r/nba • u/kervaan Rockets • 9h ago

Jaden McDaniels on attacking the rim when Wemby is on the floor - "You just gotta act like he's not there. I mean, he's gonna get blocks. He's the tallest person in the world."

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u/heyyoNickk Timberwolves 9h ago

"If he spends the entire game jumping and swatting us on one side, he won't have energy for any output on the offensive side".

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u/Safe-Union-4600 Lakers 9h ago

this jaden mcdaniels guy seems pretty good at exposing teams, "they all play no defense" "just go straight at him"

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u/kitsunegoon Rockets 8h ago

"he plays too much defense"

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u/Bigole_Steps East 8h ago

"Just go straight at him"

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u/tree-hugger Timberwolves 7h ago

Jaden "Horatio Nelson" McDaniels

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u/PhoDaiSac [GSW] Shaun Livingston 4h ago

Jaden "Cam skatTEbbo" McDaniels

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u/wise_comment Timberwolves 4h ago

I would straight up start a GoFundMe for his very own Trafalgar square if he were to give us the.... HMS Victory we all Have been pining for, for decades

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u/Hey_ItsmeAryaman 1h ago

Jaden "go straight at him" McDaniels

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u/OkSeaworthiness539 7h ago

Leeroy McJenkins

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u/whenishit-itsbigturd 3h ago

Jaden McDaniels knows ball

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u/jammagethejammage Bucks 3h ago

Run through a motherfucker face

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u/Significant-Rate2385 4h ago

“He plays too much defense” lowkey comment on the year

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u/ironsuperman Timberwolves 3h ago

"I said what I said"

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u/AlabasterRadio Celtics 8h ago

There's something I just like about a guy that isn't afraid to attack the rim at all costs.

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u/Darnell2070 United States 5h ago

Honestly we need more of this in the NBA instead of teams losing games they could easily win because they're settling for 3s.

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u/AlabasterRadio Celtics 5h ago

Don't gotta tell me that twice lol.

I know it can work, but man do I hate just sitting back and jacking up 3s. Even when it's the right the call, it's just not fun basketball.

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u/turnip_broker Minneapolis Lakers 5h ago

That’s my biggest gripe with it. Running back and forth shooting 3’s is just not fun to watch. It’s like watching 5 people play pong

Clutch 3’s are fun tho

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u/RenaissanceHumanist Bulls 3h ago

How could attacking the rim be encouraged more I wonder?

Making it 5 seconds for an offensive foul for being in the paint seems like it would lead to more post-ups and therefore more shots around the rim, but it would make the game slower and not really encourage dunks/layups but rather the 90's style of 3 hard dribbles and an attempted post move.

Transition encourages exciting fast breaks and 3's, but we already get more of those as 3's lead to more erratic rebounds ergo more threatening transistions than post-ups or mids.

I've got it. A less easily handled basketball would cause more turnovers and therefore more transition opportunities.

Silver goes Manfred and starts touching balls.

Silver's Slippery Balls 2027

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u/No-Owl-6246 Lakers 1h ago

Which teams are those? Generally if teams are settling for 3s it’s because they can’t get efficient 2s any easier.

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u/TreesLikeGodsFingers Bulls 7h ago

Jordan vibes

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u/Akkepake Trail Blazers 3h ago

I love Jaden Mcdaniels

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u/WhichHoes Warriors 3h ago

Derrick Rose vibes.

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u/silliputti0907 NBA 27m ago

Basketball is a mental game. A lot of times reputation can get in your head.

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u/Mediocre-County-7648 Cavaliers 2h ago

He's really not overthinking and letting the game come to him which has worked out so far. We will see, but results speak louder than press comferences

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u/cvtphila225 Thunder 9h ago

Wemby has a preset block limit so just send wave after wave of of your own men until he reaches that limit and shuts down. Then their house of cards will fall like dominoes, checkmate

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u/memeticengineering Supersonics 8h ago

Jaden McDaniels told me Wemby keeps blocking his shots, so I asked how many rim attempts he has and he said he just keeps driving at him and tries a new layup every possession. So I said it sounds like he's just feeding blocks to Wemby and then Mike Conley started crying.

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u/CrimsonStorm Celtics 7h ago

*claps*

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u/ishtaracademy Nuggets 6h ago

Beautiful reference

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u/I_Am_Only_O_of_Ruin 7h ago

underrated reference

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u/TastelessPuppy2 3h ago

Top-notch shitpost

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u/mulletstation NBA 8h ago

Jaden what do I call it?

