New Mexico. He had 44 career double-doubles, still the most in school history.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-auto1_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-auto1-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="ABA/NBA_career"><span id="ABA.2FNBA_career"></span>ABA/NBA career</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mel_Daniels&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: ABA/NBA career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Daniels was the ninth pick of the <a href="/wiki/1967_NBA_draft" title="1967 NBA draft">1967 NBA draft</a>, selected by the <a href="/wiki/Cincinnati_Royals" class="mw-redirect" title="Cincinnati Royals">Cincinnati Royals</a>, and was also drafted by the <a href="/wiki/The_Floridians" class="mw-redirect" title="The Floridians">Minnesota Muskies</a> of the <a href="/wiki/American_Basketball_Association" title="American Basketball Association">American Basketball Association</a> (ABA). He chose to play in the fledgling ABA.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>After rejecting Cincinnati (with <a href="/wiki/Oscar_Robertson" title="Oscar Robertson">Oscar Robertson</a>), Daniels became the first NBA first-round pick to snub the established league and go to the ABA. "At that time, it wasn't about money for me. But y'know, 2 + 2 is still 4," Daniels said of his decision to go to the ABA. "I was offered $15,000 by Cincinnati as a bonus and $17,500 as a salary. I was offered $15,000 as a bonus in Minnesota and $30,000 as a salary. So the higher number somehow won out."<sup id="cite_ref-auto2_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-auto2-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Daniels's decision to play in the ABA led to great success for him. Daniels won three ABA championships, was a two-time ABA Most Valuable Player, a seven-time ABA All-star and led the ABA in rebounding average in three different seasons. Daniels is the ABA's all-time leader in total rebounds and second in ABA career average rebounds (15.12) behind only fellow <a href="/wiki/Naismith_Basketball_Hall_of_Fame" class="mw-redirect" title="Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame">Hall of Famer</a> <a href="/wiki/Artis_Gilmore" title="Artis Gilmore">Artis Gilmore</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Kentucky_Colonels" title="Kentucky Colonels">Kentucky Colonels</a> (17.07). His seven All-Star selections are tied with <a href="/wiki/Louie_Dampier" title="Louie Dampier">Louie Dampier</a> for most in ABA history.<sup id="cite_ref-encyc_13-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-encyc-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-auto3_14-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-auto3-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Daniels had 1,608 career postseason rebounds in the ABA.<sup id="cite_ref-auto3_14-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-auto3-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Minnesota_Muskies_(1967–1968)"><span id="Minnesota_Muskies_.281967.E2.80.931968.29"></span>Minnesota Muskies (1967–1968)</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mel_Daniels&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Minnesota Muskies (1967–1968)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>As a rookie in 1967–68 with the Minnesota Muskies, Daniels was named the <a href="/wiki/List_of_American_Basketball_Association_awards_and_honors" title="List of American Basketball Association awards and honors">American Basketball Association Rookie of the Year</a>. He averaged 22.2 points and a league leading 15.6 rebounds in 78 games, as Minnesota finished 50–28 under coach <a href="/wiki/Jim_Pollard" title="Jim Pollard">Jim Pollard</a>. Minnesota lost to the eventual ABA champion <a href="/wiki/Pittsburgh_Pipers" class="mw-redirect" title="Pittsburgh Pipers">Pittsburgh Pipers</a> with <a href="/wiki/Connie_Hawkins" title="Connie Hawkins">Connie Hawkins</a> in the <a href="/wiki/1968_ABA_Playoffs" title="1968 ABA Playoffs">1968 ABA Playoffs</a>, as Daniels averaged 25.3 points and 16.1 rebounds in 10 playoff games. After the 1967–68 season, Daniels was traded to the <a href="/wiki/Indiana_Pacers" title="Indiana Pacers">Indiana Pacers</a> for cash (reportedly, $75,000), <a href="/wiki/Jimmy_Dawson_(basketball,_born_1945)" title="Jimmy Dawson (basketball, born 1945)">Jimmy Dawson</a> and <a href="/wiki/Ron_Kozlicki" class="mw-redirect" title="Ron Kozlicki">Ron Kozlicki</a>, as Minnesota was experiencing financial difficulty. Minnesota moved to become the <a href="/wiki/Miami_Floridians" title="Miami Floridians">Miami Floridians</a> after the one season in Minnesota.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-goldsheet.com_17-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-goldsheet.com-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-hoopshabit.com_18-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-hoopshabit.com-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Indiana_Pacers_(1968–1974)"><span id="Indiana_Pacers_.281968.E2.80.931974.29"></span>Indiana Pacers (1968–1974)</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mel_Daniels&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Indiana Pacers (1968–1974)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>With Indiana in 1968–69, Daniels was named the <a href="/wiki/List_of_American_Basketball_Association_awards_and_honors" title="List of American Basketball Association awards and honors">ABA Most Valuable Player</a> as he averaged 24.0 points and an ABA leading 16.5 rebounds. With <a href="/wiki/Naismith_Basketball_Hall_of_Fame" class="mw-redirect" title="Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame">Hall of Fame</a> Coach <a href="/wiki/Slick_Leonard" class="mw-redirect" title="Slick Leonard">Slick Leonard</a> taking over from <a href="/wiki/Larry_Staverman" title="Larry Staverman">Larry Staverman</a> as the Pacers coach early in the season, in the <a href="/wiki/1969_ABA_Playoffs" title="1969 ABA Playoffs">1969 ABA Playoffs</a>, Indiana, defeated the Kentucky Colonels 4–3, Daniels's former team, the Miami Floridians 4–1 before losing to the <a href="/wiki/Oakland_Oaks_(ABA)" title="Oakland Oaks (ABA)">Oakland Oaks</a> with <a href="/wiki/Rick_Barry" title="Rick Barry">Rick Barry</a> 4–1 in the 1969 ABA Finals.<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>"Slick was one of the most creative, innovative coaches ever," Daniels said of his longtime Pacers coach. "He would change our offense at halftime. He'd create six new plays and we executed them the way he drew them up on the board."<sup id="cite_ref-auto2_12-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-auto2-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 1969–70, Indiana won the <a href="/wiki/List_of_ABA_champions" title="List of ABA champions">1970 ABA championship</a> with a 4–2 series win over the <a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles_Stars" class="mw-redirect" title="Los Angeles Stars">Los Angeles Stars</a> in the <a href="/wiki/1970_ABA_Playoffs" title="1970 ABA Playoffs">ABA Finals</a>. Daniels averaged 18.7 points and 17.6 rebounds in the regular season, as Indiana finished 59–25. <a href="/wiki/Naismith_Basketball_Hall_of_Fame" class="mw-redirect" title="Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame">Hall of Famer</a> <a href="/wiki/Roger_Brown_(basketball,_born_1942)" title="Roger Brown (basketball, born 1942)">Roger Brown</a>, <a href="/wiki/Bob_Netolicky" title="Bob Netolicky">Bob Netolicky</a>, <a href="/wiki/John_Barnhill_(basketball)" title="John Barnhill (basketball)">John Barnhill</a> and <a href="/wiki/Freddie_Lewis" title="Freddie Lewis">Freddie Lewis</a> helped lead the Pacers to the ABA Title. Daniels averaged 19.3 points and 17.7 rebounds in the playoffs.<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 1970–71, the Pacers finished 58–26, as Daniels was again named the <a href="/wiki/List_of_American_Basketball_Association_awards_and_honors" title="List of American Basketball Association awards and honors">ABA Most Valuable Player</a>. He averaged 21.0 points, a league leading 18.0 rebounds and 2.2 assists. The Pacers were defeated by the <a href="/wiki/Utah_Stars" title="Utah Stars">Utah Stars</a> 4–3 in the Western Division Finals in the <a href="/wiki/1971_ABA_Playoffs" title="1971 ABA Playoffs">1971 ABA Playoffs</a>. Daniels averaged 21.4 points and 19.2 rebounds in the playoffs.<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 1971–72 the Pacers added <a href="/wiki/Naismith_Basketball_Hall_of_Fame" class="mw-redirect" title="Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame">Hall of Famer</a> <a href="/wiki/George_McGinnis" title="George McGinnis">George McGinnis</a>. They then won their second ABA Title, as they defeated the <a href="/wiki/Denver_Rockets" class="mw-redirect" title="Denver Rockets">Denver Rockets</a> 4–3, the Utah Stars 4–3 and the <a href="/wiki/New_York_Nets" class="mw-redirect" title="New York Nets">New York Nets</a> with Rick Barry 4–2 in the <a href="/wiki/1972_ABA_Playoffs" title="1972 ABA Playoffs">1972 ABA Finals</a>. Daniels averaged 19.2 points, 16.4 rebounds and 2.2 assists as Indiana finished the regular season 47–37. Daniels averaged 15.3 points and 15.1 rebounds in the playoffs.<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The Pacers won their third ABA championship in 1972–73. Daniels averaged 18.5 points and 15.4 rebounds alongside McGinnis (27.6 points and 12.5 rebounds), as Indiana finished 51–33. In the <a href="/wiki/1973_ABA_Playoffs" title="1973 ABA Playoffs">1973 ABA Playoffs</a>, Indiana, defeated the Denver Rockets 4–1 and the Utah Stars 4–2. In the <a href="/wiki/1973_ABA_Playoffs" title="1973 ABA Playoffs">1973 ABA Finals</a> the Pacers defeated the <a href="/wiki/Kentucky_Colonels" title="Kentucky Colonels">Kentucky Colonels</a> with <a href="/wiki/Naismith_Basketball_Hall_of_Fame" class="mw-redirect" title="Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame">Hall of Famers</a> Artis Gilmore, <a href="/wiki/Dan_Issel" title="Dan Issel">Dan Issel</a>, <a href="/wiki/Louis_Dampier" class="mw-redirect" title="Louis Dampier">Louis Dampier</a> and former Pacer teammate <a href="/wiki/Rick_Mount" title="Rick Mount">Rick Mount</a> 4–3 to capture the ABA championship. Daniels averaged 15.9 points and 13.8 rebounds in the playoffs.<sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In his last season in Indiana, Daniels averaged a <a href="/wiki/Double-double" title="Double-double">double-double</a> 15.4 points and 11.6 rebounds in 1973–74. The Pacers finished 46–38 and lost to the Utah Stars in the Western Conference finals in the <a href="/wiki/1974_ABA_Playoffs" title="1974 ABA Playoffs">1974 ABA Playoffs</a>, with Daniels averaging 12.2 points and 11.4 rebounds in the playoffs.<sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Head coach <a href="/wiki/Bobby_Leonard" title="Bobby Leonard">Bobby Leonard</a> described Daniels as "the leader on the ballclub. He expected his teammates to bring it every night and he would get on 'em. But off the floor, he was like a big bear." Daniels used his size and strength to go with an interest to "knock guys down" on his way to stellar defense. <sup id="cite_ref-auto2_12-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-auto2-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 479 career games with the Indiana Pacers, Daniels averaged 19.0 points and 16.4 rebounds.<sup id="cite_ref-basketball-reference.com_28-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-basketball-reference.com-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Memphis_Sounds_(1974–1975)"><span id="Memphis_Sounds_.281974.E2.80.931975.29"></span>Memphis Sounds (1974–1975)</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mel_Daniels&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Memphis Sounds (1974–1975)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 1974–75, Daniels (along with Freddie Lewis) was traded to the <a href="/wiki/Memphis_Sounds" title="Memphis Sounds">Memphis Sounds</a> for <a href="/wiki/Charles_Edge_(basketball)" title="Charles Edge (basketball)">Charles Edge</a>. Roger Brown joined them in Memphis as well. Early in the season, Daniels suffered pulled stomach muscles and missed a month. Then, he fell in a bathtub and injured his back, ending up back on injured list. His back problems were chronic .Daniels averaged 9.8 points and 9.0 rebounds.<sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-hoopshabit.com_18-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-hoopshabit.com-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-nothinbutnets.com_31-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nothinbutnets.com-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>"I was traded (to Memphis) with the understanding that we'd play together," Daniels recalled of his Memphis experience. "But Roger was traded to Utah and Freddie went to St. Louis. We were lied to. Then I hurt my back. Everything kind of fell apart. I never got my passion for the game back. Once you're lied to, you lose respect for the people who did it to you. You start doubting yourself a little bit. And your boys are gone."<sup id="cite_ref-auto2_12-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-auto2-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 1975–76, the Memphis Sounds relocated and became the <a href="/wiki/Baltimore_Claws" title="Baltimore Claws">Baltimore Claws</a>. The Baltimore franchise was suddenly disbanded after three exhibition games due to financial difficulties. Daniels said at the time: "It just seems unbelievable. I've been around the ABA for nine years and felt this would be the most solid year and now this happens. We worked hard and wanted something good to happen with this team. The guys feel it is part of our lives that has been swooped away. We tried hard to keep it together by working real hard in practice even when we weren't getting paid. But now it's all over and we're all down in the dumps."<sup id="cite_ref-remembertheaba.com_32-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-remembertheaba.com-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The Baltimore Claws players were then available to other ABA teams in a special draft. The 31-year-old Daniels was passed over in the resulting dispersal draft, as other teams were likely wary of assuming the contract he had with Baltimore. Daniels decided to retire from the league rather than play for another ABA team.<sup id="cite_ref-remembertheaba.com_32-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-remembertheaba.com-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He then played in Italy during the 1975–76 season.<sup id="cite_ref-auto_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-auto-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-33" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-hoopshabit.com_18-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-hoopshabit.com-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>After the 1976 <a href="/wiki/ABA%E2%80%93NBA_merger" title="ABA–NBA merger">ABA–NBA merger</a>, the San Antonio Spurs, Denver Nuggets, New York Nets and Indiana Pacers merged with the NBA. The remaining ABA teams were disbanded. On October 19, 1976, Daniels signed as a free agent with the New York Nets and on December 13, 1976, he was waived by the Nets and retired. Daniels had played with the Nets for 11 games during the 1976–77 season.<sup id="cite_ref-basketball-reference.com_28-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-basketball-reference.com-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-nothinbutnets.com_31-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nothinbutnets.com-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Career_totals">Career totals</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mel_Daniels&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Career totals"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>"I loved to knock guys down," Daniels said in "<a href="/wiki/Loose_Balls" title="Loose Balls">Loose Balls</a>" (1990). "When you went to the boards, you did it with your elbows out. If there was a fight, it wasn't just one-on-one, it was 12-on-12. The fine for fighting was $25. That wasn't going to stop any fights."<sup id="cite_ref-auto_2-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-auto-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>"Mel was the anchor," Pacers teammate and best friend <a href="/wiki/Bob_Netolicky" title="Bob Netolicky">Bob Netolicky</a> said of Daniels. "Had Mel not came to this team, I can guarantee you 100 percent we wouldn't be sitting down at (Bankers Life Fieldhouse). Had we not had the success we had, they would’ve folded the team. The thing I hope people understand, they have no idea how important this guy was to the city (of Indianapolis)."<sup id="cite_ref-goldsheet.com_17-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-goldsheet.com-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Daniels is the ABA's all-time leader with 9,494 rebounds and is second in ABA history with an average of 15.1 rebounds per game. He is fourth in ABA total points, with 11,739, ninth with 628 games, fourth with 22,340 minutes and 10th with 351 ABA blocked shots.<sup id="cite_ref-basketball-reference.com_28-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-basketball-reference.com-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-hoopshabit.com_18-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-hoopshabit.com-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Overall, in his ABA and NBA career, Daniels averaged a double-double of 18.4 points and 14.9 rebounds in 639 career games. In 109 playoff games, he averaged 17.4 points and 14.9 rebounds.<sup id="cite_ref-basketball-reference.com_28-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-basketball-reference.com-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Coaching_and_front_office_career">Coaching and front office career</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mel_Daniels&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Coaching and front office career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>After retiring as a player, Daniels joined the coaching staff of his college coach, <a href="/wiki/Bob_King_(basketball)" title="Bob King (basketball)">Bob King</a>, at <a href="/wiki/Indiana_State_Sycamores_men%27s_basketball" title="Indiana State Sycamores men's basketball">Indiana State University</a>. There he coached future <a href="/wiki/List_of_players_in_the_Naismith_Memorial_Basketball_Hall_of_Fame" title="List of players in the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame">Hall of Famer</a> <a href="/wiki/Larry_Bird" title="Larry Bird">Larry Bird</a> and helped the Sycamores reach the 1979 NCAA Final, where they were defeated by <a href="/wiki/Magic_Johnson" title="Magic Johnson">Magic Johnson</a> and <a href="/wiki/Michigan_State" class="mw-redirect" title="Michigan State">Michigan State</a> ending an undefeated season. </p><p>After his tenure at Indiana State, Daniels joined the <a href="/wiki/Indiana_Pacers" title="Indiana Pacers">Indiana Pacers</a> coaching staff in 1986. After seven seasons an assistant coach, he moved to scouting and eventually the front office and was the team's Director of Player Personnel until October 2009.<sup id="cite_ref-PacersFireDaniels_34-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-PacersFireDaniels-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Daniels had a 0–2 record as interim coach of the Pacers in 1988–89. He replaced <a href="/wiki/Jack_Ramsay" title="Jack Ramsay">Jack Ramsay</a>, who was fired after an 0–7 start. <a href="/wiki/George_Irvine_(basketball)" title="George Irvine (basketball)">George Irvine</a> and later <a href="/wiki/Dick_Versace" title="Dick Versace">Dick Versace</a> were the head coaches who followed.