DeAndre Daniels

DeAndre Martise Daniels[1] (born April 15, 1992) is an American professional basketball player who last played for the Townsville Heat of the NBL1 North.

He played college basketball for the UConn Huskies, where he won a national championship and made the NCAA Final Four All-Tournament team in 2014.

A 6'9" small forward from Los Angeles, Daniels surprised recruiting experts by choosing defending champion Connecticut out of IMG Academy – despite never visiting the East Coast school.

Daniels stuck with the Huskies even after the school was declared ineligible for the postseason in 2012–13 due to poor Academic Progress Rate performance.

Daniels attended Taft High School in Woodland Hills, California, before completing a postgraduate year at IMG Academy in 2010–11.

He was named to the NCAA All-Tournament East Region Team[5] and then recorded 20 points and 10 rebounds in leading the Huskies past the top overall seed Florida Gators in the national semi-final.

[10] He made his debut for the Wildcats in the team's season-opening loss to the New Zealand Breakers, scoring 19 points.

[11] He was named Player of the Week for Round 8 after scoring a then season-high 22 points against the Cairns Taipans on November 28.

[17][18] However, a Jones fracture suffered in his right foot in early July delayed his off-season preparation and forced him out of the 2015 NBA Summer League and the first half of the 2015–16 season.

[20] He made his long-awaited D-League debut on March 12 against the Iowa Energy, recording two points, six rebounds and one assist.