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*** Official Anthony Edwards Chat ***

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Eroder wrote: Mon Nov 27, 2023 5:13 pm That settles it. Hoop is right!
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flexbuffchest wrote: Thu Nov 19, 2020 5:47 pm
Small Hands wrote: Thu Nov 19, 2020 3:37 pm
flexbuffchest wrote: Thu Nov 19, 2020 2:24 pm

Perhaps, but then are you suggesting that Crean is a liar?
I’m suggesting he’s doing what every HC would do in his position. Propping up his players. Also, saying a guy spends a lot of time in the gym doesn’t mean he is doing it for basketball. People enjoy working out to look and feel good. Telling me he spends more time in the gym than all his other players doesn’t make me feel like he’s going to be a great player anyway. Wiggins spends a shit ton of time in the gym too.

The kid says himself he’s not very interested in basketball. That’s enough for me not to draft him. I could be wrong, but it’s a huge red flag for me.
He also said in that same article that he loves basketball (plus a lot more). Then Crean comes out and says the guy lives in the gym. The bit about him not watching basketball is immaterial to me as that is separate from film study...I suppose he could have skipped all the film study sessions in college but I doubt it.

All I'm arguing is that you can't focus on one thing when their is legitimate evidence to the contrary at the same time. Let's give the kid a chance before we right him off right away.
He has the lowest box plus-minus (5.5) of any No. 1 pick since the stat was recorded, dating back over a decade. Georgia finished 13th of 14 teams in the SEC with Edwards shooting 40.2 percent from the floor and 29.4 percent from three and averaging 2.8 assists to 2.7 turnovers.

I certainly hope he proves me wrong. The numbers and his words make me very concerned.
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Would anyone be offended if PR "accidentally" took him to Vikings locker room for a photo-op with Dalvin Cook?
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Is it shocking to anyone else that Anthony Edwards has 5lbs on KG coming out just a year earlier?!
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UnFadeable21 wrote: Thu Aug 27, 2020 5:55 pm Edwards Negatives:

Low IQ
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Bad Shot Selection
Bad defense

Who does this remind you of?
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sh1mmyya wrote: Thu Nov 19, 2020 1:17 pm
j2j wrote: Thu Nov 19, 2020 1:12 pm Remember when Wiggins was just 19 20 21 22 23 24...

I hope he proves me wrong, but I have zero faith.
The difference is Edwards has the energy of a puppy that doesn't know where to channel it, so he pisses on the carpet. That problem usually goes away with age, experience, and training.

Wiggins is like the goth kid carving "life is meaningless" into his desk.
:lol: :lol:
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Don't know if it's true but the athletic said he had now grown to 6'6" with a 6'10" wingspan. With his crazy strength that plenty big enough to guard even the biggest 3's. Big enough to sneak extra minutes early. Big enough to scare the shit out of 2's when he's at his natural position. Amd I'm betting he show the fan boy rubes what a chump Towns has been by defending like a man from day 1. Unless he never gets the chance because Vanterpool the moron always has Kitty switching on to his man.
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morneaumvp wrote: Thu Nov 19, 2020 11:08 pm
sh1mmyya wrote: Thu Nov 19, 2020 1:17 pm
j2j wrote: Thu Nov 19, 2020 1:12 pm Remember when Wiggins was just 19 20 21 22 23 24...

I hope he proves me wrong, but I have zero faith.
The difference is Edwards has the energy of a puppy that doesn't know where to channel it, so he pisses on the carpet. That problem usually goes away with age, experience, and training.

Wiggins is like the goth kid carving "life is meaningless" into his desk.
:lol: :lol:
And when he continues to be the actual Wiggins in GS you can keep looking as stupid as our coaches and GM's have been with him.
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HeHateMe wrote: Fri Nov 20, 2020 10:10 am Game I’m watching

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wEBQlaB3 ... e=youtu.be[/youtube]
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Eroder wrote: Mon Nov 27, 2023 5:13 pm That settles it. Hoop is right!
Eroder wrote: Wed Dec 13, 2023 12:59 pm Hoop is right again!!
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HeHateMe wrote: Fri Nov 20, 2020 10:10 am Game I’m watching

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wEBQlaB3 ... e=youtu.be[/youtube]
I ended up watching a suggested video of The Professor claiming politics kept him out of the NBA and he wouldnt accept a contract from them now. Thanks!
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Hoop Dreams wrote: Fri Nov 20, 2020 10:53 am
That is a large just turned 19 year old.
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HeHateMe wrote: Fri Nov 20, 2020 10:10 am Game I’m watching

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wEBQlaB3 ... e=youtu.be[/youtube]
The drive to the hole with the shoulder dip at 54:45 or so was nuts. He's gonna be able to plow over anyone trying to move with him. He took out some huge dude guarding him. Edwards is a tree trunk.
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boo wrote: Fri Nov 20, 2020 10:59 am
Hoop Dreams wrote: Fri Nov 20, 2020 10:53 am
That is a large just turned 19 year old.
Still can’t believe we are letting someone so soon take Tyus’s number
Zimmer1: seriously you were the sperm that won?
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Great answer! :clap: :clap:

