LAS VEGAS — Dyson Daniels is prospering in Atlanta.
Despite the fact that he misses the gumbo, Daniels is glad to be away from New Orleans and the Pelicans group. He was sincere about it when chatting with Jake Fischer of The Stein Line.
“This group is cursed,” Daniels instructed me Wednesday. “Yearly there’s one thing new. I am glad I am not right here anymore…
“I’ve had about 4 or 5 ankle accidents there too. There’s one thing in that water over there or one thing. They’ve had hamstrings. They’ve had knees. They’ve had had concussions and all that too. I do not know what it’s, I assume?
That curse continued this season with the Pelicans 5-21 and ravaged by accidents to Zion Williamson (hamstring), Brandon Ingram (ankle), Jose Alvarado (hamstring) and quite a few different gamers throughout this season. younger season.
Daniels was shipped to Atlanta final summer season as a part of the Dejounte Murray commerce, liberating him from a New Orleans staff that had good younger depth on the wing – Trey Murphy III, Herb Jones, Brandon Ingram, Naji Marshall – and placing him on a staff on the lookout for high quality two-way play on the place.
Though his scoring was properly above the Hawks’ 13.5 factors per sport, his greatest impression was felt on the opposite finish of the court docket – Daniels unleashed himself as an elite defender on the ball. Atlanta is in Las Vegas to play for the NBA Cup largely as a result of Daniels held Jalen Brunson in test with 14 factors on 5-of-15 capturing within the Hawks’ quarterfinal victory over the Knicks. Daniels leads the NBA in steals with 73 (a median of three per sport), and he has turn out to be a disruptive drive on that finish of the court docket.
“I feel I’ve good hand-eye coordination to have the ability to learn the place the ball goes, be capable of react in time, get my hand up rapidly and get offensive gamers to do issues they would not do normally, and put them in positions the place they’re weak with the ball, the place I can take it from them,” Daniels stated Friday of his interceptions.
Daniels added that when he arrived in the USA and performed for the G-League Ignite, he rapidly realized that he wouldn’t be an elite offensive scorer on the NBA stage, however that it’s within the protection that he can hold his hat.
One thing he did not get the possibility to do in New Orleans, because of the curse.