<sup id="cite_ref-hoopshabit.com_18-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-hoopshabit.com-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="ABA_and_NBA_statistics">ABA and NBA statistics</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mel_Daniels&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: ABA and NBA statistics"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="toccolours" style="white-space: nowrap;"> <caption>Legend </caption> <tbody><tr> <td style="background-color: #F2F2F2; border: 1px solid black;">  GP </td> <td>Games played </td> <td style="background-color: #F2F2F2; border: 1px solid black">  GS  </td> <td>Games started </td> <td style="background-color: #F2F2F2; border: 1px solid black"> MPG  </td> <td>Minutes per game </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color: #F2F2F2; border: 1px solid black;"> FG%  </td> <td style="padding-right: 8px"><a href="/wiki/Field_goal_(basketball)" title="Field goal (basketball)">Field goal</a> percentage </td> <td style="background-color: #F2F2F2; border: 1px solid black"> 3P%  </td> <td style="padding-right: 8px"><a href="/wiki/Three-point_field_goal" title="Three-point field goal">3-point field goal</a> percentage </td> <td style="background-color: #F2F2F2; border: 1px solid black"> FT%  </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Free_throw" title="Free throw">Free throw</a> percentage </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color: #F2F2F2; border: 1px solid black;"> RPG  </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Rebound_(basketball)" title="Rebound (basketball)">Rebounds</a> per game </td> <td style="background-color: #F2F2F2; border: 1px solid black"> APG  </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Assist_(basketball)" title="Assist (basketball)">Assists</a> per game </td> <td style="background-color: #F2F2F2; border: 1px solid black"> SPG  </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Steal_(basketball)" title="Steal (basketball)">Steals</a> per game </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color: #F2F2F2; border: 1px solid black;"> BPG  </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Block_(basketball)" title="Block (basketball)">Blocks</a> per game </td> <td style="background-color: #F2F2F2; border: 1px solid black"> PPG  </td> <td>Points per game </td> <td style="background-color: #F2F2F2; border: 1px solid black"> <b>Bold</b>  </td> <td>Career high </td></tr> </tbody></table> <table class="wikitable"> </table> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <td><b>Bold</b> </td> <td>Denotes career highs </td></tr></tbody></table> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <td style="background:#afe6fa; width:3em;">† </td> <td>Denotes seasons in which Daniels's team won an <a href="/wiki/List_of_ABA_champions" title="List of ABA champions">ABA championship</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background:#cfecec; width:3em;">* </td> <td>Led the league </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background:#E0CEF2; width:3em;">* </td> <td>ABA record </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Regular_season">Regular season</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mel_Daniels&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Regular season"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:right;"> <caption> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col">Year </th> <th scope="col">Team </th> <th scope="col"><abbr title="Games played">GP</abbr> </th> <th scope="col"><abbr title="Games started">GS</abbr> </th> <th scope="col"><abbr title="Minutes per game">MPG</abbr> </th> <th scope="col"><abbr title="Field goal percentage">FG%</abbr> </th> <th scope="col"><abbr title="3-point field-goal percentage">3P%</abbr> </th> <th scope="col"><abbr title="Free-throw percentage">FT%</abbr> </th> <th scope="col"><abbr title="Rebounds per game">RPG</abbr> </th> <th scope="col"><abbr title="Assists per game">APG</abbr> </th> <th scope="col"><abbr title="Steals per game">SPG</abbr> </th> <th scope="col"><abbr title="Blocks per game">BPG</abbr> </th> <th scope="col"><abbr title="Points per game">PPG</abbr> </th></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/1967%E2%80%9368_ABA_season" title="1967–68 ABA season">1967–68</a> </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Minnesota_Muskies#1967–1968_season" title="Minnesota Muskies">Minnesota (ABA)</a> </td> <td>78</td> <td>–</td> <td>37.7</td> <td>.408</td> <td>.200</td> <td>.575</td> <td style="background:#CFECEC">15.6*</td> <td>1.4</td> <td>–</td> <td>–</td> <td>22.2 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left"><a href="/wiki/1968%E2%80%9369_ABA_season" title="1968–69 ABA season">1968–69</a> </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/1968%E2%80%9369_Indiana_Pacers_season" title="1968–69 Indiana Pacers season">Indiana (ABA)</a> </td> <td>76</td> <td>–</td> <td>38.6</td> <td>.476</td> <td>.000</td> <td>.604</td> <td style="background:#CFECEC">16.5*</td> <td>1.5</td> <td>–</td> <td>–</td> <td><b>24.0</b> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;background:#afe6fa;"><a href="/wiki/1969%E2%80%9370_ABA_season" title="1969–70 ABA season">1969–70</a>† </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/1969%E2%80%9370_Indiana_Pacers_season" title="1969–70 Indiana Pacers season">Indiana (ABA)</a> </td> <td><b>83</b></td> <td>–</td> <td>36.6</td> <td>.473</td> <td>.000</td> <td>.675</td> <td>17.6</td> <td>1.6</td> <td>–</td> <td>–</td> <td>18.7 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/1970%E2%80%9371_ABA_season" title="1970–71 ABA season">1970–71</a> </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/1970%E2%80%9371_Indiana_Pacers_season" title="1970–71 Indiana Pacers season">Indiana (ABA)</a> </td> <td>82</td> <td>–</td> <td><b>38.7</b></td> <td><b>.514</b></td> <td>.077</td> <td>.679</td> <td style="background:#CFECEC"><b>18.0</b>*</td> <td><b>2.2</b></td> <td>–</td> <td>–</td> <td>21.0 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;background:#afe6fa;"><a href="/wiki/1971%E2%80%9372_ABA_season" title="1971–72 ABA season">1971–72</a>† </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/1971%E2%80%9372_Indiana_Pacers_season" title="1971–72 Indiana Pacers season">Indiana (ABA)</a> </td> <td>79</td> <td>–</td> <td>37.6</td> <td>.505</td> <td>.000</td> <td>.703</td> <td>16.4</td> <td><b>2.2</b></td> <td>–</td> <td>–</td> <td>19.2 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;background:#afe6fa;"><a href="/wiki/1972%E2%80%9373_ABA_season" title="1972–73 ABA season">1972–73</a>† </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/1972%E2%80%9373_Indiana_Pacers_season" title="1972–73 Indiana Pacers season">Indiana (ABA)</a> </td> <td>81</td> <td>–</td> <td>38.3</td> <td>.482</td> <td><b>.250</b></td> <td>.722</td> <td>15.4</td> <td><b>2.2</b></td> <td>–</td> <td><b>1.9</b></td> <td>18.5 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/1973%E2%80%9374_ABA_season" title="1973–74 ABA season">1973–74</a> </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/1973%E2%80%9374_Indiana_Pacers_season" title="1973–74 Indiana Pacers season">Indiana (ABA)</a> </td> <td>78</td> <td>–</td> <td>32.6</td> <td>.440</td> <td>–</td> <td><b>.756</b></td> <td>11.6</td> <td>1.6</td> <td><b>0.7</b></td> <td>1.2</td> <td>15.4 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/1974%E2%80%9375_ABA_season" title="1974–75 ABA season">1974–75</a> </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/1974%E2%80%9375_Memphis_Sounds_season" title="1974–75 Memphis Sounds season">Memphis (ABA)</a> </td> <td>71</td> <td>–</td> <td>23.2</td> <td>.450</td> <td>–</td> <td>.634</td> <td>9.0</td> <td>1.8</td> <td>0.6</td> <td>1.4</td> <td>9.8 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/1976%E2%80%9377_NBA_season" title="1976–77 NBA season">1976–77</a> </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/1976%E2%80%9377_New_York_Nets_season" title="1976–77 New York Nets season">New York</a> </td> <td>11</td> <td>–</td> <td>11.5</td> <td>.371</td> <td>–</td> <td>.565</td> <td>3.1</td> <td>0.5</td> <td>0.3</td> <td>1.0</td> <td>3.5 </td></tr> <tr class="sortbottom"> <td style="text-align:center;" colspan="2">Career </td> <td>639</td> <td>–</td> <td>35.2</td> <td>.468</td> <td>.088</td> <td>.657</td> <td>14.9</td> <td>1.8</td> <td>0.6</td> <td>1.5</td> <td>18.4 </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Playoffs">Playoffs</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mel_Daniels&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Playoffs"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:right;"> <caption> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col">Year </th> <th scope="col">Team </th> <th scope="col"><abbr title="Games played">GP</abbr> </th> <th scope="col"><abbr title="Games started">GS</abbr> </th> <th scope="col"><abbr title="Minutes per game">MPG</abbr> </th> <th scope="col"><abbr title="Field goal percentage">FG%</abbr> </th> <th scope="col"><abbr title="3-point field-goal percentage">3P%</abbr> </th> <th scope="col"><abbr title="Free-throw percentage">FT%</abbr> </th> <th scope="col"><abbr title="Rebounds per game">RPG</abbr> </th> <th scope="col"><abbr title="Assists per game">APG</abbr> </th> <th scope="col"><abbr title="Steals per game">SPG</abbr> </th> <th scope="col"><abbr title="Blocks per game">BPG</abbr> </th> <th scope="col"><abbr title="Points per game">PPG</abbr> </th></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/1968_ABA_Playoffs" title="1968 ABA Playoffs">1968</a> </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Minnesota_Muskies#1967–1968_season" title="Minnesota Muskies">Minnesota (ABA)</a> </td> <td>10</td> <td>–</td> <td>40.9</td> <td>.434</td> <td>–</td> <td>.606</td> <td>16.1</td> <td>1.9</td> <td>–</td> <td>–</td> <td><b>25.3</b> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/1969_ABA_Playoffs" title="1969 ABA Playoffs">1969</a> </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/1968%E2%80%9369_Indiana_Pacers_season" title="1968–69 Indiana Pacers season">Indiana (ABA)</a> </td> <td>17</td> <td>–</td> <td>33.5</td> <td>.422</td> <td>.000</td> <td>.608</td> <td>13.9</td> <td>1.3</td> <td>–</td> <td>–</td> <td>19.6 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;background:#afe6fa;"><a href="/wiki/1970_ABA_Playoffs" title="1970 ABA Playoffs">1970</a>† </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/1969-70_Indiana_Pacers_season" class="mw-redirect" title="1969-70 