Lou Williams done for season, Antonio Daniels set to join team.
Antonio Daniels will sign a 10-day contract with the Sixers tonight and says he will be able to fit in nicely.
Lou Williams done for season, Antonio Daniels set to join team.
Bob Cooney
Point guard Antonio Daniels, who has played 12 years in the NBA and spent this season with the Texas Legends of the NBA Development League, was getting ready to board a plane yesterday afternoon in Dallas on his way to Boston to join his the Sixers. He will sign a 10-day contract tonight and be at the team's shootaround Tuesday morning. He said he is ready to play right away if the team needs him and coach Doug Collins pretty much assured that.
"He's a very experienced guard," said Collins. "If you're going to bring somebody in, we didn't want to bring in a younger player. We've got enough youth on our team. We wanted to bring someone in who could pick things up quickly and give us some minutes. We'll have our walk-through. We can run some simple things. One thing about the NBA, when you've played 12 years, there's nothing we can run that he hasn't seen."
Daniels got a call Sunday morning from his agent, Tony Dutt, letting him know of the Sixers' interest. One of the first things he did was call Sixers forward Darius Songaila, a former teammate in Washington.
"I talked to Darius Sunday night, talked to him about a lot of different things," said Daniels. "I know of everybody on their roster. I'm a big basketball fan. Any opportunity to watch NBA games, I do it. I'm a big fan of Doug Collins, I have been forever. They are a very young team and a team that plays very hard.
"From what I've heard from Doug, he's looking for me to provide some veteran leadership, provide another good voice in the locker room. I'm looking forward to getting back in the league and playing for the Sixers."
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— markfordham- so do you know something new on lou or what? you post he is done for the season...something no one else has specifically said...and then no follow up? Fagan would have never done us wrong like this. Deep sixer or no sixer at all. who's with me!!!? Seriously though this article is annoying. Go find out about Lou, Cooney, and until you do no more writing for you
- In Cooney's defense, the copy editor probably came up with the headline, but still, what the hell??
- Hopefully Lou is done for the year. Play Turner and lets see what the kid can do. Lou is a disease for this team. Dont care about his scoring. Only use for Lou is to trade him for anything else. Hes a fake wanna be gunning iverson— FMBNG
- This is why these guy fly in and out of bankruptcy like crop dusters working a corn field. The title's disconnect with the copy is inept, incompetent and unprofessional; or, yunno, the first 3 words on Cooney's resume.
I am Oppressed.— Nuutron - Iverson wasn't available?— Ashburn072
- Who cares about Williams...he's just another Journeyman like Iggy and Meeks...the team will go nowhere with them in the playoffs. I've been a sixers fan since days of Dr J this team just does not excite me and hasn't for years.— mbutley
Bob Cooney has been at the Daily News for more than 20 years, working in the sports department for the past 15. This is his third season on the Sixers beat. He has covered just about everything, but mostly college basketball, where he was the La Salle beat writer for six seasons. E-mail Bob at cooneyb@phillynews.com and follow him on Twitter.
