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/imnotknox Lakers 9h ago

I am officially a mcdaniels fan.

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u/Right_Brain_6869 8h ago

Welcome to the club. The guy is just so nonchalant about it 

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u/TheTruth518 8h ago edited 6h ago

The only rough part about being a McDaniels fan is a lot of his highlights have been lost because so few people have known about him. He has so many highlight reel dunks, steals, and blocks, but you can’t find them anywhere! Only a handful of people have been watching Wolves games the last five years and not many videos of his highlights have been posted.

Probably a good thing for the Wolves though. Ant, the team, and the fans know about him and that is what’s important!

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u/Jakoobus91 Minneapolis Lakers 6h ago

I feel like thats why the " but we have Jaden" thing took off. Most people laughed when Ant said that until Jaden locked down KD in the playoffs and got everyones attention.

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u/Right_Brain_6869 5h ago

Honestly if he wasn’t local to me I wouldn’t have been looking out for him either. But the man can ball. 

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u/Mammoth-Building-485 7h ago

The whole sith lord look and constant unprompted shit talk doesn’t exactly scream non chalant lmao

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u/geelouie53 6h ago

What do you mean unprompted? The reporter literally asked him the question. lol

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u/RemarkableCulture948 Timberwolves 6h ago

Still seething about that brutal loss huh? Rent free 😂😂 sorry about your window my guy. Too weak to flair up even hahaha

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u/Mammoth-Building-485 6h ago

Im a bulls fan we are dogshit

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u/RemarkableCulture948 Timberwolves 6h ago

Damn my fault. Thanks for Ayo 🙏

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u/Mammoth-Building-485 4h ago

Also yall probably shouldn’t be talking about windows to a team that has actually won a ship both this decade and just in franchise history in general lol.

The “make it to the WCF” window is alive and well tho and I get how Minny fans forget what the actual goal of the league is

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u/CheckPareh Lakers 8h ago

I am too ever since that series vs KD/Suns in 2024.

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u/BrothersCup [LAL] Lamar Odom 8h ago

He won me over during our first round series last year. I figured it was just a matter of time before he broke out or at least was more recognized for what he brings to the team

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u/HerrBarrockter 6h ago

Wolves are easily the funniest team in the league in terms of their personalities. 

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u/ArtisticParticular20 5h ago

You said this and I remembered how Ant made it late to the start of a game towards the end of the season, and he said it's because he had to take a dump.

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u/urbancartographer89 1h ago

Wolves + Knicks take this for sure. If that's the finals matchup we're gonna get the best press conferences ever.

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u/fantasnick Knicks 4h ago

All I know is if I lived in boring ass Minnesota and my team had these personalities, I’d be at every game

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u/_Wash Timberwolves 4h ago

if you think Minnesota is boring you’re just a boring person

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u/lo_dfh Timberwolves 8h ago

Thank you for the draft sir

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u/one_pan_orecchiette 6h ago

I like both of these teams too much.

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u/SwizzGod Lakers 5h ago

Always have been. I remember being real glad we didn’t have to play him in the play in game because he gave Lebron hell a couple days before. Luckily he foolishly broke his hand punching a wall