2023-07-03 17:10:00
First choice of the 2020 NBA Draft, Anthony Edwards was one of the players at the end of the third year eligible for an XXL contract extension. It didn’t fail. Ant-Man has just extended to Wolves for a maximum of 260 million dollars!
After Tyrese Haliburton, LaMelo Ball or even Desmond Bane, it is now Anthony Edwards’ turn to win the jackpot.
Like his 2020 Draft buddies, the Wolves All-Star fullback has signed a max extension with his franchise, worth $207 million guaranteed and a potential $260 million if nominated All-NBA next season . The news was announced by Adrian Wojnarowski d’ESPNinformed by the player’s agent Bill Duffy who has been representing Edwards for just three weeks.
Jackpot for Anthony Edwards!! Max logical contract, extension at Wolves for 260 million max over 5 years! The future of Minnesota will be written with Ant ❤️
— TrashTalk (@TrashTalk_fr) July 3, 2023
Despite the big contracts of Karl-Anthony Towns and Rudy Gobert in Minnesota, it is a logical extension given the start of the career of Anthony Edwards, who quickly lived up to his status as number 1 in the Draft.
The one we call Ant-Man today remains on a campaign with 24.6 points, 5.8 rebounds, 4.4 assists and 1.6 interceptions per game at 46% shooting including 36% at 3- points. These are simply his best stats in his career. But in addition to the numbers, the 22-year-old guard has shown two main qualities that can make a franchise want to put (potentially) $260 million on the table: The first is that he misses almost no game (only 13 missed games in three years) and the second is that he has shown a great ability to raise his level of play in hot moments, offensively of course but also in defence.
Brilliant during his (short) appearances in the Playoffs with Minnesota for the past two seasons, Anthony Edwards has the shoulders of a franchise player. Hyper-athletic, talented, always smiling and endowed with a great competitive spirit, the first choice of the 2020 Draft is not afraid to take responsibility. In a franchise that has experienced a lot of turbulence this season, between the complicated integration of Rudy Gobert and the injury of Karl-Anthony Towns, it is often Ant-Man who has held the house. And he’s the one who looks most likely to carry Wolves in the coming seasons, certainly more so than KAT who has been no stranger to transfer rumors lately.
You understood, Anthony Edwards represents both the present and the future of the Wolves. His talent as well as his potential make him a future superstar, and he now has the contract that goes with it.
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Source texte : ESPN
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