Jaden McDaniels Confesses He Never Wanted to Join Timberwolves – Now He’s Locked in with $40M Deal

Jaden McDaniels has become one of the NBA’s best perimeter defenders and a cornerstone for the Minnesota Timberwolves. The 26-year-old, who’s been with the team since the 2020 draft, just signed a rare one-year extension worth $40 million, securing his future in Minnesota through the 2029-30 season. But if he had his way back then, he’d have been anywhere else. McDaniels was picked 28th by the Los Angeles Lakers, but his rights were traded to the Wolves, and he admits he was praying they’d skip him. ‘In the draft process, I didn’t know where I was going. This was actually the team I was trying to stay away from,’ he said on X. He explained that Minnesota was just bad at the time, coming off a 19-45 season. The first year was rough, but over time, the team started winning, building, and adding talent. Now, they’re seen as Western Conference contenders, and McDaniels is all in after this lucrative deal.