Travis Daniels (basketball)


Travis Daniels is an American professional basketball player for the Edmonton Stingers of the Canadian Elite Basketball League. Standing at 2.02 m, he mainly plays at the small forward position. After playing two years of college basketball at Shelton State Community College and at Mississippi State, Daniels entered the 2016 NBA draft, but he was not selected in the draft's two rounds.

High school career

As a senior at Russellville Daniels averaged 10.7 points and 7.7 rebounds. He led his team to a 24-10 record and won the Region 5A-1 championship before losing in the Elite 8 in the AhSAA Class 5A playoffs. He was also named honorable mention for Class 5A by the Alabama Sports Writers' Association and was tabbed to the Willis Valley Shootout and Regional All-Tournament teams.

College career

Daniels played college basketball for the Shelton State Community College from 2012 to 2014 and for Mississippi State from 2014 to 2016.

Professional career

After going undrafted in the 2016 NBA draft, Daniels joined Phoenix Galați of the Liga Națională. On November, he left Phoenix Galați and joined Balkan Botevgrad of the Bulgarian league. He was voted as the Bulgarian Cup MVP. On May 21, 2017, he joined Leones de Santo Domingo until the end of the season.
On August 2, 2017, Daniels joined Rethymno Cretan Kings of the Greek Basket League. During his first season with the club, he averaged 8.8 points and 5 rebounds per game. He made his best appearance with Rethymno against Lavrio, having 18 points 7 rebounds and 1 assist. On June 22, 2018, he renewed his contract until 2019.
After a brief stint in Canada for the Edmonton Stingers, Daniels returned to Greece and signed with Kolossos Rodou on August 8, 2019.