STEPHENVILLE, Texas – Former Tarleton State Men's Basketball player Shakur Daniel recently signed with the San Diego Clippers of the NBA G-League to continue his professional career.
 
Daniel was added to the training camp roster on Oct. 28 before being officially signed by the San Diego Clippers on Nov. 11. Daniel has played in two games. The San Diego Clippers are the affiliate of the Los Angeles Clippers. Daniel will have the opportunity to be selected by the Clippers or another NBA organization if desired to be on an NBA roster at some point this season.
 
"It's always great to see guys continue to have a chance to follow their dreams," said head coach Billy Gillispie. "Shak should be an inspiration to us all. He is the best example of an everyday guy you could ever imagine. He has been a jack-of-all trades, master of none with his best quality of being a supreme winner. His work ethic is unmatched. A classic 'put your hard hat on every day and go to work'. We were so blessed to have had Shak here and hope for his dream to continue. I would never count him out."
 
The Toronto, Canada, native, becomes the fourth Texan to play in the NBA D-League or G-League. He joins  Mookie Works, John Davis and Terance Gamble, all of whom played in the NBA D-League.
 
Daniel played at Tarleton State for three seasons from 2020 to 2023. The guard played for Coach Gillispie in his final season at Ranger College before making the jump to Division I with coach Gillispie.
 
In his first season at Tarleton, Daniel was named All-WAC honorable mention. He started 19 of the 20 games and averaged 7.0 points, 3.2 rebounds, 2.7 assists and 1.6 steals per game. He ranked fifth in the conference with a 2.1 assist to turnover ratio. The following year, he started the first 13 games before suffering an injury. He posted 5.2 points, 3.4 rebounds, 2.1 assists and 1.1 steals in 32.4 minutes per game. In the season opener at Stanford, he scored a season best 10 points. In his senior season, the guard was a mainstay on the court for the Texans leading the WAC and ranking in the top 50 in the country averaging 35 minutes and 37 seconds a game. He posted double-digit scoring totals in 15 games leading to average 7.8 points and 3.8 rebounds a game.
 
In Tarleton's D1 era, Daniel ranks in the top five all-time in many statistical categories. He ranks fifth in free throws made (134) and fourth in games played (70). Daniel is third in program history in games started (65) and steals (94). He ranks second in both minutes (2,371) and minutes per game (33.9). Ultimately, Daniel is the Texans total assist D1 era career leader tallying 186 in his three seasons with the program.
 
He last played with the KK Feniks in Skopje, Macedonia. In his lone season playing in the Macedonia Superleague, he played in 27 games, starting 21. He averaged 8.6 points and 4.6 rebounds per game. He shot 47.2 percent from the floor and 45.3 percent from beyond the arc. He also dished out 1.7 assists per game.
 
Daniel will make his return to Texas at the end of January when the San Diego Clippers head to Austin to take on the Austin Spurs. The Clippers will play on back-to-back nights at the H-E-B Center on Jan. 24 and 25.