The REAL REASON the Timberwolves extended Jaden McDaniels...
Oct 21, 2026
The real reason the Timberwolves extended Jaden McDaniels,
now when Shams broke this
news last night, I was actually surprised,
but after digging into it, it totally makes
sense for Jaden and of course,
the young nucleus of this Minnesota Timberwolves team, I guess
one of the things I want to say is well done once again,
Tim Connelly, welcome back to
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so we're going to get into the deal and the specifics of
the deals to actually sign Jaden McDaniels
for a one year an additional year on the back side of
his contract. Now, I do want to point out that he
is essentially in this one extra year will make
around just under $14 million more for that single year than he
was currently on the books to make
with his current contract.
And when you think about this Minnesota Timberwolves organization,
And you think about Tim Connelly
and you think about head coach Chris Finch.
I believe that this Timberwolves organization
is in an extraordinarily good space when it
comes to who's actually running the day-to-day operations of the team
and, of course, who's
actually coaching the team.
So here's a little bit more detail that you can see.
Now, he'll have four years remaining on his contract,
and that will amount to $124 million.
And when we think about why Jaden McDaniels actually got
this contract extension at this
point, I'm going to pull this back up for you.
Is Jaden essential to a Wolves title?
I want to know what you think about that,
because personally, I believe a healthy Jaden
McDaniels who continues to take the trajectory up
in the right direction is going to make
an absolutely huge difference for the Minnesota Timberwolves.
Coming up, I've got key takeaways on why
this deal really makes sense for both Jaden and
the Timberwolves.
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from Chad Kresinski he says at the root of it all
it was his desire to remain with the Minnesota Timberwolves
for the rest of his career if
possible and when we think about the growth
of Jaden McDaniels over the past couple years
that certainly makes a lot of sense just
a quick refresher for everybody out there on what Jaden
has delivered from a numbers perspective at least last season
and I think where we all think this is
actually heading with Jaden McDaniels is that he's going
to continue to improve and when you have a
player like Jaden McDaniels that can actually shoot north
of 41 percent from the three-point
arc it absolutely matters that you go ahead
and lock him up look he's uh takes difficult wing
matchups provides rim consistency
and will certainly support the scoring backcourt
we've got some more takeaways about this particular deal
for you all as well just to recap what this
is 40 million for the 2029 30 season four years
124 million remaining extension has of course been
confirmed by the Timberwolves organization
at this point in addition to that there are these
complementary components of Jada McDaniels
that quite frankly make a lot of sense for this
minnesota timberwolves team edwards scoring pressure ball passing
and creation and then of
course mcdaniel's defense and spacing
and when you combine that with the other aspects of this
minnesota timberwolves team i think this deal
is absolutely brilliant especially on the near
eve of the nba season actually it was on the eve
of the nba season actually tipping off as it tips
off today look what you can expect from Jaden
in the upcoming season more catch and shoot looks
part of that of course is from LaMelo Ball
and after seeing what Jaden looked like during the
preseason I think this deal certainly makes a lot
of sense more cuts behind defenders we saw a lot
of that as well during the preseason
and maybe one of the other things that is quite frankly just so
important for this Minnesota team is better spacing for Anthony Edwards
and I think when
you combine that with what Jaden is capable
of doing on the defensive side of the ball
this deal certainly made a tremendous amount
of sense for the Timberwolves of course from a
salary cap math perspective as you all know we
are in just below the second apron at this point
which of course is where we're going to want to stay
and this deal actually helps solidify
what the Timberwolves organization is going to be for another four
or five years i think it
certainly makes a lot of sense especially
when you consider at some point you're gonna have to
consider what that next Ant-Man contract
is actually going to look like all right that's
all i've got for you today i personally absolutely love
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North America please go ahead
and drop them in as always for the Timberwolves Digest just one
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