Official Anthony Edwards Thread

[FinnTheHuman]

Come on guys, he would have said those words to anyone ... even someone with a work ethic equal to Garnett's...I read it as a typical ritual sentence towards a kid...

Yeah it is a typical ritual sentence from the boomer era, and that typical approach played its part in many young people failing. It's the opposite of a desired andragogical approach. You'd think GM's would be more socially intelligent and educated on how to lead in 2020, but here we are listening to Rosas saying 3 times in a 1 minute conversation where he's only a 1/3 of the participants that Edwards now has to repay them with hard work for picking him 1st, like he didn't earn being picked 1st already. It's disrespectful, it doesn't show confidence, just bad leadership.

That just shows you hear what you want to hear. Listen to it again... The very first thing Rosa told Anthony was " YOU EARN THIS OPPORTUINTY" WTF can't make it up. Just relax people it's 2020 and COVID don't we have other things in your life to analysis then a 3 min conversion that took place second after we drafted the "KID".

This is a 19 year old kid who got a 60 mil contract to play basketball for the next 5 years. He can just take the money and decide to give up playing on the elite level in 4-5 years if you try to strong-arm him into work work work. He still didn't even land in Minneapolis, you don't try to squeeze in "what can you do for me?" every time you get the chance to speak. Tell him to celebrate with his family, tell him that we're happy to have him, tell him that KAT and D'Angello can't wait to take him under their wing and that they're surely gonna have fun growing together.

I'm sorry it's been pretty easy for me to pick up red flags in the Wolves management over the years, but I have a track record of noticing early when it sucks. Been accurate on Khan and Thibs sucking at leadership, been accurate on loving Flip's leadership, and from a few bits on Rosas, I don't like the guy, sorry. Hope he proves me wrong, but this looks like some scared corporate boomer behavior that doesn't work with today's generation.

Wish we had a gm like Morey or Masai who actually have high social intelligence.

[Klomp]

This is a 19 year old kid who got a 60 mil contract to play basketball for the next 5 years. He can just take the money and decide to give up playing on the elite level in 4-5 years if you try to strong-arm him into work work work. He still didn't even land in Minneapolis, you don't try to squeeze in "what can you do for me?" every time you get the chance to speak. Tell him to celebrate with his family, tell him that we're happy to have him, tell him that KAT and D'Angello can't wait to take him under their wing and that they're surely gonna have fun growing together.

I'm sorry it's been pretty easy for me to pick up red flags in the Wolves management over the years, but I have a track record of noticing early when it sucks. Been accurate on Khan and Thibs sucking at leadership, been accurate on loving Flip's leadership, and from a few bits on Rosas, I don't like the guy, sorry. Hope he proves me wrong, but this looks like some scared corporate boomer behavior that doesn't work with today's generation.

Wish we had a gm like Morey or Masai who actually have high social intelligence.

You are reading far too much into this.

[FinnTheHuman]

This is a 19 year old kid who got a 60 mil contract to play basketball for the next 5 years. He can just take the money and decide to give up playing on the elite level in 4-5 years if you try to strong-arm him into work work work. He still didn't even land in Minneapolis, you don't try to squeeze in "what can you do for me?" every time you get the chance to speak. Tell him to celebrate with his family, tell him that we're happy to have him, tell him that KAT and D'Angello can't wait to take him under their wing and that they're surely gonna have fun growing together.

I'm sorry it's been pretty easy for me to pick up red flags in the Wolves management over the years, but I have a track record of noticing early when it sucks. Been accurate on Khan and Thibs sucking at leadership, been accurate on loving Flip's leadership, and from a few bits on Rosas, I don't like the guy, sorry. Hope he proves me wrong, but this looks like some scared corporate boomer behavior that doesn't work with today's generation.

Wish we had a gm like Morey or Masai who actually have high social intelligence.

You are reading far too much into this.

You've defended every Wolves FO employee in the last 15 years right up until the moment they got fired, and we made the playoffs once in that time span, so I choose to skip your opinion on the matter.

[minimus]

Wish we had a gm like Morey or Masai who actually have high social intelligence.

The story did not end well with Morey in HOU

[Dewey]

Come on guys, he would have said those words to anyone ... even someone with a work ethic equal to Garnett's...I read it as a typical ritual sentence towards a kid...

no doubt ... people just like to pick away with negativity

I prolly woulda went Wiseman, but were to assumes Ball/Wiseman/Edwards all pan out, I think it's safe to suggest Edwards is the more natural fit with DLo and KAT. Cannot deny that an extremely athletic 6-5" Guard, 225 lbs, and a 7' wing span proves talent worthy is intruiging.

[FinnTheHuman]

Wish we had a gm like Morey or Masai who actually have high social intelligence.

The story did not end well with Morey in HOU

And Philly grabbed him as soon as he became available.

[KGdaBom]

Congratulations wolf pack on getting Edwards!!!

I've been watching Antman for years now. I have no doubt in my mind he is going to be on the same level as Mitch Richmond and Bradley Beal, or a rich man's Isiah Rider.

Don't worry about his 3pt shot, he will be hitting 40% from three and 80% from the free throw line in a year or two and he will be an all star for +10 years down the road.

What can we say. We hope you're right. However if you want to trade us Okongwu and Hunter for him we would listen.

[minimus]

Wish we had a gm like Morey or Masai who actually have high social intelligence.

The story did not end well with Morey in HOU

And Philly grabbed him as soon as he became available.

