FIRST TAKE | Edwards is gonna be the face of the NBA! – Stephen A on T-Wolves’ star dunk of the year

FIRST TAKE | Edwards is gonna be the face of the NBA! – Stephen A on T-Wolves’ star dunk of the year

For a little eye candy and for that we bring back bring you back to Utah for this monster posterizing dunk by Anthony Edwards over John Collins now we know that Anthony Edwards has been skying the entire season there’s been highight dunks there’s been big time threes but

There’s also been a huge block to beat the Pacers when you think about this dunk Tim and then now you move to the block that won the game by the way which play is most impressive to you I’m going to go with the block for the reason you

Said you’re talking about saving a game now that don’t that that has a lot of value too Beyond two points believe me the psychological trauma you can inflict with a dunk like that but you’re talking about making a play to win a game and ultimately Anthony Edwards as he starts

To ascend into pecking order in the NBA that end of the floor is going to have a lot to do with that he lays it on the line and this is one of the greatest blocks you will ever see no regard for his body Ryan none well I agree with

That and this looks just like Tim Hasselbeck playing in inal college basketball hitting his head on the backboard to block a shot so Tim you tell me do you like the dunk more or is it the block to win the game listen I I mean I like it all we

Got to choose so I’m I’m going with a dunk but but I’m glad that you pointed out like when when leg says no regard for his body Have [Applause] Oh Well we saw him jump that high last night the brother special I’ve been telling y’all see this is the thing about an ant-man’s box office okay and even though I don’t like the fact that Carl Anthony towns is out I’m loving the fact that Ant-Man is going to have to

Step it up even more and show the world what he’s made of because I think he’s got it in him what did y’all think about that block what do y’all think about him let’s start with you Chan so I don’t know if you know we went

To school at different times s if you guys ever read the book Call of the Wild it’s about those wolves right that are dogs right I feel like this has been a calling of the wild version of Ant-Man in the best ways I mean without Carl Anthony towns yesterday all over NBA

Today we were talking about the impact on the Western Conference standings based off of Cat being that xfactor I mean he is averaging 22 points per game he’s shooting 42% from three they’re one of the few NBA teams that are allowed to play two big men including Rudy go bear

On the floor that’s based off of the talents of Carl Anthony towns and missing him was going to be a tremendous blow to the t- wolves and being able to hold the top spot then the wild came out and I think this is something people should keep note on an Edwards in games

Without Carl Anthony towns he’s averaging 37 points and the Timberwolves are three and0 in that time and one thing that I love is we’ve said this the whole season it’s not his points it’s not that that really like makes us excited about the future him being a

Future face of the league or if not taking one of those mantles of it it’s just how committed he is to this process to being that guy that leader that dog at all moments if you watch this game this man was doing everything he was knocking down threes he was attacking

The paint he was finishing he started off the game I think with a rolled ankle don’t matter finish with 44 and then it was that block which was I mean look 2016 it was what was it the the shot and the block NBA Finals LeBron James since

Then I have not felt away about a block until yesterday 2016 now to 2024 this block where there literal pogo sticks in his legs he said I jumped the highest in my life and then it was him walking after just showing his competitive fire we are witnessing the the birth of an

NBA superstar he has he has made steps each each year as he’s you know developed in the NBA now he’s taking a team that was dealt a blow to a significant win I’m a Believer in Ant-Man go ahead Wendy Stephen Stephen I don’t know about you but I don’t know if

I’ve seen a more amazing highlight in the last decade than this play because first off if you watch it in slow motion it almost looks like it’s not real like it’s manipulated because of how fast he goes straight up and it you almost look him like wait a minute

There’s a trampoline in there or something also he hits his head on the rim he I’m going say that again he hits his head on the rim and then he has a a hellacious fall he falls flat on his face almost breaks his wrist and then

Pops back up like he’s made out of rubber because he’s going to celebrate I mean also 44 points so with Carl towns going out they are facing an uphill battle to keep this number one seed they are starting a six-game road trip they got a real tough back toback tonight in

Cleveland then they come out to LA for two games they’ve got three games left with the Nuggets their opportunity to to get the number one seat is to take care of those three games and now they’re not going to have Carl towns for any of them and offensively they’ve got some

Weaknesses um and towns was you know the guy who held them up addition to Edwards now he is not going to be there and even though they have good depth at the big man spot with nas Reed they’re losing a huge offensive Firepower and so what

We’re going to see in this three four weeks guys is the a light shined on an Edwards like we’ve never seen before he took 35 shots last night 35 and they needed every single one of them and that was the Pacers that was not the Cavs or the

Lakers or the Clippers or The Warriors and other stuff they’ve got coming up he is going to go through a period here where he is going to be asked to carry that team and I don’t know if he’s going to be able to do it I I would not expect

