The Anthony Edwards quote, “They bought KD, however we bought Jaden McDaniels” has aged like a nice wine.
Ant stated this about McDaniels and the Suns final season, but it surely has by no means been extra related.
Within the first spherical in opposition to Phoenix, McDaniels outplayed Durant.
Everybody laughed when Ant stated “they bought KD however we bought Jaden McDaniels”.
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— Basketball Without end (@bballforever_) April 24, 2024
Within the second spherical in opposition to the Nuggets in Sport 2, McDaniels was one of many key gamers that helped shut down Jamal Murray on offense.
The Wolves restricted him to only 3-18 capturing from the sphere.
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— Minnesota Timberwolves (@Timberwolves) Might 7, 2024
After the T-Wolves complete 106-80 Sport 2 1 rout of the Nuggets, Edwards made certain to offer his teammate the credit score he deserves.
“I need to shout out Jaden McDaniels earlier than I get out of right here,” Edwards instructed reporters postgame. “He’s been phenomenal this entire playoff run and this sequence particularly. I feel he’s like +51 or one thing and solely in all probability had 5 factors, took three pictures in all two video games. Don’t complain, hold guarding, hold choosing up full-court.”
Edwards is averaging 35 factors, 4.5 rebounds, 5 assists, and 1.5 steals per sport on this sequence in opposition to Denver, while McDaniels influence is much extra delicate.
The 23-year-old is simply 2-14 from the sphere, but has a plus/minus of +40 over the primary two video games within the sequence.
“We wouldn’t be the crew that we’re immediately, we wouldn’t have been that crew that we have been within the common season [without him],” Edwards stated. “Hopefully, we are able to hold him on the market and he retains taking part in like that as a result of he’s positively the x-factor of the crew. Every part that he brings, we thank him a lot. So, large shoutout to Jaden, for certain.”
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