In a no-brainer move, the Pacers will decline the $7.5-million option the team held for Marquis Daniels' services in 2009-10, reports the Indianapolis Star. The news betrays the success Daniels had in Indiana last year: he started 43 games for the Pacers as Mike Dunleavy Jr. struggled with injury, and scored more than 13 points a game.But $7.5 million is obviously a lot for an emergency stand-in who doesn't fit the system and has basically exhausted his potential. Daniels, once a scoring tornado for the Mavericks, is already 28. He's an awful three-point shooter on a team predicated on hitting lots of threes. But Indy has a big hole at the two. Dunleavy will miss the first few months of the season, and Brandon Rush and Travis Diener register as the only natural shooting guards on the roster, unless Jim O'Brien changes course and plays a huge line-up with star combo forward Danny Granger in the backcourt.
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The Hornets need to offer Daniels what they can and try to real him in. They have needed a more athletic 2 guard since Chris Paul took over.