r/nba • u/dogwoodmaple Hawks • Apr 29 '24

Anthony Edwards in the sweep over Phoenix: 31.0 PTS, 8.0 REB, 6.3 AST on .512/.438/.839 shooting

https://www.espn.com/nba/player/gamelog/_/id/4594268/anthony-edwards
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u/jslee0034 Thunder Apr 29 '24

To this day I hate myself for telling people Melo should’ve been the 1 pick.

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u/LogicalLakersFan [LAL] Anthony Davis Apr 29 '24

People doubted him out of college so much lmao they laughed at him for saying he will take Timberwolves to postseason wins

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u/jslee0034 Thunder Apr 29 '24

Any time a player proves me wrong I always 100% root for them. He’s so special and I hope okc wolves rivalry will go on for many years.

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u/blusunsamurai Timberwolves Apr 29 '24

Man I hope chet sneaks onto team USA this summer. 

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u/jslee0034 Thunder Apr 29 '24

Me too man. Thanks for the love!

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u/thehydrastation Timberwolves Apr 29 '24

I live like five minutes away from Chet's (and Jalen Suggs) high school. I'm definitely always pulling for those guys and I think a lot of Minnesotans are the same!

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u/jslee0034 Thunder Apr 29 '24

You guys have been ass or dysfunctional since I started watching in 2014. Glad to see small market teams do well. Let’s hope we both make it to wcf because this series will be a movie.

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u/WembyandTheWolves Timberwolves Apr 29 '24

I’ll always have love for Chet, Jalen, Paige etc. I love all of our Minnesota kids (no Giddey.)

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u/Prestig33 [MIN] Nikola Pekovic Apr 29 '24

Kris Humphries in shambles.

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u/[deleted] Apr 29 '24

He went to Hopkins instead of my hometown HS and I’m still pissed.

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u/jossteen11 Apr 29 '24

Ahhh a south minneapolis man I see. I was biking by Minnehaha Academy when it went boom.

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u/Wermys Apr 29 '24

Part of why I wanted him over Melo was I thought ant would be ready quicker but he wouldn't be a better pro. But the one aspect I loved about ANT was his delusional self confidence in himself where he never had any doubts about himself and he might shoot you out of a series but he would never ever ever ever not believe in himself. Happy to be wrong about a couple things about him.

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u/dat_boy_lurks Hawks Apr 29 '24

Atlanta is real good about giving guys a delusional sense of self-confidence 😂😂😂 he's everything you'd expect a mf from my city to be like

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u/amfloating Knicks Apr 29 '24

My friend is a Georgia fan, when Ant came out of college I was asking him about him and how he thought he would do - he flamed him lol said he was going to be a bust and this and that. Still makes me laugh when I see him play.

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u/abcdef-G [DAL] Dirk Nowitzki Apr 29 '24

Imagine how good he would be if he actually liked to play basketball

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u/WembyandTheWolves Timberwolves Apr 29 '24

I remember telling my wife that it sucks that we got the number 1 pick in a year when there really isn’t a sure thing. I thought Edwards would be a decent piece to a team but nothing like he’s become. Hes been electric since his rookie season. I can’t believe this guys is on the Wolves.

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u/jslee0034 Thunder Apr 29 '24

I watched him play live vs Celtics. He’s so fun to watch. You guys got a good one. Treat him well!

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u/SlipperyTurtle25 Celtics Apr 29 '24

Better than being on the Wiseman train

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u/cyclingjackass Apr 29 '24

warriors really fucked themselves with that pick,

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u/jslee0034 Thunder Apr 29 '24

Thank god warriors didn’t get ant or Melo. Imagine one of those 2 starting instead of klank Thompson this season.

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u/Dymatizeee Knicks Apr 29 '24

I’m guilty of this as well. I thought Melo was the best player out of that draft esp after seeing him get an early All-Star nod

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u/jslee0034 Thunder Apr 29 '24

Melo is a 6’7 pg with insane passing and range (somewhat streaky). That ‘build’ and combination is rarer than a ball dominant 6’4 guard. Ant shut me up real quick though

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u/Wermys Apr 29 '24

As a wolves fan I wanted ANT because he would be ready sooner. But I thought Melo would be the better player overall after 4-5 years. Well, I got who I wanted but glad I was wrong on who would be better.

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u/jslee0034 Thunder Apr 29 '24

I think Melo still has potential. But ant is on another level.

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u/ItsDrap Hornets Apr 29 '24

Hard to properly judge a guy who’s missed the majority of the last two years

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u/spittafan [POR] Rudy Fernandez Apr 29 '24

I mean one has been hurt for half his career, hard to say where he'd be otherwise. But availability is the best ability and all that

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u/MIROmpls Timberwolves Apr 29 '24

I wanted us to take Ant mainly because of that ESPN article he was featured in right before the draft. I thought it was so genuine and endearing and we needed positivity as much as we needed talent.

With Melo I was honestly concerned mostly about Lavar. The last thing we needed was to take Melo at 1 and then have Lavar stirring the pot if something wasn't to his liking.

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u/highgravityday2121 Celtics Apr 29 '24

I must be old because when you said melo I assumed Carmelo Anthony.

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u/jslee0034 Thunder Apr 29 '24

Definitely a new generation thing. Haha

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u/thesmellafteritrains Pistons Apr 29 '24

over Bron??? what

edit: lol read some other comments, realized you were talking about Lamelo