Indiana Pacers season">Indiana (ABA)</a> </td> <td>15</td> <td>–</td> <td>35.5</td> <td>.444</td> <td>.000</td> <td>.667</td> <td>17.7</td> <td>1.0</td> <td>–</td> <td>–</td> <td>19.3 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/1971_ABA_Playoffs" title="1971 ABA Playoffs">1971</a> </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/1970-71_Indiana_Pacers_season" class="mw-redirect" title="1970-71 Indiana Pacers season">Indiana (ABA)</a> </td> <td>11</td> <td>–</td> <td><b>41.5</b></td> <td>.485</td> <td>–</td> <td>.746</td> <td><b>19.2</b></td> <td>1.5</td> <td>–</td> <td>–</td> <td>21.4 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;background:#afe6fa;"><a href="/wiki/1972_ABA_Playoffs" title="1972 ABA Playoffs">1972</a>† </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/1971-72_Utah_Stars_season" class="mw-redirect" title="1971-72 Utah Stars season">Indiana (ABA)</a> </td> <td><b>20</b></td> <td>–</td> <td>37.2</td> <td>.480</td> <td>.000</td> <td>.753</td> <td>15.1</td> <td>1.4</td> <td>–</td> <td>–</td> <td>15.3 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;background:#afe6fa;"><a href="/wiki/1973_ABA_Playoffs" title="1973 ABA Playoffs">1973</a>† </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/1972-73_Indiana_Pacers_season" class="mw-redirect" title="1972-73 Indiana Pacers season">Indiana (ABA)</a> </td> <td>18</td> <td>–</td> <td>35.3</td> <td>.471</td> <td>–</td> <td>.765</td> <td>13.8</td> <td><b>2.2</b></td> <td>–</td> <td>–</td> <td>15.9 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/1974_ABA_Playoffs" title="1974 ABA Playoffs">1974</a> </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/1973-74_Indiana_Pacers_season" class="mw-redirect" title="1973-74 Indiana Pacers season">Indiana (ABA)</a> </td> <td>14</td> <td>–</td> <td>35.6</td> <td>.401</td> <td>–</td> <td><b>.767</b></td> <td>11.4</td> <td>1.9</td> <td><b>0.8</b></td> <td>1.0</td> <td>12.2 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/1975_ABA_Playoffs" title="1975 ABA Playoffs">1975</a> </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/1974-75_Memphis_Sounds_season" class="mw-redirect" title="1974-75 Memphis Sounds season">Memphis (ABA)</a> </td> <td>4</td> <td>–</td> <td>13.5</td> <td><b>.500</b></td> <td>–</td> <td>.556</td> <td>6.0</td> <td>0.3</td> <td>0.3</td> <td><b>1.5</b></td> <td>6.8 </td></tr> <tr class="sortbottom"> <td style="text-align:center;" colspan="2">Career </td> <td>109</td> <td>–</td> <td>35.8</td> <td>.449</td> <td>.000</td> <td>.683</td> <td>14.8</td> <td>1.5</td> <td>0.7</td> <td>1.1</td> <td>17.4 </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="College">College</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mel_Daniels&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: College"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:right;"> <caption> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col">Year </th> <th scope="col">Team </th> <th scope="col"><abbr title="Games played">GP</abbr> </th> <th scope="col"><abbr title="Games started">GS</abbr> </th> <th scope="col"><abbr title="Minutes per game">MPG</abbr> </th> <th scope="col"><abbr title="Field goal percentage">FG%</abbr> </th> <th scope="col"><abbr title="3-point field-goal percentage">3P%</abbr> </th> <th scope="col"><abbr title="Free-throw percentage">FT%</abbr> </th> <th scope="col"><abbr title="Rebounds per game">RPG</abbr> </th> <th scope="col"><abbr title="Assists per game">APG</abbr> </th> <th scope="col"><abbr title="Steals per game">SPG</abbr> </th> <th scope="col"><abbr title="Blocks per game">BPG</abbr> </th> <th scope="col"><abbr title="Points per game">PPG</abbr> </th></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/1964-65_NCAA_Division_I_men%27s_basketball_season" class="mw-redirect" title="1964-65 NCAA Division I men's basketball season">1964–65</a> </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/w/index.php?title=1964%E2%80%9365_New_Mexico_Lobos_men%27s_basketball_team&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1964–65 New Mexico Lobos men's basketball team (page does not exist)">New Mexico</a> </td> <td><b>27</b></td> <td>–</td> <td>–</td> <td><b>.486</b></td> <td>–</td> <td>.610</td> <td>11.2</td> <td>–</td> <td>–</td> <td>–</td> <td>17.3 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/1965-66_NCAA_Division_I_men%27s_basketball_season" class="mw-redirect" title="1965-66 NCAA Division I men's basketball season">1965–66</a> </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/w/index.php?title=1965%E2%80%9366_New_Mexico_Lobos_men%27s_basketball_team&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1965–66 New Mexico Lobos men's basketball team (page does not exist)">New Mexico</a> </td> <td>23</td> <td>–</td> <td>–</td> <td>.485</td> <td>–</td> <td><b>.738</b></td> <td>10.3</td> <td>–</td> <td>–</td> <td>–</td> <td>21.3 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/1966-67_NCAA_Division_I_men%27s_basketball_season" class="mw-redirect" title="1966-67 NCAA Division I men's basketball season">1966–67</a> </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/w/index.php?title=1965%E2%80%9366_New_Mexico_Lobos_men%27s_basketball_team&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1965–66 New Mexico Lobos men's basketball team (page does not exist)">New Mexico</a> </td> <td><b>27</b></td> <td>–</td> <td>–</td> <td>.481</td> <td>–</td> <td>.686</td> <td><b>11.6</b></td> <td>–</td> <td>–</td> <td>–</td> <td><b>21.5</b> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Head_coaching_record">Head coaching record</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mel_Daniels&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Head coaching record"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="NBA">NBA</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mel_Daniels&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: NBA"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:right;"> <caption> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col">Team </th> <th scope="col">Year </th> <th scope="col" data-sort-type="number"><abbr title="Games">G</abbr> </th> <th scope="col" data-sort-type="number"><abbr title="Games won">W</abbr> </th> <th scope="col" data-sort-type="number"><abbr title="Games lost">L</abbr> </th> <th scope="col" data-sort-type="number"><abbr title="Win–loss perecentage">W–L%</abbr> </th> <th scope="col">Finish </th> <th scope="col" data-sort-type="number"><abbr title="Playoff games">PG</abbr> </th> <th scope="col" data-sort-type="number"><abbr title="Playoff games won">PW</abbr> </th> <th scope="col" data-sort-type="number"><abbr title="Playoff games lost">PL</abbr> </th> <th scope="col" data-sort-type="number"><abbr title="Playoff games win–loss percentage">PW–L%</abbr> </th> <th scope="col">Result </th></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/1988%E2%80%9389_Indiana_Pacers_season" title="1988–89 Indiana Pacers season">Indiana</a> </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/1988%E2%80%9389_NBA_season" title="1988–89 NBA season">1988–89</a> </td> <td>2</td> <td>0</td> <td>2</td> <td>.000</td> <td style="text-align:center;">interim</td> <td>—</td> <td>—</td> <td>—</td> <td>— </td> <td style="text-align:center;"> </td></tr> <tr class="sortbottom"> <td style="text-align:center;" colspan="2">Career </td> <td>2</td> <td>0</td> <td>2</td> <td>.000</td> <td> </td> <td>—</td> <td>—</td> <td>—</td> <td>—</td> <td>  </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Personal_life">Personal life</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mel_Daniels&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: Personal life"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Daniels died on October 30, 2015, at the age of 71, from complications after heart surgery.<sup id="cite_ref-35" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He was survived by his wife, CeCe Daniels, son Mel Daniels Jr., two granddaughters, and two sisters.<sup id="cite_ref-36" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>A lover of horses, Daniels lived on a ranch in <a href="/wiki/Sheridan,_Indiana" title="Sheridan, Indiana">Sheridan, Indiana</a>, at the time of his death.<sup id="cite_ref-auto_2-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-auto-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Daniels was longtime friends with <a href="/wiki/Ira_Harge" title="Ira Harge">Ira Harge</a>, a teammate at New Mexico and was very close with <a href="/wiki/Bob_Netolicky" title="Bob Netolicky">Bob Netolicky</a>, his Pacers teammate.<sup id="cite_ref-auto1_10-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-auto1-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-37" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Daniels appeared in <i><a href="/wiki/30_for_30" title="30 for 30">30 for 30</a></i> <i>Winning Time: Reggie Miller vs. The New York Knicks</i> (documentary, 2010), <i>Magic vs. Bird: The 1979 NCAA Championship Game</i> (TV special, 1979) and <i>Undefeated: The Roger Brown Story</i> (TV Movie, 2013).<sup id="cite_ref-38" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>A poet, Mel Daniels wrote more than 20,000 poems in his lifetime. His favorite poet was <a href="/wiki/Edgar_Allan_Poe" title="Edgar Allan Poe">Edgar Allan Poe</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-39" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Honors">Honors</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mel_Daniels&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: Honors"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>In 1978, Daniels was inducted into the New Mexico Sports Hall of Fame.<sup id="cite_ref-40" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Daniels's jersey (#34) was retired by the Indiana Pacers in 1985. He is one of four players (the others are teammate <a href="/wiki/Roger_Brown_(basketball,_born_1942)" title="Roger Brown (basketball, born 1942)">Roger Brown</a>, <a href="/wiki/Reggie_Miller" title="Reggie Miller">Reggie Miller</a> and teammate George McGinnis) to have his jersey retired by the Pacers.