WATCH: Myles Turner posterizes Jaden McDaniels
Taking a charge is a great way to force a turnover in any level of basketball. However, on Wednesday night, the move completely backfired on Jaden McDaniels of the Minnesota Timberwolves. The 6-foot-9 power forward was planted right outside the restricted circle, preparing to take what he thought was a routine charge against Myles Turner of the Indiana Pacers. It might have seemed like a good idea at the time, but Turner threw a few defenders a pump fake and came barreling down the lane. Then, he absolutely humiliated McDaniels by leaping in the air right when he got to him in the paint, somehow stretching the ball all the way to the hoop for an epic posterization.
Check out the dunk below.
It was without a doubt one of the best dunks of the NBA season thus far. His 7-foot-4 wingspan was on fine display during that dunk as he stretched his arm all the way to the hoop.
Turner put on a show on Wednesday night for Pacers fans, stuffing the stat sheet with 31 points, seven rebounds, and four steals, while connecting on 7 of 9 three-pointers. Indiana lost the game 115-101, but it certainly wasn’t due to Turner’s performance.
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Myles Turner has taken his game to new heights this season
This season, Turner is averaging 17.5 points per game, 8.5 rebounds per game, 1.4 assists per game, and 3.0 blocks per game. It’s his eighth year in the NBA this season and he’s putting up the best numbers of his career in multiple categories. Known as one of the best shot blockers in the league–Turner led the NBA in blocks during the 2019 and 2021 seasons. He also landed on the NBA All-Rookie second team in 2016. In the 2015 NBA Draft, Turner was selected by the Indiana Pacers with the No. 11 overall selection in the first round.
As a freshman at Texas, Turner averaged 10.1 points, 6.5 points, and 2.6 blocks per game–earning Big 12 Freshman of the Year honors. As a high school prospect coming out of Trinity (Euless, Texas), he was rated as a five-star prospect and the No. 6 overall player in the country, according to the On3 Consensus Rankings for the 2014 cycle. He played in the 2014 McDonald’s All-American Game.