Jaden McDaniels on being confronted by Nikola Jokic: “I don’t know what he said, to be honest. I just seen someone that was as big as hell.”
Take a bow Jaden. You’ve mentally broken a core that won a championship a few years ago.
As a lakers fan, I’m loving every minute of it! T-wolves are my favorite team behind the lakers.
they did what we couldn’t
When they beat the Nuggets in game 7 I just kept typing “BUT THEY HAVE JADEN MCDANIELS” in my group chat.
No one was happy.
how can we acquire Jaden, Naz, and then get Ant when he’s a free agent to pair with Luka? Can Pelinka do this?
My LA group chat
He could probably give them some couch dimes, two half eaten churros, and Drew Timme and they’d accept
I was screaming in a park loving it at night watching. Official got a fan out of me.
Thank god we’re not playing them
I’m rooting for them to win it all if we are out.
Even as a nugget fan it’s impressive to watch
Its such a shame that they he and naz reid got injured before the start of the playoffs in 2023 I swear had they all been healthy they wouldve upset the nuggets
It definitely seemed like a possibility, at minimum it would have went farther than it should have. I say this as a huge Jokic fan
Facts. Idk if they’d have won, but Denver’s fans and players nearly unanimously said the Wolves were their hardest test that year, despite winning the series 4-1 and the Wolves not having Naz or Jaden.
You shut your mouth!! You shut your mouthhh!!!
That Nuggets team was so trash. One of the worst champions in recent history.
This sub never fails to amaze me
Yeah don’t listen to him lol the nuggets were and are legit.
Trash is too strong a term but if I had to rank every title winning team that Nuggets team would probably be in the bottom third. It was a well put together team but I’d have them in the 03 Spurs/Bucks bucket?
Not saying i completely agree with the take, but they did face some weaker teams, the injured wolves, dlo lakers and the 8 seed heat.
Yeah like obviously they are not trash but we also don’t really know how good they are (not their fault) so in terms of recent championship teams they might be one of the weaker ones.
Yeah there is no terrible teams in the playoffs. Expect this year’s rockets lmfao. But in terms of champs, Denver’s probably bottom 3 in the last 10 years
If the rockets are so obviously bad, why was every pundit calling them sweeping the lakers? Results oriented takes like this are so inconceivably stupid and lazy.
Everyone who even remotely followed the rockets this season knew they weren’t gonna go far. No real pg, and horrendous chemistry. Also nobody thought 41 year old bron would lead this team like he has.
Somehow we are the biggest villains because a bunch of wolves said some shit. I can’t wait until people hate the wolves
Are you going to be ok?
Totally agree. As lucky as that garbage warriors 2022 team
I hope you’re not the same type of person to hype up the Milwaukee 2021 championship lol
You forgot MPJ got traded before the season so they lose a core piece of that core. I unironically believe that trade is what caused this type of downfall.
And them firing Malone
Malone needed to go, they just chose the wrong coach. They also should have fired their GM after the horrible 2023 offseason
Malone stinks and always has
I don’t - I don’t think MPJ changes the outcome of this series. I think its more that 2023 was very small window with the Nuggs not facing any particularly amazing teams and then a mediocre Heat team in the Finals.
Also McDaniels and Reid were injured that year…
MPJ likely makes even a few shots, and that’s enough to win game 2. He’s also a really good rebounder, and that’s been a massive weakness for Denver all season outside of Jokic.
Plus the complete collapse in their 3pt shooting this series looks like a repeat of Cavs vs Pacers last season, they were 1st in the regular season for percentage and for the playoffs they’re 14th with only the Pistons/Rockets being worse.
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bruh
What he say lol
$500 says nugget fan was big mad
Had to be overly racist 💀
Said that Aaron Wiggins didn’t save basketball.
It’s especially funny coming from a guy that put up 12 points (including that dunk). Ice cold troll
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Most rational thunder fan. Embarrassment to the sport
Sit down lmfao.
