‘I’m unique’: Dyson Daniels on his NBA niche, missing three-pointers… and investing tips

Dyson Daniels in action for the Atlanta Hawks in the NBA playoffs against the New York Knicks. Photograph: Brynn Anderson/AP

He is a shooting guard that doesn’t often shoot. A wing deployed less for lift than pressure. The style of Australia’s best basketballer, Dyson Daniels, is difficult to describe. “It’s kind of hard for me to describe it too,” he says. “It’s unique.”

He runs the point, and rebounds to make another. And, yes, he is perhaps the NBA’s best defender. “It’s different every game, put it that way.”