Anthony Edwards Thread: Part Two (Read First Post)

[KGdaBom]

40K!?!?!?!?!

Meh, drop in the bucket for him and he's probably thinking it was well worth it - I do worry that he'll fall out of favour with certain refs now though... They can be petty little ****

Yes, we got bad calls but need to get the focus back on basketball. Towns is doing much better now and Ant needs to get off it too.

I think there needs to be a balance. You can't be a whiner, but you can't be a doormat. Why was Ant fined? He was simply honest about the reffing. Why is that a fine?

This is a rhetorical question. I know the answer. It's because the league doesn't like it when the players tell the truth about the officiating. They want us to all bury our heads in the sand and pretend the refs are infallible and never biased.

[Domejandro]

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I will say that Anthony Edwards generally does need to grow up and stop complaining (look at where being a whiner got Karl-Anthony Towns, the dude actively doesn't get calls), his most annoying quirk is yelling at refs when another ref calls someone fouling him (Like why? You got the call!). That said, he was absolutely right to be upset about that specific play; that is an unbelievable call to miss.

[KGdaBom]

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I will say that Anthony Edwards generally does need to grow up and stop complaining (look at where being a whiner got Karl-Anthony Towns, the dude actively doesn't get calls), his most annoying quirk is yelling at refs when another ref calls someone fouling him (Like why? You got the call!). That said, he was absolutely right to be upset about that specific play; that is an unbelievable call to miss.

I love Embiid's look of agony over that one finger grazing his wrist. He knows how to sell it and the NBA isn't going to call their MVP for embellishment.

[TimberKat]

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Well, SGA's hand grab didn't impede Ant's progress to dunk the ball -barely scratched the itchy spot. However, Town's Wuxi Finger nearly killed Embiid. Ant needs to take some lessons from Embiid on how best use facial expressions on a drive.

[m2002brian]

How is that NOT a foul?

Cheating ass league!

Remember…this was later determined to be a missed foul call: https://www.foxsports.com.au/basketball/nba/nba-2023-news-missed-lebron-james-referee-foul-call-la-lakers-vs-boston-celtics-no-call-review-rule-reaction-scores-results/news-story/86ca09dfaf4c049eb6c67e9aeefff9ea


But somehow SGA doing the same thing to Edwards is “minimal contact”.

lol. What **** joke.

[Klomp]

Ant came into tonight's game averaging 6.5 assists per game over his last 10 games....

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Ant came into tonight's game averaging 6.5 assists per game over his last 10 games....

6.5/3.2 AST/TO is an improvement to be sure. If only that held up in the clutch. Also that same 10 game stretch included 2 9 point games, which is in his top 5 worst scoring nights. I am not trying to dismiss his accomplishments, but I think perspective and context matters when discussing numbers.

[Klomp]

Ant came into tonight's game averaging 6.5 assists per game over his last 10 games....

6.5/3.2 AST/TO is an improvement to be sure. If only that held up in the clutch. Also that same 10 game stretch included 2 9 point games, which is in his top 5 worst scoring nights. I am not trying to dismiss his accomplishments, but I think perspective and context matters when discussing numbers.

Perspective and context...such as who the opponent is?

Ant in last stretch against undermanned teams:
vs. POR: 9 points on 4-9 FGs
at DET: 27 points on 10-24 FGs
vs. MEM: 28 points on 11-19 FGs (Noteworthy: TNT)
vs. CHA: 9 points on 3-11 FGs
at WAS: 38 points on 11-28 FGs
at SAS: 32 points on 12-18 FGs
Tonight: 9 points on 3-5 FGs

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Ant came into tonight's game averaging 6.5 assists per game over his last 10 games....

6.5/3.2 AST/TO is an improvement to be sure. If only that held up in the clutch. Also that same 10 game stretch included 2 9 point games, which is in his top 5 worst scoring nights. I am not trying to dismiss his accomplishments, but I think perspective and context matters when discussing numbers.

Perspective and context...such as who the opponent is?

Ant in last stretch against undermanned teams:
vs. POR: 9 points on 4-9 FGs
at DET: 27 points on 10-24 FGs
vs. MEM: 28 points on 11-19 FGs (Noteworthy: TNT)
vs. CHA: 9 points on 3-11 FGs
at WAS: 38 points on 11-28 FGs
at SAS: 32 points on 12-18 FGs
Tonight: 9 points on 3-5 FGs

That is good info as well. I was talking more about point Ant decision making, but you are right, a lot of those games are sub .500 opponents, including Dallas without Luka and Kyrie.

[Klomp]

6.5/3.2 AST/TO is an improvement to be sure. If only that held up in the clutch. Also that same 10 game stretch included 2 9 point games, which is in his top 5 worst scoring nights. I am not trying to dismiss his accomplishments, but I think perspective and context matters when discussing numbers.

Perspective and context...such as who the opponent is?

Ant in last stretch against undermanned teams:
vs. POR: 9 points on 4-9 FGs
at DET: 27 points on 10-24 FGs
vs. MEM: 28 points on 11-19 FGs (Noteworthy: TNT)
vs. CHA: 9 points on 3-11 FGs
at WAS: 38 points on 11-28 FGs
at SAS: 32 points on 12-18 FGs
Tonight: 9 points on 3-5 FGs

That is good info as well. I was talking more about point Ant decision making, but you are right, a lot of those games are sub .500 opponents, including Dallas without Luka and Kyrie.

