Minnesota Timberwolves guard Anthony Edwards must learn to embrace being the potential new face of the NBA after winning All-Star Game MVP on Sunday.
Throughout his six-year career, the usually confident Edwards has hesitated to deem himself the league’s next marquee star. Before the All-Star Game, he dismissed that notion again and tried to pass that mantle to San Antonio Spurs forward Victor Wembanyama instead.
“Man, them folks got Wembanyama. They got Wembanyama, they’ll be all right,” he said before carrying Team USA Stars to wins over Team USA Stripes and Team World in Sunday’s mini-tournament.
Wembanyama inspired the most competitive All-Star Weekend in recent memory, scoring 33 points on 10-of-13 shooting in Sunday’s games while playing for Team World. Even then, the 7-foot-4 Frenchman can’t captivate a crowd the way Edwards does.
Anthony Edwards wowed at All-Star Game
Edwards scored 32 points and drilled six three-pointers during Sunday’s festivities, but he wasn’t the All-Star Game’s leading scorer. That was Team USA Stripes forward Kawhi Leonard (37 points). So, why aren’t more people talking about the Los Angeles Clippers star? Well, he’s not one of the reasons former President Barack Obama came to watch Sunday’s game at Intuit Dome in Inglewood, Calif.
“(Obama is) my favorite person in the world,” Edwards said postgame. “We was kicking it yesterday. I told him I was going to put on a show for him.”
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