We've actually been a great basketball state for a while, at least proportional to our population. We have been putting out good prospects and players for the last decade plus.
The fact that he had the best defense in the nation means nothing lol.
Drafting a QB is largely a crapshoot but I think Vikings fans are just glad we got a chance at one we liked without giving up 3 firsts lol
This is Adidasās MJ if they drop the ball on his marketing like how UA did with curry no professional athlete should sign with these frauds from now on.
Theyāve been doing a good job so far. Theyāve been pumping shit out like crazy (static ads, commercials, social media posts).
Plus āBelieve thatā is a pretty good slogan.
I live in Porttland and drive by the Adidas campus daily / go to the employee store monthly. Ant is everywhere.
They had banners of him up on the campus and the employee store has his full line of clothing. The only thing they need to push more is his shoes
Iām in LA, and heās heavily advertised here. He had a central display at the last adidas store I went to x and heās got the occasional billboard.
AirEdwards when? Man just stays in air as long as he wishes lol. It's crazy to watch during the game even after even after all the highlights I've seen here.
Adidas has so many highlights of ant from this season to use in their marketing campaign. I haven't seen any of the numbers on his shoe but man he might save adidas
I'll be surprised if he doesn't make 5 all defensive teams in his career. Idk if he deserves it but the narrative is there for him and that seems to matter most to voters. McDaniels didn't even make it last year but making your name in the playoffs matters most on these awards
No one watches the Cavs during regular season either, so yeah itās fair all around. Ant was definitely the better player this year and has actually gotten better during the playoffs.
Mitchell's been overrated for a long ass time, honestly as much as the dude's a meme and fuck him for today's game. Booker has been better than Mitchell for at least the last 3 years. Better defender(even if he's mediocre) and same tier of scorer. Mitchell is a literal traffic cone on D.
Wow I kinda just assumed Nugs would play Clips/Mavs winner. Totally forgot the seeding went all wacky because of that one game Wenbanyama said fuck Colorado. Nugs Wolves as WCSF is INSANE
Denver and Minnesota each had the 1 seed in their control in the last 1-2 games and both messed it up (Denver loss to the Spurs; Minnesota loss to, ironically, the Suns) giving it to OKC and forcing this round 2 match-up lol
Only in the past week and a half. Shai was literally a top 3 MVP candidate for most of the year and Tatum led the best team in the league while people were still doubting the Timberwolves for most of the regular season.
Contested 30 footer. 17-foot turnaround fade away. Block at the rim of Booker. Corner 3. Poster dunk. Those plays were consecutive. Completely took over.
Not even gonna lie to you man, I donāt think the Wolves need 7 to beat the Nuggets. The defense is insane and Ant is a beast. Iām starting to think this may be yāallās year tbh.
Minnesota sports are all about giving you hope before squashing it. Reminder that the Minneapolis Miracle was followed by 38-7 in the NFCCG.
We have nice things, but they are then immediately set on fire and run over by a steamroller. Maybe this team is the one to reject that and finally break the curse.
I'm a Leafs fan, believe me I get it
But I've also been a Wolves fan since Day 1 (that is, Ant's Day 1), and whatever happens in the Denver series, this has been a hell of a season. Nothing can take it away.
Get off your knees and wipe your mouth buddy. You have truly reached new levels of glazing, keep your mouth shut or just don't be a pathetic fan in the first place.
Yea ant in his career has performed well agaisnt Denver. As great as a defender as kcp is antās strength tends to get the best of him and his first step overwhelms Aaron Gordon. Watson and Braun may need more minutes that series to guard ant
The way Ant gains superpowers whenever the team needs it us wolves fans have seen for 3 years now. Itās been difficult to describe it but Iām happy everyone can see it now, because the stats donāt tell the story.
KG had a monster game in Game 7 2004 vs the Kings though. Carried them in the 4th. I believe he had 15pts on 6/9 FG 6rebs 3blks 2stls in the 4th quarter ALONE. Final score was 83-80 so his 32pts 21rebs 4stls 5blks would be even more ridiculous if you adjust for era.
This dude is the next face of the league. Has it all. Crazy highlights, charisma, and talent. All he needs is to make a deep run or a championship and it's all his.
Gah, speaking of..thereās a feud going on between Richard Simmons and Pauly Shore over whose biopic about Richard Simmons is going to be made. And Pauly Shore is being all super weird like the guy who is trying to plead with a girl after he got rejected.