Them to hold on to that number one seed but I do expect to have more moments from this from an Edwards that we’re going to celebrate here’s the part that I think you’re missing first of all I don’t expect much of them with Carl Anthony towns out four time Allstar

Played in 60 of Minnesota 63 Games first 63 games this season after playing an only 29 and injury plague last season okay we get all that still averaging 22 points a game 50% shooting career high 42.3% from three-point range he’s going to be missed okay that’s going to put

More of an owner on Anthony Edwards because when you look at their roster they don’t have a lot of offensive Firepower they’re Elite defensively number one actually but offensively is where their problem lies but here’s what I think you’re missing Wendy the beauty in all of this is what we’re going to

Find out about Anthony Edwards we thought we knew already Chan Wendy but now what you’re going to see from him with Carl Anthony towns expected out into the playoffs with y’all trying to hold on to a top seed trying to make a run trying to legitimize yourself as a

Title Contender making sure you don’t get bounced out in the first round all of this noise surrounding the Western Conference and the level of parity that exists who can knock off who etc etc we’re talking about a guy with s that has Superstar written all over him because of his athleticism his potential

One of only six players in the NBA shooting 20% but 50% from the field 40 better than the 40% from three-point range but I’m looking at it from this standpoint it’s about moments and this this is Anthony Edward’s moment if you elevate your level of play and Elevate

Minnesota in the process without call Anthony towns that would be the solidification that we were looking for to sit up there and cement Anthony Davis as a big-time Bonafide Superstar who has arrived in the National Basketball Association with Shay gilis Alexander dropping over 30 in 40 45 44 45 games we

See what we see from him and there are still people who are underselling him nobody’s gonna undersell Anthony Edwards if Anthony Edwards takes this by storm that’s where I’m coming from with this Jana what about you but it is important to note that the Timberwolves were built by the same man

That built the Denver Nuggets Tim Connelly and I think he built them to rival the nuggets with their defense and they still have Rudy go bear out there and their defense can still carry them through as they try to find like an Edwards is not going to go for 44 every

T right like he’s been averaging 24 25 a game so Wendy I ask you when do do the Timberwolves when are they hopeful to get you know Carl Anthony towns back because if they can sort of manage this storm and you know stay within a a long

Well you know a short shot of that number one overall seed will they still have enough Firepower when they get him back to really carry through the playoffs so the good news is that this is not an injury that would be a six-month recovery time table as you

Typically see or you not you sometimes see with meniscus injuries it’s a it’s an injury that can be a partial removal of the miniscus and so that’s that’s usually around a six week recovery time and there’s no such thing as minor knee surgery I you know you don’t want to pin

It down they’re saying they’re going to reevaluate him in a month it doesn’t mean he’ll be back in a month the one thing that the wolves have going for them is that the schedule this year because of the playin tournament the playoffs don’t even start till April

20th that’s six seven weeks from now so there is a window there if there’s no setbacks and he has he’s able to have a good rehab that he could be there for the first round and if not the first round maybe soon after and I do think

They’re going to stay near the top of the standings I just think it’s very bunched up and they are a great matchup for Denver because as we watched that that game last night one of the things that they can do they can put they don’t

Have to put goar on to to to um to joic because they’ve got Nas Reed and Carl towns they can put another seven-footer on yic to be in his airspace and then they can have go bear defend the rim like we saw Aaron Gordon victimize the Celtics over and over last night with

Those lobs and those helps you got the Defensive Player of the Year back there and that’s one of the things in addition to their length on the wing anth Edwards is 6’4 but he’s got like almost a seven foot wingspan and he wants to defend that’s one of the great things about him

He’s not one of these guys is all offense he wants to defend he’s still very much learning the game and learning some of the nuances but you will never see him Dogg it on the defensive end I spent a month with him last summer with Team USA and I watched how hard he

Defended in the World Cup he really cares about that end of the floor but without towns their offense already this year even if they’re fully healthy I’m concerned they don’t have the offense to win three rounds they also have never they haven’t won a playoff series in 20

Years guys 20 years ant was two years old the last time they won a playoff series so to win three rounds is hard and their offense holds them back without towns they’re going to suffer on that end but they do have options and this is not a season ending injury this

Is not the end of the world for the Timberwolves and getting that win last night in a game that they easily could have lost was a really good positive step after getting such bad news well like I said they listen they don’t have to win every day they don’t have to get

To the NBA finals or whatever but you can make a run and if you make a run and you do so with a vast majority of that being without call Anthony towns that says everything we need to know about Anthony Edwards no only the will prevail an ally de our base is under

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FIRST TAKE | Anthony Edwards is gonna be the face of the NBA! – Stephen A. on T-Wolves’ star dunk of the year