The Brooklyn Nets trading cash considerations to the Houston Rockets for KJ McDaniels is the deadline transaction that will steal the headlines and back pages. McDaniels has hardly seen the court down in Houston since Mike D’Antoni took over.
The 24-year-old swingman is averaging a mere 2.8 points and one rebound in about seven minutes per game in 29 games, which includes zero starts. You can’t put up numbers if you’re not playing, but it seems pretty safe to assume McDaniels will get an opportunity in Brooklyn.
McDaniels led his Clemson Tigers in scoring, rebounding, and blocks his junior year.