Tag: Anthony Edwards

Anthony Edwards told Micah Parson’s he’d see him in Dallas for Game 6 because what else is he supposed to say?

No, really. What else is Edwards supposed to say here?

Sometimes a player says something that sounds like a guarantee, like when Minnesota’s Anthony Edwards told a Denver Nuggets staffer he’d see them back at Ball Arena for Game 7 of the Western Conference Semifinals last round when the Timberwolves trailed the series 3-2.

Sometimes a player says something that sounds like a guarantee simply because there’s not really anything else you can say.

After the Timberwolves beat the Dallas Mavericks in Game 4 of the Western Conference Finals to make the series 3-1 in favor of the Mavs, Edwards saw Micah Parsons wearing a pair of his signature sneakers and promised to bring him back a fresh set for Game 6.

The Denver instance is nothing like the Dallas one. For starters, the Timberwolves had already won two games in Colorado when Edwards made his promise. He also was dominating the series, averaging 27.7 points, 5.1 rebounds and 5.7 assists against the defending champions. He earned his bit of bravado.

Naturally, after the Denver quip made for a compelling story, fans and media were all too eager to do the same with Edwards’ promise to Parsons. Which only works if you forget everything else you’ve seen in this series.

Dallas has ground Minnesota’s momentum to a halt. Edwards and Karl-Anthony Towns are struggling mightily. Rudy Gobert has looked lost at times. That the Timberwolves didn’t get swept is a victory in itself.

So when Edwards says “see you in Game 6”,  he’s not uttering it with the same gusto as when he told Denver he’d be back for Game 7. He’s saying it because there is literally nothing else to say.

“What am I supposed say?” Edwards said when asked where that confidence comes from. “I’m supposed to say ‘we’re going to lose Game 5’? No, I’m not going to never say that.”

Maybe the Timberwolves win on Thursday and keep the series alive a little bit longer. Maybe not. This isn’t one of those “guarantees” we need to hang on anyone’s career. This is just an athlete trying to keep himself as positive as possible with his season on the line.

No team has ever come back to win a series after going down 3-0 in the NBA playoffs. If and/or when Ant-Man is ready to definitively say the Wolves are going to do it against Dallas, there won’t be any question about his confidence.

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Raven Johnson revealed a classy gesture from Anthony Edwards after her Caitlin Clark viral wave-off moment

Raven Johnson says Anthony Edwards kept her accountable when she was mentally struggling.

South Carolina women’s basketball star Raven Johnson isn’t the same player she was when Caitlin Clark waived her off during the 2023 Final Four. Johnson did a ton of behind-the-scenes work to pick herself up after that moment went viral and recently revealed that some of that work included connecting with another Atlanta native and friend — Timberwolves phenom Anthony Edwards.

Raven Johnson doesn’t blame Caitlin Clark for the moment. Nearly everything is fair on the basketball court. But the cruel ways social media responded caused Raven to doubt herself — to doubt that she even wanted to play basketball anymore.

She says during some of her darkest days, Atlanta Dream forward and former South Carolina Gamecock Laeticia Amihere poured into her with Bible verses and regular check-ins; Pastor Travis Greene prayed for her and Anthony Edwards called to offer words of wisdom.

Per Johnson’s self-written story in The Players Tribune, this is what Edwards said when he reached out:

He basically told me to use it as fuel to sharpen my game. I remember he was like, “Don’t let this bring you down. You know who you are…so you can’t let this situation change you.”

“You need to get in the gym and work on your weakness…Nothing’s going to be handed to you. You just need to get in the gym and do what others don’t do…”

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A mic’d up Anthony Edwards showed he had that dog in him by barking during an elimination game

Fans are in for a treat whenever Anthony Edwards is mic’d up.

The Minnesota Timberwolves trailed the Mavericks, 3-0, in the Western Conference Finals. But that didn’t matter much on Tuesday night.

History tells us that a team trailing 3-0 during a series in the NBA postseason has never overcome the deficit to advance. But never tell Timberwolves star Anthony Edwards the odds.

During Minnesota’s Game 4 against the Mavericks, Edwards was mic’d up by TNT’s broadcasting team. At one point, he was fighting for a loose ball when it became clear that the former No. 1 overall pick was literally barking while in the scramble.

Minnesota went on to narrowly win the game as Edwards scored a game-high 29 points, adding 10 rebounds and nine assists during the contest as well.

It was as necessary of a victory as you will see as the Timberwolves had their backs against the wall trailing by as many games and facing what could have been the end of their season while on the road.

Instead, they showed tremendous fight during a great game and went on to secure the impressive victory.

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Anthony Edwards shared a thoughtful, awe-inspiring mindset after gut-wrenching Game 3 loss

Anthony Edwards remains incredibly optimistic despite the Timberwolves facing elimination.

The Minnesota Timberwolves look absolutely cooked, but that isn’t stopping Anthony Edwards from staying positive, even when the sky is proverbially falling.

I won’t sugarcoat just how bad things look for the Timberwolves. They’re now down 3-0 in the Western Conference finals, and Luke Doncic likely whispered something diabolical to Anthony Edwards as the Mavs were running away with Game 3. IT’S BAD.

Still, Anthony Edwards isn’t panicking. Postgame, a reporter asked him how he remained optimistic despite now facing elimination. Here’s what Edwards shared with the media:

“I never think the sky is falling. I don’t know. I’m always positive — always happy. Been through the worst. So, the sky is never falling for me.”

This is the right mindset when it feels like nearly everything is going wrong. It’s part of what makes Edwards so good, and because of how well he is playing, the Timberwolves have had some absolute moments of brilliance during the Western Conference Finals.

At the very least, this should tell fans that Edwards won’t go down without giving it everything he has.

