Anthony Edwards has changed his number with the Minnesota Timberwolves from No. 1 to No. 5. When Edwards was drafted in 2020, No. 5 was already taken by Malik Beasley. Edwards began the process of switching his number after Beasley was traded to the Utah Jazz.
“A1 From Day 1 was given to me,” Edwards told Shams Charania. “That wasn’t something I created. … I’ve always been No. 5.”
Edwards lost his mother, Yvette, and his grandmother Shirley to cancer in the same year, when he was just 14. Both died on the fifth of the month and Edwards was born on Aug. 5.
Edwards said fans will see “a whole different player.”
“A lot of athleticism. A lot more dunks,” Edwards said. “A different level of play because I got my number on my back now.”
Edwards signed five-year extension with the Minnesota Timberwolves this offseason that could be worth $260 million.
