Official Anthony Edwards Thread

[Dewey]

I’ll form an opinion after 20 games ... I need to see how Ant trends on an NBA schedule. Culver took half of a season before he seemed to start showing a step in the right direction - I see no reason to think Ant won’t find a groove

[UnFadeable21]

He played much better this second game and has some serious physical tools.

The breakaway slam and run back chase down block was impressive. He should be starting at the small forward as he has the highest ceiling between him, Culver, and Okogie.

[Dewey]

He played much better this second game and has some serious physical tools.

The breakaway slam and run back chase down block was impressive. He should be starting at the small forward as he has the highest ceiling between him, Culver, and Okogie.

My take: Ant (like many) is one of those rookie's who simply react too much. Much due to his athletic advantage prior to the NBA has helped compensate for many of the mental short-falls. He's actually a step behind now because he can't get away with just athleticism alone at the NBA level. Therefore: Like any player, he will need to learn the art of anticipation to get a step ahead, and that will require he willingness to truly understand the schemes on his team AND his opponent. "IF" we are fortunate to see this transpire, we will see a player who is truly engaged in playing winning basketball. Same goes for any player, but Ant's hill will be a little steeper being under a microspcope ... developing the ability to anticipate is his meal ticket.

I've coached many high school kids and the one thing that has always rang true is: Some get it - some don't ... some will work for it - some won't. Some of the best players would never need to atttend a practice and still be able to walk on the floor and start hands down ... not just physically, but mentally. They just understand the schemes and love the cat and mouse game of adjusting their moves and plays like it's a chess match. College coaches will say the same.

[Jedzz]

I’ll form an opinion after 20 games ... I need to see how Ant trends on an NBA schedule. Culver took half of a season before he seemed to start showing a step in the right direction - I see no reason to think Ant won’t find a groove

If he starts with 2 to 3 ugly games it's two way contracts ceiling for life!


I'll start having longer term opinions on him after a season. But still not career opinions. I'll probably know in three to four games whether he should be playing 12 minutes or 30 for the first half of this season, and I'm usually going to hedge towards offbench minutes in specific situations with specific singular goals for a rookie. But judging by our SF/taller Wing role options I'm going to try and bite my tongue if they go 30+ minutes already. I don't think he's well enough prepared mentally yet to show us anywhere near his higher level play to come some day.

[Jedzz]

Read on Twitter

That chasedown block. More please. 2 or 3 of those a game and he will make a name for himself off that alone.

[Jedzz]

IMO the charge called against Edwards last night was total bull hockey. That was a star player play.

He should have taken the open shot without hesitating off the pass. My thought in the moment.

When he didn't and went in instead, go high kid! Rookies don't get the star treatment. But go high and take the basket and1 if they want to try and defend you.

[theGreatRC]

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That chasedown block. More please. 2 or 3 of those a game and he will make a name for himself off that alone.

Something interesting about that block is almost nobody on the Wolves bench reacted...kinda strange.

AntMan is an athletic freak, though. Can't wait to see him punch it on someone this season, hopefully a big man like Embiid lol

[Jedzz]

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That chasedown block. More please. 2 or 3 of those a game and he will make a name for himself off that alone.

Something interesting about that block is almost nobody on the Wolves bench reacted...kinda strange.

AntMan is an athletic freak, though. Can't wait to see him punch it on someone this season, hopefully a big man like Embiid lol

He's going to look good developing in Houston after we send him there and Harden goes to Philly, and Simmons comes here. Just kidding around. Everything does seem strange with the players right now.

[Neeva]

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That chasedown block. More please. 2 or 3 of those a game and he will make a name for himself off that alone.

Something interesting about that block is almost nobody on the Wolves bench reacted...kinda strange.

AntMan is an athletic freak, though. Can't wait to see him punch it on someone this season, hopefully a big man like Embiid lol

Also interesting that Antman has not followed the Timberwolves account on instagram while Hagans and Mcdaniels have, he did follow the University of Texas recently though wtf.

[Merc_Porto]

He looks way more small than i expected.
I see a little bit of Donovan Mitchell however the handling is not that good and that's huge... Still, 19yo.

[minimus]

He looks way more small that i expected.
I see a little bit of Donovan Mitchell however the handling is not that good and that's huge... Still, 19yo.

You should take off this glasses with negative lenses. Antman looks exactly like 6'6 with 230lbs and 6'10 wignspan. Age wise he is close to 2021 class, so we gambled and drafted raw young player and will try to develop him within our system. Right now he has NBA ready body, but very little basketball education. But he will be fine.

[Merc_Porto]

He looks way more small that i expected.
I see a little bit of Donovan Mitchell however the handling is not that good and that's huge... Still, 19yo.

You should take off this glasses with negative lenses. Antman looks exactly like 6'6 with 230lbs and 6'10 wignspan. Age wise he is close to 2021 class, so we gambled and drafted raw young player and will try to develop him within our system. Right now he has NBA ready body, but very little basketball education. But he will be fine.

I dind't say anything negative about his game so far. I just compared his game with a top-30 player in the league actually. But he looks smaller than 6'6 and i think i'm not the first to say that.

If you don't like most of my opinions that's fine but don't like act i said some bad things about the kid and his game. I also think he will be fine. Or at least i really hope so.

[minimus]

He looks way more small that i expected.
I see a little bit of Donovan Mitchell however the handling is not that good and that's huge... Still, 19yo.

You should take off this glasses with negative lenses. Antman looks exactly like 6'6 with 230lbs and 6'10 wignspan. Age wise he is close to 2021 class, so we gambled and drafted raw young player and will try to develop him within our system. Right now he has NBA ready body, but very little basketball education. But he will be fine.

I dind't say anything negative about his game so far. I just compared his game with a top-30 player in the league actually. But he looks smaller than 6'6 and i think i'm not the first to say that.