</li> <li>In 1997, Daniels was selected as a member of the <a href="/wiki/ABA_All-Time_Team" title="ABA All-Time Team">ABA All-Time Team</a> by a panel of ABA sports media, referees and executives.<sup id="cite_ref-41" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-41"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Daniels was inducted into the <a href="/wiki/Naismith_Memorial_Basketball_Hall_of_Fame" title="Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame">Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame</a> in <a href="/wiki/Springfield,_Massachusetts" title="Springfield, Massachusetts">Springfield, Massachusetts</a>, in 2012.<sup id="cite_ref-42" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He formally joined former ABA players <a href="/wiki/Billy_Cunningham" title="Billy Cunningham">Billy Cunningham</a> (1986), <a href="/wiki/Rick_Barry" title="Rick Barry">Rick Barry</a> (1987), <a href="/wiki/Connie_Hawkins" title="Connie Hawkins">Connie Hawkins</a> (1992), <a href="/wiki/Julius_Erving" title="Julius Erving">Julius Erving</a> (1993), <a href="/wiki/Dan_Issel" title="Dan Issel">Dan Issel</a> (1993), <a href="/wiki/George_Gervin" title="George Gervin">George Gervin</a> (1996), <a href="/wiki/David_Thompson_(basketball)" title="David Thompson (basketball)">David Thompson</a> (1996), <a href="/wiki/Moses_Malone" title="Moses Malone">Moses Malone</a> (2001) and <a href="/wiki/Artis_Gilmore" title="Artis Gilmore">Artis Gilmore</a> (2011) in the Hall on September 7, 2012.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 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Archived from <span class="id-lock-subscription" title="Paid subscription required"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.indystar.com/article/20091023/SPORTS/91023009/Pacers+fire+Mel+Daniels">the original</a></span> on November 26, 2009<span class="reference-accessdate">. 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Allen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nate_Archibald" title="Nate Archibald">Archibald</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dick_Barnett" title="Dick Barnett">Barnett</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Beckman" title="John Beckman">Beckman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sergei_Belov" title="Sergei Belov">Belov</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chauncey_Billups" title="Chauncey Billups">Billups</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dave_Bing" title="Dave Bing">Bing</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Carol_Blazejowski" title="Carol Blazejowski">Blazejowski</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bennie_Borgmann" title="Bennie Borgmann">Borgmann</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Carl_Braun_(basketball)" title="Carl Braun (basketball)">Braun</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joseph_Brennan_(basketball)" title="Joseph Brennan (basketball)">Brennan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kobe_Bryant" title="Kobe Bryant">Bryant</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vince_Carter" title="Vince Carter">Carter</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Al_Cervi" title="Al Cervi">Cervi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Maurice_Cheeks" title="Maurice Cheeks">Cheeks</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Zack_Clayton" title="Zack Clayton">Clayton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cynthia_Cooper-Dyke" title="Cynthia Cooper-Dyke">Cooper-Dyke</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bob_Cousy" title="Bob Cousy">Cousy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Louie_Dampier" title="Louie Dampier">Dampier</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bob_Davies" title="Bob Davies">Davies</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Clyde_Drexler" title="Clyde Drexler">Drexler</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joe_Dumars" title="Joe Dumars">Dumars</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Teresa_Edwards" title="Teresa Edwards">Edwards</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Paul_Endacott" title="Paul Endacott">Endacott</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Walt_Frazier" title="Walt Frazier">Frazier</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marty_Friedman_(basketball)" title="Marty Friedman (basketball)">Friedman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nikos_Galis" title="Nikos Galis">Galis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/George_Gervin" title="George Gervin">Gervin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Manu_Gin%C3%B3bili" title="Manu Ginóbili">Ginóbili</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gail_Goodrich" title="Gail Goodrich">Goodrich</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hal_Greer" title="Hal Greer">Greer</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Theresa_Grentz" title="Theresa Grentz">Grentz</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Richie_Guerin" title="Richie Guerin">Guerin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Becky_Hammon" title="Becky Hammon">Hammon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vic_Hanson" title="Vic Hanson">Hanson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tim_Hardaway" title="Tim Hardaway">Hardaway</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marques_Haynes" title="Marques Haynes">Haynes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nat_Holman" title="Nat Holman">Holman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charley_Hyatt" title="Charley Hyatt">Hyatt</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Isaacs" title="John Isaacs">Isaacs</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Allen_Iverson" title="Allen Iverson">Iverson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Buddy_Jeannette" title="Buddy Jeannette">Jeannette</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fats_Jenkins" title="Fats Jenkins">Jenkins</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dennis_Johnson" title="Dennis Johnson">D. Johnson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Magic_Johnson" title="Magic Johnson">M. Johnson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/K._C._Jones" class="mw-redirect" title="K. C. Jones">K. Jones</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sam_Jones_(basketball,_born_1933)" title="Sam Jones (basketball, born 1933)">S. Jones</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Michael_Jordan" title="Michael Jordan">Jordan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jason_Kidd" title="Jason Kidd">Kidd</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nancy_Lieberman" title="Nancy Lieberman">Lieberman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pete_Maravich" title="Pete Maravich">Maravich</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hort%C3%AAncia_Marcari" title="Hortência Marcari">Marcari</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/%C5%A0ar%C5%ABnas_Mar%C4%8Diulionis" title="Šarūnas Marčiulionis">Marčiulionis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Slater_Martin" title="Slater Martin">Martin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bobby_McDermott" title="Bobby McDermott">McDermott</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tracy_McGrady" title="Tracy McGrady">McGrady</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dick_McGuire" title="Dick McGuire">D. McGuire</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ann_Meyers" title="Ann Meyers">Meyers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Reggie_Miller" title="Reggie Miller">R. Miller</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sidney_Moncrief" title="Sidney Moncrief">Moncrief</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Earl_Monroe" title="Earl Monroe">Monroe</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pearl_Moore" title="Pearl Moore">Moore</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Calvin_Murphy" title="Calvin Murphy">C. Murphy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Steve_Nash" title="Steve Nash">Nash</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Harlan_Page" title="Harlan Page">Page</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tony_Parker" title="Tony Parker">Parker</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gary_Payton" title="Gary Payton">Payton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dra%C5%BEen_Petrovi%C4%87" title="Dražen Petrović">Petrović</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Andy_Phillip" title="Andy Phillip">Phillip</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cumberland_Posey" title="Cumberland Posey">Posey</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mitch_Richmond" title="Mitch Richmond">Richmond</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Oscar_Robertson" title="Oscar Robertson">Robertson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Guy_Rodgers" title="Guy Rodgers">Rodgers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Roosma" title="John Roosma">Roosma</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Honey_Russell" title="Honey Russell">J. Russell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Schommer" title="John Schommer">Schommer</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charlie_Scott_(basketball)" title="Charlie Scott (basketball)">Scott</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Barney_Sedran" title="Barney Sedran">Sedran</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bill_Sharman" title="Bill Sharman">Sharman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Katie_Smith" title="Katie Smith">K. Smith</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dawn_Staley" title="Dawn Staley">Staley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Christian_Steinmetz" title="Christian Steinmetz">Steinmetz</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Stockton" title="John Stockton">Stockton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sheryl_Swoopes" title="Sheryl Swoopes">Swoopes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Isiah_Thomas" title="Isiah