Minnesota Timberwolves All-Defense forward Jaden McDaniels has agreed to a one-year, $40 million extension that will keep him under contract through the 2029-30 season, agents Nima Namakian of Innovate Sports and Bill Duffy of WME Basketball tell ESPN.

Rob Dillingham is such an interesting case, he was always nice and professional with me, shared his frustrations, and was vulnerable about his situation in Minnesota. He was great to cover, literally couldn’t ask for any more as a journalist than what he gave us. On the practice court, he frequently stayed late with Mike Conley and Pablo Prigioni after practices, reworked his jumper, he seemed coachable. His second season he worked with Conley almost every practice. His locker was right next to Conley and Bones Hyland. He had Prigioni to coach him, he had Rudy Gobert to learn pick and rolls from, and Hyland spoke often about mentoring him about finding a role. But it just never translated to game minutes, way too many turnovers whether it was summer league or NBA games, questionable shot selection and then missing the open ones. His effort on defense and rebounding was usually there, but the offensive side it just never clicked. Honestly going to a winning team that needed competence and consistency more than development might have been the worst thing for him… but then Chicago moved on from him as well… I hope it’s not over for him, because he has so much talent and from the media perspective seemed like a good young guy. This concludes Andrew’s TED talk, thanks for reading lol