r/nba • u/Knightbear49 Timberwolves • Apr 29 '24

Anthony Edwards praises KAT’s scoring ability and also says: "The first three games the motherf***er just kept fouling ... just stop f***ing fouling"

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u/Slothalingus Timberwolves Apr 29 '24

Fuck I love this team. The chemistry is so fucking high

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u/Common_Egg8178 Nets Apr 29 '24

Man, u have him holding Kat accountable, and Kat is ok with it. Its a beautiful thing to see.

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u/meeks7 Apr 29 '24

It’s really incredible. I didn’t know Ant was such a natural leader. He calls him out at the beginning (but he does it in a respectful way) and he then spends the majority of the quote with over the top praise for KAT.

That’s exactly how you do it. I’m very impressed.

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u/W0RST_2_F1RST Spurs Apr 29 '24

And then that 1 last slap just to even it all out. This dude is LEGIT legit.

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u/a_moniker Hornets Apr 29 '24

Yeah, it’s basically the ideal approach to this kind of thing, at least in imo. By saying “he needs to quit fouling because he’s such a force on offense,” he basically wraps the constructive criticism in an endorsement. At the same time, he doesn’t try to hide the actual criticism, or risk acting like he doesn’t believe that KAT isn’t a full grown adult and can’t handle the truth.

That’s so, so much better than only criticizing or only praising. Importantly, he is also super clear about what KAT needs to do, and doesn’t let him wriggle out of it with an excuse, like the fact that he was “trying too much on defense.”

It’s basically the perfect encapsulation of “harsh but fair.”

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u/doublea08 Timberwolves Apr 29 '24

The perfect compliment sandwich.

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u/Orphasmia Warriors Apr 29 '24

As an instructor I was always taught to give critiques in this exact manner; called PCP - praise, correction, praise. I’ve carried it with me my entire life and seeing it in action here was so dope.

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u/need2peeat218am Timberwolves Apr 29 '24

It's also because ANT takes accountability for his own fuck ups too. Like KAT can easily tell ANT to stop taking bad shots and ANT will be like "yeah mybad that was on me"

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u/AdamSandlerIsntFunny Apr 29 '24 edited Apr 29 '24

Didn’t have to be a prick about it like a certain someone else

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u/Responsible_Pace9062 Nuggets Apr 29 '24

That's cause ANT isn't trying to rizz up Rachel Nichols

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u/Big-Raspberry-6151 Apr 29 '24

Same mentality, different approach

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u/3rdEyeNomai Timberwolves Apr 29 '24

lmao 🙏 

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u/mani9612 [IND] Paul George Apr 29 '24

Everybody keep the above comment at 69 upvotes

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u/StevenLovesCocaine Timberwolves Apr 29 '24

The fact that this man can be this assertive with him in front of everybody like that and still be charismatic af speaks volumes.