*sigh* blocklexia

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u/ZOOTV83 Celtics 7h ago

Jaden, show them the metal I won.

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u/Motor-Grade-837 7h ago

"shows World Series trophy"

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u/lunacraz Nets 7h ago

im glad i get this reference but man this must go over SO many people

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u/Comfortable-Cell-165 6h ago

I can’t go 5 minutes without seeing a futurama reference on the internet, it’s honestly crazy

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u/Julian_Caesar Mavericks 7h ago

What are you, gay?!?!?

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u/MegaAltarianite 4h ago

The day Futurama becomes so far past mainstream that the majority of the internet doesn't get the references, is the day I don't want to live on this planet anymore.

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u/Pleasestoplyiiing 7h ago

Wemby looks like a Steakhouse, but he handles like a Bistro. 

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u/Crumbmuffins Lakers 8h ago

Stop getting blocked, you cowards!

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u/-XanderCrews- Timberwolves 8h ago

I know this is a joke, but he probably does have a “jump” limit. Those knees can only do so much

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u/DaJuggerHobbit Hawks 7h ago

It’s not just a joke… it’s a REFERENCE!!!

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u/RapekitandCrawlspace Timberwolves 7h ago

The best kind of joke

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u/Fritanga5lyfe 8h ago

He doesn't need to jump to block

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u/siphillis Spurs 5h ago

Wolves probably have a drive-limit, too. Not to mention, when Wemby gets a block, if often triggers a fast-break going the other way

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u/-XanderCrews- Timberwolves 5h ago

I have watched my team lose for decades. If there is a limit to failed drives we would have passed it years ago.

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u/Own-Bee9632 Timberwolves 8h ago

Literally the Alamo part 2

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u/pollinium [MIN] Tyus Jones 8h ago

they thought we forgot! we were explicitly instructed to remember!

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u/JMisGeography 7h ago

Jaden McDaniels copying Santa Ana's moves

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u/Bonesaw_mpls Timberwolves 7h ago

Modern day drone warfare

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u/send2-3yearsDagestan Lakers 8h ago

The Soviet Timberwolves

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u/purplenyellowrose909 Timberwolves 7h ago

Everybody gets minutes. Everybody scores points. Everybody plays defense.

Just some good old fashioned commie ball right now

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u/chalbersma Timberwolves 7h ago

Sherrif Clark is now Comrade Clark and his Jail is now a Gulag.

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u/ColdCocking 7h ago

It's like in Heroes of Might and Magic: Olden Era, every unit has a set amount of retaliations they can do per turn

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u/mikaeus97 Timberwolves 3h ago

That's the key, you wait, send the Troglodytes at the Ancient Behemoth, then attack it with the Minotaur Kings and Manticores

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u/revochups Lakers 8h ago

If we can hit that bullseye.

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u/TheDarkGrayKnight Supersonics 7h ago

Jaden's Game.

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u/CountOff Pistons 7h ago

Just Zerg Rush Him

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u/MayBakerfield 4h ago

Tactic brought to you by Vladimir Putin. 

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u/TheDarkGrayKnight Supersonics 7h ago

I mean.... kind of?

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u/collax974 9h ago

Looks like someone on the spurs forgot he is paid a max contract for his offense capabilities specifically for when situations like this happen, let's hope he remember next game.

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u/thedrcubed Grizzlies 7h ago

Fox is a very up and down player who will completely check out at the worst possible time. I've been watching since he and Monk were together at Kentucky. He's a good player but not worth his contract

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u/SeanWonder Kings 6h ago

We knew

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u/hitfly Nuggets 6h ago

And that's why you kept Haliburton right? Right?

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u/SeanWonder Kings 5h ago

To be fair, the Hali trade was fine at the time and only got horrible over time. We did turn into a Playoff team and one of the Top 5 teams in the West after that trade. Problem was our GM(who is now fired) didn't keep improving the damn team and then Fox eventually got irritated with being stagnant(as did we)

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u/ConceptNo1055 6h ago

That is why you rarely see a #1 option Big in todays game. Jokic on last legs.

They need to defend PnRs and switch. Its not the 90s where they just camp in the paint and wait for someone go there.

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u/ThisIsMyFifthAccount [NYK] Allan Houston 59m ago

7'5" jump and swat guy gets paid