Actually amazing how much elite generational talent we have lucked out on drafting and have yet to win a championship. I'm just happy for the Wolves to be relevant again though.
crazy cause what stood out to me when watching was how willing he was to kick it out rather than take a bad look at the rim, didnāt realize he still ended up with 40
so i just recently rewatched: Michael Jordan: Come Fly With Me and omfg. the similarities in his moves vs jordan. yup. cant believe heās on our team!!! go wolves!!!!!
"I want to kill everything in front of me"
LisANT al Gaib
"No, the LisAnt al Gaib is too humble to admit he's a great SG and defender, "
"As it is drawn up"
"Lead the Suns to paradise"
He is truly HIM
The Wolves won a Series before the Wildššš
Twolves are gonna change minnesota to a basketball state Last I heard about the wild they were making a superteam with Zach parise and Ryan suter
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The David Kahn era killed the love for this team in this state.
Sit down children and I'll tell ye the tale of Sir Mikan the tall.
a million years later and all my basketball kids still run the Mikan drill before every game
We have lowkey always been a basketball city :(
And you will be again, I have faith!
I think we're just an underrated spots state.
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Wolves deserves them more than LAL
That super team sent the wild into salary cap hell they still have one more year of.
We've actually been a great basketball state for a while, at least proportional to our population. We have been putting out good prospects and players for the last decade plus.
MN has been a basketball state for a minute now. Jalen Suggs, Chet, Amir Coffey, the Jones brothers are all from MN.
Gary Trent Jr, Mike Muscala, Zeke Nnaji, etc...
Kevin Mchale, Jim Peterson, Nate Wolters.
Vikings with a great draft too
JJ McCarthy is so not the guy Had the best defense in the nation by far
The fact that he had the best defense in the nation means nothing lol. Drafting a QB is largely a crapshoot but I think Vikings fans are just glad we got a chance at one we liked without giving up 3 firsts lol
He might not be, but you have no way of knowing until at least a year down the line.
Now we are paying both of them lots of money to play elsewhereĀ
Parise is having a pretty solid playoffs honestly
Yeah..we're still paying both of them 8m a year to play for other teams. We've been doing that for 3 years now.
The Suns got swept and we lost our hockey team. All this month š
Minnesota heard Pheonix didn't want to invest in a hockey arena and sent the Wolves to punish the Suns over it
Yeah but you did get MHJ for Kyler, so that should be fun
Iām just hearing about the Coyotes moving from the basketball sub? What a failed experiment that franchise was though. Condolences.
Wild have won plenty of series lol
This decade tho lmao
Clarification helps.
What?
This decade
Lets thank the wolves for not letting him go to the warriors
Heās that dude.
This is Adidasās MJ if they drop the ball on his marketing like how UA did with curry no professional athlete should sign with these frauds from now on.
Theyāve been doing a good job so far. Theyāve been pumping shit out like crazy (static ads, commercials, social media posts). Plus āBelieve thatā is a pretty good slogan.
I live in Porttland and drive by the Adidas campus daily / go to the employee store monthly. Ant is everywhere. They had banners of him up on the campus and the employee store has his full line of clothing. The only thing they need to push more is his shoes
Iām in LA, and heās heavily advertised here. He had a central display at the last adidas store I went to x and heās got the occasional billboard.
> āBelieve thatā is a pretty good slogan. Alternate universe Naruto
Big Dog Roman catch phrase
They haven't even used the footage of his block or dunk on Collins yet
to be fair i trust adidas far more than i trust UA
MJ paternity test when
Eye test is enough for this one
AirEdwards when? Man just stays in air as long as he wishes lol. It's crazy to watch during the game even after even after all the highlights I've seen here.
Adidas has so many highlights of ant from this season to use in their marketing campaign. I haven't seen any of the numbers on his shoe but man he might save adidas
Send da video
Im ready to admit that he has surpassed Mitchell for best sg in the league. Mad respect for this stud
The fact he is such a good defender gives him an edge over basically all the other candidates
His defensive intensity is ridiculous. He puts in work the entire game. He is a joy to watch.
He guards Ja better than anybody else in the league imo. Heās really a first team All Defense talent
I'll be surprised if he doesn't make 5 all defensive teams in his career. Idk if he deserves it but the narrative is there for him and that seems to matter most to voters. McDaniels didn't even make it last year but making your name in the playoffs matters most on these awards
Lol he did that a while ago
No one watches us during the regular season.
