What is Jim McDaniels?
[[File:Jim McDaniels 1975.jpg|thumb|right|200px|McDaniels in 1975]] '''James Ronald McDaniels''' (April 2, 1948 &ndash; September 6, 2017) was an American professional basketball player. He was born in [[Scottsville, Kentucky|Scottsville]], [[Kentucky]].<ref>Pete Thamel (March 27, 2008) [https://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/27/sports/ncaabasketball/27western.html?pagewanted=all Recalling Forward Thinking at Western Kentucky]. New York Times</ref><ref name=A>[http://www.hilltopperhaven.com/interviews/mcdaniels.html Jim McDaniels Interview] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080609024420/http://www.hilltopperhaven.com/interviews/mcdaniels.html |date=2008-06-09 }}. hilltopperhaven.com.</ref> McDaniels was drafted by the [[Seattle SuperSonics]] in the second round of the [[1971 NBA draft]] and by the [[Utah Stars]] in the ABA Draft,<ref>''Jet'' magazine, February 1971, Vol. 39, No. 21, p. 50</ref> but he began his professional career with the [[Carolina Cougars]] of the [[American Basketball Association]]. McDaniels died in [[Bowling Green, Kentucky]] on September 6, 2017 from a long-illness at the age of 69.<ref name=bgdn>{{citation|title=Hilltopper basketball legend McDaniels dies at 69|newspaper=[[The Daily News (Kentucky)|The Daily News]]|date=September 6, 2017|url=http://www.bgdailynews.com/sports/wku/hilltopper-basketball-legend-mcdaniels-dies-at/article_25c79735-f40d-5fc6-afde-1d1be82d0886.html|access-date=September 7, 2017|archive-date=December 30, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181230160715/https://www.bgdailynews.com/sports/wku/hilltopper-basketball-legend-mcdaniels-dies-at/article_25c79735-f40d-5fc6-afde-1d1be82d0886.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:McDaniels, Jim}} [[Category:1948 births]] [[Category:2017 deaths]] [[Category:Seattle SuperSonics players]] [[Category:Los Angeles Lakers players]] [[Category:Sportspeople from Kentucky]] {{US-sports-bio-stub}}