McDaniels is funny as hell man 💀
It’s the way that he’s just so deadass about everything he says bro, it’s hilarious
Like a funnier Derrick Rose
A more serious Jeff Teague
“One Indiana legend dies another one is born!” - Teague during draft day after MJ died.
https://www.reddit.com/r/nba/comments/wq9hye/highlight_postgame_interview_of_its_altercation/
My UW legends 💜💛
Clock be running so… ima go score..
Kawhi Leonard school of comedy
He trained with Kawhi in the offseason IIRC
He’s a hood dude, he talks like how anybody from here talks. I love seeing it lol
Ant the same way
Comments like this are hilarious
I know I’m one of like 10 black Redditors, so gotta chime in where I can 😂
Well there’s 11 of us homie!
I’m just glad Jaden is getting more popular because a lot of people don’t realize this is just a regular day for him. He truly hates Booker though. Lol
I think he’s got some hate in his heart for these guys. That dunk last game had me fired up. Felt like he hit that layup tonight to let them know they’re trash and it’s ready to go out.
I think Ant/Naz/Jaden respect Denver but also have a chip on their shoulder because of the first series where Jaden punched a wall and ended his season, Naz was also hurt.
Federal Way ain’t no joke lol
He’s from federal way washing average income is 80k average home price 600k he’s not a good dude he’s just a shit talker that backs it up on the court and you can leave it like that
There are hood within every city. You know the median home price in LA? That includes parts of South Central like Watts.
Yall need to realize Google wont tell you it all lol
Federal Way is a city with a 100k people lol, you’d gotta compare it to one of the smaller cities in LA county like Pasadena if anything lmao.
Federal Way gets super grimey in the part Jaden is from though… Lots of young kids in gangs. I remember the Timberwolves had multiple videos of him shouting out his local rapper friends NWM JayJay and NWM Zay, one of them is locked up on murder charges and the other just got shot last year. I know for a fact he lost friends to violence growing up
That’s actually really sad man :(
That was a funny quote.
Sloppy fat boy 2.0
The closeup of him, grabbing Jokic after he ran up the floor, looking completely unbothered, goes hard as hell. Jaden’s having an all-time walk the talk series
Bruh he was smiling at him like gotcha, or like boy you know what you doing
And he never smiles that’s the best part
Yeah, that edit is gonna go crazy
Bro isn’t aura farming he’s aura reaping.
He’s had a good playoffs so far (not counting tonight)
Jaden McDaniels single-handedly dismantling the Nuggets
idk I think Mike Malone doesn’t get enough credit
He doesn’t and the previous gm. He did a great job constructing a great roster
The previous GM is certainly very good at constructing rosters
Unfortunately they break the minute they beat Denver. I wouldn’t mind you rethinking the strategy for both of us
That’s what I’m saying. These guys play 10x harder against the Nuggets and I don’t get it
Previous GM caused this situation, dude wasted 2 straight offseasons of prime Jokic
Held the team accountable and weak ass Nuggets didn’t like it I guess
Love to see it
“The clock still be running so I’m gonna score.”
Goddamn right my man, stand on that shit
All time quote. Add it to the Hall
Jokic PR so bad you think he was in the files
It’s actually wild lol
Jokic feels like he’s in this weird area where he’s mostly beloved on this sub but the rare times there’s an actual opening to go against him here there’s a post every 15 seconds making fun of him
Same thing happened down the stretch of the 2023 MVP race
It’s also a massive sub with a lot of different opinions
It’s a Reddit/social media thing. Just an ebb and flow of circlejerks. The next time he has a good game you will get mass downvoted for criticizing him. All you have to do is just sit out until a player you don’t like has a bad game then tag in on the hate threads.
I’ve been waiting for my turn for SGA…
Lmao this is very funny, I am sure many here can relate haha
havent we all
You won’t see it with a bad 8 seed that has no business even being in the playoffs
Does the NBA have younger fans on average compared to other leagues? Just always so much time spent on hating great players by the fans.
NBA is just a hater culture it has nothing to do with age. Some of the biggest haters are old heads.
