Just as the Timberwolves get set to welcome a couple key pieces back into the fold, they discovered they’ll be missing another for the foreseeable future.
Jaden McDaniels is “week to week” after an MRI revealed a bone bruise and patella tendinopathy in his left knee, the team announced Monday.
The NBA playoffs start in fewer than three weeks, with fewer than two weeks remaining in the regular season. So while McDaniels — who appeared to suffer the bone bruise late in Wednesday’s overtime win over Houston — has time to recover for the postseason, he likely won’t be aiding Minnesota’s seeding push.
The Timberwolves went into Monday’s tilt in Dallas tied with Houston for the No. 5 seed, and two games behind Denver for the fourth spot.
McDaniels is the team’s top perimeter defender and is third on the team in scoring (14.8 point per game) while shooting a career best 42.1% from 3-point range this season.
Minnesota was set to get Ayo Dosunmu back Monday after the reserve guard missed a pair of games with calf tightness, while Anthony Edwards was listed as questionable for the Mavericks game and was also expected to make his return after sitting two weeks with right knee patellofemoral pain syndrome.