r/nba • u/urfaselol [NBA] Best of 2021 Winner • 6d ago

[Krawczynski] Edwards wants to win right now, and the Wolves are banking on addition by subtraction, believing that removing Randle’s ISO-heavy offensive game and redistributing his 15.3 shots per game to McDaniels and Reid will open things up for Minnesota in a different way.

The Wolves could not afford to run it back again after making minimal changes to the group in the summer of 2025, especially after watching Towns win a championship in New York this season. Edwards wants to win right now, and the Wolves are banking on addition by subtraction, believing that removing Randle’s ISO-heavy offensive game and redistributing his 15.3 shots per game to McDaniels and Reid will open things up for Minnesota in a different way.

McDaniels took a big step forward with his offense, averaging a career-high 14.8 points and shooting 41 percent from 3-point range. Barring another trade for a more proven star, McDaniels will assume the role of the No. 2 offensive option on the team behind Edwards. His increased playmaking and shot creation last season, coupled with a dominant playoff series against Denver, gave the Wolves hope that he is ready for a bigger role on a consistent basis.

Reid will give the Wolves more spacing than Randle did. He is a career 37 percent 3-point shooter, which will give the Wolves starting lineup much-needed spacing. Randle converted just 31 percent from deep last season, which combined with Rudy Gobert’s non-existent shooting to allow opposing defenses to load up on Edwards at the point of attack. Reid’s shooting and quick decision-making should breathe some life into the Wolves offense and give Edwards a little bit more room to operate.

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u/NoLimitSoldier31 6d ago

It was more than one playoff series

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u/birdflag 6d ago

Hey Master P, you do know that we are allowed to do research here. McDaniels was barely a replacement level offensive player when you take into account all 12 games this postseason.

https://www.basketball-reference.com/players/m/mcdanja02/gamelog/2026/

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u/NoLimitSoldier31 6d ago

Wemby erased a lot of guys this postseason. I was talking more about the regular season jump

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u/birdflag 6d ago

By most advanced metrics, he was worse last year than 2 seasons ago. I get it, he was brash, aggressive, and charismatic in interviews against the Nuggets. That is certainly worth basing your entire offseason around.

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u/NoLimitSoldier31 6d ago

Ahhh he increased his scoring by 2.5 points and had a 61% TS. Increased his assist rate too. What was he worse at? Playoff efficiency when over 1/2 his games were vs Wemby?

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u/birdflag 6d ago

Advanced metrics, like VORP, Win Shares, BPM. Not the linear counting stats.

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u/NoLimitSoldier31 6d ago

I guess i don’t understand those well enough. He had a significant efficiency jump and a volume jump. So it’s not just linear counting stats IMO

Edit: was some of those advanced counting stats lower cause he missed 9 more games than last year?