Jaden McDaniels Keeps Trolling Denver After Timberwolves Oust Nuggets
The Minnesota Timberwolves eliminated the Denver Nuggets in the first round of the 2024 NBA playoffs, marking their second consecutive postseason victory over the defending champions. Jaden McDaniels played a pivotal role, delivering strong performances and making controversial comments about Denver's defense. Despite injuries to key players, the Timberwolves advanced to face the San Antonio Spurs in the Western Conference semifinals.
- ▪The Timberwolves defeated the Nuggets in six games during the 2024 first-round playoff series.
- ▪Jaden McDaniels scored a career-high 32 points in Game 6 and made critical defensive contributions.
- ▪McDaniels publicly criticized the Nuggets' defensive abilities, calling multiple players 'bad defenders.'
- ▪Nikola Jokic charged at McDaniels after a late layup in Game 4, leading to a skirmish and subsequent fines.
- ▪Anthony Edwards and Donte DiVincenzo were injured during the series, with DiVincenzo suffering a torn Achilles.
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By Megan ArmstrongShareNewsweek is a Trust Project memberSee more of our trusted coverage when you search.Prefer Newsweek on Googleto see more of our trusted coverage when you search.If anybody in the NBA earned the right to trash-talk the Denver Nuggets in perpetuity, it's the Minnesota Timberwolves.Tim Connelly left his role as Denver's president of basketball operations for the Timberwolves' front office in May 2022, and he proceeded to build the Nuggets' worst nightmare in Minnesota. The Nuggets dispatched the Timberwolves in five games in the first round of the 2023 Western Conference playoffs, going on to win their first championship in franchise history. That's where Denver's fond memories of facing Minnesota end.
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