Thomas">Thomas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/David_Thompson_(basketball)" title="David Thompson (basketball)">D. Thompson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Michele_Timms" title="Michele Timms">Timms</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fuzzy_Vandivier" title="Fuzzy Vandivier">Vandivier</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dwyane_Wade" title="Dwyane Wade">Wade</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bobby_Wanzer" title="Bobby Wanzer">Wanzer</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Teresa_Weatherspoon" title="Teresa Weatherspoon">Weatherspoon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jerry_West" title="Jerry West">West</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Paul_Westphal" title="Paul Westphal">Westphal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lindsay_Whalen" title="Lindsay Whalen">Whalen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jo_Jo_White" title="Jo Jo White">J. White</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lenny_Wilkens" title="Lenny Wilkens">Wilkens</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lynette_Woodard" title="Lynette Woodard">Woodard</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Wooden" title="John Wooden">Wooden</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Forwards</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Paul_Arizin" title="Paul Arizin">Arizin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Seimone_Augustus" title="Seimone Augustus">Augustus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charles_Barkley" title="Charles Barkley">Barkley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rick_Barry" title="Rick Barry">Barry</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Elgin_Baylor" title="Elgin Baylor">Baylor</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Larry_Bird" title="Larry Bird">Bird</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chris_Bosh" title="Chris Bosh">Bosh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sonny_Boswell" title="Sonny Boswell">Boswell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bill_Bradley" title="Bill Bradley">Bradley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Roger_Brown_(basketball,_born_1942)" title="Roger Brown (basketball, born 1942)">R. Brown</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Swin_Cash" title="Swin Cash">Cash</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tamika_Catchings" title="Tamika Catchings">Catchings</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chuck_Cooper_(basketball)" title="Chuck Cooper (basketball)">C. Cooper</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Michael_Cooper" title="Michael Cooper">M. Cooper</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Billy_Cunningham" title="Billy Cunningham">Cunningham</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Denise_Curry" title="Denise Curry">Curry</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dra%C5%BEen_Dalipagi%C4%87" title="Dražen Dalipagić">Dalipagić</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bob_Dandridge" title="Bob Dandridge">Dandridge</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Adrian_Dantley" title="Adrian Dantley">Dantley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Walter_Davis_(basketball)" title="Walter Davis (basketball)">Davis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dave_DeBusschere" title="Dave DeBusschere">DeBusschere</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dutch_Dehnert" title="Dutch Dehnert">Dehnert</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tim_Duncan" title="Tim Duncan">Duncan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alex_English" title="Alex English">English</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Julius_Erving" title="Julius Erving">Erving</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Harold_E._Foster" title="Harold E. 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Jackson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gus_Johnson_(basketball)" title="Gus Johnson (basketball)">G. Johnson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bobby_Jones_(basketball,_born_1951)" title="Bobby Jones (basketball, born 1951)">B. Jones</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bernard_King" title="Bernard King">King</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Radivoj_Kora%C4%87" title="Radivoj Korać">Korać</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Toni_Kuko%C4%8D" title="Toni Kukoč">Kukoč</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jerry_Lucas" title="Jerry Lucas">Lucas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hank_Luisetti" title="Hank Luisetti">Luisetti</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Karl_Malone" title="Karl Malone">K. Malone</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Katrina_McClain" title="Katrina McClain">McClain</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Branch_McCracken" title="Branch McCracken">B. McCracken</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jack_McCracken" title="Jack McCracken">J. McCracken</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/George_McGinnis" title="George McGinnis">McGinnis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kevin_McHale_(basketball)" title="Kevin McHale (basketball)">McHale</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vern_Mikkelsen" title="Vern Mikkelsen">Mikkelsen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cheryl_Miller" title="Cheryl Miller">C. Miller</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chris_Mullin" title="Chris Mullin">Mullin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dirk_Nowitzki" title="Dirk Nowitzki">Nowitzki</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bob_Pettit" title="Bob Pettit">Pettit</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Paul_Pierce" title="Paul Pierce">Pierce</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Scottie_Pippen" title="Scottie Pippen">Pippen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jim_Pollard" title="Jim Pollard">Pollard</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Albert_Pullins" title="Albert Pullins">Pullins</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dino_Ra%C4%91a" title="Dino Rađa">Radja</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Frank_Ramsey_(basketball)" title="Frank Ramsey (basketball)">Ramsey</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dennis_Rodman" title="Dennis Rodman">Rodman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dolph_Schayes" title="Dolph Schayes">Schayes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ernest_Schmidt" title="Ernest Schmidt">E. Schmidt</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Oscar_Schmidt" title="Oscar Schmidt">O. Schmidt</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Maurice_Stokes" title="Maurice Stokes">Stokes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cat_Thompson" title="Cat Thompson">C. Thompson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tina_Thompson" title="Tina Thompson">T. Thompson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jack_Twyman" title="Jack Twyman">Twyman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chet_Walker" title="Chet Walker">Walker</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chris_Webber" title="Chris Webber">Webber</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nera_White" title="Nera White">N. White</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jamaal_Wilkes" title="Jamaal Wilkes">Wilkes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dominique_Wilkins" title="Dominique Wilkins">Wilkins</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/James_Worthy" title="James Worthy">Worthy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/George_Yardley" title="George Yardley">Yardley</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Centers</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Kareem_Abdul-Jabbar" title="Kareem Abdul-Jabbar">Abdul-Jabbar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thomas_Barlow_(basketball)" title="Thomas Barlow (basketball)">Barlow</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Zelmo_Beaty" title="Zelmo Beaty">Beaty</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Walt_Bellamy" title="Walt Bellamy">Bellamy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wilt_Chamberlain" title="Wilt Chamberlain">Chamberlain</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tarzan_Cooper" title="Tarzan Cooper">T. Cooper</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kre%C5%A1imir_%C4%86osi%C4%87" title="Krešimir Ćosić">Ćosić</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dave_Cowens" title="Dave Cowens">Cowens</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joan_Crawford_(basketball)" title="Joan Crawford (basketball)">Crawford</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Daniels</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Forrest_DeBernardi" title="Forrest DeBernardi">DeBernardi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vlade_Divac" title="Vlade Divac">Divac</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Anne_Donovan" title="Anne Donovan">Donovan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Patrick_Ewing" title="Patrick Ewing">Ewing</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Harry_Gallatin" title="Harry Gallatin">Gallatin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Artis_Gilmore" title="Artis Gilmore">Gilmore</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yolanda_Griffith" title="Yolanda Griffith">Griffith</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ace_Gruenig" title="Ace Gruenig">Gruenig</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lusia_Harris" title="Lusia Harris">Harris-Stewart</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bob_Houbregs" title="Bob Houbregs">Houbregs</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dan_Issel" title="Dan