Chris Hine: Jaden McDaniels, deadpan delivery, on what worked for the Timberwolves offensively.
Jaden: “Go at Jokic, Jamal, all the bad defenders. Tim Hardaway, Cam Johnson, Aaron Gordon, their whole team.” Q: They’re all bad defenders? Jaden: “Yeah, they’re all bad defenders.” — 4/21/2026
Bluesky
NBA Courtside: Carmelo Anthony reacts to Jaden McDaniels calling out Denvers bad defense: "That's grown man talk. You didn't beat around the bush, you called names out....
When you have that type of passion about the point you're trying to make, it's on. It was already a rivalry, its personal now. Now Jokic is sitting back like 'I got something for you now.' Hearing this will take him to a whole other level... This is war, this is chess... If you don't win game 3 though, we'll have to have a conversation." — 4/21/2026
x.com
When they take the floor Saturday in Denver for Game 1 of the conference quarterfinals against the Nuggets, they do so knowing that they are largely responsible for a new era in Minnesota.
“There are obstacles we all have had to go against in our careers,” Reid said. “It worked out in a better way. We were able to help each other through that and prove we are who we are and that we’ve been that way all along. I think all the questions and stuff are pretty much out the window now.” — 4/18/2026
New York Times
The more time they spent around one another, the more the Wolves benefited. It is not just that their games fit together. Their personalities complement one another in a way that makes it hard to envision the partnership fracturing under the normal stressors of fame and fortune.
“Jaden is super quiet. Naz is quiet, but he is outgoing around the right people,” Edwards said. “Me, I just don’t care who I’m around. I’m going to be myself no matter what. And I think we all just click.” — 4/18/2026
New York Times
Anthony Edwards, Naz Reid and Jaden McDaniels have been together for six seasons, an eternity in the turnstile NBA. They have played 382 regular-season games together since uniting in 2020, 113 more than the next closest active trio: Boston’s Sam Hauser, Payton Pritchard and Derrick White (269 games), according to Elias Sports Bureau. They’ve reached two straight Western Conference finals, unprecedented success for a franchise that has spent most of its existence toiling in dysfunction and self-pity. “It’s pretty cool. It’s like going to high school freshman year with your friends and just sticking together the whole way, building each year,” McDaniels said. “Each year we’ve been together, we’ve gotten better and went further (as players) than we have the previous season.” — 4/18/2026
New York Times
Run It Back: Jaden McDaniels DOESN'T want Minnesota to move to the Eastern Conference in the event of expansion ?
"I'm not feeling that at all... I like playing in the West." — 4/16/2026
x.com
Run It Back: Jaden McDaniels knew Mike Conley would get back to Minnesota quickly ?
"When he got traded, we were sick...he ain't even leave the group chat. ... I opened his locker...he still had shoes in there. I'm like 'OK, we got hope.'" — 4/16/2026
x.com
Run It Back: Jaden McDaniels says why he thinks Anthony Edwards doesn't want to be "the face of the league" ?
"He loves basketball so much that he doesn't care about the stuff outside of hoop... he'll still be the best player in the league." — 4/16/2026
x.com
Run It Back: Jaden McDaniels says Anthony Edwards hasn't changed since high school ??
"He's still a killer. ... At the McDonald's All-American game... he was so mad and since then he's like 'I'm never getting blocked by you again.'" — 4/16/2026
x.com
Chris Hine:
All usual starters except Donte DiVincenzo, who will play to get to 82 games, are out plus Naz Reid, Kyle Anderson, Bones Hyland, Ayo Dosunmu. — 4/11/2026
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