The Jaden McDaniels offensive leap that Timberwolves fans have been dreaming about for a few years now has fully been realized so far this season. McDaniels has been quite good all year, but he put together one of the best games of his career on Saturday night against the Clippers.
Two seasons ago, the Pistons were stuck in a 28-game losing streak and finished with the worst record in the league. Today, they’re sitting atop the Eastern Conference.
At this point, the Sacramento Kings will undoubtedly take every positive they can amid a bleak situation. They may be coming off a huge win over the Denver Nuggets back on Saturday, but another tough test awaited them on Monday in the form of the Minnesota Timberwolves.
Jaden McDaniels has felt like a “when, not if” breakout candidate for years. He’s a lengthy forward who could already guard anyone on the planet. The holdup was his figuring out how to consistently contribute offensively.
Christmas and the NBA go hand-in-hand. The day serves for the top hoops league in the world, like Thanksgiving for the NFL. However, while the Detroit Lions and Dallas Cowboys are perpetual Thanksgiving participants, the NBA has mixed up the matchups and the teams throughout the years.
Jaden McDaniels hasn't missed a game due to injury since December 8, 2023. That impressive streak is coming to an end on Wednesday night against the Wizards.
One Minnesota Timberwolves player cut a frustrated figure after their win over the Sacramento Kings, lamenting his injury record this season. The Minnesota Timberwolves find themselves in a strange situation this season.
The Timberwolves escaped an injury to Jaden McDaniels and found a way to break one of the NBA's strangest streaks with an NBA Cup win over the Sacramento Kings on Friday night in Minneapolis.
Jaden McDaniels is in year six with the Minnesota Timberwolves. Over the course of his career, he has improved each season by scoring more points per game and rounding out his entire skillset.
Ace Bailey isn’t lighting up the box score yet — 8.7 points on .415/.324/.824 shooting — but the Jazz like everything else they’re seeing. The rookie has hit double figures in four straight and continues to win over veterans by doing the little things, as Andy Larsen of The Salt Lake Tribune wrote.
After a lackluster first half against the subpar Utah Jazz on Monday night, Anthony Edwards and the Minnesota Timberwolves came out firing in the third quarter.
The chase for the NBA Cup has begun. The Minnesota Timberwolves opened their NBA Cup schedule against the Utah Jazz, debuting their bright green court that was met with mixed reactions online.
The Minnesota Timberwolves are taking on the Utah Jazz on Friday night in what is also an in-season tournament game. This one got off to a fast start from the jump, as Jaden McDaniels scored the first bucket with a sick slam dunk in the first five seconds of the game.
This past Monday night in the NBA, two worlds shared the same orbit once more, reminding strident University of Washington basketball followers everywhere of what might have been if not further agonizing them..
Minnesota's has had a yo-yo start to the season when it comes to wins and losses, but the defense has been consistently bad. The Timberwolves' 119.8 defensive rating ranks 27th in the NBA.
With 10 minutes left in the third quarter, Deni Avdija barreled down the lane, buried his shoulder into Jaden McDaniels’ chest, discarded the All-Defensive wing, and converted an and one to bump the Portland Trail Blazers’ feisty single-digit lead to six.
Jaden McDaniels just delivered Yang Hansen's "Welcome to the NBA" moment. In the second quarter of Wednesday's season opener between the Timberwolves and Trail Blazers, McDaniels drove to the rim, rose up, and detonated over Portland's rookie center with a vicious poster slam.
In Game 3 of a close first-round series, Jaden McDaniels led the Minnesota Timberwolves with 30 points on the way to a 116-104 win. This win gives them a 2-1 series lead over the Los Angeles Lakers.
Jaden McDaniels stood out for the Minnesota Timberwolves in their dominant 117-95. The 24-year-old forward scored 25 points on elite efficiency, as he shot 11-of-13 from the field and 3-of-3 from the beyond the arc. He was tremendous in Game 1 because Anthony Edwards kept encouraging him to shoot the ball.
The Nuggets may be the defending NBA champions, but Timberwolves forward Jaden McDaniels is buying stock in his own team when comparing the two franchises.