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“I wouldn't say I've showcased everything I've got [yet],” Daniels added to ClutchPoints. “I think I've got so much more in me to improve on, but the defensive side of the game, it was something I've always had and I think it really just started to pop this year with my minutes increasing, the role increasing, and just getting a fresh start in Atlanta. “I was able to come here and play alongside Trae Young. He made my life a lot easier and our games kind of really complement each other. Him on the offensive end, me on the defensive end helping him out, so I think for me, it's just about coming into Atlanta with the right mindset, ready to kind of turn the page. I wasn't happy with how my two years went in New Orleans, so I was happy with how this year went, but I feel like I could win Most Improved Player again. It'll be another goal of mine going into year.”

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Josh Giddey, who plays for the Chicago Bulls, and Dyson Daniels (of the Atlanta Hawks) have courted attention on the world’s biggest basketball stage. Speaking to Stellar from Beverly Hills, Melbourne-born Giddey – who is expected to earn a new mega contract this off-season – admits: “I would love to be unknown sometimes”. “I am not complaining; there are definitely good things to come with it,” Giddey tells Stellar in an exclusive interview. “But everything you do is magnified and you always have a spotlight on you following you around. I guess it comes with being an NBA player – there are definitely times where I’d like to be a regular guy and blend in.”

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Daniels, who was raised in the country Victorian town of Bendigo and has been playing basketball since the age of five, made his NBA debut with the New Orleans Pelicans in 2022, before being traded to Atlanta last year. “I saw it as a fresh start,” Daniels, 22, tells Stellar. “I wasn’t happy with how I performed in my first year in the NBA. It wasn’t what I was capable of doing.”

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The pair share banter on Stellar’s set (Giddey calls Daniels his “little brother”) as they star in their first joint fashion shoot. Says Giddey, “We grew up playing against each other … [Dyson] was a Bendigo boy, from the country, and I was Melbourne, in the city, we crossed paths a lot. “When we were 16, 17, we both moved to the Australian Institute of Sport in Canberra. And then our paths have been aligned from juniors to the AIS to the NBA. We’re still very close.” Adds Daniels: “We kind of went through every phase of life together. We’ve grown up together. I became really close with [Josh’s] family.”

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The NBA Player Correspondent Program, which gives players the opportunity to serve as media correspondents at events such as the NBA Draft, All-Star Weekend and NBA Finals, is back. The four players who will provide on-the-ground coverage directly to NBA social and digital platforms this year are: the Philadelphia 76ers’ Jared McCain (Game 1), the Miami Heat’s Jaime Jaquez Jr. (Game 2), the Atlanta Hawks’ Dyson Daniels (Game 3) and the Chicago Bulls’ Matas Buzelis (Game 4). At each assigned game, the player correspondents will be on the ground giving inside access from Oklahoma City and Indiana, beginning with Wednesday’s NBA Finals Media Day.

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Shams Charania: 2024-25 NBA All-Defensive teams: First team: Evan Mobley, Draymond Green, Dyson Daniels, Lu Dort, Amen Thompson Second team: Toumani Camara, Rudy Gobert, Jaren Jackson Jr., Jalen Williams, Ivica Zubac

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After winning the award, Daniels shared what he's aiming for next, and believes he's going to just get better from here. “I really believe I could win this award again,” Daniels said. “I've got so much more left in me. Next year, it's all about taking that next step and setting new goals. I want to be an All-Star in this league and I want to be a championship player.”

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NBA Communications: Atlanta Hawks guard Dyson Daniels is the recipient of the George Mikan Trophy as the 2024-25 Kia NBA Most Improved Player.

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Chris Haynes: Liffmann played integral role in targeting players in free agency and trades, including acquisition of Dyson Daniels from New Orleans.

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Trae Young: Motivation @DysonDaniels . Real ones know. 1of1 #RealDPOY

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Anthony Slater: Evan Mobley wins the Defensive Player of the Year award. Draymond Green finished in third place behind Mobley and Dyson Daniels. Green is expected to finish on first team All-Defense, an honor that he coveted this season.

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NBA Communications: The three finalists for the 2024-25 Kia NBA Most Improved Player Award: ▪️ Cade Cunningham of @DetroitPistons ▪️ Dyson Daniels of @ATLHawks ▪️ Ivica Zubac of @LAClippers

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NBA Communications: The three finalists for the 2024-25 Kia NBA Defensive Player of the Year Award: ▪️ Dyson Daniels of @ATLHawks ▪️ Draymond Green of @warriors ▪️ Evan Mobley of @cavs

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But Daniels is quick enough to stay in front of playmakers. His hands are quicker than a three-card monte hustler’s, which he attributes to playing Australian rules football as a kid. And guarding underhanded gives him another advantage. “In the NBA today, you see so many guards now trying to draw fouls, and that comes from overhand swipes. I think that sweeping through, swiping at the ball, that’s a killer,” Daniels said. “You’re putting a guy on the foul line just from silly mistakes like that. So I think for me, I’m reaching under.”

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