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Former UGA basketball star Anthony Edwards named NBA All-Rookie First Team

Georgia basketball phenom Anthony Edwards has been named to the NBA’s all-rookie team after averaging 19.3 points per game. Details here…

Former Georgia basketball star and Atlanta native Anthony Edwards has been named to the NBA’s All-Rookie first team after a big first year for the Minnesota Timberwolves.

‘Ant-man’ led the Timberwolves scoring 19.3 points per game while adding 4.7 rebounds and 2.9 assists per game.

Edwards averaged more points per game than Rookie of the Year Lamelo Ball and believed he should have earned the award.

The sky is the limit for Edwards, who hasn’t missed a beat in the NBA after a high-flying one year stop in Athens.

Edwards was named SEC Freshman of the Year in 2020 after averaging 19.1 points, 5.2 rebounds and 2.8 assists per game in his one year at Georgia.

 

Former UGA basketball star Nic Claxton returns to action for Brooklyn Nets

The 2019 second round pick has returned for the Brooklyn Nets. Details here.

After missing 32 games with knee tendinopathy, former Georgia basketball center Nicolas Claxton made his season debut with the Brooklyn Nets in Tuesday’s 128-117 win over the Sacramento Kings.

In his first game appearance since Feb. 28 of last year, Claxton scored 5 points and added one rebound and one assist in 14 minutes.

Claxton was drafted with the No. 31 pick in the second round of the 2019 NBA Draft, but didn’t get the start to his professional career the way he had hoped, battling knee and shoulder injuries for the last two seasons.

Claxton played only 15 games in his rookie year and split time between the Nets and their G League affiliate, the Long Island Nets, before undergoing surgery to repair an injured hamstring right before last year’s ‘bubble’.

In his time at Georgia (2017-2019), Claxton averaged 8.4 points per game and 6.4 rebounds per game, while earning second team All-SEC honors in 2019, when he led the SEC in blocks (81) and blocks per game (2.5).

Check out Claxton and the Nets’ next game on Saturday versus the Dallas Mavericks at 8:30 p.m. ET on ABC.