Anthony Edwards Rumors

Oh No He Didn't: KAT: "Shoutout to my brother Anthony Edwards talking to him all the time. Those guys made me better, they made me a better leader, they made me a better player, made me the man I am today. Forever grateful for them"

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Anthony Edwards was following a blueprint. For years, he had been told about the extra effort that LeBron James puts in to care for his body, a level of dedication that goes above and beyond the normal and has led to an unprecedented sustainability. The desperation of the moment clicked everything into place for him. “Everybody ain’t going to be 6-8, 270. But the man hours and the dedication, that’s what we took from him,” Maddox said. “From there, I think we’re in a good place.”

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What he discovered during this playoff run was that there is even more he can get out of his body when he devotes the time and effort to it after the lights go out on game night. “When I started realizing it was good for me, then I’m going to go all the time,” Edwards said in a video posted on his YouTube channel. “I’ve got to really focus on like my knees, my ankles, my hips. So I’ve got to get with Javair and D-Hines and work on that.”

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NBA Base: Chris Finch says the Timberwolves are looking to add another playmaker this offseason to help Anthony Edwards 👀 "We definitely need another ball handler and playmaker and somebody who can, you know, initiate the offense, take the load off of Anthony, get Anthony back to his natural best spot. I think there's a lot of things that we gained by putting Anthony on the ball. I think there's a lot of things he learned by, you know, having him on the ball. I think those things will pay off, you know, in subsequent seasons, you know, to be quite honest with you, so and that's a silver lining. But there's no doubt we need somebody to kind of help him. It it just put too much on his plate."

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Along the way, with Karl-Anthony Towns leading the Knicks in playoff plus-minus while averaging 17.3 points, 10.8 rebounds and 5.6 assists in the playoffs, it has become quite evident that he deserves the kind of respect that some of his peers have been loath to give over the years (from Jimmy Butler on down the line). His defense against Spurs big man Victor Wembanyama in this series’ first two games should be enough to reshape how he’s viewed. That this revelatory showing comes after Randle struggled so mightily to contain Wemby in the Spurs’ second-round win over Minnesota, meanwhile, surely makes it all that much sweeter for Towns. (Conversely, what might Timberwolves star Anthony Edwards be thinking as he ponders the what-if of it all right about now?)

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Brian Windhorst: Going forward after this series, the Minnesota Timberwolves future is in question. Somewhat because of what Anthony Edwards feels about the roster, and I wonder if KAT was still there, if he did.

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Shams Charania: You think about shoe deals, right? Kevin Durant, LeBron James locked in at Nike. Now Stephen Curry at Li-Ning. Those are really the three faces of this current generation of players. And you think about this next generation of guys, right? And Victor Wembanyama is at the the highest of stages now at the NBA Finals. Sources tell me his shoe deal is actually up in October as well. So, he's going to be a sneaker free agent coming up. And you think about the timing of this, right? He's 22 years old. He's about to be in the Finals. He just won conference finals MVP. He just won defensive player of the year. First unanimous ever. Anthony Edwards, he's locked in at Adidas. He's got a big deal, too. Luka Doncic locked in at Jordan. He's got a big deal. Think about other faces in the league. Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, he's got a big deal at Converse. Jayson Tatum, he's also locked in at Jordan Brand. And so when you think all those other young faces are locked in, you have a guy like Victor at Nike. We'll see what happens with his future now on the shoe side.

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Darren Wolfson on Wolves trading Rudy Gobert: "Put it this way, the way it's been laid out to me, outside of Anthony Edwards, just about everything is legitimately on the table."

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Minnesota Timberwolves’ Anthony Edwards is bringing in a massive 7-figure monthly income ... at least according to new legal docs from his baby mama court battle. New court docs, obtained by TMZ, show the NBA star pulls in $3,364,911 in gross monthly income, while his ex, Alexandria Desroches, makes around $1,016 per month. The docs say Anthony is paying around $12,500 a month in child support to Desroches.

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Jon Krawczynski: Good on Anthony Edwards and @adidasHoops. Releasing a new Believe That 1 sneaker that retails for $100, designed to be more affordable for kids and families on a budget.

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After Game 6 they were trying to make, you know, a big deal of you dapping them up at the 8-minute mark. Tell us why you did that. Anthony Edwards: "I mean, it was no reason why. Everybody just, I feel like everybody just got their own opinion. Yes, 8 minutes in the game, but we're not going back in the game. When you win a playoff series, everybody's celebrating at the end of the game. So they're going to be smiling while we, while I'm pissed off and we just lost. So I was just like, let me go congratulate these boys because I ain't trying to be kicking with y'all after y'all done whooped my ass. I didn't want to go dap them up at all. Then what would they have been saying about me? That would have been a whole another conversation. So I gave them the respect they deserved, man. I could have waited till the end of the game. That's other people's perspective, but I did what I did. That's why I'm me and y'all are whoever y'all are. That's just that simple."

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"Do you feel like it's like a true rivalry becoming between the Spurs and the Timberwolves? Anthony Edwards: "Hell yeah. Hell yeah. Hell yeah, it's a rivalry. I tip my hat to them young guys. Them young guys came out and balled. Them boys balled. Them boys, I have, I have nothing bad to say about the Spurs, they balled. Like, one thing about me, when you beat me, I ain't no hating guy. I ain't got that in my blood. But we'll be back. But yeah, y'all boys did your thing."

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"What did you learn about yourself this season? Anthony Edwards: "This season, I think, I'm going to say I learned just being patient. Everything ain't going to come when you want it to come. I think that's the main thing because like, I wanted to be out there playing bad as hell. Like playing every game, but it wasn't happening. I was supposed to be playing in San Francisco, then my toe got swole. I'm talking about, I barely could walk. And then my knee started swelling up, so I was just like, damn, I can't play. And I think like, people don't understand the mental part of not being able to play the game that you love. It's like that really does mess with you. And I think that's what I had to learn. You really got to just be patient. It wasn't even like no serious injury. But just not being able to play just for two, three games, that really be messing with me because like, that throws my whole algorithm off. Like, I don't be knowing what to do."

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NBA Courtside: Anthony Edwards explains why he dapped up the Spurs with 8 minutes left: “Yeah it’s 8 minutes but we not going back in the game. When you win a playoff series everybody is celebrating at the end of the game. They’ll be smiling while I’m pissed off. I was like ‘let me go ahead and congratulate these boys because I’m not going to be laughing with y’all after you whooped my ass.’ I didn’t want to go dal them n***** up at all. But then what would they have said About me? That’s why I’m me and y’all are whoever y’all are.”

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