{"id":705683,"date":"2026-04-08T18:17:17","date_gmt":"2026-04-08T18:17:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/705683\/"},"modified":"2026-04-08T18:17:17","modified_gmt":"2026-04-08T18:17:17","slug":"anthony-edwards-out-jaden-mcdaniels-upgraded-vs-magic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/705683\/","title":{"rendered":"Anthony Edwards out, Jaden McDaniels upgraded vs. Magic"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/clutchpoints.com\/nba\/minnesota-timberwolves\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Minnesota Timberwolves<\/a> visit the Orlando Magic on Wednesday, and both <a href=\"https:\/\/clutchpoints.com\/nba\/players\/b76109c3\/anthony-edwards\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Anthony Edwards<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/clutchpoints.com\/nba\/players\/b14309e6\/jaden-mcdaniels\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Jaden McDaniels<\/a> are listed on the team\u2019s injury report. Edwards <a href=\"https:\/\/ak-static.cms.nba.com\/referee\/injury\/Injury-Report_2026-04-08_01_30PM.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">has been ruled out<\/a> while McDaniels was upgraded to questionable. Here\u2019s everything we know about Anthony Edwards and Jaden McDaniels\u2019 injury and playing status for the Timberwolves\u2019 game against the Magic.<\/p>\n<p>Anthony Edwards, Jaden McDaniels\u2019 status vs. Magic<\/p>\n<p>Anthony Edwards is ruled out and will miss his third consecutive game as <a href=\"https:\/\/clutchpoints.com\/nba\/minnesota-timberwolves\/timberwolves-rumors-anthony-edwards-knee-injury-similar-stephen-curry-with-catch\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">he\u2019s dealing with a knee injury<\/a>. McDaniels on the other hand, was upgraded on the injury report to questionable. He\u2019s been sidelined for the past six games also due to a knee injury.<\/p>\n<p>While McDaniels\u2019 status doesn\u2019t meant that he will suit up against the Magic, it does indicate that his recovery is trending in the right direction. The injury initially occurred during the team\u2019s game against the Houston Rockets back on March 25. <a href=\"https:\/\/clutchpoints.com\/nba\/minnesota-timberwolves\/timberwolves-news-jaden-mcdaniels-could-miss-rest-of-regular-season-knee-injury\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">McDaniels has been sidelined since then<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>With the playoffs approaching, the Wolves already appear to have their playoff seed sealed. They are currently the No. 6 seed in the Western Conference standings, four games ahead of the No. 7 Phoenix Suns and three games behind both the Los Angeles Lakers and Houston Rockets. The name of the game for them is simply to get healthy for the postseason.<\/p>\n<p>Timberwolves injury report<\/p>\n<p>-Ayo Dosunmu out (right calf injury maintenance)<br \/>-Anthony Edwards out (right knee injury maintenance)<br \/>-Rudy Gobert questionable (rest)<br \/>-Jaden McDaniels questionable (left knee patella tendinopathy)<br \/>-Julius Randel out (right hand soreness)<\/p>\n<p>Magic injury report<\/p>\n<p>-Jamal Cain questionable (left calf contusion)<br \/>-Wendell Carter Jr. questionable (nasal fracture)<br \/>-Jett Howard out (left ankle sprain)<br \/>-Jonathan Isaac out (left knee sprain)<\/p>\n<p>The Minnesota Timberwolves visit the Orlando Magic on Wednesday, and both Anthony Edwards and Jaden McDaniels are listed on the team\u2019s injury report.  Edwards has been ruled out while McDaniels was upgraded to questionable.  Here\u2019s everything we know about Anthony Edwards and Jaden McDaniels\u2019 injury and playing status for the Timberwolves\u2019 game against the Magic.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Minnesota Timberwolves visit the Orlando Magic on Wednesday, and both Anthony Edwards and Jaden McDaniels are listed&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":705684,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3782],"tags":[375,7,377,307,152,3954,6,14502,308],"class_list":{"0":"post-705683","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-minnesota-timberwolves","8":"tag-anthony-edwards","9":"tag-basketball","10":"tag-jaden-mcdaniels","11":"tag-minnesota","12":"tag-minnesota-timberwolves","13":"tag-minnesotatimberwolves","14":"tag-nba","15":"tag-nba-injury","16":"tag-timberwolves"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nba\/116370463556804491","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/705683","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=705683"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/705683\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/705684"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=705683"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=705683"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=705683"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}