Social media loves evaluating Anthony Edwards’ sport to Michael Jordan’s, and now Edwards himself seems to be taking that to coronary heart.
On Saturday’s broadcast of the Minnesota Timberwolves-Denver Nuggets sport, Mark Jones of ESPN shared an fascinating little bit of details about the Wolves star Edwards. Jones stated that Edwards not too long ago reached out to the retired NBA legend Jordan for recommendation on the best way to navigate double groups.
“I used to be instructed by somebody in his circle that three weeks in the past [Edwards] reached out to Michael Jordan on recommendation on the best way to deal with a number of the double groups and traps that he’s seeing,” said Jones. “He’s been extraordinarily pissed off up till late.”
The 2-time All-Star Edwards has needed to work exhausting for all of his buckets this season as groups are certainly throwing doubles and traps at him on a continuing foundation. With the decline of Mike Conley and the departure of Kyle Anderson, Edwards is taking up extra of a ball-handling function, which isn’t his largest power.
Minnesota’s flooring spacing has additionally suffered with the commerce of Karl-Anthony Cities, so Edwards’ launch valves out of traps will not be at all times there.
Even in his postgame scrums with reporters, Edwards has been expressing frustration over how typically he’s getting doubled.
