It’s only half time in the Houston Rockets first preseason game, but K.J. McDaniels is staking a claim for why he should be getting regular minutes in the rotation.
Not once, not twice, not three times, but on four possessions McDaniels leaked in from the sideline in a cut to the basket to shake his opponent. Each time he was left wide open to receive a lob pass. James Harden, Pablo Prigioni and Patrick Beverley all earned easy assists on the heads up play from McDaniels.
McDaniels bring energy to the court along with solid defensive instincts as his plus 13 through the first half might suggest.