Jalen McDaniels is coming off a promising rookie season in which he averaged 5.6 points and 4.1 rebounds in 16 games with the Hornets. Between his time with the Hornets and his 31 games with the Greensboro Swarm, the No. 52 pick in 2019 flashed potential to do three important things: rebound, defend, and stretch the floor.
The slender 6-foot-10, 205-pound forward showed he can be effective enough cleaning the glass at the NBA level after averaging 8.0 rebounds on a per-36 minute basis. Last year his Defensive Real Plus/Minus was +0.51, which ranked a healthy 25th among all power forwards (min.