I think so, however I’m old and Shai is one of my top 5 most hated humans on the planet.
this is funny cause I’m pretty sure you’re being sarcastic but I’ve seen people legit wish him blowing out both his achilles for grifting free throws
I’m not being sarcastic I hate him with all my heart.
somehow this is even more funny lmao
He’s an absolutely great player. Does he foul bait? Of course- to the point it’s tough to root for him sometimes. He’s so damn skilled but sometimes he doesn’t even pretend to make a basketball play. That’s the league right now though- more a league issue that guys all exploit- some more than others
I don’t believe he is great, I believe he is incapable of feeling shame.
They just feel emboldened when they’re up.
man old heads are some of the biggest haters? have yall seen goat debates?
Hate it. Waste of time
Combine that with the fact that anyone popular enough for a long time will become reddit public enemy number 1
They were calling him the greatest of all time before this series started
This is a straw man argument lmao, no one, and I mean not even Nuggets fans think he’s the greatest of all time
It’s wild right? A few Jokic simps post stupid shit and an entire group of even worse fans get enraged and post hate about a guy that obviously doesn’t even care about such platitudes.
Entire threads built on trashing the guy. It’s wild
Well that’s just ridiculous
Who?
They
No they werent
Is “they” in the room with you right now?
It’s funny that trolls make you hate a player so much. We are doomed
lol no need to make stuff up
Because all the jokic fanboys are in hiding whenever this happens
People started giving him best player stolen valor so the public’s perception has started to sway
thats what they said last game
Star players have bad games all the time. This kind of thinking is awful because it will be applied to literally every single player possible at any time.
Because his fans are insufferable and nerd stats (that aren’t even good) have taken over discourse in a super shitty way
Nerd stats like points, rebounds, and assists?
Because those people who are for him are unhealthily for him. There’s no nuance here
I think since luka hate since the celtics finals has stayed on regardless of what happened after is getting people confident to do it to jokic even with the ring buff.
I been going at joker for 2-3 years now man. Glad ppl catching up on his defense but whatever. The only real. He is getting as much flak is because his offense isn’t overshadowing his defense.
EmbiidVP propaganda work was crazy
He averaged 30 with elite defense.
People wanted to give it to wemby with less offensive output because of the defense. Smdh yall are morons
He gets a lot of praise without any of the accomplishments. Which is my issue.
He’s still a top 20 player, top 5 offensive player etc etc but I hope we can stop mythifing him. He’s not a god surrounded by bums.
He won 3 mvps and a ring. That is plenty of accomplishments to get praise lol.
Mj, lebron, kareem, wilt and bill russell are the only ones who have more mvps than him
His comment is hilariously stupid
Yeah, no accomplishments. Hasn’t done anything impressive. I mean only a top 20 all-time player according to you…that’s so meh.
Weird self contradictory statement that isn’t even remotely correct. “Without any of the accomplishments?” Huh?!?
Beating the nuggets is wolves championship
Good enough for me. We have the most entertaining playoff basketball with these two teams.
People say it’s ok because SGA gets hounded like this when he has a bad game and it’s payback. I don’t think SGA ever gets this amount of hate except for his rip through foul baiting.
That’s the whole point though? Jokic is just as egregious and nuggets fans ran a slander campaign all 24-25 about him
Still managing to make this about sga is hilarious
SGA gets way more hate lol. It’s all season too. I know because I take part in some of it
That’s what happens when you’re fat and white and overhyped. People were legitimately asking whether he was better than LeBron all time 😂😂😂
He took almost no PR hit for badly injuring one of the morris twins on a body check outside of game action.
Tbh nobody cares about an annoying scrub like the morris twins who probably deserved it
This sub during that play was crazy bc people were acting like it was justified when I know if it was any other player they’d call him every slur.
His braids are clean as hell
They’re really well done
Not only that but he wears the freshest clothes, eats at the chillest restaurants and hangs out with the hottest dudes.
Question but how does sweating work with braids? Do the braids absorb the sweat well? Or does the haircare stuff (i know coconut oil) basically make them not absorb sweat well and it just drips down your back off the ends?
Usually each time you go to the bathroom you will dab some toilet paper on your head to soak up any sweat or oils. And sometimes at the end of the day you’ll wring it out if there’s extra or you missed a few tp dabbing sessions.
