Anthony Edwards Grows Two Inches To 6'6 Since Draft

Post #1 » by **RealGM Wiretap** » Thu Sep 2, 2021 2:36 pm

Anthony Edwards has grown two inches since he was drafted from 6'4 to 6'6.

"This is a very Ant thing," Chris Finch said at the Star Tribune booth at the Minnesota State Fair on Wednesday. "He told me, 'Don't let me get to 6-6 or I'll be Michael Jordan.'"

The growth spurt of Edwards could allow the Minnesota Timberwolves to use Edwards as an undersized power forward in certain lineups.

"He's an extremely unique player and has all this raw ability, but he's very literal when you coach him. Like I say to him, 'I need you to go out and do X,' he'll do it," Finch said. "We discovered in the last part of the season [when I'd tell him], 'I need you to get seven rebounds tonight.' We gave him goals almost every game or every period of time, so you give him stuff to focus on and he went out and did that."

Via Chris Hine/Star Tribune

Salty1 · Post #2 » by **Salty1** » Thu Sep 2, 2021 5:15 pm

Wow this is huge for the kid!

KGdaBom · Post #3 » by **KGdaBom** » Thu Sep 2, 2021 5:41 pm

I don't get why this is news today. The wolves were claiming he grew to 6'6" a year ago. :banghead:

RedSalsa · Post #4 » by **RedSalsa** » Thu Sep 2, 2021 6:00 pm

Lol

BS

IWishIWasHarden · Post #5 » by **IWishIWasHarden** » Thu Sep 2, 2021 6:23 pm

It's a mistake to waste his limited time learning rubbish like how to play PF.

Focus on making him great in specific areas, like Jordan/Kobe. Even Lebron didn't waste time on that nonsense.

ecuhus1981 · Post #6 » by **ecuhus1981** » Thu Sep 2, 2021 8:54 pm

The Wolves have more depth on the perimeter than anything, so AE being able to moonlight as a 4 could unlock some fun lineups. Kudos u the young man for being moldable, and to the coach for recognizing how to tap into his potential.

Vegeta10176 · Post #7 » by **Vegeta10176** » Fri Sep 3, 2021 4:15 am

IWishIWasHarden wrote:It's a mistake to waste his limited time learning rubbish like how to play PF.

Focus on making him great in specific areas, like Jordan/Kobe. Even Lebron didn't waste time on that nonsense.

I am going to assume they mean more defensively to play a small ball line up and on offensive he will be wherever..

Killboard · Post #8 » by **Killboard** » Sat Sep 4, 2021 1:44 am

Vegeta10176 wrote:
IWishIWasHarden wrote:It's a mistake to waste his limited time learning rubbish like how to play PF.

Focus on making him great in specific areas, like Jordan/Kobe. Even Lebron didn't waste time on that nonsense.

I am going to assume they mean more defensively to play a small ball line up and on offensive he will be wherever..

Yeap. There is no chance he is defended by average PF with his drive game. He neither is like rookie Wiggins that barely had any of that and just was posting up people to get his shot off.