For whatever reason, he's off his game when the competition or the intensity is weaker. Honestly, I wonder if that's part of what the "problem" with his Georgia tape was too.

San Antonio was really the only plus scoring night for him. Washington was decent too. But otherwise it's either passive or inefficient in these kinds of games (the assists actually bump up to 7.4 per game in the above games, while the turnovers drop to I believe 2.4 per game). But we know he brings it when it matters most! It's why all of the criticism he's been getting recently falls flat for me. I'm not worried about his ability to turn it back on!

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Perspective and context...such as who the opponent is?

Ant in last stretch against undermanned teams:
vs. POR: 9 points on 4-9 FGs
at DET: 27 points on 10-24 FGs
vs. MEM: 28 points on 11-19 FGs (Noteworthy: TNT)
vs. CHA: 9 points on 3-11 FGs
at WAS: 38 points on 11-28 FGs
at SAS: 32 points on 12-18 FGs
Tonight: 9 points on 3-5 FGs

That is good info as well. I was talking more about point Ant decision making, but you are right, a lot of those games are sub .500 opponents, including Dallas without Luka and Kyrie.

For whatever reason, he's off his game when the competition or the intensity is weaker. Honestly, I wonder if that's part of what the "problem" with his Georgia tape was too.

San Antonio was really the only plus scoring night for him. Washington was decent too. But otherwise it's either passive or inefficient in these kinds of games (the assists actually bump up to 7.4 per game in the above games, while the turnovers drop to I believe 2.4 per game). But we know he brings it when it matters most! It's why all of the criticism he's been getting recently falls flat for me. I'm not worried about his ability to turn it back on!

I think some of that is immaturity, and some of that is Finch. I think Finch is trying to prove to Ant that he doesn’t need to be the hero, and is encouraging him to distribute more. It is also worth noting that four of those games had no Mike, so Ant is on the ball more, which isn’t always great for him. Ant is great, but he isn’t “ready” yet in the superstar sense. Most guys aren’t at 22 and that is okay. It is just easy to forget sometimes because we are doing so well and he is such an important part of that.

[Guest84]

I think with the stars out, he hasn’t seen a need to force the issue. So as long as him teammates are doing it, he’s fine playing the distributor/defender role.

Case in point tonight, there wasn’t really a need for him to go all out. Especially since the rest of the team was eating. Good that he got to sit out there fourth. A lot of ppl here have been asking for a blowout game like this to sit the starters early.

I have no problem with his performance tonight.

[winforlose]

I think with the stars out, he hasn’t seen a need to force the issue. So as long as him teammates are doing it, he’s fine playing the distributor/defender role.

Case in point tonight, there wasn’t really a need for him to go all out. Especially since the rest of the team was eating. Good that he got to sit out there fourth. A lot of ppl here have been asking for a blowout game like this to sit the starters early.

I have no problem with his performance tonight.

Any win that ends with Garza on the floor and a healthy starting 5 on the bench is a good game. My only regret is that Minott and Miller were not there to get some of those minutes.

Ant is getting better at passing to Rudy. I wish all the guys would stop bouncing passing to him, and just lob it up, but that is another conversation. Ant is also more willing to trust Jaden, Naz, Rudy, ect… when he thinks the game is well in hand. Even in the 2nd when they took that 4 point lead, no one thought the Mavs were gonna win. This one had a sleeping giant feeling and in the 2nd half the giant woke up. If Ant can learn to carry that trust to the bigger and higher stakes games, he will be on his way to the next level. Especially if that trust takes place in crunch time.

[FrenchMinnyFan]

Ant is improving. The fact that Mike miss some games help as he got much the ball. Overall, it's quite encouraging. I don't believe at that stage KAT can improve much but i think the opposite for ANT. In 3 years he will be at his best for me.

[life_saver]

Ant really doesn't try against some bottom teams lol..if KAT is scoring well in these games, he doesn't mind just giving the ball to KAT

[Domejandro]

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Being blunt, that possession was hardly a foul, and the constant crying about reffing schtick makes him look like a child.

I don't find it endearing, it is **** annoying and whiny.

[shangrila]

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Being blunt, that possession was hardly a foul, and the constant crying about reffing schtick makes him look like a child.

I don't find it endearing, it is **** annoying and whiny.

Is anyone arguing that it's endearing?

It's the same complaint we've had with KAT for years. Although to Ant's credit I haven't noticed him being as bad as Towns used to be in failing to get back.

[shrink]

If your answer to “Why’d you get the team a technical foul?” is “I just wanted to express myself,” then you are being extremely selfish.

[winforlose]

“Christopher Hine: Anthony Edwards: “I don’t know why teams put two on me because KAT is the best offensive player we got. If you put two on me, KAT going to have a field night. I’m all for it.” 9 hours ago – via Twitter ChristopherHine
Anthony Edwards, Karl-Anthony Towns, Minnesota Timberwolves”


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“Christopher Hine: Anthony Edwards: “I don’t know why teams put two on me because KAT is the best offensive player we got. If you put two on me, KAT going to have a field night. I’m all for it.” 9 hours ago – via Twitter ChristopherHine
Anthony Edwards, Karl-Anthony Towns, Minnesota Timberwolves”


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