If you don't like most of my opinions that's fine but don't like act i said some bad things about the kid and his game. I also think he will be fine. Or at least i really hope so.

He looks exactly like like 6'6 with 230lbs and 6'10 wignspan. Bigger than 6'4 Okogie and 6'5 Culver. He is not decisive with the ball, thats why he might play smaller than he is.

I am okay with critique, I am also fine when we disagree. But you start to spread negativity maybe the best thing I can do for you is to say it directly. Usually when I see it in myself, I try to deal with it in silence and see whether it passes reality check.

[Merc_Porto]

You should take off this glasses with negative lenses. Antman looks exactly like 6'6 with 230lbs and 6'10 wignspan. Age wise he is close to 2021 class, so we gambled and drafted raw young player and will try to develop him within our system. Right now he has NBA ready body, but very little basketball education. But he will be fine.

I dind't say anything negative about his game so far. I just compared his game with a top-30 player in the league actually. But he looks smaller than 6'6 and i think i'm not the first to say that.

If you don't like most of my opinions that's fine but don't like act i said some bad things about the kid and his game. I also think he will be fine. Or at least i really hope so.

He looks exactly like like 6'6 with 230lbs and 6'10 wignspan. Bigger than 6'4 Okogie and 6'5 Culver. He is not decisive with the ball, thats why he might play smaller than he is.

I am okay with critique, I am also fine when we disagree. But you start to spread negativity maybe the best thing I can do for you is to say it directly. Usually when I see it in myself, I try to deal with it in silence and see whether it passes reality check.

He doesn't look 6'6 to me. But even that has nothing to do with being negative. I really didn't say anything negative about his perfomance in this 2 games. Funny thing is that Donovan Mitchell looked a disaster in the first 10-15 games of his rookie season. And i see similarities in their games.

But again, i'm not saying he's not really 6'6, just doesn't look like. Geeez

It's not about being negativity to me. It's about being realistic...

I usted to be very positive even for teams that were 16/18 wins. I learn my lesson and i sure i'm going to give my opinion in advance if i see what i believe to be the same old mistakes.

[KGdaBom]

IMO the charge called against Edwards last night was total bull hockey. That was a star player play.

He should have taken the open shot without hesitating off the pass. My thought in the moment.

When he didn't and went in instead, go high kid! Rookies don't get the star treatment. But go high and take the basket and1 if they want to try and defend you.

No star treatment was needed on that play.
He made an awesome drive to the rim on that play and the ref fudged him up the A$$. Sorry for the graphic comment, but that is what it was.

[TheZachAttack]

He's shown that he's a top 1% athlete, even among NBA players who are elite athletes. His closing speed and leaping ability on that chase down block was legit incredible. I also think his shot form looks good.

I'll be looking at small things over the first 20 games or so in order to make up my opinion on Edwards. I'll be looking at things like his hands, his handle, body control around the rim, shot selection, and motor off ball.

I'm not expecting huge numbers from Edwards, but I'm hoping to see that he's got a foundation that can be built from over time along with his athlete athleticism.

[Jedzz]

IMO the charge called against Edwards last night was total bull hockey. That was a star player play.

He should have taken the open shot without hesitating off the pass. My thought in the moment.

When he didn't and went in instead, go high kid! Rookies don't get the star treatment. But go high and take the basket and1 if they want to try and defend you.

No star treatment was needed on that play.
He made an awesome drive to the rim on that play and the ref fudged him up the A$$. Sorry for the graphic comment, but that is what it was.

So you are just going to ignore that he hesitated and pulled it down instead of shooting?

I don't care if he would rather drive it in. But I'd like to see him going up and over more if so which typically gets the refs to be critical of their side of the equation instead of his.

[Jedzz]

That chasedown block. More please. 2 or 3 of those a game and he will make a name for himself off that alone.

Something interesting about that block is almost nobody on the Wolves bench reacted...kinda strange.

AntMan is an athletic freak, though. Can't wait to see him punch it on someone this season, hopefully a big man like Embiid lol

Also interesting that Antman has not followed the Timberwolves account on instagram while Hagans and Mcdaniels have, he did follow the University of Texas recently though wtf.

Oh NO! Not that! It's Ova.

Maybe he's a little busy getting ready for a pro basketball season to assure he's got every one of his social accounts up to your standards.

[KGdaBom]

He should have taken the open shot without hesitating off the pass. My thought in the moment.

When he didn't and went in instead, go high kid! Rookies don't get the star treatment. But go high and take the basket and1 if they want to try and defend you.

No star treatment was needed on that play.
He made an awesome drive to the rim on that play and the ref fudged him up the A$$. Sorry for the graphic comment, but that is what it was.

So you are just going to ignore that he hesitated and pulled it down instead of shooting?

I don't care if he would rather drive it in. But I'd like to see him going up and over more if so which typically gets the refs to be critical of their side of the equation instead of his.

The Ref in this instance was a POS who was just out to screw over Edwards. Possibly because he's the #1 pick. I don't know what that POS's issue was.

[KGdaBom]

Something interesting about that block is almost nobody on the Wolves bench reacted...kinda strange.

AntMan is an athletic freak, though. Can't wait to see him punch it on someone this season, hopefully a big man like Embiid lol

Also interesting that Antman has not followed the Timberwolves account on instagram while Hagans and Mcdaniels have, he did follow the University of Texas recently though wtf.

Oh NO! Not that! It's Ova.

Maybe he's a little busy getting ready for a pro basketball season to assure he's got every one of his social accounts up to your standards.

This one actually made me laugh. Not uproariously or anything, but audibly. Thanks.
Really people worrying about a players social media behavior. Has be been spotted on a boat full of Kardashian's and their posse. That would actually concern me.