Issel">Issel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Inman_Jackson" title="Inman Jackson">Jackson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Skinny_Johnson" title="Skinny Johnson">W. Johnson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Neil_Johnston" title="Neil Johnston">Johnston</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Moose_Krause" title="Moose Krause">M. Krause</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bob_Kurland" title="Bob Kurland">Kurland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bob_Lanier" title="Bob Lanier">Lanier</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lisa_Leslie" title="Lisa Leslie">Leslie</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Clyde_Lovellette" title="Clyde Lovellette">Lovellette</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joe_Lapchick" title="Joe Lapchick">Lapchick</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ed_Macauley" title="Ed Macauley">Macauley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ubiratan_Pereira_Maciel" title="Ubiratan Pereira Maciel">Maciel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Moses_Malone" title="Moses Malone">M. Malone</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bob_McAdoo" title="Bob McAdoo">McAdoo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dino_Meneghin" title="Dino Meneghin">Meneghin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/George_Mikan" title="George Mikan">Mikan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alonzo_Mourning" title="Alonzo Mourning">Mourning</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stretch_Murphy" title="Stretch Murphy">S. Murphy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dikembe_Mutombo" title="Dikembe Mutombo">Mutombo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hakeem_Olajuwon" title="Hakeem Olajuwon">Olajuwon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shaquille_O%27Neal" title="Shaquille O'Neal">O'Neal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Robert_Parish" title="Robert Parish">Parish</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Willis_Reed" title="Willis Reed">Reed</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Arnie_Risen" title="Arnie Risen">Risen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/David_Robinson" title="David Robinson">Robinson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bill_Russell" title="Bill Russell">B. Russell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Arvydas_Sabonis" title="Arvydas Sabonis">Sabonis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ralph_Sampson" title="Ralph Sampson">Sampson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Uljana_Semjonova" title="Uljana Semjonova">Semjonova</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jack_Sikma" title="Jack Sikma">Sikma</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nate_Thurmond" title="Nate Thurmond">Thurmond</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wes_Unseld" title="Wes Unseld">Unseld</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ed_Wachter" title="Ed Wachter">Wachter</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ben_Wallace_(basketball)" title="Ben Wallace (basketball)">Wallace</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bill_Walton" title="Bill Walton">Walton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ora_Washington" title="Ora Washington">Washington</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yao_Ming" title="Yao Ming">Yao</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/List_of_coaches_in_the_Naismith_Memorial_Basketball_Hall_of_Fame" title="List of coaches in the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame">Coaches</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Rick_Adelman" title="Rick Adelman">Adelman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lidiya_Alekseyeva" title="Lidiya Alekseyeva">Alexeeva</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Phog_Allen" title="Phog Allen">P. Allen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Harold_Anderson_(basketball)" title="Harold Anderson (basketball)">Anderson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Red_Auerbach" title="Red Auerbach">Auerbach</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Geno_Auriemma" title="Geno Auriemma">Auriemma</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Leon_Barmore" title="Leon Barmore">Barmore</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sam_Barry" title="Sam Barry">Barry</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gene_Bess" title="Gene Bess">Bess</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gary_Blair" title="Gary Blair">Blair</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ernest_Blood" title="Ernest Blood">Blood</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jim_Boeheim" title="Jim Boeheim">Boeheim</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Larry_Brown_(basketball)" title="Larry Brown (basketball)">L. Brown</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jim_Calhoun" title="Jim Calhoun">Calhoun</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Calipari" title="John Calipari">Calipari</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Howard_Cann" title="Howard Cann">Cann</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Doc_Carlson" title="Doc Carlson">Carlson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lou_Carnesecca" title="Lou Carnesecca">Carnesecca</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ben_Carnevale" title="Ben Carnevale">Carnevale</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pete_Carril" title="Pete Carril">Carril</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Everett_Case" title="Everett Case">Case</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Van_Chancellor" title="Van Chancellor">Chancellor</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Chaney_(basketball,_born_1932)" title="John Chaney (basketball, born 1932)">Chaney</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jody_Conradt" title="Jody Conradt">Conradt</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Denny_Crum" title="Denny Crum">Crum</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chuck_Daly" title="Chuck Daly">Daly</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Everett_Dean" title="Everett Dean">Dean</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Antonio_D%C3%ADaz-Miguel" title="Antonio Díaz-Miguel">Díaz-Miguel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Edgar_Diddle" title="Edgar Diddle">Diddle</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bruce_Drake" title="Bruce Drake">Drake</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lefty_Driesell" title="Lefty Driesell">Driesell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pedro_Ferr%C3%A1ndiz" title="Pedro Ferrándiz">Ferrándiz</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bill_Fitch" title="Bill Fitch">Fitch</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cotton_Fitzsimmons" title="Cotton Fitzsimmons">Fitzsimmons</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Clarence_Gaines" title="Clarence Gaines">Gaines</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sandro_Gamba" title="Sandro Gamba">Gamba</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jack_Gardner_(basketball)" title="Jack Gardner (basketball)">Gardner</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lindsay_Gaze" title="Lindsay Gaze">Gaze</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Slats_Gill" title="Slats Gill">Gill</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alexander_Gomelsky" title="Alexander Gomelsky">Gomelsky</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sue_Gunter" title="Sue Gunter">Gunter</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alex_Hannum" title="Alex Hannum">Hannum</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marv_Harshman" title="Marv Harshman">Harshman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Don_Haskins" title="Don Haskins">Haskins</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sylvia_Hatchell" title="Sylvia Hatchell">Hatchell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tom_Heinsohn" title="Tom Heinsohn">Heinsohn</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eddie_Hickey" title="Eddie Hickey">Hickey</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/David_Hixon" title="David Hixon">Hixon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Howard_Hobson" title="Howard Hobson">Hobson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Red_Holzman" title="Red Holzman">Holzman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bob_Huggins" title="Bob Huggins">Huggins</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Robert_Hughes_(basketball)" title="Robert Hughes (basketball)">Hughes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bob_Hurley" title="Bob Hurley">Hurley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Henry_Iba" title="Henry Iba">Iba</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tom_Izzo" title="Tom Izzo">Izzo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Phil_Jackson" title="Phil Jackson">P. Jackson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Doggie_Julian" title="Doggie Julian">Julian</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/George_Karl" title="George Karl">Karl</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gene_Keady" title="Gene Keady">Keady</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Frank_Keaney" title="Frank Keaney">Keaney</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/George_Keogan" title="George Keogan">Keogan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bob_Knight" title="Bob Knight">Knight</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mike_Krzyzewski" title="Mike Krzyzewski">Krzyzewski</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Kundla" title="John Kundla">Kundla</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ward_Lambert" title="Ward Lambert">Lambert</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bobby_Leonard" title="Bobby Leonard">Leonard</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Guy_Lewis" title="Guy