This extension came after he averaged 12.1 points and missed the 2023 playoffs with an injury. The Timberwolves endured a gentleman’s sweep to the Denver Nuggets without McDaniels, whose absence was glaring both internally and to savvy NBA fans. “A lot of stuff I do doesn’t show up in the stat sheet,” McDaniels said. “To say that I impact the game, you gotta actually watch. You can’t just go look at the stat sheet, just from being a fan or someone on the outside. The effort part, diving for loose balls, rebounding. Just doing everything so everyone else doesn’t need to do it as much.”
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