Dane Moore: In the middle of one of his answers to a question not about Jaden McDaniels, Anthony Edwards stopped his answer to shoutout not only McDaniels’ defense but his willingness to play that defense without getting the ball on offense: “But I do just want to shoutout Jaden McDaniels before I get out of here. He’s been phenomenal this whole playoff run and this series in particular. I think he’s like a +51 or something and only probably had 5 points, took 3 shots and all two games. And he don’t complain, keep guarding, keep picking up full court. And we wouldn’t be the team that we are today, we wouldn’t have been the team we was in the regular season. Hopefully we can keep him out there and he keeps playing like that because that’s the x-factor of the team. Everything he brings, we thank him so much, man. So big shoutout to Jaden, for sure.” -via Twitter @DaneMooreNBA / May 7, 2024
