Don MacLean vs. Jaden McDaniels Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Jaden McDaniels and Don MacLean, from their rookie seasons to their last year played, in chronological order with awards, stats, championships and playoff performance of their teams every year.

Who had the better rookie season? Who had best stats in their 10th season? Who won a championship first? These questions and many others, are answered here.

Don MacLean played 9 years in the NBA, 5 more than Jaden McDaniels, who played 4. Don MacLean had the first of his seasons in 1992-93, while Jaden McDaniels had his rookie season in 2020-21. With that starting point, here you can take a look at each of their seasons side by side and compare how their careers evolved in achivements, awards and championships won, the stats they recorded both in the Regular Season and the Playoffs and how their teams performed in the postseason.

Season 2
	Don MacLean	Jaden McDaniels
Season	1993-94	2021-22
Team	Washington Bullets	Minnesota Timberwolves
Honors & Awards	Most Improved Player	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Timberwolves Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Don MacLean	75	33.2	18.2	1.9	4.4	6.2	2.1	0.6	0.3	2.0	2.3	6.9	13.7	.502	0.0	0.3	.143	4.4	5.3	.824
Jaden McDaniels	70	25.8	9.2	1.1	3.1	4.2	1.1	0.7	0.8	1.1	3.2	3.6	7.9	.460	1.1	3.6	.317	0.8	1.0	.803
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Don MacLean	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Jaden McDaniels	6	21.7	9.3	0.8	2.0	2.8	0.7	0.3	1.8	1.0	3.0	3.0	5.7	.529	1.7	3.3	.500	1.7	2.0	.833

Season 4
	Don MacLean	Jaden McDaniels
Season	1995-96	2023-24
Team	Denver Nuggets	Minnesota Timberwolves
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive Second Team
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Timberwolves Lost West Conf Finals

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Don MacLean	56	19.8	11.2	1.1	2.6	3.7	1.6	0.4	0.1	1.2	1.9	4.2	9.8	.426	0.3	0.9	.286	2.6	3.5	.732
Jaden McDaniels	72	29.2	10.5	0.8	2.3	3.1	1.4	0.9	0.6	1.2	3.0	4.3	8.7	.489	1.2	3.5	.337	0.8	1.1	.722
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Don MacLean	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Jaden McDaniels	16	33.6	12.2	1.8	2.1	3.8	1.1	0.9	1.1	1.1	3.4	4.5	8.8	.514	1.5	3.5	.429	1.7	2.2	.771