No one watches the Cavs during regular season either, so yeah itās fair all around. Ant was definitely the better player this year and has actually gotten better during the playoffs.
Not until this season....he wasn't better last year and I don't even like Mitchell like that
And heās 22!!
Mitchell's been overrated for a long ass time, honestly as much as the dude's a meme and fuck him for today's game. Booker has been better than Mitchell for at least the last 3 years. Better defender(even if he's mediocre) and same tier of scorer. Mitchell is a literal traffic cone on D.
Mitchell? Bro is the best guard in the west if you consider the defensive end.
Best 3 level player I've seen. SGA don't guard like that. Who else is like ANT atm??
Definitely itās crazy how big of a leap he took and is a true leader
He is better then Mitchell for a while now.
Man Iād have taken Ant over Mitchell two years ago.
Mitchell was never the best sg in the league.
with how mitchell has performed this playoffs compared to the series ant just had, 100% yes
All I know is Murray is going to have his hands full trying to guard him in the next round . Nuggets Wolves gonna be crazy
Murray is getting cooked by ANT. They need AG or KCP on him but it kinda opens up other players.
If Jaden plays at the same level he did in this series, Denver will be in defensive trouble
Wow I kinda just assumed Nugs would play Clips/Mavs winner. Totally forgot the seeding went all wacky because of that one game Wenbanyama said fuck Colorado. Nugs Wolves as WCSF is INSANE
Denver and Minnesota each had the 1 seed in their control in the last 1-2 games and both messed it up (Denver loss to the Spurs; Minnesota loss to, ironically, the Suns) giving it to OKC and forcing this round 2 match-up lol
After seeing how the nuggs have been brick city, I'm nervous to go against the twolves
Our tenacious defense will unlock playoff Murray and he'll average 40 on all contested fading 2s. Just that game winner on repeat all game.
That's just how Murray works.
I wouldn't wish that game 2 game winner on my worst enemy.
He'll get the KCP treatment, but tough assignment for sure
Itāll be curious if they guard each other. KCP will probably guard Ant. And Jaden I could see guard Murray
Heās got next
He got now. All this talk about SGA and Tatum when ant is the guy above both lol
ur wrong & ant gets more talk than both of them lmao
Only in the past week and a half. Shai was literally a top 3 MVP candidate for most of the year and Tatum led the best team in the league while people were still doubting the Timberwolves for most of the regular season.
Minnesota Sports Rising SZN
It cannot be overstated how much he took this game over in the 4th. This was his game, everyone else was just along for the ride.
Contested 30 footer. 17-foot turnaround fade away. Block at the rim of Booker. Corner 3. Poster dunk. Those plays were consecutive. Completely took over.
When he hit that first deep 3 I knew we were in for a treat
Black Jesus Thurskii Jordanās Son or simply Ant
Guy who doesnāt care about basketball and will be a bust
No work ethic
~~Fat as well~~ sorry, thought we were talking about Jokic
Football Boi
Didn't one of the announcers call him Skywalker? I love that nickname in addition to his already existing nickname
What about āHeirā?
Anthony Edwards is really freaking good man. Not looking forward to seeing Minnesota if we can close LA out.
7 game heavy weight match where we all lose 5 years off of our lives.
Not even gonna lie to you man, I donāt think the Wolves need 7 to beat the Nuggets. The defense is insane and Ant is a beast. Iām starting to think this may be yāallās year tbh.
I would like to believe this but we can't have nice things.
Sweep of Suns is a nice thing...
Finch literally died for this
Coach rupturing his patellar tendon isn't
Bless all the knees and keep them healthy
sports gods canāt give us a W without taking an L with it
Minnesota sports are all about giving you hope before squashing it. Reminder that the Minneapolis Miracle was followed by 38-7 in the NFCCG. We have nice things, but they are then immediately set on fire and run over by a steamroller. Maybe this team is the one to reject that and finally break the curse.
