Anthony Edwards - Greatest Timberwolf

[Wolvesfan21]

I think it's absolutely nuts that one of the most dangerous downhill players in the NBA has suddenly also become the most dangerous 3-point shooter in the NBA. He's leading the NBA in made 3-pointers on high volume. He's making them at a 45% clip so far!

Folks can question whether he should drive the ball more, but as long as he is making 3s at that level of efficiency I'm OK with it. Plus we've seen how it does set him up for the dribble drive later in games when the floor is spread out more.

Its crazy. I never would have expected this change. But if he likes to shoot I guess its better that its the 3.

I agree. But maybe some balance is in order. The Charlotte announcer last night (who was incredibly annoying) was stunned to report that Ant has only 2 dunks through the first 7 games of this season. That's inexcusable for a guy with his athletic ability, unless he is injured (and I don't believe he is).

And to address the title of this thread, I don't doubt that Ant one day could be the greatest Timberwolf, but he is far behind KG in that area so far. One way to establish yourself as greater than KG would be to consistently, year in and year out, be the most valuable 2-way player on your roster...like KG was. I would argue that Rudy was our MVP last year, and that NAW is through 7 games this year. I would also argue that Ant has by far the highest ceiling of anyone on our roster, and is our most important player. But he has a ways to go to reach KG status as the consistent MVP.

NAW has been playing great for sure. But he's not carrying even half the weight as Ant on the court, not just in minutes but simply scoring and assisting. Ants defense hasn't been 100, but we've seen him do that during the regular season also. I don't think any player can go 100 on both ends either all the time, not at the highest level. For a bench player sure. 15-25 minutes, OK. 40? Nope. Not every night.

Scoring near 30 a night is a lot of energy. So I sort of have to give him a small pass on his less than stellar D. Ant is also being doubled on offense at times never mind the fact he has the oppositions best defender on him.

The comparison is just a non starter for me. Switch out the two roles and NAW fails horribly IMO. He can't carry the load that Ant does at a elite level. It's not an attack on NAW for not being at Ants level, not many are. Obviously for me Ant is the MVP of our team thus far. Even if he's not been as good as he could be.