Luka Doncic won’t reveal what he said to Anthony Edwards during Game 3 but fans have some hysterical theories

Whatever Luka said to Anthony Edwards, it was definitely NSFW.

Luka Doncic may have said something diabolical to Anthony Edwards at the end of Game 3 of the Western Conference Finals, and fans are having a field day guessing what he said.

Luka, Kyrie Irving and the Dallas Mavs are playing absolutely stellar during their series with the Timberwolves. Every time Minnesota gets remotely close to dominating, the whole gang doesn’t even flinch. They just come back harder. (I mean, look at this Luka lob to Daniel Gafford. FILTHY stuff.)

Game 3 might just be the game that helps Dallas eventually win the series, and it seems that Luka Doncic knows that. As the game was winding down, Luka was casually chatting with Anthony Edwards — very reminiscent of a moment with Devin Booker a few years back.

Postgame, Luka was asked what he said to Anthony Edwards, but refused to say what the two were chatting about.

However, fans are guessing, and the results are hysterical. Here’s what people are sharing:

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Kyrie Irving made Anthony Edwards regret calling him out before Game 1

Anthony Edwards should have some regrets.

Part of what makes Anthony Edwards so special and magnetic is his confidence. The Minnesota Timberwolves star will talk himself and his teammates up every chance he gets. But that overconfidence comes with a price. Namely, when the opposing team’s stars take notice and use the trash talk as motivation.

That’s what the Dallas Mavericks’ Kyrie Irving did during Game 1 of the Western Conference Finals.

After the Timberwolves star confidently said he “had Kyrie” before the series started, the veteran Irving took it as warranted bulletin board material. He channeled that energy into relentlessly attacking Edwards all night on Wednesday, dropping 30 points on 12-of-23 shooting to help Dallas take a 1-0 series lead.

When the Inside the NBA crew asked Irving about Edwards’ trash talk, he revealed that he wanted to make Edwards regret his brashness:

That’s the perfect way to respond to anyone’s trash talk. Not by coming back with sharp words but by doing it with your play in a big spot.

Edwards shouldn’t necessarily regret coming at Irving, but it should make him think twice about giving the Mavericks’ guard more fuel to his fire.

Charles Barkley roasted Kenny Smith’s NBA playoffs opinion as ‘one of the dumbest things I’ve ever heard’

Charles Barkley absolutely roasted Kenny Smith here.

Charles Barkley wasn’t having fellow TNT analyst Kenny Smith’s position about the importance of the 2024 NBA Western conference finals.

Ahead of Wednesday night’s Minnesota Timberwolves and Dallas Mavericks game, Smith argued that the winner of that series would become the face of the NBA between Anthony Edwards and Luka Doncic.

To Smith, whichever team would come out of the Eastern Conference between the Boston Celtics and Indiana Pacers would get overshadowed by the star power of Edwards or Doncic, to the point where the loser would get more attention than the winner if the loser featured one of those players.

Barkley immediately chimed in after Smith by saying, “that was one of the dumbest things I’ve ever heard.”

Like, that’s absolutely brutal from Barkley.

On the same night he got blasted for his unfounded hot take about perceived pettiness toward Caitlin Clark, Barkley got in a roast of his own at his co-worker for his hot take about the importance of this NBA playoffs.

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Charles Barkley actually wore a hat with that hysterical Anthony Edwards quote on it to the Western Conference Finals

Charles Barkley wearing a hat with that Anthony Edwards’ hilarious quote on it is absolutely delightful.

Charles Barkley has fully embraced his exchange with Minnesota Timberwolves superstar Anthony Edwards.

After Edwards playfully told Barkley to “bring ya ass” to Minnesota during a postgame interview a few days ago, Barkley arrived at the first game of the 2024 Western conference finals in Minneapolis wearing a Bring Ya A”” hat.

He also hilariously reiterated the now-famous Timberwolves catchphrase in a video to showcase his new hat.

This has turned into one of the most wonderful moments of the 2024 NBA playoffs, and it’s making us all want to make the trip to Minnesota and be a part of this very exciting moment in sports.

Even though he’s technically there for work with TNT, Barkley absolutely had the right idea to make the return to Minnesota.

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Minnesota funeral parlor had a hilarious way of supporting the Timberwolves with cremations

We are deceased. This idea is to die for.

The vibes surrounding the Minnesota Timberwolves have found their way to a local Minnesota funeral home. The business has decided to offer cremations that also support the Timberwolves.

Listen, I blame Anthony Edwards for this wild discourse. If he never told Charles Barkley to “bring ya [expletive]” out to Minnesota, we would never have a website using his hysterical slogan or Barkley continuing the joke when he actually arrived in Minnesota.

But no. He just had to give us such a phenomenal one-liner. Now, there’s a funeral parlor telling potential customers how they can choose eternal rest for their loved ones. LOOK AT WHAT YOU HAVE DONE, ANTHONY.

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Anthony Edwards got a delightful shoutout from Minnesota’s governor over exchange with Charles Barkley

This is a great Timberwolves reference from Minnesota Gov. Tim Waltz.

Ahead of the start of the 2024 Western conference finals, Minnesota governor Tim Waltz declared Wednesday as “Wolves Back Day” to celebrate the Minnesota Timberwolves being a series away from the NBA finals.

He also paid homage to Timberwolves superstar Anthony Edwards by spelling out the latter’s hysterical comment made to Charles Barkley recently.

In Waltz’ official proclamation, the first letters to all the first words in the sentences spell out “BRING YA ASS,” which Edwards told Barkley about coming to Minnesota after some time away from the state.

Barkley made it to Minneapolis for his TNT obligations, and Edwards’ comment continues to work as a delightful motivator for Minnesota tourism.

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