Since arriving in the NBA in 2022, Dyson Daniels has had to substitute his offseasons with the Atlanta Hawks in favor of his international responsibilities, with him being featured on the Australian Olympic and FIBA World Cup rosters the past two summers.
During the Atlanta Hawks' media day earlier this week, Daniels pointed out that this has been his first offseason where he hasn't had to juggle his NBA and international duties, being able to focus solely on the Hawks for a summer for the first time in his young career.
Daniels said, "This summer was really fun for me because my first two summers I had a World Cup and an Olympics, so I didn’t really get time off to work on my game, and this summer I was able to work with my trainer, work on my game"
While this may appear to be a minor development in the grand scheme of his career, Daniels would elaborate on the significance of this rare offseason for him by citing specific aspects of his game that he finally got time to focus on.