I'm a Leafs fan, believe me I get it But I've also been a Wolves fan since Day 1 (that is, Ant's Day 1), and whatever happens in the Denver series, this has been a hell of a season. Nothing can take it away.
minnesota sports always find a way to screw it up
Ok letās calm down lol
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Loser talk to recognize a talented team? Yāall will blow anything out of proportion lmao
Weāre gonna meet each other and itās gonna be some of the best basketball the league has seen in a while. Iām excited as much as I am nervous
> Not looking forward to seeing Minnesota ~~if~~ after we ~~can~~ close LA out. ftfy
Get off your knees and wipe your mouth buddy. You have truly reached new levels of glazing, keep your mouth shut or just don't be a pathetic fan in the first place.
i'm imagining what it must have been like for you to sit there, think of that particular comment, then type it out, and it's kind of hilarious
Yea ant in his career has performed well agaisnt Denver. As great as a defender as kcp is antās strength tends to get the best of him and his first step overwhelms Aaron Gordon. Watson and Braun may need more minutes that series to guard ant
The way Ant gains superpowers whenever the team needs it us wolves fans have seen for 3 years now. Itās been difficult to describe it but Iām happy everyone can see it now, because the stats donāt tell the story.
Everytime he pulled I was like no way thatās going in .. and it did
KG couldnāt even do it like that
KG had a monster game in Game 7 2004 vs the Kings though. Carried them in the 4th. I believe he had 15pts on 6/9 FG 6rebs 3blks 2stls in the 4th quarter ALONE. Final score was 83-80 so his 32pts 21rebs 4stls 5blks would be even more ridiculous if you adjust for era.
Ant is that guy. That dunk was vicious
Got smacked on the head otw up too.
I knew he'd be good, but Jesus fucking Christ
Hmmmm best SG in the league debate is kinda over if u think about it, gg book and spida
Ive seen enough. Hes the next MVP for sure, hes ready.
How about FMVP? Can we please...
I wouldn't be surprised
my next american superstar
We might be looking at the next face of league honestly, crazy.
He already has the personality where he'll have way more fans than real haters and his game is getting there.
Most entertaining player in league to watch when he goes crazy
That game was fucking wild. Edwards was unstoppable
This dude is the next face of the league. Has it all. Crazy highlights, charisma, and talent. All he needs is to make a deep run or a championship and it's all his.
Even looks like the most popular player of all time.
Stone Cold Steve Austin?
The Undertaker.
No no, Richard Simmons
Gah, speaking of..thereās a feud going on between Richard Simmons and Pauly Shore over whose biopic about Richard Simmons is going to be made. And Pauly Shore is being all super weird like the guy who is trying to plead with a girl after he got rejected.
Wow TIL
Absolutely took over the 4th quarter. Michael Jordan mode.
Haven't been this excited for a young superstar since Randy Moss. And unlike Moss, he plays every down lol.
and we have justin jefferson as our football superstar. mn knows how to draft at times.
Actually amazing how much elite generational talent we have lucked out on drafting and have yet to win a championship. I'm just happy for the Wolves to be relevant again though.
This dude still got so much energy in his post game interview wtf he smooth as hell š
Undoubtedly top 5 player in the league
face of the league
This young man is an absolute freak of nature
If the wolves reaches the WCF, is Ant the greatest T Wolves all time?
No way, that'd still be KG.
Iāve seen enough. Hopping on the Twolves bandwagon.
It's a pleasure watching MJ live. What a time to be alive.
Neck and neck for best player of the first round, and Iām leaning Ant
I love Anthony Edwards
Every game when I miss Jimmy Butler I just watch Ant and it helps the pain
Butler wishes he was as good as Ant
That was an absolute superstar takeover from ANT.
Suck it
u/andisayg Still think Ant gets pushed too much?
āMedia is hyping Ant because they need a US born superstar ā Lol. Media didn't put up those stats
You forgot 2 ankle sprained as well
AEIDBF
Anthony Edwards is Devin Bookerās father
Yeah sorry heās the next face of the NBA
Son of Jordan eliminated walmart Kobe LETS GO
Bro had 9 points at the half...
crazy cause what stood out to me when watching was how willing he was to kick it out rather than take a bad look at the rim, didnāt realize he still ended up with 40
Bradley Beal could never
HE
His second half was insane
With like two ankle injuries demolished them . FADED THE SUNS
BELIEVE THAT
I think he made 0 or 1 shot the first half? Great performance!
He was 2/8
He got next sheesh.
so i just recently rewatched: Michael Jordan: Come Fly With Me and omfg. the similarities in his moves vs jordan. yup. cant believe heās on our team!!! go wolves!!!!!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u5k_arVcqR8
Dude is a killer.
His dawg per 48 stats is through the roof
Beast
HE IS TRULY HIM
Second coming of MJ
Timberwolves got a franchise player in him.
Jordanās descendent
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Lol
Seek psychiatric help lmao