Eroder wrote: Mon Nov 27, 2023 5:13 pm That settles it. Hoop is right!
Eroder wrote: Wed Dec 13, 2023 12:59 pm Hoop is right again!!
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Hoop Dreams wrote: Fri Nov 20, 2020 1:41 pm Great answer! :clap: :clap:

That is a solid answer. Is that a question that needs to be asked of a 19 year old kid who just got drafted? Like the questioner almost wants Edwards to be pissed to be in Minnesota?
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Who is that ignorant fuck asking that dumb question? He's everything that is wrong with the world right now.

Would he ask a white player how he felt about going to a city with a high black population? Dude just exposed himself as a flat-out racist. I love how Edwards went straight to the heart and rose above that stupid shit head.
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irishman89 wrote: Fri Nov 20, 2020 1:59 pm Who is that ignorant fuck asking that dumb question? He's everything that is wrong with the world right now.

Would he ask a white player how he felt about going to a city with a high black population? Dude just exposed himself as a flat-out racist. I love how Edwards went straight to the heart and rose above that stupid shit head.
haha, yeah like did he ask Kevin Huerter what he thought about being drafted by Atlanta?
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Sounds like Larry Fitz dad who is a reporter in Minneapolis
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Sid Hartman wrote: Fri Nov 20, 2020 2:03 pm Sounds like Larry Fitz dad who is a reporter in Minneapolis
That's who I thought it was.
Eroder wrote: Mon Nov 27, 2023 5:13 pm That settles it. Hoop is right!
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j2j wrote: Fri Nov 20, 2020 1:44 pm
Hoop Dreams wrote: Fri Nov 20, 2020 1:41 pm Great answer! :clap: :clap:

That is a solid answer. Is that a question that needs to be asked of a 19 year old kid who just got drafted? Like the questioner almost wants Edwards to be pissed to be in Minnesota?
yeah wth, you get one question on draft night and you chose to ask this one. Might as well ask what he thinks about the election recounts going on in Atlanta where he's coming from.
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irishman89 wrote: Fri Nov 20, 2020 1:59 pm Who is that ignorant fuck asking that dumb question? He's everything that is wrong with the world right now.

Would he ask a white player how he felt about going to a city with a high black population? Dude just exposed himself as a flat-out racist. I love how Edwards went straight to the heart and rose above that stupid shit head.
Agreed. If the questioner wants to get Edwards’ thoughts on social justice issues, which is fair, this is the nba, there was a better way to do it.
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Everybody with a internet connection and a camera thinks that they are some kind of media sensation these days. We need more Sid Hartmans and less Tik Tok morons.
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Just read The Ringer recap of AE draft process. Made me feel way better about the pick...
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HeHateMe wrote: Fri Nov 20, 2020 10:10 am Game I’m watching

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wEBQlaB3 ... e=youtu.be[/youtube]
Settling for jump shots is what I watched. Hope that's not what we get.
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So where does he go if he were in last year’s draft?

No higher than 3rd, right? He’d be behind Zion and Ja, for sure, right?


Would he go before Barrett, Hunter, and Garland? I think so.
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Beef Supreme wrote: Fri Nov 20, 2020 8:28 pm So where does he go if he were in last year’s draft?

No higher than 3rd, right? He’d be behind Zion and Ja, for sure, right?


Would he go before Barrett, Hunter, and Garland? I think so.
For sure behind those two. I think he's on par with Barrett though NBA general managers might think Edwards' body/game has more upside. I didn't watch a ton of RJ with New York but wasn't that impressed with him at Duke. He was good there but he, like Zion had a ton of hype, maybe even more during HS than Zion.
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kilkenny wrote: Fri Nov 20, 2020 8:02 pm
HeHateMe wrote: Fri Nov 20, 2020 10:10 am Game I’m watching

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wEBQlaB3 ... e=youtu.be[/youtube]
Settling for jump shots is what I watched. Hope that's not what we get.
They won’t let him shoot midrange.

We do NOT shoot midrange anymore.
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Edwards is also an extremely good slasher/cutter, finisher and a nightmare in transition (combine that with his 3/4 sprint in the 100th percentile). Gonna see some amazing drives resulting in nasty dunks from him.

Has a ton of question marks but he comes in as one of the best athletes in the NBA with skills that will compliment that very well.

I'm all in on Edwards now. You can't teach that athleticism and seeing his personality in interviews and whatnot...he is not Wiggins.
UnFadeable21 wrote: Thu Aug 27, 2020 5:55 pm Edwards Negatives:

Low IQ
Low Motor
Bad Shot Selection
Bad defense

Who does this remind you of?
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