The Minnesota Timberwolves are having a truly bizarre day in terms of their players throwing very ill-advised punches.
Timberwolves forward Jaden McDaniels was ruled out for the rest of Sunday’s game against the New Orleans Pelicans with what the team called a hand injury. Cameras caught him punching a wall in frustration while walking down the tunnel during the first half, which seemed to be the cause of the injury issue.
Jaden McDaniels punched a wall so hard he put himself out of the game pic.twitter.com/QJQFoMI1i2
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Remarkably, this happened after Timberwolves center Rudy Gobert threw a punch at a teammate. The team ruled him out for the rest of the game as well.
The Timberwolves have already secured a spot in the play-in tournament, but they do not appear to have it together, at least not mentally. That might cost them at least one key player in the play-in game depending on the severity of McDaniels’ hand injury.