1) PHI story is not finished yet
2) There is no other GM worse than Brand

[Baseline81]

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[FinnTheHuman]

The story did not end well with Morey in HOU

And Philly grabbed him as soon as he became available.

1) PHI story is not finished yet
2) There is no other GM worse than Brand

1) He was doing an amazing job in Hou, but cheapass Fertitta didn’t want to pay the lux tax in 3 consecutive years after Harden’s mvp season. Morey kept Houston a 2nd tier contender while not paying the lux tax for 3 straight years, can’t ask for anything more
2) He left Houston, he wasn’t fired, and any franchise would love to have Morey, it’s not about Philly doing a bad job picking him up

[Baseline81]

Behind the Scenes of the Timberwolves’ Decision to Draft Anthony Edwards
https://www.theringer.com/2020/11/19/21575235/nba-draft-anthony-edwards-minnesota-timberwolves

Interesting nugget:

The teenager grew an inch during the never-ending predraft process that stretched from March to November, another reminder of just how many ways he still has to grow. Edwards is now 6-foot-6 and 230 pounds with a 6-foot-10 wingspan. He’ll be one of the strongest and most powerful shooting guards in the NBA, while ranking in the 89th percentile among players at the position in running vertical leap and the 100th percentile in 3/4 sprint.

[Mattya]

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Wow that is a great edit

[Worm Guts]

Our #1 pick has never been on a team with even a 500 record, not AAU, HS, or college.
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According to Wikipedia, Edwards won a state championship in HS in 2018 and was runner up in 2019. I've heard your comment in other places before, so if Wikipedia is wrong, I'd like to know it.

[SmokeyPaw]

Behind the Scenes of the Timberwolves’ Decision to Draft Anthony Edwards
https://www.theringer.com/2020/11/19/21575235/nba-draft-anthony-edwards-minnesota-timberwolves

Interesting nugget:

The teenager grew an inch during the never-ending predraft process that stretched from March to November, another reminder of just how many ways he still has to grow. Edwards is now 6-foot-6 and 230 pounds with a 6-foot-10 wingspan. He’ll be one of the strongest and most powerful shooting guards in the NBA, while ranking in the 89th percentile among players at the position in running vertical leap and the 100th percentile in 3/4 sprint.

Roughly same size as okoro (6'6" hgt, 6'9" ws). I'm thinking he'll frequently be playing SF, but we'll see.

[SmokeyPaw]

Our #1 pick has never been on a team with even a 500 record, not AAU, HS, or college.
.

According to Wikipedia, Edwards won a state championship in HS in 2018 and was runner up in 2019. I've heard your comment in other places before, so if Wikipedia is wrong, I'd like to know it.

They did win the AAA championship in 2018. Edwards scored 9 points. https://georgiabulletin.org/news/2018/03/holy-spirit-preparatory-boys-successfully-defend-state-basketball-title/

[urinesane]

He sounds like a good kid, so I hope having Ricky as a solid leader (and someone who will make sure people are in correct positions and playing the right way) with KAT and DLo setting the tone as our top guys will allow Edwards to focus on playing defense and taking good shots within the offense.

If they can get him to buy into that, he could be a very good piece for the future if he's able to fulfill some of his potential.

The comparison to Wiggins makes me more hopeful in the fact that he isn't a string bean that will get pushed around a lot early on, he's got a solid frame and size now and will grow into his body even more over the next 5-6 years.

Again, I'm not copping out, I didn't like him as the pick pre-draft, but he's with the Wolves now, so I 100% want to be wrong about him. I think adding Rubio was a brilliant move and will really change the environment and dynamic of this team.

[NebWolvesFan]

Our #1 pick has never been on a team with even a 500 record, not AAU, HS, or college.
.

According to Wikipedia, Edwards won a state championship in HS in 2018 and was runner up in 2019. I've heard your comment in other places before, so if Wikipedia is wrong, I'd like to know it.

I think that was more of a AAU complaint that his teams didn't win, but he didn't seem to be a player who cherry picked teams. I'm sure if he wanted to play on a stud team he could have. He also could have gone to Duke and probably been on a team ranked in the top 5 all year. Hell Georgia won 5 more games last year than the year before and it was Edwards and a bunch of lightly ranked freshmen.

[jpatrick]

Our #1 pick has never been on a team with even a 500 record, not AAU, HS, or college.
.

According to Wikipedia, Edwards won a state championship in HS in 2018 and was runner up in 2019. I've heard your comment in other places before, so if Wikipedia is wrong, I'd like to know it.

I think that was more of a AAU complaint that his teams didn't win, but he didn't seem to be a player who cherry picked teams. I'm sure if he wanted to play on a stud team he could have. He also could have gone to Duke and probably been on a team ranked in the top 5 all year. Hell Georgia won 5 more games last year than the year before and it was Edwards and a bunch of lightly ranked freshmen.

I guess I don’t know. I’m just repeating what I’ve heard/read. Good find.

[Baseline81]

I wondered whether he'd try for 5 (Beasley's number) or choose another.

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[minimus]

I hope that Edwards can immediately impact the game with his rebounding ability, even if we might play smallball, guards must play big. It drove me crazy when Wiggins despite all his physical tools did not care about helping teammates and cleaning the glass. Watch this game, how decisive Edwards was when he rebounded the ball.

Watch on YouTube

Rubio is also a solid rebounder. Overall, with KAT back, improved perimeter defense around Okogie, Rubio, Culver I would like to see commitment to rebound as team, which might unlock transition to fast break. With Edwards, Vanderbilt, KAT, Culver, Okogie we MUST run in transition harder and more often.