After playing college basketball at Bowling Green State University, Daniels was selected by the Vancouver Grizzlies with the fourth overall pick of the 1997 NBA Draft. Over his career, he has played for the Grizzlies, the San Antonio Spurs (Daniels was on the 1999 team that won the NBA Championship), the Portland Trail Blazers, the Seattle SuperSonics, the Washington Wizards and the New Orleans Hornets. He arrived in New Orleans in a three-team trade with the Washington Wizards and the Memphis Grizzlies on December 10, 2008.