Wolves vs Kings GDT

[Wolvesfan21]

Wanted to do a quick comparison to two of the all time greats.

Edwards age 21 season so far = 4.5 APG
LeBron age 21 season = 6.6 APG
Wade age 22 season (Rookie) = 4.5 APG / BUT Age 23 second year 6.8 APG

But saying that Ant has made progress. His first year he avg 2.9 APG and 3.8 his second season. Now 4.5 APG on just slightly higher usage.

Ideally he gets more into that 6-7 range like Wade and LeBron. He is still young and making progress. We like that.

[Monster]

Fun game. Great win.

- Timberwolves had 73.7% TS in this one. I have to assume that's one of the better marks in the history of the franchise. 60% overall... and 20 - 39 on three pointers. Great shooting game.

- Anthony Edwards keeps doing special things. And he keeps doing dumb things. I put A LOT of the blame for the Timberwolves losing most of their 17 point lead on Edwards. Dumb shots when he was in ball-stopping mode. It's probably not a coincidence that the Timberwolves re-created distance when Edwards went back to the bench. Then again, he hit shots late and helped win the game. It's a bit of a roller coaster, but well worth the ride.

- What a great game by Kyle Anderson. Very solid game from many others...

- Only 11 TOs was a welcome, much-needed surprise, especially with the Kings taking care of it so well (only 6 TOs).

- We talk about the bad whistle Edwards gets on offense. And the bad whistle on Towns. And as others have noted... the one on defense for McDaniels seems almost more egregious sometimes. Maybe it's because he does occasionally commit dumb fouls... but mostly because he's usually guarding ball-dominant players on the perimeter (many of who have the most favorable whistles in the league).

- Is Nowell actually hurt... or just being phased out by NAW without making it super obvious that Nowell is essentiall done in MN?

- Next up is Philadelphia with two days rest. Meanwhile, Philly will be in the final game of a 5-game road trip... and on the second night of a back-to-back. AND... they have a decent lead in the battle for #3 seed in the East. Whether Harden and Embiid sit for load management or not, it looks like a more winnable game than it might have on paper.

I need more playmaking from Edwards. Love some the scoring for sure, he's extremely talented,, it's a few of the really tough shots though. Not efficient enough. or could be

I'm looking at his last 10 games, he had 5 games below 4 assists.

He had two 1 assist games. one 2 and two 3's. He's at 4.5 on the season, he should easily be up around 6-7 with how much he has the ball.

He for sure can take his playmaking up a level and the offense will also go up a level in doing so. So will his own scoring. Instead of having the entire defense collapse on him guys will end up having to stick closer to their man.

So get your teammates involved more and open up the lane more in doing so. Teams will have to pick their poison.

I noticed Edwards assists were down the last few games. I will also point out that there have been a number of possessions where he did not get an assist but he made the correct play making the pass to a teammate who then make a quick pass to a teammate. Those hockey assists are nice to see good players have those. When you are being keyed on you aren't always going to be able make an assist directly you have to give up the ball to a teammate that isn't the scorer to make the defense pay. Edwards has a long way to go but there has been some nice growth in his offensive game and he is still defending too which is significant based on him playing every game and playing lots of minutes and now being defended differently.