The Minnesota Timberwolves just made a shocking trade.
They gave up a significant amount of salary to their second-best player and former franchise player in exchange for Donte DiVincenzo and Julius Randle.
This leaves Anthony Edwards as the last man and the only man responsible for the team’s success.
Needless to say, this should lead to some improvements in his fifth season in the league, and given his charisma and popularity, should land him right in the MVP conversation.
When asked about it, he claimed he was definitely going to aim for it, and said there was nothing else to win at this point (via ClutchPoints and NBA TV).
“Do you feel like you have a chance to be MVP in this league one day?”
Anthony Edwards: “Yeah, absolutely yes, definitely, no question. And that’s what I’m going to do. At this point, there’s nothing else to do… I’m definitely going for it.”
(via @NBATV,pic.twitter.com/Iv4Z6MN6nb
– ClutchPoints (@ClutchPoints) 1 October 2024
There’s nothing wrong with racing for the ultimate personal prize, as long as it also leads to victory.
Then again, he’s not going to win MVP unless his team is playing winning basketball.
The Timberwolves are going through a sale process, and that could lead to them having to shed money from their payroll to trade Karl-Anthony Towns.
The team should be able to build a competitive team around Edwards for years to come.
However, Randle, as good a player as he is, doesn’t fit next to Rudy Gobert, nor is he a better player than Towns.
It will be interesting to see how Chris Finch’s team performs next season, and expectations should be high after reaching the Western Conference Finals last season.
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