You’re right that the haircare products like coconut oil will cause other fluids to bead up and roll off easier to prevent build up. Pretty cool actually
oh so you have to manually dry off the sweat yourself throughout the day to avoid it staying inside the braids and getting nasty? interesting i guess that makes sense
I was going to say the same thing, beautiful work!
this guy’s lack of filter is hilarious
The Ant Effect
I always liked his game, but this series turned me into a Jaden McDaniels fan.
Wolves fans have always said he’s one of the funniest guys in the league, but he never gets any attention for it lol
I see an angry 6’11 Serbian man running at me I shit myself.
McDaniels sees it and he just continues to rage bait.
Truly a one of a kind individual
he knows Jokic swings and Wolves make it to round 2
I hate him so much. But he’d be my favorite player if he was on the Nuggets.
Jaden out here fat-shaming Jokic smh
Nico would have traded Jokic for McDaniels by now
Dude’s funny and also showed the Nuggets have no fight in them if you talk shit. They’ll suddenly find it though if you shoot a ball with less than 2 seconds.
Playing the Wolves so many times has made me appreciate Ant and McDaniels. I think they are both hilarious in interviews and step up in the clutch against the Nuggs often so you have to tip your cap and respect their game. Wish the Nuggets played with their intensity and swagger. Baguette Biyombo continues to play very well against Jokic and the Nuggets and has been the driving force in the Wolves domination this series. Hoping the Nuggs pull their collective heads out of their asses in Game 5 and at least put up a respectable performance and fight to win not try to start a fight embarrassingly at the end.
I’m a fan. Seems like a humble hardworking type of player.
Getting better every year.
McDaniels surprised that their 7 foot practice traffic cone is moving
Big as hell 😂
Jaden McDaniels making this whole team look like a bunch of hoes
Not a wolves fan but I’m buying a mcdaniels jersey after this series lol
You can tell he doesn’t like some of the questions so he like internally snaps and he’s like fuck it ima talk my shit
Bro cracks me up. Like Kawhi and OG lol.
This man is trolling the hell out of the Nuggets, lol.
Mcdaniels is a dawg
Absolutely love his demeanor being this way at all times
Lol. Facts.
HE CALLED CHOKIC FAT LOL
He do be big as hell.
Hey Nikola, not sure if you heard that Jaden said you are big as hell. Just curious what your thoughts are on that?
Top tier quote
This is probably one of the best mind games in NBA getting actual results lol.
This dude just says what he thinks, regardless of the situation. And he’s always so calm when he does it. I think that’s why he’s so funny lmao
a masterclass of ragebaiting
Bro is in their head 🤣
Has Jaden ever told a joke?
No jokes, only truths.
Seriously 😂
He’s in crisis mode. Sad times for Denver
Dude is showing Denver what it means to have the fight in you and the composure to use it accordingly. Which is funny, given that Denver has won idk how many games this season just marching through teams in crunch time. Guess they got too used to it just working, now have no idea what to do when it doesn’t
This Nugget’s team has been completely demoralized. Crazy that they keep losing to the Wolevs, but the Wolves have yet to be capitalize into a finals apperance. Nuggets have their chip, so Nugget’s fans can’t be all that sad.
I’m a nugs fan but a competitive basketball fan first. He really could talk his shit rn I wouldn’t even be mad, love the competitiveness. It ain’t over til it’s over tho.
This dude is like Mazzulla levels of maybe he’s actually a sociopath. Just zero facial expression whatsoever.
Undiagnosed astigmatism strikes again
Jokic is such a baby. He and his team got absolutely clapped by a team without two of their key players.
Jaden: Is this your MVP?
This shit is over even if the wolves win ant is probably done for at least3 weeks with hyper extended knee and he already has another bad knee . Donte out for a year .
Even more embarrassing for the Nugs then.
At least they actually have won a championship lol ant is proably done for the season unless they make the wcf he has 2 bad knees and this takes at least 3 to 4 weeks then he will be on a minutes restriction on top of that
You gonna be alright bud? You’re coping heavily right now