Who will have a Brighter Future Anthony Edwards or Tyrese Maxey?

[Hussien Fatal]

So, people are repeating cliches about Ant's efficiency when they don't even bother checking how he has shooting been..his EFG% for current season is now 51.3%, which is is higher than average for a guard/wing. He is never going to be an elite shooter but he has been an above average shooter since ASB of rookie season. He will still need more time to improve his playmaking and decision making

Edwards's current TS% is .526. Current league average is .550. Not horrible, but still below average. Not saying it necessarily makes Maxey a better player, but Maxey is currently .561 and his offensive rating is 125 (Edwards is 103).

Maxey has a 61ts%

[ellobo]

So, people are repeating cliches about Ant's efficiency when they don't even bother checking how he has shooting been..his EFG% for current season is now 51.3%, which is is higher than average for a guard/wing. He is never going to be an elite shooter but he has been an above average shooter since ASB of rookie season. He will still need more time to improve his playmaking and decision making

Edwards's current TS% is .526. Current league average is .550. Not horrible, but still below average. Not saying it necessarily makes Maxey a better player, but Maxey is currently .561 and his offensive rating is 125 (Edwards is 103).

Maxey has a 61ts%

I posted his TS% a few days ago, but I suspect that I mistakenly posted his career number instead of this season.

[FNQ]

After watching a half of Maxey... not only is this question legitimate, I'd pick Maxey. I thought Maxey was more of a combo guard with some uninspiring athleticism. He looks damn good

[axeman23]

Seems like a weird comparison, no? Pick #1 vs pick #21? If the #1 DIDN'T have the brighter future, it would threadworthy. Having said that, Maxey is playing with house-money in this comp, so...

[Hussien Fatal]

Time to revisit this thread. Those who said Antman BY FAR couldn’t be any more wrong!

[Wallace_Wallace]

For once, I think I agree with OP.

Right now, Anthony Edwards looks nice in highlights, but advanced stats (TS%, Winshares, BPM, VORP) does not favor him a bit unlike Maxey. I don't know why the Wolves would prioritize Edwards over KAT. When comparing Edwards and KAT's first two seasons, KAT has more points, rebounds, almost same amount of assists as a big man; KAT also has him beat in TS, WS, BPM, VORP and even a pointless stat like PER. Maxey is currently a better player while Edwards is more of a highlight reel; hopefully Edwards will eventually be better than the Andrew Wiggins when he was playing for Minnesota.

[Vampirate]

For once, I think I agree with OP.

Right now, Anthony Edwards looks nice in highlights, but advanced stats (TS%, Winshares, BPM, VORP) does not favor him a bit unlike Maxey. I don't know why the Wolves would prioritize Edwards over KAT. When comparing Edwards and KAT's first two seasons, KAT has more points, rebounds, almost same amount of assists as a big man; KAT also has him beat in TS, WS, BPM, VORP and even a pointless stat like PER. Maxey is currently a better player while Edwards is more of a highlight reel; hopefully Edwards will eventually be better than the Andrew Wiggins when he was playing for Minnesota.

Go compare Maxey pre raptors series though though.

And Maxey is not going to keep shooting 50% from 3 point range. He's got definite All Star in him no doubt, but he's not going to keep up a 52.9/48.8 type of shooting. I think both are going to be All Stars, but Ant has the body type to ascend higher than Maxey potential. Ant's potential is a 2 way force, offense and defense. Whether he gets there is a different question.

They are developing their #1 pick to be the best player he can be for the future. And to do that he needs to be the 1st option.

[Eyeamok]

I'm a long time 76ers fan and I love Maxey, but if the wolves were ready to trade Ant for Maxey I'd say done in an instant.

[DCasey91]

I think Ant is a con job. People look at his potential/ceiling and become enamoured with what he isn’t instead of what he is. I think he has questionable ethics, I don’t think he’ll be as good as what it could be.

Maxey is all the way self motivated and a workaholic he’s the type that would never not reach full capacity those are very rare to find. Kid is as quick as a flash, elite ball handler (his handles are nasty), great floater and his shooting has come on leaps and bounds. He’s like old Rose in a young mans body.

[NO-KG-AI]

Maxey is all the way self motivated and a workaholic he’s the type that would never not reach full capacity those are very rare to find.

This might be true, but I feel like there is at least one young guy on every team that the home fans and local media say this about.

[KGtabake]

Edwards will be a superstar. Maxey will be an all star.

[JoseRizal]

Reminds me of the ridicuolous Maxey vs. Jaylen comparison. This is obviously Edwards...

[PhilBlackson]

I'm still taking Edwards lol

[Black star]

Easily Edwards. It feels like he still has a full other level to reach.

As an aside, Maxey is great for Philly but fans always go crazy for their scoring guards and the ceiling rarely turns out to be all star. Maxey, Herro, Fox, younger McCollum, and Simons all are or were heralded as future all star players. And then you realize someone like Bradley Beal has only made three all star teams as good as he has been.

[_AIJ_]

This is an unfair thread because us wolves fans dont care about this ish yet the 6er fans keep bringing this up and thinks Ant is just a highlight reel. Smh

[Patsfan1081]

Time to revisit this thread. Those who said Antman BY FAR couldn’t be any more wrong!

Because of one game? Ant does a lot more than score. Honestly I think both are a little overrated and need work on the defensive end of the ball.

[Patsfan1081]

I think Ant is a con job. People look at his potential/ceiling and become enamoured with what he isn’t instead of what he is. I think he has questionable ethics, I don’t think he’ll be as good as what it could be.

Maxey is all the way self motivated and a workaholic he’s the type that would never not reach full capacity those are very rare to find. Kid is as quick as a flash, elite ball handler (his handles are nasty), great floater and his shooting has come on leaps and bounds. He’s like old Rose in a young mans body.

There is nothing to base these claims off of, Ant has been productive at every level and is much more well rounded. Also Rose was a pure pg with great passing ability, while Maxey is more of a two.

[KG Leonard]

Maxey has shown his numbers holds in playoffs, shooting well, scoring efficiently,Ant was more uneven vs Grizzlies. That matters more to me right now but none of them have shown enough to look more than young hype so far.

Ant should dominate this comparison even more because Wolves is giving him the key,everything, Maxey is third option, looking at Harden being slow, dribbling 19 seconds. I'm Celtics fan, right now I'm taking the better shooter in Maxey. Maxey should have more assist per game to improve and Edwards needs more than the hype for the defensive ability he hasn't show yet, become more than a scorer too.

[76ciology]

Need more sample size. Because reality isn’t in line with my belief

[thinktank]

Maxey has shown his numbers holds in playoffs, shooting well, scoring efficiently,Ant was more uneven vs Grizzlies.

Ant vs Griz in 6 games:

25 points, 4 boards, 3 assists.

Maxey in playoffs:

13 points, 2 rebounds, 2 assists.

Looks like Maxey was more uneven!