Lewis">Lewis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Harry_Litwack" title="Harry Litwack">Litwack</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ken_Loeffler" title="Ken Loeffler">Loeffler</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dutch_Lonborg" title="Dutch Lonborg">Lonborg</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Herb_Magee" title="Herb Magee">Magee</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Arad_McCutchan" title="Arad McCutchan">McCutchan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Muffet_McGraw" title="Muffet McGraw">McGraw</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Al_McGuire" title="Al McGuire">A. McGuire</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Frank_McGuire" title="Frank McGuire">F. McGuire</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_McLendon" title="John McLendon">McLendon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Walter_Meanwell" title="Walter Meanwell">Meanwell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ray_Meyer" title="Ray Meyer">Meyer</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ralph_Miller" title="Ralph Miller">Miller</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Billie_Moore" title="Billie Moore">Moore</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kim_Mulkey" title="Kim Mulkey">Mulkey</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Don_Nelson" title="Don Nelson">Nelson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Aleksandar_Nikoli%C4%87" title="Aleksandar Nikolić">Nikolić</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mirko_Novosel" title="Mirko Novosel">Novosel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lute_Olson" title="Lute Olson">Olson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rick_Pitino" title="Rick Pitino">Pitino</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gregg_Popovich" title="Gregg Popovich">Popovich</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jack_Ramsay" title="Jack Ramsay">Ramsay</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Harley_Redin" title="Harley Redin">Redin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nolan_Richardson" title="Nolan Richardson">Richardson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pat_Riley" title="Pat Riley">Riley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cesare_Rubini" title="Cesare Rubini">Rubini</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Adolph_Rupp" title="Adolph Rupp">Rupp</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cathy_Rush" title="Cathy Rush">Rush</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bill_Russell" title="Bill Russell">B. Russell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bo_Ryan" title="Bo Ryan">Ryan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lenny_Sachs" title="Lenny Sachs">Sachs</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bill_Self" title="Bill Self">Self</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bill_Sharman" title="Bill Sharman">Sharman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Everett_Shelton" title="Everett Shelton">Shelton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jerry_Sloan" title="Jerry Sloan">Sloan</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Charles_Smith_(basketball_coach)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Charles Smith (basketball coach) (page does not exist)">C. Smith</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dean_Smith" title="Dean Smith">D. Smith</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marianne_Stanley" title="Marianne Stanley">Stanley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Barbara_Stevens_(basketball)" title="Barbara Stevens (basketball)">Stevens</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/C._Vivian_Stringer" title="C. Vivian Stringer">Stringer</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pat_Summitt" title="Pat Summitt">Summitt</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eddie_Sutton" title="Eddie Sutton">Sutton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jerry_Tarkanian" title="Jerry Tarkanian">Tarkanian</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fred_Taylor_(basketball,_born_1924)" title="Fred Taylor (basketball, born 1924)">Taylor</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bertha_Teague" title="Bertha Teague">Teague</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Thompson_(basketball)" title="John Thompson (basketball)">J. Thompson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rudy_Tomjanovich" title="Rudy Tomjanovich">Tomjanovich</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tara_VanDerveer" title="Tara VanDerveer">VanDerveer</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Margaret_Wade_(basketball)" title="Margaret Wade (basketball)">Wade</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stan_Watts" title="Stan Watts">Watts</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lenny_Wilkens" title="Lenny Wilkens">Wilkens</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gary_Williams" title="Gary Williams">G. Williams</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Roy_Williams_(basketball_coach)" title="Roy Williams (basketball coach)">R. Williams</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Wooden" title="John Wooden">Wooden</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Phil_Woolpert" title="Phil Woolpert">Woolpert</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Morgan_Wootten" title="Morgan Wootten">Wootten</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jay_Wright_(basketball)" title="Jay Wright (basketball)">Wright</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kay_Yow" title="Kay Yow">Yow</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/List_of_members_of_the_Naismith_Memorial_Basketball_Hall_of_Fame#Contributors" title="List of members of the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame">Contributors</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Senda_Berenson_Abbott" title="Senda Berenson Abbott">Abbott</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Val_Ackerman" title="Val Ackerman">Ackerman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Al_Attles" title="Al Attles">Attles</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Don_Barksdale" title="Don Barksdale">Barksdale</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Patrick_Baumann_(basketball)" title="Patrick Baumann (basketball)">Baumann</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Clair_Bee" title="Clair Bee">Bee</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Danny_Biasone" title="Danny Biasone">Biasone</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hubie_Brown" title="Hubie Brown">H. Brown</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Walter_A._Brown" title="Walter A. Brown">W. Brown</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Bunn_(basketball)" title="John Bunn (basketball)">Bunn</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jerry_Buss" title="Jerry Buss">Buss</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nat_Clifton" title="Nat Clifton">Clifton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jerry_Colangelo" title="Jerry Colangelo">Colangelo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Doug_Collins_(basketball)" title="Doug Collins (basketball)">Collins</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Larry_Costello" title="Larry Costello">Costello</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bill_Davidson_(businessman)" title="Bill Davidson (businessman)">Davidson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bob_Douglas" title="Bob Douglas">Douglas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alva_Duer" title="Alva Duer">Duer</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wayne_Embry" title="Wayne Embry">Embry</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cliff_Fagan" title="Cliff Fagan">Fagan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Harry_A._Fisher" title="Harry A. Fisher">Fisher</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Larry_Fleisher" title="Larry Fleisher">Fleisher</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Howard_Garfinkel" title="Howard Garfinkel">Garfinkel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dave_Gavitt" title="Dave Gavitt">Gavitt</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eddie_Gottlieb" title="Eddie Gottlieb">Gottlieb</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Russ_Granik" title="Russ Granik">Granik</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Luther_Gulick_(physician)" title="Luther Gulick (physician)">Gulick</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Del_Harris" title="Del Harris">Harris</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Les_Harrison_(basketball)" title="Les Harrison (basketball)">Harrison</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chick_Hearn" title="Chick Hearn">Hearn</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Edwin_Henderson" title="Edwin Henderson">Henderson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ferenc_Hepp" title="Ferenc Hepp">Hepp</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Edward_J._Hickox" title="Edward J. Hickox">Hickox</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tony_Hinkle" title="Tony Hinkle">Hinkle</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ned_Irish" title="Ned Irish">Irish</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mannie_Jackson" title="Mannie Jackson">M. Jackson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tom_Jernstedt" title="Tom Jernstedt">Jernstedt</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Renato_William_Jones" title="Renato William Jones">R. Jones</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/J._Walter_Kennedy" title="J. Walter Kennedy">Kennedy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Phil_Knight" title="Phil Knight">Knight</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jerry_Krause" title="Jerry Krause">J. 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