Minnesota Timberwolves ahead Jaden McDaniels has indubitably to a five-year, $136 million commitment extension, brokers Nima Namakian and Invoice Duffy instructed ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski on Monday.
The do business in contains disagree choices.
McDaniels, 23, loved a breakout yr utmost season, averaging 12.1 issues age capturing 51.7% from the farmland and just about 40% from 3 age changing into a full-time starter.
Some of the NBA’s highest defenders utmost season, McDaniels held opposing shooters to under 44% capturing as the nearest defender. He additionally held combatants to 52.9% capturing on the rim, which ranked within the govern 10 amongst gamers to secure 200 photographs.
The 6-foot-9 wing did this in opposition to most commonly elite pageant, as he logged the third-most matchups protecting 2023 All-Stars utmost season, trailing most effective Mikal Bridges and O.G. Anunoby.
Adjusted for the projected $142 million wage cap in 2024-25, McDaniels’ do business in is in a homogeneous field to the four-year, $90 million extension Bridges signed with Phoenix in 2021.
ESPN’s Bobby Marks contributed to this record.
